Chloroneb, Cypermethrin, Methidathion, Nitrapyrin, Oxyfluorfen, Pirimiphos-methyl, Sulfosate, Tebuthiuron, Thiabendazole, Thidiazuron, and Tribuphos; Tolerance Actions, 53455-53462 [E7-18496]
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§ 180.287
Amitraz; tolerances for residues.
(a) General. Tolerances are
established for residues of the
insecticide amitraz (N′-[2,4dimethylphenyl]-N- [[(2,4dimethylphenyl)imino] methyl]]- Nmethylmethanimidamide) and its
metabolites containing the 2,4dimethylaniline moiety (calculated as
the parent) in or on the following food
commodities:
Commodity
Parts per
million
Cattle, fat ..................................
Cattle, meat ..............................
Cattle, meat byproducts ...........
Cotton, undelinted seed1 ..........
Hog, fat .....................................
Hog, kidney ...............................
Hog, liver ..................................
Hog, meat .................................
Hog, meat byproducts ..............
Milk ...........................................
Milk, fat .....................................
Pear ..........................................
0.1
0.02
0.2
1.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.05
0.3
0.03
0.2
3.0
1There are no U.S. registrations on cottonseed as of May 3, 2006.
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8. Section 180.300 is amended by
revising the table in paragraph (a) to
read as follows:
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0.01
0.5
30.0
2.0
0.02
0.05
0.01
0.01
0.02
1.0
0.02
0.2
1.5
2.0
0.5
5.0
5.0
2.0
5.0
5.0
10.0
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Apple .........................................
Apple, juice ...............................
Barley, bran ..............................
Barley, grain .............................
Barley, straw .............................
Blackberry .................................
Blueberry ..................................
Cantaloupe ...............................
Cattle, fat ..................................
Cattle, kidney ............................
Cattle, meat ..............................
Cattle, meat byproducts, except
kidney ....................................
Cherry .......................................
Coffee, bean, green ..................
Cotton, gin byproducts .............
Cotton, undelinted seed ...........
Cucumber .................................
Egg ...........................................
Goat, fat ....................................
Goat, kidney .............................
Goat, meat ................................
Goat, meat byproducts, except
kidney ....................................
Grape ........................................
Grape, raisin .............................
Hazelnut ....................................
Hog, fat .....................................
Hog, kidney ...............................
Hog, meat .................................
Hog, meat byproducts, except
kidney ....................................
*
0.02
1.0
0.02
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§ 180.300 Ethephon; tolerances for
residues.
Commodity
Horse, fat ..................................
Horse, kidney ............................
Horse, meat ..............................
Horse, meat byproducts, except
kidney ....................................
Milk ...........................................
Nut, macadamia .......................
Pepper ......................................
Pineapple ..................................
Poultry, fat ................................
Poultry, liver ..............................
Poultry, meat ............................
Poultry, meat byproducts, except liver ................................
Sheep, fat .................................
Sheep, kidney ...........................
Sheep, meat .............................
Sheep, meat byproducts, except kidney ............................
Sugarcane, molasses ...............
Tomato ......................................
Walnut .......................................
Wheat, bran ..............................
Wheat, germ .............................
Wheat, grain .............................
Wheat, middlings ......................
Wheat, shorts ...........................
Wheat, straw .............................
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million
Commodity
Parts per
million
5.0
10.0
5.0
2.0
10.0
30.0
20.0
2.0
0.02
1.0
0.02
0.2
10.0
0.5
180.0
6.0
0.1
0.002
0.02
1.0
0.02
0.2
2.0
12.0
0.80
0.02
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0.02
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40 CFR Part 180
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0036; FRL–8143–2]
Chloroneb, Cypermethrin,
Methidathion, Nitrapyrin, Oxyfluorfen,
Pirimiphos-methyl, Sulfosate,
Tebuthiuron, Thiabendazole,
Thidiazuron, and Tribuphos; Tolerance
Actions
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: EPA is revoking certain
tolerances for the fungicides chloroneb
and thiabendazole; the herbicide
sulfosate; the defoliant thidiazuron; the
insecticides cypermethrin,
methidathion, and pirimiphos-methyl;
and the soil microbiocide nitrapyrin.
Also, EPA is modifying certain
tolerances for the fungicides chloroneb
and thiabendazole; the herbicides
oxyfluorfen and tebuthiuron; the
defoliants thidiazuron and tribuphos;
the insecticides cypermethrin,
methidathion, and pirimiphos-methyl;
and the soil microbiocide nitrapyrin. In
addition, EPA is establishing new
tolerances for the fungicides chloroneb
and thiabendazole; the herbicide
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oxyfluorfen; the defoliants thidiazuron
and tribuphos; the insecticides
cypermethrin, methidathion, and
pirimiphos-methyl; and the soil
microbiocide nitrapyrin. The regulatory
actions finalized in this document are in
follow-up to the Agency’s reregistration
program under the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
(FIFRA), and tolerance reassessment
program under the Federal Food, Drug,
and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) section
408(q).
This regulation is effective
September 19, 2007. Objections and
requests for hearings must be received
on or before November 19, 2007, and
must be filed in accordance with the
instructions provided in 40 CFR part
178 (see also Unit I.C. of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).
DATES:
EPA has established a
docket for this action under docket
identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–
OPP–2007–0036. To access the
electronic docket, go to https://
www.regulations.gov, select ‘‘Advanced
Search,’’ then ‘‘Docket Search.’’ Insert
the docket ID number where indicated
and select the ‘‘Submit’’ button. Follow
the instructions on the regulations.gov
website to view the docket index or
access available documents. All
documents in the docket are listed in
the docket index available in
regulations.gov. Although listed in the
index, some information is not publicly
available, e.g., Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Certain other material, such as
copyrighted material, is not placed on
the Internet and will be publicly
available only in hard copy form.
Publicly available docket materials are
available in the electronic docket at
https://www.regulations.gov, or, if only
available in hard copy, at the OPP
Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S-4400,
One Potomac Yard (South Building),
2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA.
The Docket Facility is open from 8:30
a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. The Docket
telephone number is (703) 305–5805.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joseph Nevola, Special Review and
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office
of Pesticide Programs, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001;
telephone number: (703) 308–8037; email address: nevola.joseph@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
You may be potentially affected by
this action if you are an agricultural
producer, food manufacturer, or
pesticide manufacturer. Potentially
affected entities may include, but are
not limited to:
• Crop production (NAICS code
111), e.g., agricultural workers;
greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture
workers; farmers.
• Animal production (NAICS code
112), e.g., cattle ranchers and farmers,
dairy cattle farmers, livestock farmers.
• Food manufacturing (NAICS code
311), e.g., agricultural workers; farmers;
greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture
workers; ranchers; pesticide applicators.
• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS
code 32532), e.g., agricultural workers;
commercial applicators; farmers;
greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture
workers; residential users.
This listing is not intended to be
exhaustive, but rather provides a guide
for readers regarding entities likely to be
affected by this action. Other types of
entities not listed in this unit could also
be affected. The North American
Industrial Classification System
(NAICS) codes have been provided to
assist you and others in determining
whether this action might apply to
certain entities. If you have any
questions regarding the applicability of
this action to a particular entity, consult
the person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
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B. How Can I Access Electronic Copies
of this Document?
In addition to accessing an electronic
copy of this Federal Register document
through the electronic docket at https://
www.regulations.gov, you may access
this ‘‘Federal Register’’ document
electronically through the EPA Internet
under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at
https://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr. You may
also access a frequently updated
electronic version of 40 CFR part 180
through the Government Printing
Office’s pilot e-CFR site at https://
www.gpoaccess.gov/ecfr.
C. Can I File an Objection or Hearing
Request?
Under section 408(g) of the FFDCA, as
amended by the Food Quality Protection
Act (FQPA), any person may file an
objection to any aspect of this regulation
and may also request a hearing on those
objections. The EPA procedural
regulations which govern the
submission of objections and requests
for hearings appear in 40 CFR part 178.
You must file your objection or request
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a hearing on this regulation in
accordance with the instructions
provided in 40 CFR part 178. To ensure
proper receipt by EPA, you must
identify docket ID number EPA–HQ–
OPP–2007–0036 in the subject line on
the first page of your submission. All
requests must be in writing, and must be
mailed or delivered to the Hearing Clerk
on or before November 19, 2007.
In addition to filing an objection or
hearing request with the Hearing Clerk
as described in 40 CFR part 178, please
submit a copy of the filing that does not
contain any CBI for inclusion in the
public docket that is described in
ADDRESSES. Information not marked
confidential pursuant to 40 CFR part 2
may be disclosed publicly by EPA
without prior notice. Submit your
copies, identified by docket ID number
EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0036, by one of
the following methods.
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs
(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460–0001.
• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public
Docket (7502P), Environmental
Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One
Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S.
Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. Deliveries
are only accepted during the Docket’s
normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to
4 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays). Special
arrangements should be made for
deliveries of boxed information. The
Docket telephone number is (703) 305–
5805.
II. Background
A. What Action is the Agency Taking?
In the Federal Register of May 2, 2007
(72 FR 24198) (FRL–8120–3), EPA
issued a proposal to revoke, remove,
modify, and establish certain specific
tolerances for residues of the fungicides
chloroneb and thiabendazole; the
herbicides oxyfluorfen, sulfosate, and
tebuthiuron; the defoliants thidiazuron
and tribuphos; the insecticides
cypermethrin, methidathion, and
pirimiphos-methyl; and the soil
microbiocide nitrapyrin. Also, the
proposal of May 2, 2007 (72 FR 24198)
provided a 60–day comment period
which invited public comment for
consideration and for support of
tolerance retention under the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA)
standards.
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In this final rule, EPA is revoking,
removing, modifying, and establishing
specific tolerances for residues of
chloroneb, cypermethrin, methidathion,
nitrapyrin, oxyfluorfen, pirimiphosmethyl, sulfosate, tebuthiuron,
thiabendazole, thidiazuron, and
tribuphos in or on commodities listed in
the regulatory text of this document.
EPA is finalizing these tolerance
actions in order to implement the
tolerance recommendations made
during the reregistration and tolerance
reassessment processes (including
follow-up on canceled or additional
uses of pesticides). As part of these
processes, EPA is required to determine
whether each of the amended tolerances
meets the safety standard of the FFDCA.
The safety finding determination of
‘‘reasonable certainty of no harm’’ is
discussed in detail in each
Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED)
and Report of the Food Quality
Protection Act (FQPA) Tolerance
Reassessment Progress and Risk
Management Decision (TRED) for the
active ingredient. REDs and TREDs
recommend the implementation of
certain tolerance actions, including
modifications, to reflect current use
patterns, to meet safety findings and
change commodity names and
groupings in accordance with new EPA
policy. Printed copies of many REDs
and TREDs may be obtained from EPA’s
National Service Center for
Environmental Publications (EPA/
NSCEP), P.O. Box 42419, Cincinnati,
OH 45242–2419, telephone number: 1–
800–490–9198; fax: 1–513–489–8695;
Internet at https://www.epa.gov/
ncepihom and from the National
Technical Information Service (NTIS),
5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA
22161, telephone number: 1–800–553–
6847 or (703) 605–6000; Internet at
https://www.ntis.gov. Electronic copies of
REDs and TREDs are available on the
Internet at https://www.regulations.gov
and https:// www.epa.gov/pesticides/
reregistration/status.htm.
