[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: 40CFR180.1153]

[Page 569]
 
                   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. 180.1153  Lepidopteran pheromones; exemption from the requirement of 
a tolerance.

    Lepidopteran pheromones that are naturally occurring compounds, or 
identical or substantially similar synthetic compounds, designated by an 
unbranched aliphatic chain (between 9 and 18 carbons) ending in an 
alcohol, aldehyde or acetate functional group and containing up to 3 
double bonds in the aliphatic backbone, are exempt from the requirement 
of a tolerance in or on all raw agricultural commodities. This exemption 
pertains to only those situations when the pheromone is applied to 
growing crops at a rate not to exceed 150 grams active ingredient/acre/
year in accordance with good agricultural practices.

[60 FR 45062, Aug. 30, 1995]