40 C.F.R. § 180.368

Current through September 30, 2024

Section 180.368 - Metolachlor; tolerances for residues

(a)General.

(1) Tolerances are established for the combined residues (free and bound) of the herbicide metolachlor, 2-chloro-N-(2- ethyl-6-methylphenyl)-N-(2-methoxy-1-methylethyl)acetamide, and its metabolites, determined as the derivatives, 2- [(2-ethyl-6- methylphenyl)amino]-1-propanol and 4-(2-ethyl-6-methylphenyl)-2- hydroxy-5-methyl-3-morpholinone, each expressed as the parent compound in the following raw agricultural commodities:

Commodity	Parts per million
Almond, hulls	0.30
Animal feed, nongrass, group 18	1.0
Cattle, fat	0.02
Cattle, kidney	0.20
Cattle, liver	0.05
Cattle, meat	0.02
Cattle, meat byproducts, except kidney and liver	0.04
Corn, field, forage	6.0
Corn, field, grain	0.10
Corn, field, stover	6.0
Corn, pop, grain	0.10
Corn, pop, stover	6.0
Corn, sweet, forage	6.0
Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed	0.10
Corn, sweet, stover	6.0
Cotton, gin byproducts	4.0
Cotton, undelinted seed	0.10
Dillweed	0.50
Egg	0.02
Goat, fat	0.02
Goat, kidney	0.20
Goat, liver	0.05
Goat, meat	0.02
Goat, meat byproducts, except kidney and liver	0.04
Grass, forage	10
Grass, hay	0.20
Horse, fat	0.02
Horse, kidney	0.20
Horse, liver	0.05
Horse, meat	0.02
Horse, meat byproducts, except kidney and liver	0.04
Milk	0.02
Nut, tree, group 14	0.10
Okra	0.50
Peanut	0.20
Peanut, hay	20
Peanut, meal	0.40
Potato	0.20
Poultry, fat	0.02
Poultry, meat	0.02
Poultry, meat byproducts	0.05
Safflower, seed	0.10
Sheep, fat	0.02
Sheep, kidney	0.20
Sheep, liver	0.05
Sheep, meat	0.02
Sheep, meat byproducts, except kidney and liver	0.04
Sorghum, grain, forage	1.0
Sorghum, grain, grain	0.30
Sorghum, grain, stover	4.0
Soybean, forage	5.0
Soybean, hay	8.0
Soybean, seed	0.20
Tomato	0.10
Vegetable, foliage of legume, subgroup 7A, except soybean	15.0
Vegetable, legume, group 6	0.30

(2) Tolerances are established for residues of S-metolachlor, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodity(s), as defined. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified in the following table below is to be determined by measuring only the sum of free and bound S-metolachlor, S-2-chloro-N-(2-ethyl-6-methylphenyl)-N-(2-methoxy-1-methylethyl)acetamide, its R-enantiomer, and its metabolites, determined as the derivatives, 2-(2-ethyl-6-methylphenyl)amino-1-propanol and 4-(2-ethyl-6-methylphenyl)-2-hydroxy-5-methyl-3-morpholinone, calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of S-metolachlor, in or on the commodity.

Table 2 to Paragraph (a)(2)

Commodity	Parts per million
Beet, sugar, molasses	2.0
Beet, sugar, roots	0.5
Beet, sugar, tops	15.0
Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 4-16B	1.8
Bushberry subgroup 13-07B	0.15
Caneberry subgroup 13-07A	0.10
Carrot, roots	0.40
Cattle, fat	0.02
Cattle, kidney	0.20
Cattle, liver	0.05
Cattle, meat	0.02
Cattle, meat byproducts, except kidney and liver	0.04
Cilantro, leaves	8.0
Coriander, seed	0.13
Corn, field, forage	40
Corn, field, grain	0.10
Corn, field, stover	40
Corn, pop, grain	0.10
Corn, pop, stover	40
Corn, sweet, forage	40
Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed	0.10
Corn, sweet, stover	40
Cotton, gin byproducts	4.0
Cottonseed subgroup 20C	0.10
Dill, seed	15
Dillweed	5
Dillweed, dried leaves	9
Egg	0.02
Goat, fat	0.02
Goat, kidney	0.20
Goat, liver	0.05
Goat, meat	0.02
Goat, meat byproducts, except kidney and liver	0.04
Grain, aspirated fractions	4
Grass, forage	10.0
Grass, hay	0.20
Horse, fat	0.02
Horse, kidney	0.20
Horse, liver	0.05
Horse, meat	0.02
Horse, meat byproducts, except kidney and liver	0.04
Kohlrabi	0.60
Leaf petiole vegetable subgroup 22B	0.10
Lettuce	1.5
Low growing berry subgroup 13-07G, except cranberry	0.40
Milk	0.02
Onion, bulb, subgroup 3-07A	0.10
Onion, green, subgroup 3-07B	2.0
Peanut	0.20
Peanut, hay	20.0
Peanut, meal	0.40
Poultry, fat	0.02
Poultry, meat	0.02
Poultry, meat byproducts	0.05
Rosemary, dried leaves	2
Rosemary, fresh leaves	1.5
Safflower, seed	0.10
Sesame, seed	0.13
Sheep, fat	0.02
Sheep, kidney	0.20
Sheep, liver	0.05
Sheep, meat	0.02
Sheep, meat byproducts, except kidney and liver	0.04
Sorghum, grain, forage	1.0
Sorghum, grain, grain	0.3
Sorghum, grain, stover	4.0
Sorghum, sweet, stalk	4.0
Soybean, forage	5.0
Soybean, hay	8.0
Soybean, meal	1.5
Soybean, seed	0.9
Spinach	0.50
Stalk and stem vegetable subgroup 22A, except kohlrabi	0.10
Stevia, dried leaves	15
Sugarcane, cane	0.20
Sugarcane, molasses	1.5
Sunflower, meal	1.0
Sunflower subgroup 20B	1.0
Swiss chard	0.15
Tomato, paste	0.30
Vegetable, Brassica, head and stem, group 5-16	0.60
Vegetable, cucurbit group 9	0.50
Vegetable, foliage of legume, except soybean, subgroup 7A	15.0
Vegetable, fruiting, group 8-10, except tabasco pepper	0.10
Vegetable, leaves of root and tuber, group 2, except sugar beet	2.0
Vegetable, legume, group 6	0.30
Vegetable, root, except sugar beet, subgroup 1B, except carrot	0.30
Vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C	0.20