In this final rule, EPA is revoking
certain tolerances because either they
are no longer needed or are associated
with food uses that are no longer
registered under FIFRA in the United
States. Those instances where
registrations were canceled were
because the registrant failed to pay the
required maintenance fee and/or the
registrant voluntarily requested
cancellation of one or more registered
uses of the pesticide active ingredient.
The tolerances revoked by this final rule
are no longer necessary to cover
residues of the relevant pesticides in or
on domestically treated commodities or
commodities treated outside but
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imported into the United States. It is
EPA’s general practice to issue a final
rule revoking those tolerances and
tolerance exemptions for residues of
pesticide active ingredients on crop uses
for which there are no active
registrations under FIFRA, unless any
person in comments on the proposal
indicates a need for the tolerance or
tolerance exemption to cover residues in
or on imported commodities or legally
treated domestic commodities.
EPA has historically been concerned
that retention of tolerances that are not
necessary to cover residues in or on
legally treated foods may encourage
misuse of pesticides within the United
States.
Generally, EPA will proceed with the
revocation of these tolerances on the
grounds discussed in Unit II.A. if one of
the following conditions applies:
1. Prior to EPA’s issuance of a FFDCA
section 408(f) order requesting
additional data or issuance of a FFDCA
section 408(d) or (e) order revoking the
tolerances on other grounds,
commenters retract the comment
identifying a need for the tolerance to be
retained.
2. EPA independently verifies that the
tolerance is no longer needed.
3. The tolerance is not supported by
data that demonstrate that the tolerance
meets the requirements under FQPA.
This final rule does not revoke those
tolerances for which EPA received
comments stating a need for the
tolerance to be retained.
In response to the proposal published
in the Federal Register of May 2, 2007
(72 FR 24198), EPA received one
comment during the 60–day public
comment period, as follows:
Comment by a private citizen. A
private citizen stated that only zero
tolerance levels should be acceptable. In
addition, the commenter expressed a
concern for pesticide use in general and
their possible toxic effects on wildlife
and humans.
Agency response. The private citizen’s
comments did not take issue with any
of the Agency’s specific conclusions to
modify, revoke, or establish certain
tolerances. Also, the commenter did not
refer to any specific studies which
pertained to those conclusions. EPA
believes that the tolerance actions
finalized herein meet the safety
standard of FFDCA section 408, 21
U.S.C. 346a. In developing REDs and
TREDs, EPA worked with stakeholders,
pesticide registrants, growers and other
pesticide users, environmental and
public health interests, the States, the
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA),
other Federal agencies, and others to
develop voluntary measures or
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regulatory controls needed to effectively
reduce risks of concern. Such options
include voluntary cancellation of
pesticide products or deletion of uses,
declaring certain uses ineligible or not
yet eligible, restricting use of products
to certified applicators, limiting the
amount or frequency of use, improving
use directions and precautions, adding
more protective clothing and equipment
requirements, requiring special
packaging or engineering controls,
requiring no-treatment buffer zones,
employing environmental and
ecological safeguards, and other
measures.
The Agency did not receive any
specific comments, during the 60–day
comment period, on the following
chemicals: Chloroneb, cypermethrin,
methidathion, nitrapyrin, oxyfluorfen,
pirimiphos-methyl, sulfosate,
tebuthiuron, thiabendazole, thidiazuron,
and tribuphos. Therefore, the Agency is
finalizing the amendments proposed in
the Federal Register of May 2, 2007 (72
FR 24198). For a detailed discussion of
the Agency’s rationale for the
establishments, revocations, and
modifications to the tolerances, refer to
the proposed rule of May 2, 2007.
In addition, the Agency is making the
following revisions in this final rule.
• Oxyfluorfen. The Agency did not
propose in a notice for comment to
revise the tolerance nomenclature for
oxyfluorfen in 40 CFR 180.381(a) from
cocoa bean, dried bean to cacao bean,
dried bean, as is current Agency
practice. However, section 553(b)(3)(B)
of the Administrative Procedure Act
provides that notice and comment is not
necessary ‘‘when the agency for good
cause finds (and incorporates the
finding and a brief statement of reasons
therefore in the rules issued) that notice
and public procedure thereon are
impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary
to the public interest.’’ Consequently,
for good cause, EPA is revising the
commodity terminology in 40 CFR
180.381(a) from cocoa bean, dried bean
to cacao bean, dried bean. The reason
for taking this action is because such
action has no practical impact on the
use of or exposure to the pesticide
active ingredient, oxyfluorfen, in or on
that commodity and is made such that
the tolerance terminology will conform
to current Agency practice.
• Thiabendazole. The Agency did
not propose in a notice for comment to
revise the tolerance nomenclature for
thiabendazole in 40 CFR 180.242(a)(1)
from ‘‘sweet potato (POST-H to sweet
potato intended only for use as seed)’’
to ‘‘sweet potato (postharvest to sweet
potato intended only for use as seed),’’
as is current Agency practice. However,
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section 553(b)(3)(B) of the
Administrative Procedure Act provides
that notice and comment is not
necessary ‘‘when the agency for good
cause finds (and incorporates the
finding and a brief statement of reasons
therefore in the rules issued) that notice
and public procedure thereon are
impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary
to the public interest.’’ Consequently,
for good cause, EPA is revising the
commodity terminology in 40 CFR
180.242(a)(1) from ‘‘sweet potato (POSTH to sweet potato intended only for use
as seed)’’ to ‘‘sweet potato (postharvest
to sweet potato intended only for use as
seed).’’ The reason for taking this action
is because such action has no practical
impact on the use of or exposure to the
pesticide active ingredient,
thiabendazole, in or on that commodity
and is made such that the tolerance
terminology will conform to current
Agency practice.
Note: Sugar beet commodities were
not included in the human dietary risk
assessment for thiabendazole because
the use was not supported by the
technical registrant. (Metabolic fate data
of thiabendazole in sugar beets had been
submitted to EPA and reviewed by the
Agency as acceptable. Efficacy, storage,
foliar use and post-harvest use data had
also been submitted some years ago, but
some of that data was incomplete.)
Therefore, the thiabendazole RED
recommended revocation of the
tolerances on sugar beet commodities.
Currently, there is an active end use
registration for thiabendazole use on
sugar beets. Since the thiabendazole
RED, based on the estimated acute and
chronic dietary risks of thiabendazole,
which are 77% of the acute population
adjusted dose (aPAD) and 2% of the
chronic population adjusted dose
(cPAD), the Agency determined that the
addition of sugar beet commodities to
the dietary risk assessment for
thiabendazole would not significantly
contribute to dietary or drinking water
risk estimates. Consequently, the
Agency did not propose to take action
on the sugar beet tolerances in 40 CFR
180.242(a) on May 2, 2007 (72 FR
24198), but is in the process of getting
the sugar beet use removed from the one
remaining active registration and does
expect to address the sugar beet
tolerances in a future publication in the
Federal Register.
•
Zeta-cypermethrin. The Agency
also did not propose in a notice for
comment to revise the tolerance
nomenclature for zeta-cypermethrin in
40 CFR 180.418(a)(2) from ‘‘food/feed
items (other than those covered by a
higher tolerance as a result of use on
growing crops) in food/feed handling
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establishments’’ to ‘‘food commodities/
feed commodities (other than those
covered by a higher tolerance as a result
of use on growing crops) in food/feed
handling establishments’’ and from
‘‘sunflower’’ to ‘‘sunflower, seed,’’ as is
current Agencv practice. However,
section 553(h)(3)(B) of the
Administrative Procedure Act provides
that notice and comment is not
necessary ‘‘when the agency for good
cause finds (and incorporates the
finding and a brief statement of reasons
therefore in the rules issued) that notice
and public procedure thereon are
impracticable. unnecessary, or contrary
to the public interest.’’ Consequently,
for good cause, EPA is revising the
commodity terminolgy in 40 CER
180.418(a)(2) from ‘‘food/feed items
(other than those covered by a higher
tolerance as a result of use on growing
crops) in food/feed handling
establishments’’ to ‘‘food commodities/
feed commodities (other than those
covered by a higher tolerance as a result
of use on growing crops) in food/feed
handling establishments’’ and from
‘‘sunflower’’ to ‘‘sunflower, seed.’’ The
reason for taking this action is because
such action has no practical impact on
the use of or exposure to the pesticide
active ingredient, zeta-cypermethrin, in
or on these commodities and is made
such that the tolerance terminology will
conform to current Agency practice.
B. What is the Agency’s Authority for
Taking this Action?
EPA may issue a regulation
establishing, modifying, or revoking a
tolerance under FFDCA section 408(e).
In this final rule, EPA is establishing,
modifying, and revoking tolerances to
implement the tolerance
recommendations made during the
reregistration and tolerance
reassessment processes, and as followup on canceled uses of pesticides. As
part of these processes, EPA is required
to determine whether each of the
amended tolerances meets the safety
standards under FFDCA. The safety
finding determination is found in detail
in each post-FQPA RED and TRED for
the active ingredient. REDs and TREDs
recommend the implementation of
certain tolerance actions, including
modifications to reflect current use
patterns, to meet safety findings, and
change commodity names and
groupings in accordance with new EPA
policy. Printed and electronic copies of
the REDs and TREDs are available as
provided in Unit II.A.
EPA has issued post-FQPA REDs for
chloroneb, cypermethrin, methidathion,
nitrapyrin, oxyfluorfen, pirimiphosmethyl, thiabendazole, thidiazuron, and
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tribuphos, and a TRED for tebuthiuron,
whose RED was completed prior to
FQPA. A RED for sulfosate was not
needed because it was registered after
November 1, 1984, and not subject to
reregistration eligibility, and its
tolerances were reassessed prior to
completion of a TRED, such that a TRED
for sulfosate was no longer needed
because EPA made a safety finding
which reassessed its tolerances
according to the FFDCA standard,
maintaining them when new tolerances
were established as noted in Unit II.A.).
REDs and TREDs contain the Agency’s
evaluation of the data base for these
pesticides, including statements
regarding additional data on the active
ingredients that may be needed to
confirm the potential human health and
environmental risk assessments
associated with current product uses,
and REDs state conditions under which
these uses and products will be eligible
for reregistration. The REDs and TREDs
recommended the establishment,
modification, and/or revocation of
specific tolerances. RED and TRED
recommendations such as establishing
or modifying tolerances, and in some
cases revoking tolerances, are the result
of assessment under the FFDCA
standard of ‘‘reasonable certainty of no
harm.’’ However, tolerance revocations
recommended in REDs and TREDs that
are made final in this document do not
need such assessment when the
tolerances are no longer necessary.
EPA’s general practice is to revoke
tolerances for residues of pesticide
active ingredients on crops for which
FIFRA registrations no longer exist and
on which the pesticide may therefore no
longer be used in the United States. EPA
has historically been concerned that
retention of tolerances that are not
necessary to cover residues in or on
legally treated foods may encourage
misuse of pesticides within the United
States. Nonetheless, EPA will establish
and maintain tolerances even when
corresponding domestic uses are
canceled if the tolerances, which EPA
refers to as ‘‘import tolerances,’’ are
necessary to allow importation into the
United States of food containing such
pesticide residues. However, where
there are no imported commodities that
require these import tolerances, the
Agency believes it is appropriate to
revoke tolerances for unregistered
pesticides in order to prevent potential
misuse.
