[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 23]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 40CFR180.121]



[Page 341]

 

                   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  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:



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                                                              Parts per

                         Commodity                             million

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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, top...........................................          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, dry, seed.............................................          1.0

Pea, field vines...........................................          1.0

Pecan......................................................          0.1

Potato.....................................................          0.1

Rapeseed, seed.............................................          0.2

Rice, grain................................................          1.0

Soybean....................................................          0.1

Soybean, hay...............................................          1.0

Sunflower, seed............................................          0.2

Sweet potato, roots........................................          0.1

Walnut.....................................................          0.1

Wheat......................................................          1.0

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    (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.



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                                                               Parts per

                          Commodity                             million

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Apple........................................................          1

Artichoke, globe.............................................          1

Beet, garden, tops...........................................          1

Beet (with or without tops)..................................          1

Broccoli.....................................................          1

Brussels sprouts.............................................          1

Carrot, roots................................................          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 5..........................          1

Vetch........................................................          1

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[66 FR 1245, Jan. 5, 2001, as amended at 66 FR 38955, July 26, 2001;67 

FR 38603, June 5, 2002]