[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 23]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR180.108]

[Page 440-441]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 180_TOLERANCES AND EXEMPTIONS FROM TOLERANCES FOR PESTICIDE CHEMICALS IN 
 
                      Subpart C_Specific Tolerances
 
Sec. 180.108  Acephate; tolerances for residues.

    (a) General. (1) Tolerances are established for residues of acephate 
per se (O,S-dimethyl acetylphosphoramidothioate) in or on the following 
food commodities\1\:

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                                                               Parts per
                        Commodity\1\                            million
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Bean, dry, seed.............................................        3.0
Bean, succulent.............................................        3.0
Brussels sprouts............................................        3.0
Cattle, fat.................................................        0.1
Cattle, meat................................................        0.1
Cattle, meat byproducts.....................................        0.1
Cauliflower.................................................        2.0
Celery......................................................       10
Cotton, hulls...............................................        1.0
Cotton, meal................................................        1.0
Cotton, undelinted seed.....................................        0.5
Cranberry...................................................        0.5
Egg.........................................................        0.1
Goat, fat...................................................        0.1
Goat, meat..................................................        0.1
Goat, meat byproducts.......................................        0.1
Hog, fat....................................................        0.1
Hog, meat...................................................        0.1
Hog, meat byproducts........................................        0.1
Horse, fat..................................................        0.1
Horse, meat.................................................        0.1
Horse, meat byproducts......................................        0.1
Lettuce, head...............................................       10
Milk........................................................        0.1
Peanut......................................................        0.2
Pepper......................................................        4.0
Peppermint, tops............................................       27
Poultry, fat................................................        0.1
Poultry, meat...............................................        0.1
Poultry, meat byproducts....................................        0.1
Sheep, fat..................................................        0.1
Sheep, meat.................................................        0.1
Sheep, meat byproducts......................................        0.1
Spearmint, tops.............................................       27
Soybean, seed...............................................        1.0
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\1\Residues of the acephate metabolite, methamidophos, are regulated
  under 40 CFR 180.315

    (2) A food tolerance of 0.02 ppm is established for residues of 
acephate per se (O,S-dimethyl acetylphosphoramidothioate) as follows:
    (i) In or on all food items (other than those already covered by a 
higher tolerance as a result of use on growing crops) in food handling 
establishments.
    (ii) The acephate may be present as a residue from applications of 
acephate in food handling establishments, including food service, 
manufacturing and processing establishments, such as restaurants, 
cafeterias, supermarkets, bakeries, breweries, dairies, meat 
slaughtering and packing plants, and canneries in accordance with the 
following prescribed conditions:
    (A) Application shall be limited solely to spot and/or crack and 
crevice treatment in food handling establishments where food and food 
products are held, processed, prepared and served. Spray concentration 
shall be limited to a maximum of 1.0 percent active ingredient. For 
crack and crevice treatments, equipment capable of delivering a pin-
stream of insecticide shall be used. For spot treatments, a coarse, low-
pressure spray shall be used to avoid atomization or splashing of the 
spray. Contamination of food or food-contact surfaces shall be avoided.
    (B) To assure safe use of the insecticide, its label and labeling 
shall conform to that registered by the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, and it shall be used in accordance with such label and labeling.
    (b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]
    (c) Tolerances with regional registration. Tolerances with regional 
registration, as defined in Sec. 180.1(m), are established for residues 
of acephate per se (O,S-dimethyl

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acetylphosphoramidothioate) in or on the following food commodities:

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                                                               Parts per
                          Commodity                             million
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Nut, macadamia..............................................        0.05
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    (d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]

[63 FR 13542, Mar. 20, 1998, as amended at 67 FR 49615, July 31, 2002; 
73 FR 5108, Jan. 29, 2008]