[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 40, Volume 20] [Revised as of July 1, 2002] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 40CFR180.121] [Page 347-349] TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED) PART 180--TOLERANCES AND EXEMPTIONS FROM TOLERANCES FOR PESTICIDE CHEMICALS IN FOOD--Table of Contents Subpart C--Specific Tolerances Sec. 180.121 Parathion or its methyl homolog; tolerances for residues. (a) General. (1) Tolerances are established for residues of the insecticide parathion (O, O-Diethyl-O-p-nitrophenyl thiophosphate) or its methyl homolog in or on the following food commodities: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Parts Commodity per million ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alfalfa, fresh................................................. 1.25 Alfalfa, hay................................................... 5 Almond......................................................... 0.1 Almond, hulls.................................................. 3 Apricot........................................................ 1 Avocado........................................................ 1 Barley......................................................... 1 Bean, dried.................................................... 1 Beet, sugar.................................................... 0.1 Beet,sugar, (tops)............................................. 0.1 Blackberry..................................................... 1 Blueberry (huckleberry)........................................ 1 Cabbage........................................................ 1 Clover......................................................... 1 Corn........................................................... 1 Corn, forage................................................... 1 Cotton, seed................................................... 0.75 Cranberry...................................................... 1 Cucumber....................................................... 1 Currant........................................................ 1 Dates.......................................................... 1 Dewberry....................................................... 1 Eggplant....................................................... 1 Endive (escarole).............................................. 1 Fig............................................................ 1 Filbert........................................................ 0.1 Garlic......................................................... 1 Gooseberry..................................................... 1 Grass, forage.................................................. 1 Guava.......................................................... 1 Hop............................................................ 1 Mango.......................................................... 1 Melon.......................................................... 1 Mustard, seed.................................................. 0.2 Oat............................................................ 1 Okra........................................................... 1 Olive.......................................................... 1 [[Page 348]] Onion.......................................................... 1 Parsnip (with or without tops)................................. 1 Parsnipgreens (alone).......................................... 1 Peanut......................................................... 1 Pea, dried..................................................... 1 Pea, forage.................................................... 1 Pecans......................................................... 0.1 Pepper......................................................... 1 Pineapple...................................................... 1 Potato......................................................... 0.1 Pumpkin........................................................ 1 Quince......................................................... 1 Radish (with or without tops).................................. 1 Radish (tops).................................................. 1 Rape, seed..................................................... 0.2 Raspberry...................................................... 1 Rice........................................................... 1 Safflower, seed................................................ 0.1 Sorghum........................................................ 0.1 Sorghum, fodder................................................ 3 Sorghum forage................................................. 3 Soybean........................................................ 0.1 Soybean hay.................................................... 1 Squash......................................................... 1 Squash, summer................................................. 1 Strawberry..................................................... 1 Sunflower, seed................................................ 0.2 Sweet potato................................................... 0.1 Swiss chard.................................................... 1 Walnut......................................................... 0.1 Wheat.......................................................... 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (2) Tolerances are established for residues of the insecticide parathion O, O-Dimethyl-O-p-nitrophenyl thiophosphate (the methyl homolog of parathion) in or on the following RACs: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Parts Commodity per million ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Guar bean...................................................... 0.2 Parsley........................................................ 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (3) Tolerances are established for residues of the insecticide parathion O, O-Diethyl-O-p-nitrophenyl thiophosphate (ethyl parathion) in or on the following RACs: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Parts Commodity per million ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apple.......................................................... 1 Artichoke...................................................... 1 Beet greens (alone)............................................ 1 Beet (with or without tops).................................... 1 Broccoli....................................................... 1 Brussels sprouts............................................... 1 Carrots........................................................ 1 Cauliflower.................................................... 1 Celery......................................................... 1 Cherry......................................................... 1 Collards....................................................... 1 Grape.......................................................... 1 Kale........................................................... 1 Kohlrabi....................................................... 1 Lettuce........................................................ 1 Mustard greens................................................. 1 Nectarine...................................................... 1 Peach.......................................................... 1 Pear........................................................... 1 Plum, prune, fresh............................................. 1 Rutabagas(with or without tops)................................ 1 Rutabaga tops.................................................. 1 Spinach........................................................ 1 Tomato......................................................... 1 Turnip (with or without tops).................................. 1 Turnip, greens................................................. 1 Vetch.......................................................... 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved] (c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved] (d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved] (e) Revoked tolerances subject to the channel of trade provisions. The following table lists commodities for which methyl parathion use was unlawful after December 31, 1999, and the revoked tolerances. Commodities with residues of methyl parathion resulting from lawful use are subject to the channels of trade provisions of section 408(1)(5) of the FFDCA. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Parts Commodity per million ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apple.......................................................... 1 Artichoke, globe............................................... 1 Beet greens (alone)............................................ 1 Beet (with or without tops).................................... 1 Broccoli....................................................... 1 Brussels sprouts............................................... 1 Carrots........................................................ 1 Cauliflower.................................................... 1 Celery......................................................... 1 Cherry......................................................... 1 Collards....................................................... 1 Grape.......................................................... 1 Kale........................................................... 1 Kohlrabi....................................................... 1 Lettuce........................................................ 1 Mustard greens................................................. 1 Nectarine...................................................... 1 Peach.......................................................... 1 Peach.......................................................... 1 Pear........................................................... 1 Plum, prune, fresh............................................. 1 Rutabagas (with or without tops)............................... 1 Rutabaga tops.................................................. 1 Spinach........................................................ 1 Tomato......................................................... 1 Trefoil, birdsfoot, forage..................................... 1.25 Trefoil, birdsfoot, hay........................................ 5 Turnip (with or without tops).................................. 1 Turnip, greens................................................. 1 Vegetable, brassica, leafy, group.............................. 1 Vetch.......................................................... 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 349]] [66 FR 1245, Jan. 5, 2001, as amended at 66 FR 38955, July 26, 2001] Effective Date Note: At 67 FR 38603, June 5, 2002, Sec. 180.121 was amended by revising the section heading and paragraph (a), effective Sept. 3, 2002. For the convenience of the user, the revised text is set forth as follows: Sec. 180.121 Methyl parathion; tolerances for residues. (a) General. Tolerances are established for residues of the insecticide parathion O, O-Dimethyl-O-p-nitrophenyl thiophosphate (the methyl homolog of parathion) in or on the following raw agricultural commodities: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Parts Commodity per million ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Alfalfa, fresh................................................. 1.25 Alfalfa, hay................................................... 5.0 Almond......................................................... 0.1 Almond, hull................................................... 3.0 Barley......................................................... 1.0 Bean, dried.................................................... 1.0 Beet, sugar.................................................... 0.1 Beet, sugar, tops.............................................. 0.1 Cabbage........................................................ 1.0 Corn........................................................... 1.0 Corn, forage................................................... 1.0 Cotton, seed................................................... 0.75 Grass, forage.................................................. 1.0 Hop............................................................ 1.0 Oat............................................................ 1.0 Onion.......................................................... 1.0 Peanut......................................................... 1.0 Pea, dried..................................................... 1.0 Pea, forage.................................................... 1.0 Pecan.......................................................... 0.1 Potato......................................................... 0.1 Rape, seed..................................................... 0.2 Rice........................................................... 1.0 Soybean........................................................ 0.1 Soybean, hay................................................... 1.0 Sunflower, seed................................................ 0.2 Sweet potato................................................... 0.1 Walnut......................................................... 0.1 Wheat.......................................................... 1.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * * * * *