40 C.F.R. § 180.142

Current through October 31, 2024

Section 180.142 - 2,4-D; tolerances for residues

(a)General. Tolerances are established for residues of the herbicide, plant regulator, and fungicide 2,4-D, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the table below. Compliance with the tolerance levels is to be determined by measuring residues of 2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid), both free and conjugated, determined as the acid, in or on the following commodities:

Table 1 to Paragraph (a)

Commodity	Parts per million
Almond hulls	0.1
Asparagus	5.0
Barley, bran	4.0
Barley, grain	2.0
Barley, straw	50
Berry, group 13	0.2
Cattle, fat	0.3
Cattle, kidney	4.0
Cattle, meat	0.3
Cattle, meat byproducts, except kidney	0.3
Corn, field, forage	6.0
Corn, field, grain	0.05
Corn, field, stover	50
Corn, pop, grain	0.05
Corn, pop, stover	50
Corn, sweet, forage	6.0
Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed	0.05
Corn, sweet, stover	50
Cotton, gin byproducts	1.5
Cotton, undelinted seed	0.08
Cranberry	0.5
Fish	0.1
Fruit, citrus, group 10	3.0
Fruit, pome, group 11	0.05
Fruit, stone, group 12	0.05
Goat, fat	0.3
Goat, kidney	4.0
Goat, meat	0.3
Goat, meat byproducts, except kidney	0.3
Grain, aspirated fractions	40
Grape	0.05
Grass, forage	360
Grass, hay	300
Hop, dried cones	0.2
Horse, fat	0.3
Horse, kidney	4.0
Horse, meat	0.3
Horse, meat byproducts, except kidney	0.3
Millet, forage	25
Millet, grain	2.0
Millet, straw	50
Milk	0.05
Nut, tree, group 14	0.2
Oat, forage	25
Oat, grain	2.0
Oat, straw	50
Pistachio	0.05
Potato	0.4
Rice, grain	0.5
Rice, hulls	2.0
Rye, bran	4.0
Rye, forage	25
Rye, grain	2.0
Rye, straw	50
Sesame, seed	0.05
Sheep, fat	0.3
Sheep, kidney	4.0
Sheep, meat	0.3
Sheep, meat byproducts, except kidney	0.3
Shellfish	1.0
Sorghum, grain, forage	0.2
Sorghum, grain, grain	0.2
Sorghum, grain, stover	0.2
Soybean, forage	0.02
Soybean, hay	2.0
Soybean, seed	0.02
Strawberry	0.05
Sugarcane, cane	0.05
Sugarcane, molasses	0.2
Teff, bran	4.0
Teff, forage	25.0
Teff, grain	2.0
Teff, straw	50.0
Vegetable, leaves of root and tuber, group 2	0.1
Vegetable, root and tuber, except potato, group 1	0.1
Wheat, bran	4.0
Wheat, forage	25
Wheat, grain	2.0
Wheat, straw	50
Wheatgrass, intermediate, bran	4
Wheatgrass, intermediate, forage	30
Wheatgrass, intermediate, grain	2
Wheatgrass, intermediate, straw	50

(b)Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

(c)Tolerances with regional registrations. Tolerances with regional registration, as defined in § 180.1(l) , are established for residues of the herbicide, plant regulator, and fungicide 2,4-D, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the table below. Compliance with the tolerance levels is to be determined by measuring residues of 2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid), both free and conjugated, determined as the acid, in or on the follow commodities:

Commodity	Parts per million
Rice, wild, grain	0.05

(d)Indirect or inadvertent residues. Tolerances are established for indirect or inadvertent residues of the herbicide, plant regulator, and fungicide 2,4-D, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the table below. Compliance with the tolerances levels is to be determined by measuring residues of 2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid), both free and conjugated, determined as the acid, in or on the following commodities:

Commodity	Parts per million
Animal feed, nongrass, group 18	0.2
Avocado	0.05
Dill, seed	0.05
Okra	0.05
Vegetable, brassica leafy, group 5	0.4
Vegetable, bulb, group 3	0.05
Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9	0.05
Vegetable, foliage of legume, group 7	0.2
Vegetable, fruiting, group 8	0.05
Vegetable, leafy, except brassica, group 4	0.4
Vegetable, legume, group 6	0.05

40 C.F.R. §180.142

72 FR 52017 , Sept. 12, 2007, as amended at 73 FR 53737 , Sept. 17, 2008; 74 FR 48411 , Sept. 23, 2009; 76 FR 55817 , Sept. 9, 2011; 80 FR 72597 , Nov. 20, 2015; 82 FR 9529 , Feb. 7, 2017; 85 FR 82943 , Dec. 21, 2020

80 FR 72593, 5/18/2016; 82 FR 9529, 2/7/2017; 85 FR 82943, 12/21/2020