When EPA establishes tolerances for
pesticide residues in or on raw
agricultural commodities, the Agency
gives consideration to possible pesticide
residues in meat, milk, poultry, and/or
eggs produced by animals that are fed
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agricultural products (for example, grain
or hay) containing pesticides residues
(40 CFR 180.6). If there is no reasonable
expectation of finite pesticide residues
in or on meat, milk, poultry, or eggs,
then tolerances do not need to be
established for these commodities (40
CFR 180.6(b) and180.6(c)).
C. When Do These Actions Become
Effective?
With the exception of regional
tolerances for methidathion on alfalfa
forage, alfalfa hay, timothy forage, and
timothy hay, which EPA is revoking
with specific expiration/revocation
dates, the Agency is revoking,
modifying, and establishing specific
tolerances, and revising specific
commodity terminologies effective
September 19, 2007. With the exception
of the revoked four regional tolerances
for methidathion, the Agency believes
that existing stocks of pesticide
products labeled for the uses associated
with the revoked tolerances have been
completely exhausted and that treated
commodities have had sufficient time
for passage through the channels of
trade. EPA is revoking certain
methidathion tolerances with an
expiration/revocation date of March 31,
2008, for alfalfa forage, alfalfa hay,
timothy forage, and timothy hay. The
Agency believes that, because their
regional registrations expire on
December 31, 2007, the revocation date
of March 31, 2008, allows sufficient
time for passage of treated commodities
through the channels of trade.
Any commodities listed in the
regulatory text of this document that are
treated with the pesticides subject to
this final rule, and that are in the
channels of trade following the
tolerance revocations, shall be subject to
FFDCA section 408(1)(5), as established
by the FQPA. Under this unit, any
residues of these pesticides in or on
such food shall not render the food
adulterated so long as it is shown to the
satisfaction of the Food and Drug
Administration that:
1. The residue is present as the result
of an application or use of the pesticide
at a time and in a manner that was
lawful under FIFRA.
2. The residue does not exceed the
level that was authorized at the time of
the application or use to be present on
the food under a tolerance or exemption
from a tolerance. Evidence to show that
food was lawfully treated may include
records that verify the dates that the
pesticide was applied to such food.
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III. Are There Any International Trade
Issues Raised by this Final Action?
In making its tolerance decisions, EPA
seeks to harmonize U.S. tolerances with
international standards whenever
possible, consistent with U.S. food
safety standards and agricultural
practices. EPA considers the
international Maximum Residue Limits
(MRLs) established by the Codex
Alimentarius Commission, as required
by section 408(b)(4) of the FFDCA. The
Codex Alimentarius is a joint U.N. Food
and Agriculture Organization/World
Health Organization food standards
program, and it is recognized as an
international food safety standardssetting organization in trade agreements
to which the United States is a party.
EPA may establish a tolerance that is
different from a Codex MRL; however,
FFDCA section 408(b)(4) requires that
EPA explain the reasons for departing
from the Codex level in a notice
published for public comment. EPA’s
effort to harmonize with Codex MRLs is
summarized in the tolerance
reassessment section of individual REDs
and TREDs, and in the Residue
Chemistry document which supports
the RED and TRED, as mentioned in the
proposed rule cited in Unit II.A.
Specific tolerance actions in this rule
and how they compare to Codex MRLs
(if any) are discussed in Unit II.A. of the
proposal.
IV. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
In this final rule EPA establishes
tolerances under FFDCA section 408(e),
and also modifies and revokes specific
tolerances established under FFDCA
section 408. The Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) has exempted these
types of actions (i.e., establishment and
modification of a tolerance and
tolerance revocation for which
extraordinary circumstances do not
exist) from review under Executive
Order 12866, entitled Regulatory
Planning and Review (58 FR 51735,
October 4, 1993). Because this rule has
been exempted from review under
Executive Order 12866 due to its lack of
significance, this rule is not subject to
Executive Order 13211, Actions
Concerning Regulations That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply,
Distribution, or Use (66 FR 28355, May
22, 2001). This final rule does not
contain any information collections
subject to OMB approval under the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), 44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq., or impose any
enforceable duty or contain any
unfunded mandate as described under
Title II of the Unfunded Mandates
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Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA) (Public
Law 104–4). Nor does it require any
special considerations as required by
Executive Order 12898, entitled Federal
Actions to Address Environmental
Justice in Minority Populations and
Low-Income Populations (59 FR 7629,
February 16, 1994); or OMB review or
any other Agency action under
Executive Order 13045, entitled
Protection of Children from
Environmental Health Risks and Safety
Risks (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997).
This action does not involve any
technical standards that would require
Agency consideration of voluntary
consensus standards pursuant to section
12(d) of the National Technology
Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995
(NTTAA), Public Law 104–13, section
12(d) (15 U.S.C. 272 note). Pursuant to
the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) (5
U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the Agency
previously assessed whether
establishment of tolerances, exemptions
from tolerances, raising of tolerance
levels, expansion of exemptions, or
revocations might significantly impact a
substantial number of small entities and
concluded that, as a general matter,
these actions do not impose a significant
economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities. These analyses
for tolerance establishments and
modifications, and for tolerance
revocations were published on May 4,
1981 (46 FR 24950) and on December
17, 1997 (62 FR 66020) (FRL–5753–1),
respectively, and were provided to the
Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small
Business Administration. Taking into
account this analysis, and available
information concerning the pesticides
listed in this rule, the Agency hereby
certifies that this final rule will not have
a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities. In
a memorandum dated May 25, 2001,
EPA determined that eight conditions
must all be satisfied in order for an
import tolerance or tolerance exemption
revocation to adversely affect a
significant number of small entity
importers, and that there is a negligible
joint probability of all eight conditions
holding simultaneously with respect to
any particular revocation. (This Agency
document is available in the docket, as
mentioned in Unit II.A.) Furthermore,
for the pesticides named in this final
rule, the Agency knows of no
extraordinary circumstances that exist
as to the present revocations that would
change EPA’s previous analysis. In
addition, the Agency has determined
that this action will not have a
substantial direct effect on States, on the
relationship between the national
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government and the States, or on the
distribution of power and
responsibilities among the various
levels of government, as specified in
Executive Order 13132, entitled
Federalism (64 FR 43255, August 10,
1999). Executive Order 13132 requires
EPA to develop an accountable process
to ensure ‘‘meaningful and timely input
by State and local officials in the
development of regulatory policies that
have federalism implications.’’ ‘‘Policies
that have federalism implications’’ is
defined in the Executive Order to
include regulations that have
‘‘substantial direct effects on the States,
on the relationship between the national
government and the States, or on the
distribution of power and
responsibilities among the various
levels of government.’’ This final rule
directly regulates growers, food
processors, food handlers, and food
retailers, not States. This action does not
alter the relationships or distribution of
power and responsibilities established
by Congress in the preemption
provisions of section 408(n)(4) of
FFDCA. For these same reasons, the
Agency has determined that this rule
does not have any ‘‘tribal implications’’
as described in Executive Order 13175,
entitled Consultation and Coordination
with Indian Tribal Governments (65 FR
67249, November 6, 2000). Executive
Order 13175, requires EPA to develop
an accountable process to ensure
‘‘meaningful and timely input by tribal
officials in the development of
regulatory policies that have tribal
implications.’’ ‘‘Policies that have tribal
implications’’ is defined in the
Executive Order to include regulations
that have ‘‘substantial direct effects on
one or more Indian tribes, on the
relationship between the Federal
Government and the Indian tribes, or on
the distribution of power and
responsibilities between the Federal
Government and Indian tribes.’’ This
rule will not have substantial direct
effects on tribal governments, on the
relationship between the Federal
Government and Indian tribes, or on the
distribution of power and
responsibilities between the Federal
Government and Indian tribes, as
specified in Executive Order 13175.
Thus, Executive Order 13175 does not
apply to this rule.
V. Congressional Review Act
The Congressional Review Act, 5
U.S.C. 801 et seq., generally provides
that before a rule may take effect, the
agency promulgating the rule must
submit a rule report to each House of
the Congress and to the Comptroller
General of the United States. EPA will
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submit a report containing this rule and
other required information to the U.S.
Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives, and the Comptroller
General of the United States prior to
publication of this final rule in the
Federal Register. This final rule is not
a ‘‘major rule’’ as defined by 5 U.S.C.
804(2).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180
Environmental protection,
Administrative practice and procedure,
Agricultural commodities, Pesticides
and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Dated: September 11, 2007.
Anne E. Lindsay,
Acting Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
Therefore, 40 CFR chapter I is
amended as follows:
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1. The authority citation for part 180
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321(q), 346a and 371.
2. Section 180.242 is amended by
revising paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) and
the introductory text to paragraph (b) to
read as follows:
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§ 180.242 Thiabendazole; tolerances for
residues.
(a) General. (1) Tolerances are
established for the combined residues of
the fungicide thiabendazole (2-(4thiazolyl)benzimidazole) and its
metabolite benzimidazole (free and
conjugated) in or on the following food
commodities:
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Parts per
million
Apple, wet pomace ...................
Avocado1 ..................................
Banana, postharvest .................
Bean, dry, seed ........................
Beet, sugar, dried pulp .............
Beet, sugar, roots .....................
Beet, sugar, tops ......................
Cantaloupe1 ..............................
Carrot, roots, postharvest .........
Citrus, oil ...................................
Fruit, citrus, group 10,
postharvest ............................
Fruit, pome, group 11,
postharvest ............................
Mango .......................................
Mushroom .................................
Papaya, postharvest .................
Potato, postharvest ...................
Soybean ....................................
Strawberry1 ...............................
Sweet potato (postharvest to
sweet potato intended only
for use as seed) ....................
Wheat, grain .............................
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Wheat, straw .............................
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1There
are no U.S. registrations on the indicated commodity.
(2) Tolerances are established for the
combined residues of thiabendazole (2(4-thiazolyl)benzimidazole) and its
metabolites 5-hydroxythiabendazole
(free and conjugated) and benzimidazole
in or on the following food
commodities:
Parts per
million
Commodity
Parts per
million
Commodity
Hog, meat .................................
Hog, meat byproducts ..............
Horse, fat ..................................
Horse, meat ..............................
Horse, meat byproducts ...........
Milk ...........................................
Sheep, fat .................................
Sheep, meat .............................
Sheep, meat byproducts ..........
Soybean, forage .......................
Soybean, hay ............................
Soybean, seed
12.0
10.0
3.0
0.1
3.5
0.25
10.0
15.0
10.0
15.0
*
*
*
*
4. Section 180.272 is amended by
revising the table in paragraph (a) to
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Cattle, meat ..............................
Cattle, meat byproducts ...........
Goat, meat byproducts .............
Hog, meat byproducts ..............
Horse, meat byproducts ...........
Milk ...........................................
Sheep, meat byproducts ..........
0.4
0.3
0.4
0.1
0.4
10.0
5.0
10.0
40.0
5.0
10.0
0.1
5.0
0.05
1.0
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(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions.
Time-limited tolerances are established
for the combined residues of
thiabendazole (2-(4thiazolyl)benzimidazole) and its
metabolite benzimidazole (free and
conjugated), in connection with use of
the pesticide under section 18
emergency exemptions granted by EPA.
The tolerances are specified in the
following table. The tolerances will
expire on the dates specified in the
table.
*
*
*
*
*
I 3. Section 180.257 is amended by
revising paragraph (a) to read as follows:
§ 180.257 Chloroneb; tolerances for
residues.
(a) General. Tolerances are
established for residues of the fungicide
chloroneb (1,4-dichloro-2,5dimethoxybenzene) and its metabolite
2,5-dichloro-4-methoxyphenol (free and
conjugated), calculated as chloroneb, in
or on the following raw agricultural
commodities:
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residues.
