40 Protection of Environment 23 2009-07-01 2009-07-01 false Diuron; tolerances for residues. 180.106 Section 180.106 Protection of Environment ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) PESTICIDE PROGRAMS TOLERANCES AND EXEMPTIONS FOR PESTICIDE CHEMICAL RESIDUES IN FOOD Specific Tolerances
§ 180.106 Diuron; tolerances for residues.

(a) General. Tolerances are established for the combined residues of the herbicide diuron, 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea and its metabolites convertible to 3,4-dichloroaniline in or on food commodities, as follows:

Commodity Parts per million Alfalfa, forage 3.0 Alfalfa, hay 2.0 Apple 0.1 Artichoke, globe 1 Asparagus 7 Banana 0.1 Berry group 13 0.1 Cattle, fat 1 Cattle, meat 1 Cattle, meat byproducts 1 Citrus, oil 3.0 Corn, field, grain 0.1 Corn, pop, grain 0.1 Cotton, undelinted seed 0.2 Fish - freshwater finfish, farm raised 2.0 Fruit, citrus, group 10, except lemon 0.05 Goat, fat 1 Goat, meat 1 Goat, meat byproducts 1 Grain, aspirated fractions 5.0 Grape 0.05 Grass, forage, except bermudagrass 2 Grass, hay, except bermudagrass 2 Hazelnut 0.1 Hog, fat 1 Hog, meat 1 Hog, meat byproducts 1 Horse, fat 1 Horse, meat 1 Horse, meat byproducts 1 Lemon 0.5 Nut, macadamia 0.05 Olive 1 Papaya 0.5 Peach 0.1 Pear 1 Pea, field, seed 0.1 Pea, field, vines 2 Pea, field, hay 2 Pecan 0.05 Peppermint, tops 1.5 Pineapple 0.1 Pineapple, process residue 0.4 Sheep, fat 1 Sheep, meat 1 Sheep, meat byproducts 1 Sorghum, grain, forage 2 Sorghum, grain, grain 0.5 Sorghum, grain, stover 2 Spearmint, tops 1.5 Sugarcane, cane 0.2 Sugarcane, molasses 0.7 Walnut 0.05 Wheat, bran 0.7 Wheat, forage 2 Wheat, grain 0.5 Wheat, hay 2 Wheat, straw 1.5

(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. Time-limited tolerances are established for combined residues of the herbicide diuron and its metabolites convertible to 3,4-dichloroaniline in connection with use of the pesticide under section 18 emergency exemptions granted by EPA. These tolerances will expire and are revoked on the dates specified in the following table.

Commodity Parts per million Expiration/Revocation date Catfish 2.0 06/30/08

(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. Tolerances with a regional registration as defined in § 180.1(n) are established for the combined residues of the herbicide diuron (3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea and its metabolites convertible to 3,4-dichloroaniline) in or on the raw agricultural commodities:

Commodity Parts per million Barley, bran 0.7 Barley, grain 0.2 Barley, hay 2 Barley, straw 1.5 Cactus 0.05 Clover, forage 0.1 Clover, hay 1.0 Oat, forage 2 Oat, grain 0.1 Oat, hay 2 Oat, straw 1.5 Trefoil, forage 0.1 Trefoil, hay 1.5 Vetch, forage 0.1 Vetch, hay 1.5

(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]

[63 FR 2164, Jan. 14, 1998, as amended at 63 FR 57072, Oct. 26, 1998; 64 FR 41305, July 30, 1999; 66 FR 28671, May 24, 2001; 67 FR 46883, July 17, 2002; 69 FR 71717, Dec. 10, 2004; 72 FR 32540, June 13, 2007; 72 FR 35666, June 29, 2007; 73 FR 54958, Sept. 24, 2008]