[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: 40CFR180.29]



[Page 319-320]

 

                   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 B_Procedural Regulations

 

Sec.  180.29  Establishment, modification, and revocation of tolerance on 

initiative of Administrator.



    (a) Upon the Administrator's own initiative, the Administrator may 

propose, under FFDCA section 408(e), the issuance of a regulation 

establishing a tolerance for a pesticide chemical or exempting it from 

the necessity of a tolerance, or a regulation modifying or



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revoking an existing tolerance or exemption.

    (b) The Administrator shall provide a period of not less than 60 

days for persons to comment on the proposed regulation, except that a 

shorter period for comment may be provided if the Administrator for good 

cause finds that it would be in the public interest to do so and states 

the reasons for the finding in the notice of proposed rulemaking.

    (c) After reviewing any timely comments received, the Administrator 

may by order establish, modify, or revoke a tolerance regulation, which 

order and regulation shall be published in the Federal Register. An 

order published under this section shall state that persons may submit 

objections and requests for a hearing in the manner described in part 

178 of this chapter.

    (d) Any final regulation issued under this section shall be 

effective on the date of publication in the Federal Register unless 

otherwise provided in the regulation.



[70 FR 33361, June 8, 2005]