(a) General. *
*
*
Parts per
million
Bean, dry, seed ........................
Bean, succulent ........................
Beet, sugar, roots .....................
Beet, sugar, tops ......................
Cowpea, forage ........................
Cowpea, hay .............................
Cattle, fat ..................................
Cattle, meat ..............................
Cattle, meat byproducts ...........
Cotton, gin byproducts .............
Cotton, undelinted seed ...........
Goat, fat ....................................
Goat, meat ................................
Goat, meat byproducts .............
Hog, fat .....................................
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Cattle, meat ..............................
Cattle, meat byproducts ...........
Cotton, gin byproducts .............
Cotton, undelinted seed ...........
Goat, fat ....................................
Goat, meat ................................
Goat, meat byproducts .............
Hog, fat .....................................
Hog, meat .................................
Hog, meat byproducts ..............
Horse, fat ..................................
Horse, meat ..............................
Horse, meat byproducts ...........
Milk ...........................................
Sheep, fat .................................
Sheep, meat .............................
Sheep, meat byproducts
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0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
2.0
2.0
0.2
0.2
0.2
1.0
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.15
0.02
0.02
40.0
4.0
0.15
0.02
0.02
0.15
0.02
0.02
0.15
0.02
0.02
0.01
0.15
0.02
0.02
*
*
*
*
*
5. Section 180.298 is amended by
revising the tables in paragraphs (a) and
(c) to read as follows:
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§ 180.298 Methidathion; tolerances for
residues.
(a) General. *
*
*
Commodity
Parts per
million
Commodity
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.05
0.2
0.2
0.2
2.0
2.0
0.2
*
Commodity
PART 180—[AMENDED]
Commodity
Parts per
million
Commodity
Almond, hulls ............................
Artichoke, globe ........................
Citrus, oil ...................................
Cotton, undelinted seed ...........
Fruit, citrus, group 10, except
tangerine ...............................
Fruit, pome, group 11 ...............
Fruit, stone, group 12 ...............
Mango .......................................
Nut, tree, group 14 ...................
Olive ..........................................
Safflower, seed .........................
Sorghum, forage, forage ..........
Sorghum, grain, forage .............
Sorghum, grain, grain ...............
Sorghum, grain, stover .............
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million
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0.05
420.0
0.2
4.0
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.5
2.0
2.0
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million
Commodity
Sunflower, seed
Tangerine
*
*
*
(c) * * *
0.5
6.0
*
*
Parts per
million
Commodity
Alfalfa, forage ...
Alfalfa, hay ........
Kiwifruit .............
Longan ..............
Starfruit .............
Sugar apple ......
Timothy, forage
Timothy, hay .....
5.0
5.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
5.0
5.0
Expiration/
Revocation
Date
3/31/2008
3/31/2008
None
None
None
None
3/31/2008
3/31/2008
*
*
*
*
*
6. Section 180.350 is amended by
revising the table in paragraph (a) to
read as follows:
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§ 180.350 Nitrapyrin; tolerances for
residues.
(a) General. *
* *
Commodity
Parts per
million
Corn, field, forage .....................
Corn, field, grain .......................
Corn, field, milled byproducts ...
Corn, field, stover .....................
Corn, pop, grain ........................
Corn, pop, stover ......................
Corn, sweet, forage ..................
Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob
with husks removed ..............
Corn, sweet, stover ..................
Sorghum, forage, forage ..........
Sorghum, grain, forage .............
Sorghum, grain, grain ...............
Sorghum, grain, stover .............
Wheat, bran ..............................
Wheat, forage ...........................
Wheat, grain .............................
Wheat, milled byproducts, except flour ...............................
Wheat, straw .............................
1.0
0.1
0.2
1.0
0.1
1.0
1.0
0.1
1.0
0.5
0.5
0.1
0.5
3.0
2.0
0.5
2.0
6.0
*
*
*
*
*
7. Section 180.381 is amended by
revising the tables in paragraphs (a) and
(c) to read as follows:
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§ 180.381 Oxyfluorfen; tolerances for
residues.
(a) General. *
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*
*
(c) * * *
*
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.03
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.05
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.05
0.05
0.01
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.2
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.05
0.05
*
Parts per
million
Commodity
Blackberry .................................
Chickpea, seed .........................
Grass, forage ............................
Grass, hay ................................
Grass, seed screenings ............
Guava .......................................
Papaya ......................................
Raspberry .................................
Taro, corm ................................
Taro, leaves ..............................
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
*
*
*
*
8. Section 180.390 is revised to read
as follows:
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Parts per
million
Almond, hulls ............................
Artichoke, globe ........................
Avocado ....................................
Banana .....................................
Broccoli .....................................
Cabbage ...................................
Cacao bean, dried bean ...........
Cattle, fat ..................................
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Cattle, meat ..............................
Cattle, meat byproducts ...........
Cauliflower ................................
Coffee, bean, green ..................
Corn, field, grain .......................
Corn, pop, grain ........................
Cotton, undelinted seed ...........
Date ..........................................
Egg ...........................................
Feijoa ........................................
Fig .............................................
Fruit, pome, group 11 ...............
Fruit, stone, group 12 ...............
Goat, fat ....................................
Goat, meat ................................
Goat, meat byproducts .............
Grape ........................................
Hog, fat .....................................
Hog, meat .................................
Hog, meat byproducts ..............
Horse, fat ..................................
Horse, meat ..............................
Horse, meat byproducts ...........
Horseradish ..............................
Kiwifruit .....................................
Milk ...........................................
Nut, tree, group 14 ...................
Olive ..........................................
Onion, bulb ...............................
Peppermint, tops ......................
Persimmon ................................
Pistachio ...................................
Pomegranate ............................
Poultry, fat ................................
Poultry, meat ............................
Poultry, meat byproducts ..........
Sheep, fat .................................
Sheep, meat .............................
Sheep, meat byproducts ..........
Soybean ....................................
Spearmint, tops ........................
*
* *
Commodity
dimethylurea, N-(5-(1,1-dimethylethyl)1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-N-methylurea, and
N-(5-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,3,40.01 thiadiazol-2-yl)-N’-hydroxymethyl-N0.01 methylurea in or on the following raw
0.05
agricultural commodities:
0.05
Parts per
million
Commodity
*
0.1
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.01
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Grass, forage ............................
Grass, hay ................................
Parts per
million
10.0
10.0
(2) Tolerances are established for the
combined residues of the herbicide
tebuthiuron (N-(5-(1,1-dimethylethyl)1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-N,N’dimethylurea) and its metabolites N-(5(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2yl)-N-methylurea, N-(5-(1,1dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2yl)urea, 2-dimethylethyl-5-amino-1,3,4thiadiazole, and N-(5-(1,1dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-N’hydroxymethyl-N-methylurea in or on
the following raw agricultural
commodities:
Commodity
Cattle, fat ..................................
Cattle, meat ..............................
Cattle, meat byproducts ...........
Goat, fat ....................................
Goat, meat ................................
Goat, meat byproducts .............
Horse, fat ..................................
Horse, meat ..............................
Horse, meat byproducts ...........
Sheep, fat .................................
Sheep, meat .............................
Sheep, meat byproducts ..........
Parts per
million
1.0
1.0
5.0
1.0
1.0
5.0
1.0
1.0
5.0
1.0
1.0
5.0
(3) A tolerance is established for the
combined residues of the herbicide
tebuthiuron (N-(5-(1,1-dimethylethyl)1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-N,N’dimethylurea) and its metabolites N-(5(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2yl)-N-methylurea, N-(5-(2-hydroxy-1,1dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-Nmethylurea, N-(5-(1,1-dimethylethyl)1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)urea, N-(5-(1,1dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-N’hydroxymethyl-N-methylurea, and N-(5(2-hydroxy-1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,3,4thiadiazol-2-yl)-N’-hydroxymethyl-Nmethylurea in or on the following raw
agricultural commodities:
Commodity
Parts per
million
§ 180.390 Tebuthiuron; tolerances for
residues.
(a) General. (1) Tolerances are
established for the combined residues of
the herbicide tebuthiuron (N-(5-(1,1dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)N,N’-dimethylurea) and its metabolites
N-(5-(2-hydroxy-1,1-dimethylethyl)1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-N,N’-
Milk ...........................................
(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions.
[Reserved]
(c) Tolerances with regional
registrations. [Reserved]
(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues.
[Reserved]
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revising the table in paragraph (a) to
read as follows:
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§ 180.403 Thidiazuron; tolerances for
residues.
(a) General. *
* *
Parts per
million
Commodity
Cattle, fat ..................................
Cattle, meat ..............................
Cattle, meat byproducts ...........
Cotton, gin byproducts .............
Cotton, undelinted seed ...........
Goat, fat ....................................
Goat, meat ................................
Goat, meat byproducts .............
Hog, fat .....................................
Hog, meat .................................
Hog, meat byproducts ..............
Horse, fat ..................................
Horse, meat ..............................
Horse, meat byproducts ...........
Milk ...........................................
Sheep, fat .................................
Sheep, meat .............................
Sheep, meat byproducts
Parts per
million
Commodity
0.4
0.4
0.4
24.0
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.05
0.4
0.4
0.4
*
*
*
*
*
10. Section 180.409 is amended by
revising paragraph (a) to read as follows:
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Brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A ...............................
Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B ...............................
Cattle, fat ..................................
Cattle, meat ..............................
Cattle, meat byproducts ...........
Cotton, gin byproducts .............
Cotton, undelinted seed ...........
Egg ...........................................
Goat, fat ....................................
Goat, meat ................................
Goat, meat byproducts .............
Hog, fat .....................................
Hog, meat .................................
Horse, fat ..................................
Horse, meat ..............................
Horse, meat byproducts ...........
Lettuce, head ............................
Milk, fat (reflecting 0.10 in
whole milk) ............................
Onion, bulb ...............................
Onion, green .............................
Pecan ........................................
Poultry, fat ................................
Poultry, meat ............................
Sheep, fat .................................
Sheep, meat .............................
Sheep, meat byproducts ..........
(2) *
*
(a) General. Tolerances are
established for residues of the
insecticide pirimiphos-methyl (O-(2diethylamino-6-methyl-4-pyrimidinyl)
O,O-dimethyl phosphorothioate) in or
on the following raw agricultural
commodities:
Alfalfa, hay ................................
Alfalfa, forage ...........................
Alfalfa, seed ..............................
Almond, hulls ............................
Animal feed, nongrass, group
18, forage ..............................
Animal feed, nongrass, group
18, hay ..................................
Beet, sugar, roots .....................
Beet, sugar, tops ......................
Berry, group 13 .........................
Brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A ...............................
Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B ...............................
Cabbage ...................................
Cattle, fat ..................................
Cattle, meat ..............................
Cattle, meat byproducts ...........
Cilantro, leaves .........................
Corn, field, forage .....................
Corn, field, grain .......................
Corn, field, stover .....................
Corn, pop, grain ........................
Corn, pop, stover ......................
Corn, sweet, forage ..................
Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob
with husks removed ..............
Corn, sweet, stover ..................
Cotton, undelinted seed ...........
Egg ...........................................
Food commodities/feed commodities (other than those
covered by a higher tolerance as a result of use on
growing crops) in food/feed
handling establishments .......
Fruit, pome, group 11 ...............
Parts per
million
Cattle, fat ..................................
Cattle, meat byproducts ...........
Corn, field, grain .......................
