40 C.F.R. § 180.249

Current through September 30, 2024

Section 180.249 - Alachlor; tolerances for residues

(a)General. Tolerances are established for combined residues of alachlor (2-chloro-2',6"-diethyl-N-(methoxymethyl)acetanilide) and its metabolites which can be converted to 2,6-diethylaniline (DEA) or 2-ethyl-6-(1-hydroxyethyl)aniline (1-HEEA) upon basic hydrolysis, calculated as alachlor in or on the following raw agricultural commodities.

Commodity	Parts per million
Beans, dry	0.1
Beans, succulent lima	0.1
Cattle, fat	0.02
Cattle, meat byproducts	0.02
Cattle, meat	0.02
Corn, field, forage	2.0
Corn, field, grain	0.2
Corn, field, pop	0.2
Corn, field, stover	2.0
Corn, pop, stover	2.0
Corn, sweet (K + CWHR)	0.05
Corn, sweet, stover	2.0
Cotton, gin byproducts	0.7
Cotton, undelinted seed	0.03
Cowpea, forage	5.0
Cowpea, hay	5.0
Egg	0.02
Goat, fat	0.02
Goat, meat byproducts	0.02
Goat, meat	0.02
Hog, fat	0.02
Hog meat byproducts	0.02
Hog, meat	0.02
Horse, fat	0.02
Horse, meat byproducts	0.02
Horse, meat	0.02
Milk	0.02
Peanut	0.5
Poultry, fat	0.02
Poultry, meat byproducts	0.02
Poultry, meat	0.02
Sheep, fat	0.02
Sheep, meat byproducts	0.02
Sheep, meat	0.02
Sorghum grain, forage	2.0
Sorghum, grain, grain	0.1
Sorghum, grain, stover	1.0
Soybeans, seed	1.0
Sunflower, meal	3.4
Sunflower, seed	2.5

(b)Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

(c)Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]

(d)Indirect or inadvertent residues. Tolerances are established for indirect or inadvertent residues of alachlor (2-chloro-2',6'-diethyl-N-(methoxymethyl)acetanilide) and its metabolites which can be converted to 2,6-diethylaniline (DEA) or 2-ethyl-6-(1-hydroxyethyl)aniline (1-HEEA) upon basic hydrolysis, calculated as alachlor, in or on the following raw agricultural commodities when present therein as a result of the application of alachlor to the growing crops in paragraph (a) of this section:

Commodity	Parts per million
Animal feed, nongrass, group 18, forage	1.4
Animal feed, nongrass, group 18, hay	1.2
Grain, cereal, forage, and straw, group 16 except corn, sorghum, rice, straw	0.8
Grain, cereal, forage, fodder and straw, group 16 except corn, sorghum, rice, forage	0.6
Grain, cereal, forage, fodder, and straw, group 16 except for corn, sorghum, rice, hay	0.8
Grain, cereal, group 15 except corn, sorghum, rice	0.05

40 C.F.R. §180.249

72 FR 54584, Sept. 26, 2007