[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: 40CFR180.145]



[Page 351-352]

 

                   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.  180.145  Fluorine compounds; tolerances for residues.



    (a) General. (1) Tolerances are established for combined residues of 

the insecticidal fluorine compounds cryolite and synthetic cryolite 

(sodium aluminum fluoride) in or on the following agricultural 

commodities:



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                                                               Parts per

                          Commodity                             million

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Apricot......................................................          7

Blackberry...................................................          7

Blueberry (huckleberry)......................................          7

Boysenberry..................................................          7

Broccoli.....................................................          7

Brussels sprouts.............................................          7

Cabbage......................................................          7

Cauliflower..................................................          7

Collards.....................................................          7

Cranberry....................................................          7

Cucumber.....................................................          7

Dewberry.....................................................          7

Eggplant.....................................................          7

Fruit, citrus................................................          7

Grape........................................................          7

Kale.........................................................          7

Kohlrabi.....................................................          7

Lettuce......................................................          7

Loganberry...................................................          7

Melon........................................................          7

Nectarine....................................................          7

Peach........................................................          7

Pepper.......................................................          7

Plum, prune, fresh...........................................          7

Pumpkin......................................................          7

Raspberry....................................................          7

Squash, summer...............................................          7

Squash, winter...............................................          7

Strawberry...................................................          7

Tomato.......................................................          7

Youngberry...................................................          7

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    (2) Time-limited tolerances are established for residues of the 

insecticidal fluorine compounds cryolite and synthetic cryolite (sodium 

aluminum fluoride) in or on the commodities as follows:



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                                                             Expiration/

                    Commodity                     Parts per   revocation

                                                   million       date

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Potato..........................................        2.0   11/21/2001

Potato, waste from processing...................       22.0   11/21/2001

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    (3) Tolerances are established for residues of fluoride in or on the 

following commodities from the postharvest fumigation with sulfuryl 

fluoride for the control of insects:



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                                                               Parts per

                          Commodity                             million

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All processed food commodities not otherwise listed..........         70

Barley, bran, postharvest....................................       45.0

Barley, flour, postharvest...................................       45.0

Barley, grain, postharvest...................................       15.0

Barley, pearled, postharvest.................................       45.0

Cattle, meat, dried..........................................         40

Cheese.......................................................        5.0

Cocoa bean, postharvest......................................         20

Coconut, postharvest.........................................         40

Coffee, postharvest..........................................         15

Corn, aspirated grain fractions, postharvest.................       55.0

Corn, field, flour, postharvest..............................       35.0

Corn, field, grain, postharvest..............................       10.0

Corn, field, grits, postharvest..............................       10.0



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Corn, field, meal, postharvest...............................       30.0

Corn pop, grain, postharvest.................................       10.0

Cottonseed, postharvest......................................         70

Eggs, dried..................................................        900

Fruit, dried , postharvest (other than raisin)...............        3.0

Ginger, postharvest..........................................         70

Grape, raisin, postharvest...................................        7.0

Ham..........................................................         20

Herbs and spices, group 19, postharvest......................         70

Milk, powdered...............................................        5.0

Millet, grain, postharvest...................................       40.0

Nut, pine, postharvest.......................................         20

Nut, tree, Group 14, postharvest.............................       10.0

Oat, flour, postharvest......................................       75.0

Oat, grain, postharvest......................................       25.0

Oat, rolled, postharvest.....................................       75.0

Peanut, postharvest..........................................         15

Pistachio, postharvest.......................................       10.0

Rice, bran, postharvest......................................       31.0

Rice, flour, postharvest.....................................         45

Rice, grain, postharvest.....................................       12.0

Rice, hulls, postharvest.....................................       35.0

Rice, polished, postharvest..................................       25.0

Rice, wild, grain, postharvest...............................       25.0

Sorghum, grain, postharvest..................................       40.0

Triticale, grain, postharvest................................       40.0

Vegetables, legume, group 6, postharvest.....................         70

Wheat, bran, postharvest.....................................       40.0

Wheat, flour, postharvest....................................      125.0

Wheat, germ, postharvest.....................................      130.0

Wheat, grain, postharvest....................................       40.0

Wheat, milled byproducts, postharvest........................      130.0

Wheat, shorts, postharvest...................................       40.0

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    (b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

    (c) Tolerances with regional registrations. Tolerances with regional 

registration, as defined by Sec.  180.1(n), are established for the 

combined residues of the insecticidal fluorine compounds, cryolite and 

synthetic cryolite (sodium aluminum fluoride), in or on the following 

raw agricultural commodities:



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                                                               Parts per

                          Commodity                             million

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Kiwifruit....................................................         15

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    (d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]



[54 FR 6916, Feb. 15, 1989, as amended at 58 FR 26689, May 5, 1993; 62 

FR 64301, Dec. 5, 1997; 63 FR 57073, Oct. 26, 1998; 64 FR 4311, Jan. 28, 

1999; 67 FR 5740, Feb. 7, 2002; 67 FR 49615, July 31, 2002; 69 FR 3256, 

Jan. 23, 2004; 69 FR 33578, June 16, 2004; 70 FR 40908, July 15, 2005]