Corn, pop, grain ........................
Goat, fat ....................................
Goat, meat byproducts .............
Grain, aspirated fractions .........
Hog, fat .....................................
Hog, meat byproducts ..............
Horse, fat ..................................
Horse, meat byproducts ...........
Poultry, fat ................................
Sheep, fat .................................
Sheep, meat byproducts ..........
Sorghum, grain, grain ...............
0.02
0.02
8.0
8.0
0.02
0.02
20.0
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
8.0
*
*
*
*
*
11. Section 180.418 is amended by
revising the tables in paragraphs (a)(1),
(a)(2), and (b) to read as follows:
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zeta-cypermethrin; tolerances for residues.
(a) General. (1) *
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1.0
0.2
0.05
11.0
0.5
0.05
1.0
0.2
0.05
0.1
0.05
1.0
0.2
0.05
4.0
2.5
0.1
6.0
0.05
0.05
0.05
1.0
0.2
0.05
Parts per
million
Commodity
Commodity
2.0
*
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for residues.
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Parts per
million
Commodity
15.00
5.00
0.50
6
8
40
0.05
0.20
0.8
2.00
14.00
2.00
1.00
0.2
0.05
10
0.20
0.05
3.00
0.05
3.00
15.00
0.05
15.00
0.5
0.05
Fruit, stone, group 12 ...............
Goat, fat ....................................
Goat, meat ................................
Goat, meat byproducts .............
Grain, aspirated fractions .........
Grape ........................................
Grass, forage, group 17 ...........
Grass, hay, group 17 ................
Hog, fat .....................................
Hog, meat .................................
Horse, fat ..................................
Horse, meat ..............................
Horse, meat byproducts ...........
Milk, fat (reflecting 0.10 in
whole milk) ............................
Nut, tree, group 14 ...................
Onion, bulb ...............................
Onion, green .............................
Pea and bean, dried shelled,
except soybean, subgroup
6C ..........................................
Pea and bean, succulent
shelled, subgroup 6B ............
Peanut ......................................
Pecan ........................................
Poultry, fat ................................
Poultry, meat ............................
Rapeseed .................................
Rice, grain ................................
Rice, hulls .................................
Rice, straw ................................
Sheep, fat .................................
Sheep, meat .............................
Sheep, meat byproducts ..........
Sorghum, grain, forage .............
Sorghum, grain, grain ...............
Sorghum, grain, stover .............
Soybean, seed ..........................
Sugarcane, cane ......................
Sunflower, refined oil ................
Sunflower, seed ........................
Turnip, greens ..........................
Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9 ....
Vegetable, fruiting, group 8 ......
Vegetable, leafy, except brassica, group 4 .........................
Vegetable, legume, edible podded, subgroup 6A .................
Vegetable, root and tuber,
group 1, except sugar beet ...
Wheat, forage ...........................
Wheat, grain .............................
Wheat, hay ...............................
Wheat, straw .............................
1
1.00
0.2
0.05
10.0
2
10
35
0.1
0.05
1.00
0.2
0.05
2.50
0.05
0.10
3.00
0.05
0.1
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.2
1.50
6.00
2.00
1.00
0.2
0.05
0.1
0.5
5.0
0.05
0.60
0.5
0.2
14
0.2
0.2
10.00
0.5
0.1
3.0
0.2
6.0
7.0
(b) * * *
Parts per
million
Commodity
Flax, meal .........
Flax, seed .........
*
*
*
0.2
0.2
*
Expiration/
Revocation
Date
6/30/2008
6/30/2008
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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 19, 2007)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 180
[EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0036; FRL-8143-2]
Chloroneb, Cypermethrin, Methidathion, Nitrapyrin, Oxyfluorfen,
Pirimiphos-methyl, Sulfosate, Tebuthiuron, Thiabendazole, Thidiazuron,
and Tribuphos; Tolerance Actions
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: EPA is revoking certain tolerances for the fungicides
chloroneb and thiabendazole; the herbicide sulfosate; the defoliant
thidiazuron; the insecticides cypermethrin, methidathion, and
pirimiphos-methyl; and the soil microbiocide nitrapyrin. Also, EPA is
modifying certain tolerances for the fungicides chloroneb and
thiabendazole; the herbicides oxyfluorfen and tebuthiuron; the
defoliants thidiazuron and tribuphos; the insecticides cypermethrin,
methidathion, and pirimiphos-methyl; and the soil microbiocide
nitrapyrin. In addition, EPA is establishing new tolerances for the
fungicides chloroneb and thiabendazole; the herbicide oxyfluorfen; the
defoliants thidiazuron and tribuphos; the insecticides cypermethrin,
methidathion, and pirimiphos-methyl; and the soil microbiocide
nitrapyrin. The regulatory actions finalized in this document are in
follow-up to the Agency's reregistration program under the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and tolerance
reassessment program under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
(FFDCA) section 408(q).
DATES: This regulation is effective September 19, 2007. Objections and
requests for hearings must be received on or before November 19, 2007,
and must be filed in accordance with the instructions provided in 40
CFR part 178 (see also Unit I.C. of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).
ADDRESSES: EPA has established a docket for this action under docket
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0036. To access the
electronic docket, go to https://www.regulations.gov, select ``Advanced
Search,'' then ``Docket Search.'' Insert the docket ID number where
indicated and select the ``Submit'' button. Follow the instructions on
the regulations.gov website to view the docket index or access
available documents. All documents in the docket are listed in the
docket index available in regulations.gov. Although listed in the
index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted
material, is not placed on the Internet and will be publicly available
only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket materials are
available in the electronic docket at https://www.regulations.gov, or,
if only available in hard copy, at the OPP Regulatory Public Docket in
Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive,
Arlington, VA. The Docket Facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The Docket telephone
number is (703) 305-5805.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Nevola, Special Review and
Reregistration Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (703) 308-8037; e-mail
address: nevola.joseph@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. General Information
A. Does this Action Apply to Me?
You may be potentially affected by this action if you are an
agricultural producer, food manufacturer, or pesticide manufacturer.
Potentially affected entities may include, but are not limited to:
Crop production (NAICS code 111), e.g., agricultural
workers; greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture workers; farmers.
Animal production (NAICS code 112), e.g., cattle ranchers
and farmers, dairy cattle farmers, livestock farmers.
Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311), e.g., agricultural
workers; farmers; greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture workers;
ranchers; pesticide applicators.
Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532), e.g.,
agricultural workers; commercial applicators; farmers; greenhouse,
nursery, and floriculture workers; residential users.
This listing is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides
a guide for readers regarding entities likely to be affected by this
action. Other types of entities not listed in this unit could also be
affected. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS)
codes have been provided to assist you and others in determining
whether this action might apply to certain entities. If you have any
questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular
entity, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
B. How Can I Access Electronic Copies of this Document?
In addition to accessing an electronic copy of this Federal
Register document through the electronic docket at https://
www.regulations.gov, you may access this ``Federal Register'' document
electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal Register''
listings at https://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr. You may also access a
frequently updated electronic version of 40 CFR part 180 through the
Government Printing Office's pilot e-CFR site at https://
www.gpoaccess.gov/ecfr.
C. Can I File an Objection or Hearing Request?
Under section 408(g) of the FFDCA, as amended by the Food Quality
Protection Act (FQPA), any person may file an objection to any aspect
of this regulation and may also request a hearing on those objections.
The EPA procedural regulations which govern the submission of
objections and requests for hearings appear in 40 CFR part 178. You
must file your objection or request a hearing on this regulation in
accordance with the instructions provided in 40 CFR part 178. To ensure
proper receipt by EPA, you must identify docket ID number EPA-HQ-OPP-
2007-0036 in the subject line on the first page of your submission. All
requests must be in writing, and must be mailed or delivered to the
Hearing Clerk on or before November 19, 2007.
In addition to filing an objection or hearing request with the
Hearing Clerk as described in 40 CFR part 178, please submit a copy of
the filing that does not contain any CBI for inclusion in the public
docket that is described in ADDRESSES. Information not marked
confidential pursuant to 40 CFR part 2 may be disclosed publicly by EPA
without prior notice. Submit your copies, identified by docket ID
number EPA-HQ-OPP-2007-0036, by one of the following methods.
Federal eRulemaking Portal: https://www.regulations.gov.
Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory Public
Docket (7502P), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public Docket (7502P),
Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. S-4400, One Potomac Yard (South
Building), 2777 S. Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA. Deliveries are only
accepted during the Docket's normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 4
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays). Special
arrangements should be made for deliveries of boxed information. The
Docket telephone number is (703) 305-5805.
II. Background
A. What Action is the Agency Taking?
In the Federal Register of May 2, 2007 (72 FR 24198) (FRL-8120-3),
EPA issued a proposal to revoke, remove, modify, and establish certain
specific tolerances for residues of the fungicides chloroneb and
thiabendazole; the herbicides oxyfluorfen, sulfosate, and tebuthiuron;
the defoliants thidiazuron and tribuphos; the insecticides
cypermethrin, methidathion, and pirimiphos-methyl; and the soil
microbiocide nitrapyrin. Also, the proposal of May 2, 2007 (72 FR
24198) provided a 60-day comment period which invited public comment
for consideration and for support of tolerance retention under the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) standards.
In this final rule, EPA is revoking, removing, modifying, and
establishing specific tolerances for residues of chloroneb,
cypermethrin, methidathion, nitrapyrin, oxyfluorfen, pirimiphos-methyl,
sulfosate, tebuthiuron, thiabendazole, thidiazuron, and tribuphos in or
on commodities listed in the regulatory text of this document.
EPA is finalizing these tolerance actions in order to implement the
tolerance recommendations made during the reregistration and tolerance
reassessment processes (including follow-up on canceled or additional
uses of pesticides). As part of these processes, EPA is required to
determine whether each of the amended tolerances meets the safety
standard of the FFDCA. The safety finding determination of ``reasonable
certainty of no harm'' is discussed in detail in each Reregistration
Eligibility Decision (RED) and Report of the Food Quality Protection
Act (FQPA) Tolerance Reassessment Progress and Risk Management Decision
(TRED) for the active ingredient. REDs and TREDs recommend the
implementation of certain tolerance actions, including modifications,
to reflect current use patterns, to meet safety findings and change
commodity names and groupings in accordance with new EPA policy.
Printed copies of many REDs and TREDs may be obtained from EPA's
National Service Center for Environmental Publications (EPA/NSCEP),
P.O. Box 42419, Cincinnati, OH 45242-2419, telephone number: 1-800-490-
9198; fax: 1-513-489-8695; Internet at https://www.epa.gov/ncepihom and
from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), 5285 Port Royal
Road, Springfield, VA 22161, telephone number: 1-800-553-6847 or (703)
605-6000; Internet at https://www.ntis.gov. Electronic copies of REDs
and TREDs are available on the Internet at https://www.regulations.gov
and https://www.epa.gov/pesticides/reregistration/status.htm.
In this final rule, EPA is revoking certain tolerances because
either they are no longer needed or are associated with food uses that
are no longer registered under FIFRA in the United States. Those
instances where registrations were canceled were because the registrant
failed to pay the required maintenance fee and/or the registrant
voluntarily requested cancellation of one or more registered uses of
the pesticide active ingredient. The tolerances revoked by this final
rule are no longer necessary to cover residues of the relevant
pesticides in or on domestically treated commodities or commodities
treated outside but
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imported into the United States. It is EPA's general practice to issue
a final rule revoking those tolerances and tolerance exemptions for
residues of pesticide active ingredients on crop uses for which there
are no active registrations under FIFRA, unless any person in comments
on the proposal indicates a need for the tolerance or tolerance
exemption to cover residues in or on imported commodities or legally
treated domestic commodities.
