[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 22]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR180.1023]

[Page 554-555]
 
                   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 D_Exemptions From Tolerances
 
Sec. 180.1023  Propionic acid; exemptions from the requirement of a 
tolerance.

    (a) Postharvest application of propionic acid or a mixture of 
methylene bispropionate and oxy(bismethylene) bisproprionate when used 
as a fungicide is exempted from the requirement of a tolerance for 
residues in or on the following raw agricultural commodities: Alfalfa, 
barley grain, Bermuda grass, bluegrass, brome grass, clover, corn grain, 
cowpea hay, fescue, lespedeza, lupines, oat grain, orchard grass, peanut 
hay, peavine hay, rye grass, sorghum grain, soybean hay,

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sudan grass, timothy, vetch, and wheat grain.
    (b) Propionic acid is exempt from the requirement of a tolerance for 
residues in or on meat and meat byproducts of cattle, sheep, hogs, 
goats, horses, and poultry, milk, and eggs when applied as a 
bactericide/fungicide to livestock drinking water, poultry litter, and 
storage areas for silage and grain.
    (c) Postharvest application of propionic acid when used as a 
fungicide is exempted from the requirement of a tolerance for residues 
in or on the following raw agricultural commodities: Cottonseed, 
peanuts, rice grain, and soybeans.

[60 FR 7459, Feb. 8, 1995]