(b)Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

(c)Tolerances with regional registrations.

(1) Tolerances with regional registration as defined in 180.1(l) are established for the combined residues (free and bound) of the herbicide metolachlor [2-chloro-N-(2-ethyl-6-methylphenyl)-N-(2-methoxy-1-methylethyl)acetamide] and its metabolites, determined as the derivatives, 2-[2-ethyl-6-methylphenyl)amino]-1-propanol and 4-(2-ethyl-6-methylphenyl)-2-hydroxy-5-methyl-3-morpholinone, each expressed as the parent compound, in or on the following raw agricultural commodities:

Commodity	Parts per million
Pepper, nonbell	0.50

(2) Tolerances with regional registration are established for residues of S-metolachlor, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities identified in the following table below. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified in the following table below is to be determined by measuring only the sum of free and bound S-metolachlor, S-2-chloro-N-(2-ethyl-6-methylphenyl)-N-(2-methoxy-1-methylethyl)acetamide, its R-enantiomer, and its metabolites, determined as the derivatives, 2-(2-ethyl-6-methylphenyl)amino-1-propanol and 4-(2-ethyl-6-methylphenyl)-2-hydroxy-5-methyl-3-morpholinone, calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of S-metolachlor, in or on the commodity.

Commodity	Parts per million
Pepper, tabasco	0.50

(d)Indirect or inadvertent residues.

(1) Tolerances are established for the indirect or inadvertent combined residues (free and bound) of the herbicide metolachlor, 2-chloro-N-(2-ethyl-6- methylphenyl)-N-(2-methoxy-1-methylethyl)acetamide, and its metabolites, determined as the derivatives, 2-[(2-ethyl-6-methylphenyl)amino]-1-propanol and 4-(2-ethyl-6-methylphenyl)-2- hydroxy-5-methyl-3-morpholinone, each expressed as the parent compound in the following raw agricultural commodities:

Commodity	Parts per million
Animal feed, nongrass, group 18	1.0
Barley, grain	0.10
Barley, hay	0.80
Barley, straw	0.80
Buckwheat, grain	0.10
Millet, forage	0.50
Millet, grain	0.10
Millet, hay	0.80
Millet, straw	0.80
Oat, forage	0.50
Oat, grain	0.10
Oat, hay	0.80
Oat, straw	0.80
Rice, grain	0.10
Rye, forage	0.50
Rye, grain	0.10
Rye, straw	0.80
Wheat, forage	0.50
Wheat, grain	0.10
Wheat, hay	0.80
Wheat, straw	0.80

(2) Tolerances for are established for the indirect or inadvertent residues of S-metolachlor, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities identified in the following table below. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified in the following table below is to be determined by measuring only the sum of free and bound S-metolachlor, S-2-chloro-N-(2-ethyl-6-methylphenyl)-N-(2-methoxy-1-methylethyl)acetamide, its R-enantiomer, and its metabolites, determined as the derivatives, 2-(2-ethyl-6-methylphenyl)amino-1-propanol and 4-(2-ethyl-6-methylphenyl)-2-hydroxy-5-methyl-3-morpholinone, calculated as the stoichiometric equivalent of S-metolachlor, in or on the commodity.

Commodity	Parts per million
Animal feed, nongrass, group 18	1.0
Barley, grain	0.10
Barley, hay	0.50
Barley, straw	0.50
Buckwheat, grain	0.10
Millet, forage	0.50
Millet, grain	0.10
Millet, hay	0.50
Millet, straw	0.50
Oat, forage	0.50
Oat, grain	0.10
Oat, hay	0.50
Oat, straw	0.50
Rice, grain	0.10
Rye, forage	0.50
Rye, grain	0.10
Rye, straw	0.50
Wheat, forage	0.50
Wheat, grain	0.10
Wheat, hay	0.50
Wheat, straw	0.50

40 C.F.R. §180.368

73 FR 53740, Sept. 17, 2008, as amended at 74 FR 48412, Sept. 23, 2009; 75 FR 56903, Sept. 17, 2010; 77 FR 48906, Aug. 15, 2012; 77 FR 59127, Sept. 26, 2012; 79 FR 17441, Mar. 28, 2014; 80 FR 38986, July 8, 2015; 83 FR 12274, Mar. 21, 2018; 84 FR 8617, Mar. 11, 2019; 85 FR 40131, July 6, 2020

83 FR 12274, 3/21/2018; 84 FR 8617, 3/11/2019; 85 FR 40131, 7/6/2020