EPA has historically been concerned that retention of tolerances
that are not necessary to cover residues in or on legally treated foods
may encourage misuse of pesticides within the United States.
Generally, EPA will proceed with the revocation of these tolerances
on the grounds discussed in Unit II.A. if one of the following
conditions applies:
1. Prior to EPA's issuance of a FFDCA section 408(f) order
requesting additional data or issuance of a FFDCA section 408(d) or (e)
order revoking the tolerances on other grounds, commenters retract the
comment identifying a need for the tolerance to be retained.
2. EPA independently verifies that the tolerance is no longer
needed.
3. The tolerance is not supported by data that demonstrate that the
tolerance meets the requirements under FQPA.
This final rule does not revoke those tolerances for which EPA
received comments stating a need for the tolerance to be retained.
In response to the proposal published in the Federal Register of
May 2, 2007 (72 FR 24198), EPA received one comment during the 60-day
public comment period, as follows:
Comment by a private citizen. A private citizen stated that only
zero tolerance levels should be acceptable. In addition, the commenter
expressed a concern for pesticide use in general and their possible
toxic effects on wildlife and humans.
Agency response. The private citizen's comments did not take issue
with any of the Agency's specific conclusions to modify, revoke, or
establish certain tolerances. Also, the commenter did not refer to any
specific studies which pertained to those conclusions. EPA believes
that the tolerance actions finalized herein meet the safety standard of
FFDCA section 408, 21 U.S.C. 346a. In developing REDs and TREDs, EPA
worked with stakeholders, pesticide registrants, growers and other
pesticide users, environmental and public health interests, the States,
the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), other Federal agencies, and
others to develop voluntary measures or regulatory controls needed to
effectively reduce risks of concern. Such options include voluntary
cancellation of pesticide products or deletion of uses, declaring
certain uses ineligible or not yet eligible, restricting use of
products to certified applicators, limiting the amount or frequency of
use, improving use directions and precautions, adding more protective
clothing and equipment requirements, requiring special packaging or
engineering controls, requiring no-treatment buffer zones, employing
environmental and ecological safeguards, and other measures.
The Agency did not receive any specific comments, during the 60-day
comment period, on the following chemicals: Chloroneb, cypermethrin,
methidathion, nitrapyrin, oxyfluorfen, pirimiphos-methyl, sulfosate,
tebuthiuron, thiabendazole, thidiazuron, and tribuphos. Therefore, the
Agency is finalizing the amendments proposed in the Federal Register of
May 2, 2007 (72 FR 24198). For a detailed discussion of the Agency's
rationale for the establishments, revocations, and modifications to the
tolerances, refer to the proposed rule of May 2, 2007.
In addition, the Agency is making the following revisions in this
final rule.
Oxyfluorfen. The Agency did not propose in a notice for
comment to revise the tolerance nomenclature for oxyfluorfen in 40 CFR
180.381(a) from cocoa bean, dried bean to cacao bean, dried bean, as is
current Agency practice. However, section 553(b)(3)(B) of the
Administrative Procedure Act provides that notice and comment is not
necessary ``when the agency for good cause finds (and incorporates the
finding and a brief statement of reasons therefore in the rules issued)
that notice and public procedure thereon are impracticable,
unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest.'' Consequently, for
good cause, EPA is revising the commodity terminology in 40 CFR
180.381(a) from cocoa bean, dried bean to cacao bean, dried bean. The
reason for taking this action is because such action has no practical
impact on the use of or exposure to the pesticide active ingredient,
oxyfluorfen, in or on that commodity and is made such that the
tolerance terminology will conform to current Agency practice.
Thiabendazole. The Agency did not propose in a notice for
comment to revise the tolerance nomenclature for thiabendazole in 40
CFR 180.242(a)(1) from ``sweet potato (POST-H to sweet potato intended
only for use as seed)'' to ``sweet potato (postharvest to sweet potato
intended only for use as seed),'' as is current Agency practice.
However, section 553(b)(3)(B) of the Administrative Procedure Act
provides that notice and comment is not necessary ``when the agency for
good cause finds (and incorporates the finding and a brief statement of
reasons therefore in the rules issued) that notice and public procedure
thereon are impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public
interest.'' Consequently, for good cause, EPA is revising the commodity
terminology in 40 CFR 180.242(a)(1) from ``sweet potato (POST-H to
sweet potato intended only for use as seed)'' to ``sweet potato
(postharvest to sweet potato intended only for use as seed).'' The
reason for taking this action is because such action has no practical
impact on the use of or exposure to the pesticide active ingredient,
thiabendazole, in or on that commodity and is made such that the
tolerance terminology will conform to current Agency practice.
Note: Sugar beet commodities were not included in the human dietary
risk assessment for thiabendazole because the use was not supported by
the technical registrant. (Metabolic fate data of thiabendazole in
sugar beets had been submitted to EPA and reviewed by the Agency as
acceptable. Efficacy, storage, foliar use and post-harvest use data had
also been submitted some years ago, but some of that data was
incomplete.) Therefore, the thiabendazole RED recommended revocation of
the tolerances on sugar beet commodities. Currently, there is an active
end use registration for thiabendazole use on sugar beets. Since the
thiabendazole RED, based on the estimated acute and chronic dietary
risks of thiabendazole, which are 77% of the acute population adjusted
dose (aPAD) and 2% of the chronic population adjusted dose (cPAD), the
Agency determined that the addition of sugar beet commodities to the
dietary risk assessment for thiabendazole would not significantly
contribute to dietary or drinking water risk estimates. Consequently,
the Agency did not propose to take action on the sugar beet tolerances
in 40 CFR 180.242(a) on May 2, 2007 (72 FR 24198), but is in the
process of getting the sugar beet use removed from the one remaining
active registration and does expect to address the sugar beet
tolerances in a future publication in the Federal Register.
Zeta-cypermethrin. The Agency also did not propose in a
notice for comment to revise the tolerance nomenclature for zeta-
cypermethrin in 40 CFR 180.418(a)(2) from ``food/feed items (other than
those covered by a higher tolerance as a result of use on growing
crops) in food/feed handling
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establishments'' to ``food commodities/feed commodities (other than
those covered by a higher tolerance as a result of use on growing
crops) in food/feed handling establishments'' and from ``sunflower'' to
``sunflower, seed,'' as is current Agencv practice. However, section
553(h)(3)(B) of the Administrative Procedure Act provides that notice
and comment is not necessary ``when the agency for good cause finds
(and incorporates the finding and a brief statement of reasons
therefore in the rules issued) that notice and public procedure thereon
are impracticable. unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest.''
Consequently, for good cause, EPA is revising the commodity terminolgy
in 40 CER 180.418(a)(2) from ``food/feed items (other than those
covered by a higher tolerance as a result of use on growing crops) in
food/feed handling establishments'' to ``food commodities/feed
commodities (other than those covered by a higher tolerance as a result
of use on growing crops) in food/feed handling establishments'' and
from ``sunflower'' to ``sunflower, seed.'' The reason for taking this
action is because such action has no practical impact on the use of or
exposure to the pesticide active ingredient, zeta-cypermethrin, in or
on these commodities and is made such that the tolerance terminology
will conform to current Agency practice.
B. What is the Agency's Authority for Taking this Action?
EPA may issue a regulation establishing, modifying, or revoking a
tolerance under FFDCA section 408(e). In this final rule, EPA is
establishing, modifying, and revoking tolerances to implement the
tolerance recommendations made during the reregistration and tolerance
reassessment processes, and as follow-up on canceled uses of
pesticides. As part of these processes, EPA is required to determine
whether each of the amended tolerances meets the safety standards under
FFDCA. The safety finding determination is found in detail in each
post-FQPA RED and TRED for the active ingredient. REDs and TREDs
recommend the implementation of certain tolerance actions, including
modifications to reflect current use patterns, to meet safety findings,
and change commodity names and groupings in accordance with new EPA
policy. Printed and electronic copies of the REDs and TREDs are
available as provided in Unit II.A.
EPA has issued post-FQPA REDs for chloroneb, cypermethrin,
methidathion, nitrapyrin, oxyfluorfen, pirimiphos-methyl,
thiabendazole, thidiazuron, and tribuphos, and a TRED for tebuthiuron,
whose RED was completed prior to FQPA. A RED for sulfosate was not
needed because it was registered after November 1, 1984, and not
subject to reregistration eligibility, and its tolerances were
reassessed prior to completion of a TRED, such that a TRED for
sulfosate was no longer needed because EPA made a safety finding which
reassessed its tolerances according to the FFDCA standard, maintaining
them when new tolerances were established as noted in Unit II.A.). REDs
and TREDs contain the Agency's evaluation of the data base for these
pesticides, including statements regarding additional data on the
active ingredients that may be needed to confirm the potential human
health and environmental risk assessments associated with current
product uses, and REDs state conditions under which these uses and
products will be eligible for reregistration. The REDs and TREDs
recommended the establishment, modification, and/or revocation of
specific tolerances. RED and TRED recommendations such as establishing
or modifying tolerances, and in some cases revoking tolerances, are the
result of assessment under the FFDCA standard of ``reasonable certainty
of no harm.'' However, tolerance revocations recommended in REDs and
TREDs that are made final in this document do not need such assessment
when the tolerances are no longer necessary.
EPA's general practice is to revoke tolerances for residues of
pesticide active ingredients on crops for which FIFRA registrations no
longer exist and on which the pesticide may therefore no longer be used
in the United States. EPA has historically been concerned that
retention of tolerances that are not necessary to cover residues in or
on legally treated foods may encourage misuse of pesticides within the
United States. Nonetheless, EPA will establish and maintain tolerances
even when corresponding domestic uses are canceled if the tolerances,
which EPA refers to as ``import tolerances,'' are necessary to allow
importation into the United States of food containing such pesticide
residues. However, where there are no imported commodities that require
these import tolerances, the Agency believes it is appropriate to
revoke tolerances for unregistered pesticides in order to prevent
potential misuse.
When EPA establishes tolerances for pesticide residues in or on raw
agricultural commodities, the Agency gives consideration to possible
pesticide residues in meat, milk, poultry, and/or eggs produced by
animals that are fed agricultural products (for example, grain or hay)
containing pesticides residues (40 CFR 180.6). If there is no
reasonable expectation of finite pesticide residues in or on meat,
milk, poultry, or eggs, then tolerances do not need to be established
for these commodities (40 CFR 180.6(b) and180.6(c)).
C. When Do These Actions Become Effective?
With the exception of regional tolerances for methidathion on
alfalfa forage, alfalfa hay, timothy forage, and timothy hay, which EPA
is revoking with specific expiration/revocation dates, the Agency is
revoking, modifying, and establishing specific tolerances, and revising
specific commodity terminologies effective September 19, 2007. With the
exception of the revoked four regional tolerances for methidathion, the
Agency believes that existing stocks of pesticide products labeled for
the uses associated with the revoked tolerances have been completely
exhausted and that treated commodities have had sufficient time for
passage through the channels of trade. EPA is revoking certain
methidathion tolerances with an expiration/revocation date of March 31,
2008, for alfalfa forage, alfalfa hay, timothy forage, and timothy hay.
The Agency believes that, because their regional registrations expire
on December 31, 2007, the revocation date of March 31, 2008, allows
sufficient time for passage of treated commodities through the channels
of trade.
Any commodities listed in the regulatory text of this document that
are treated with the pesticides subject to this final rule, and that
are in the channels of trade following the tolerance revocations, shall
be subject to FFDCA section 408(1)(5), as established by the FQPA.
Under this unit, any residues of these pesticides in or on such food
shall not render the food adulterated so long as it is shown to the
satisfaction of the Food and Drug Administration that:
1. The residue is present as the result of an application or use of
the pesticide at a time and in a manner that was lawful under FIFRA.
2. The residue does not exceed the level that was authorized at the
time of the application or use to be present on the food under a
tolerance or exemption from a tolerance. Evidence to show that food was
lawfully treated may include records that verify the dates that the
pesticide was applied to such food.
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III. Are There Any International Trade Issues Raised by this Final
Action?
In making its tolerance decisions, EPA seeks to harmonize U.S.
tolerances with international standards whenever possible, consistent
with U.S. food safety standards and agricultural practices. EPA
considers the international Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) established
by the Codex Alimentarius Commission, as required by section 408(b)(4)
of the FFDCA. The Codex Alimentarius is a joint U.N. Food and
Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization food standards
program, and it is recognized as an international food safety
standards-setting organization in trade agreements to which the United
States is a party. EPA may establish a tolerance that is different from
a Codex MRL; however, FFDCA section 408(b)(4) requires that EPA explain
the reasons for departing from the Codex level in a notice published
for public comment. EPA's effort to harmonize with Codex MRLs is
summarized in the tolerance reassessment section of individual REDs and
TREDs, and in the Residue Chemistry document which supports the RED and
TRED, as mentioned in the proposed rule cited in Unit II.A. Specific
tolerance actions in this rule and how they compare to Codex MRLs (if
any) are discussed in Unit II.A. of the proposal.
IV. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
In this final rule EPA establishes tolerances under FFDCA section
408(e), and also modifies and revokes specific tolerances established
under FFDCA section 408. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has
exempted these types of actions (i.e., establishment and modification
of a tolerance and tolerance revocation for which extraordinary
circumstances do not exist) from review under Executive Order 12866,
entitled Regulatory Planning and Review (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993).
Because this rule has been exempted from review under Executive Order
12866 due to its lack of significance, this rule is not subject to
Executive Order 13211, Actions Concerning Regulations That
Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use (66 FR 28355,
May 22, 2001). This final rule does not contain any information
collections subject to OMB approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act
(PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., or impose any enforceable duty or
contain any unfunded mandate as described under Title II of the
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA) (Public Law 104-4). Nor
does it require any special considerations as required by Executive
Order 12898, entitled Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice
in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations (59 FR 7629,
February 16, 1994); or OMB review or any other Agency action under
Executive Order 13045, entitled Protection of Children from
Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks (62 FR 19885, April 23,
1997). This action does not involve any technical standards that would
require Agency consideration of voluntary consensus standards pursuant
to section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement
Act of 1995 (NTTAA), Public Law 104-13, section 12(d) (15 U.S.C. 272
note). Pursuant to the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) (5 U.S.C. 601
et seq.), the Agency previously assessed whether establishment of
tolerances, exemptions from tolerances, raising of tolerance levels,
expansion of exemptions, or revocations might significantly impact a
substantial number of small entities and concluded that, as a general
matter, these actions do not impose a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities. These analyses for tolerance
establishments and modifications, and for tolerance revocations were
published on May 4, 1981 (46 FR 24950) and on December 17, 1997 (62 FR
66020) (FRL-5753-1), respectively, and were provided to the Chief
Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration. Taking into
account this analysis, and available information concerning the
pesticides listed in this rule, the Agency hereby certifies that this
final rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities. In a memorandum dated May 25, 2001, EPA
determined that eight conditions must all be satisfied in order for an
import tolerance or tolerance exemption revocation to adversely affect
a significant number of small entity importers, and that there is a
negligible joint probability of all eight conditions holding
simultaneously with respect to any particular revocation. (This Agency
document is available in the docket, as mentioned in Unit II.A.)
Furthermore, for the pesticides named in this final rule, the Agency
knows of no extraordinary circumstances that exist as to the present
revocations that would change EPA's previous analysis. In addition, the
Agency has determined that this action will not have a substantial
direct effect on States, on the relationship between the national
government and the States, or on the distribution of power and
responsibilities among the various levels of government, as specified
in Executive Order 13132, entitled Federalism (64 FR 43255, August 10,
1999). Executive Order 13132 requires EPA to develop an accountable
process to ensure ``meaningful and timely input by State and local
officials in the development of regulatory policies that have
federalism implications.'' ``Policies that have federalism
implications'' is defined in the Executive Order to include regulations
that have ``substantial direct effects on the States, on the
relationship between the national government and the States, or on the
distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of
government.'' This final rule directly regulates growers, food
processors, food handlers, and food retailers, not States. This action
does not alter the relationships or distribution of power and
responsibilities established by Congress in the preemption provisions
of section 408(n)(4) of FFDCA. For these same reasons, the Agency has
determined that this rule does not have any ``tribal implications'' as
described in Executive Order 13175, entitled Consultation and
Coordination with Indian Tribal Governments (65 FR 67249, November 6,
2000). Executive Order 13175, requires EPA to develop an accountable
process to ensure ``meaningful and timely input by tribal officials in
the development of regulatory policies that have tribal implications.''
``Policies that have tribal implications'' is defined in the Executive
Order to include regulations that have ``substantial direct effects on
one or more Indian tribes, on the relationship between the Federal
Government and the Indian tribes, or on the distribution of power and
responsibilities between the Federal Government and Indian tribes.''
This rule will not have substantial direct effects on tribal
governments, on the relationship between the Federal Government and
Indian tribes, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities
between the Federal Government and Indian tribes, as specified in
Executive Order 13175. Thus, Executive Order 13175 does not apply to
this rule.
V. Congressional Review Act
The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., generally
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating
the rule must submit a rule report to each House of the Congress and to
the Comptroller General of the United States. EPA will
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submit a report containing this rule and other required information to
the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Comptroller
General of the United States prior to publication of this final rule in
the Federal Register. This final rule is not a ``major rule'' as
defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180
Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure,
Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: September 11, 2007.
Anne E. Lindsay,
Acting Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.
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Therefore, 40 CFR chapter I is amended as follows:
PART 180--[AMENDED]
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1. The authority citation for part 180 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321(q), 346a and 371.
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2. Section 180.242 is amended by revising paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2)
and the introductory text to paragraph (b) to read as follows:
Sec. 180.242 Thiabendazole; tolerances for residues.
(a) General. (1) Tolerances are established for the combined
residues of the fungicide thiabendazole (2-(4-thiazolyl)benzimidazole)
and its metabolite benzimidazole (free and conjugated) in or on the
following food commodities:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Parts per
Commodity million
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Apple, wet pomace.......................................... 12.0
Avocado\1\................................................. 10.0
Banana, postharvest........................................ 3.0
Bean, dry, seed............................................ 0.1
Beet, sugar, dried pulp.................................... 3.5
Beet, sugar, roots......................................... 0.25
Beet, sugar, tops.......................................... 10.0
Cantaloupe\1\.............................................. 15.0
Carrot, roots, postharvest................................. 10.0
Citrus, oil................................................ 15.0
Fruit, citrus, group 10, postharvest....................... 10.0
Fruit, pome, group 11, postharvest......................... 5.0
Mango...................................................... 10.0
Mushroom................................................... 40.0
Papaya, postharvest........................................ 5.0
Potato, postharvest........................................ 10.0
Soybean.................................................... 0.1
Strawberry\1\.............................................. 5.0
Sweet potato (postharvest to sweet potato intended only for 0.05
use as seed)..............................................
Wheat, grain............................................... 1.0
Wheat, straw............................................... 1.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\There are no U.S. registrations on the indicated commodity.
(2) Tolerances are established for the combined residues of
thiabendazole (2-(4-thiazolyl)benzimidazole) and its metabolites 5-
hydroxythiabendazole (free and conjugated) and benzimidazole in or on
the following food commodities:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Parts per
Commodity million
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cattle, meat............................................... 0.1
Cattle, meat byproducts.................................... 0.4
Goat, meat byproducts...................................... 0.4
Hog, meat byproducts....................................... 0.3
Horse, meat byproducts..................................... 0.4
Milk....................................................... 0.1
Sheep, meat byproducts..................................... 0.4
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. Time-limited tolerances are
established for the combined residues of thiabendazole (2-(4-
thiazolyl)benzimidazole) and its metabolite benzimidazole (free and
conjugated), in connection with use of the pesticide under section 18
emergency exemptions granted by EPA. The tolerances are specified in
the following table. The tolerances will expire on the dates specified
in the table.
* * * * *
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3. Section 180.257 is amended by revising paragraph (a) to read as
follows:
Sec. 180.257 Chloroneb; tolerances for residues.
(a) General. Tolerances are established for residues of the
fungicide chloroneb (1,4-dichloro-2,5-dimethoxybenzene) and its
metabolite 2,5-dichloro-4-methoxyphenol (free and conjugated),
calculated as chloroneb, in or on the following raw agricultural
commodities:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Parts per
Commodity million
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bean, dry, seed............................................ 0.2
Bean, succulent............................................ 0.2
Beet, sugar, roots......................................... 0.2
Beet, sugar, tops.......................................... 0.2
Cowpea, forage............................................. 2.0
Cowpea, hay................................................ 2.0
Cattle, fat................................................ 0.2
Cattle, meat............................................... 0.2
Cattle, meat byproducts.................................... 0.2
Cotton, gin byproducts..................................... 1.0
Cotton, undelinted seed.................................... 0.2
Goat, fat.................................................. 0.2
Goat, meat................................................. 0.2
Goat, meat byproducts...................................... 0.2
Hog, fat................................................... 0.2
Hog, meat.................................................. 0.2
Hog, meat byproducts....................................... 0.2
Horse, fat................................................. 0.2
Horse, meat................................................ 0.2
Horse, meat byproducts..................................... 0.2
Milk....................................................... 0.05
Sheep, fat................................................. 0.2
Sheep, meat................................................ 0.2
Sheep, meat byproducts..................................... 0.2
Soybean, forage............................................ 2.0
Soybean, hay............................................... 2.0
Soybean, seed 0.2
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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4. Section 180.272 is amended by revising the table in paragraph (a) to
read as follows:
Sec. 180.272 Tribuphos; tolerances for residues.
(a) General. * * *
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Parts per
Commodity million
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cattle, fat................................................ 0.15
Cattle, meat............................................... 0.02
Cattle, meat byproducts.................................... 0.02
Cotton, gin byproducts..................................... 40.0
Cotton, undelinted seed.................................... 4.0
Goat, fat.................................................. 0.15
Goat, meat................................................. 0.02
Goat, meat byproducts...................................... 0.02
Hog, fat................................................... 0.15
Hog, meat.................................................. 0.02
Hog, meat byproducts....................................... 0.02
Horse, fat................................................. 0.15
Horse, meat................................................ 0.02
Horse, meat byproducts..................................... 0.02
Milk....................................................... 0.01
Sheep, fat................................................. 0.15
Sheep, meat................................................ 0.02
Sheep, meat byproducts 0.02
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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5. Section 180.298 is amended by revising the tables in paragraphs (a)
and (c) to read as follows:
Sec. 180.298 Methidathion; tolerances for residues.
(a) General. * * *
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Parts per
Commodity million
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Almond, hulls.............................................. 6.0
Artichoke, globe........................................... 0.05
Citrus, oil................................................ 420.0
Cotton, undelinted seed.................................... 0.2
Fruit, citrus, group 10, except tangerine.................. 4.0
Fruit, pome, group 11...................................... 0.05
Fruit, stone, group 12..................................... 0.05
Mango...................................................... 0.05
Nut, tree, group 14........................................ 0.05
Olive...................................................... 0.05
Safflower, seed............................................ 0.5
Sorghum, forage, forage.................................... 2.0
Sorghum, grain, forage..................................... 2.0
Sorghum, grain, grain...................................... 0.2
Sorghum, grain, stover..................................... 2.0
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Sunflower, seed 0.5
Tangerine 6.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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(c) * * *
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Expiration/
Commodity Parts per Revocation
million Date
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alfalfa, forage............................... 5.0 3/31/2008
Alfalfa, hay.................................. 5.0 3/31/2008
Kiwifruit..................................... 0.1 None
Longan........................................ 0.1 None
Starfruit..................................... 0.1 None
Sugar apple................................... 0.2 None
Timothy, forage............................... 5.0 3/31/2008
Timothy, hay.................................. 5.0 3/31/2008
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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6. Section 180.350 is amended by revising the table in paragraph (a) to
read as follows:
Sec. 180.350 Nitrapyrin; tolerances for residues.
(a) General. * * *
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Parts per
Commodity million
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Corn, field, forage........................................ 1.0
Corn, field, grain......................................... 0.1
Corn, field, milled byproducts............................. 0.2
Corn, field, stover........................................ 1.0
Corn, pop, grain........................................... 0.1
Corn, pop, stover.......................................... 1.0
Corn, sweet, forage........................................ 1.0
Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed............ 0.1
Corn, sweet, stover........................................ 1.0
Sorghum, forage, forage.................................... 0.5
Sorghum, grain, forage..................................... 0.5
Sorghum, grain, grain...................................... 0.1
Sorghum, grain, stover..................................... 0.5
Wheat, bran................................................ 3.0
Wheat, forage.............................................. 2.0
Wheat, grain............................................... 0.5
Wheat, milled byproducts, except flour..................... 2.0
Wheat, straw............................................... 6.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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7. Section 180.381 is amended by revising the tables in paragraphs (a)
and (c) to read as follows:
Sec. 180.381 Oxyfluorfen; tolerances for residues.
(a) General. * * *
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Parts per
Commodity million
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Almond, hulls.............................................. 0.1
Artichoke, globe........................................... 0.05
Avocado.................................................... 0.05
Banana..................................................... 0.05
Broccoli................................................... 0.05
Cabbage.................................................... 0.05
Cacao bean, dried bean..................................... 0.05
Cattle, fat................................................ 0.01
Cattle, meat............................................... 0.01
Cattle, meat byproducts.................................... 0.01
Cauliflower................................................ 0.05
Coffee, bean, green........................................ 0.05
Corn, field, grain......................................... 0.05
Corn, pop, grain........................................... 0.05
Cotton, undelinted seed.................................... 0.05
Date....................................................... 0.05
Egg........................................................ 0.03
Feijoa..................................................... 0.05
Fig........................................................ 0.05
Fruit, pome, group 11...................................... 0.05
Fruit, stone, group 12..................................... 0.05
Goat, fat.................................................. 0.01
Goat, meat................................................. 0.01
Goat, meat byproducts...................................... 0.01
Grape...................................................... 0.05
Hog, fat................................................... 0.01
Hog, meat.................................................. 0.01
Hog, meat byproducts....................................... 0.01
Horse, fat................................................. 0.01
Horse, meat................................................ 0.01
Horse, meat byproducts..................................... 0.01
Horseradish................................................ 0.05
Kiwifruit.................................................. 0.05
Milk....................................................... 0.01
Nut, tree, group 14........................................ 0.05
Olive...................................................... 0.05
Onion, bulb................................................ 0.05
Peppermint, tops........................................... 0.05
Persimmon.................................................. 0.05
Pistachio.................................................. 0.05
Pomegranate................................................ 0.05
Poultry, fat............................................... 0.2
Poultry, meat.............................................. 0.01
Poultry, meat byproducts................................... 0.01
Sheep, fat................................................. 0.01
Sheep, meat................................................ 0.01
Sheep, meat byproducts..................................... 0.01
Soybean.................................................... 0.05
Spearmint, tops............................................ 0.05
------------------------------------------------------------------------
* * * * *
(c) * * *
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Parts per
Commodity million
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Blackberry................................................. 0.05
Chickpea, seed............................................. 0.05
Grass, forage.............................................. 0.05
Grass, hay................................................. 0.05
Grass, seed screenings..................................... 0.05
Guava...................................................... 0.05
Papaya..................................................... 0.05
Raspberry.................................................. 0.05
Taro, corm................................................. 0.05
Taro, leaves............................................... 0.05
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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8. Section 180.390 is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 180.390 Tebuthiuron; tolerances for residues.
(a) General. (1) Tolerances are established for the combined
residues of the herbicide tebuthiuron (N-(5-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-
thiadiazol-2-yl)-N,N'-dimethylurea) and its metabolites N-(5-(2-
hydroxy-1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-N,N'-dimethylurea, N-
(5-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-N-methylurea, and N-(5-
(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-N'-hydroxymethyl-N-
methylurea in or on the following raw agricultural commodities:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Parts per
Commodity million
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Grass, forage.............................................. 10.0
Grass, hay................................................. 10.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(2) Tolerances are established for the combined residues of the
herbicide tebuthiuron (N-(5-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-
N,N'-dimethylurea) and its metabolites N-(5-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-
thiadiazol-2-yl)-N-methylurea, N-(5-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-
thiadiazol-2-yl)urea, 2-dimethylethyl-5-amino-1,3,4-thiadiazole, and N-
(5-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-N'-hydroxymethyl-N-
methylurea in or on the following raw agricultural commodities:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Parts per
Commodity million
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cattle, fat................................................ 1.0
Cattle, meat............................................... 1.0
Cattle, meat byproducts.................................... 5.0
Goat, fat.................................................. 1.0
Goat, meat................................................. 1.0
Goat, meat byproducts...................................... 5.0
Horse, fat................................................. 1.0
Horse, meat................................................ 1.0
Horse, meat byproducts..................................... 5.0
Sheep, fat................................................. 1.0
Sheep, meat................................................ 1.0
Sheep, meat byproducts..................................... 5.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(3) A tolerance is established for the combined residues of the
herbicide tebuthiuron (N-(5-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-
N,N'-dimethylurea) and its metabolites N-(5-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-
thiadiazol-2-yl)-N-methylurea, N-(5-(2-hydroxy-1,1-dimethylethyl)-
1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-N-methylurea, N-(5-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-
thiadiazol-2-yl)urea, N-(5-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-
N'-hydroxymethyl-N-methylurea, and N-(5-(2-hydroxy-1,1-dimethylethyl)-
1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-N'-hydroxymethyl-N-methylurea in or on the
following raw agricultural commodities:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Parts per
Commodity million
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Milk....................................................... 0.8
------------------------------------------------------------------------
(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]
(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]
(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]
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9. Section 180.403 is amended by revising the table in paragraph (a) to
read as follows:
Sec. 180.403 Thidiazuron; tolerances for residues.
(a) General. * * *
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Parts per
Commodity million
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cattle, fat................................................ 0.4
Cattle, meat............................................... 0.4
Cattle, meat byproducts.................................... 0.4
Cotton, gin byproducts..................................... 24.0
Cotton, undelinted seed.................................... 0.3
Goat, fat.................................................. 0.4
Goat, meat................................................. 0.4
Goat, meat byproducts...................................... 0.4
Hog, fat................................................... 0.4
Hog, meat.................................................. 0.4
Hog, meat byproducts....................................... 0.4
Horse, fat................................................. 0.4
Horse, meat................................................ 0.4
Horse, meat byproducts..................................... 0.4
Milk....................................................... 0.05
Sheep, fat................................................. 0.4
Sheep, meat................................................ 0.4
Sheep, meat byproducts 0.4
------------------------------------------------------------------------
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10. Section 180.409 is amended by revising paragraph (a) to read as
follows:
Sec. 180.409 Pirimiphos-methyl; tolerances for residues.
(a) General. Tolerances are established for residues of the
insecticide pirimiphos-methyl (O-(2-diethylamino-6-methyl-4-
pyrimidinyl) O,O-dimethyl phosphorothioate) in or on the following raw
agricultural commodities:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Parts per
Commodity million
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cattle, fat................................................ 0.02
Cattle, meat byproducts.................................... 0.02
Corn, field, grain......................................... 8.0
Corn, pop, grain........................................... 8.0
Goat, fat.................................................. 0.02
Goat, meat byproducts...................................... 0.02
Grain, aspirated fractions................................. 20.0
Hog, fat................................................... 0.02
Hog, meat byproducts....................................... 0.02
Horse, fat................................................. 0.02
Horse, meat byproducts..................................... 0.02
Poultry, fat............................................... 0.02
Sheep, fat................................................. 0.02
Sheep, meat byproducts..................................... 0.02
Sorghum, grain, grain...................................... 8.0
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11. Section 180.418 is amended by revising the tables in paragraphs
(a)(1), (a)(2), and (b) to read as follows:
Sec. 180.418 Cypermethrin and an isomer zeta-cypermethrin; tolerances
for residues.
(a) General. (1) * * *
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Parts per
Commodity million
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A....................... 2.0
Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B........................ 14.0
Cattle, fat................................................ 1.0
Cattle, meat............................................... 0.2
Cattle, meat byproducts.................................... 0.05
Cotton, gin byproducts..................................... 11.0
Cotton, undelinted seed.................................... 0.5
Egg........................................................ 0.05
Goat, fat.................................................. 1.0
Goat, meat................................................. 0.2
Goat, meat byproducts...................................... 0.05
Hog, fat................................................... 0.1
Hog, meat.................................................. 0.05
Horse, fat................................................. 1.0
Horse, meat................................................ 0.2
Horse, meat byproducts..................................... 0.05
Lettuce, head.............................................. 4.0
Milk, fat (reflecting 0.10 in whole milk).................. 2.5
Onion, bulb................................................ 0.1
Onion, green............................................... 6.0
Pecan...................................................... 0.05
Poultry, fat............................................... 0.05
Poultry, meat.............................................. 0.05
Sheep, fat................................................. 1.0
Sheep, meat................................................ 0.2
Sheep, meat byproducts..................................... 0.05
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Parts per
Commodity million
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Alfalfa, hay............................................... 15.00
Alfalfa, forage............................................ 5.00
Alfalfa, seed.............................................. 0.50
Almond, hulls.............................................. 6
Animal feed, nongrass, group 18, forage.................... 8
Animal feed, nongrass, group 18, hay....................... 40
Beet, sugar, roots......................................... 0.05
Beet, sugar, tops.......................................... 0.20
Berry, group 13............................................ 0.8
Brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A....................... 2.00
Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B........................ 14.00
Cabbage.................................................... 2.00
Cattle, fat................................................ 1.00
Cattle, meat............................................... 0.2
Cattle, meat byproducts.................................... 0.05
Cilantro, leaves........................................... 10
Corn, field, forage........................................ 0.20
Corn, field, grain......................................... 0.05
Corn, field, stover........................................ 3.00
Corn, pop, grain..........................