[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: 40CFR180.121]

[Page 350]
 
                   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 C_Specific Tolerances
 
Sec. 180.121  Methyl parathion; tolerances for residues.

    (a) General. Tolerances are established for residues of the 
insecticide parathion O, O-Dimethyl-O-p-nitrophenyl thiophosphate (the 
methyl homolog of parathion) in or on the following raw agricultural 
commodities:

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                                                               Parts per
                          Commodity                             million
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Alfalfa, fresh..............................................        1.25
Alfalfa, hay................................................        5.0
Almond......................................................        0.1
Almond, hull................................................        3.0
Barley......................................................        1.0
Bean, dried.................................................        1.0
Beet, sugar.................................................        0.1
Beet, sugar, top............................................        0.1
Cabbage.....................................................        1.0
Corn........................................................        1.0
Corn, forage................................................        1.0
Cotton, seed................................................        0.75
Grass, forage...............................................        1.0
Hop.........................................................        1.0
Oat.........................................................        1.0
Onion.......................................................        1.0
Peanut......................................................        1.0
Pea, dry, seed..............................................        1.0
Pea, field vines............................................        1.0
Pecan.......................................................        0.1
Potato......................................................        0.1
Rapeseed, seed..............................................        0.2
Rice, grain.................................................        1.0
Soybean.....................................................        0.1
Soybean, hay................................................        1.0
Sunflower, seed.............................................        0.2
Sweet potato, roots.........................................        0.1
Walnut......................................................        0.1
Wheat.......................................................        1.0
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    (b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]
    (c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]
    (d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]
    (e) Revoked tolerances subject to the channel of trade provisions. 
The following table lists commodities for which methyl parathion use was 
unlawful after December 31, 1999, and the revoked tolerances. 
Commodities with residues of methyl parathion resulting from lawful use 
are subject to the channels of trade provisions of section 408(1)(5) of 
the FFDCA.

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                                                               Parts per
                          Commodity                             million
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Apple........................................................          1
Artichoke, globe.............................................          1
Beet, garden, tops...........................................          1
Beet (with or without tops)..................................          1
Broccoli.....................................................          1
Brussels sprouts.............................................          1
Carrot, roots................................................          1
Cauliflower..................................................          1
Celery.......................................................          1
Cherry.......................................................          1
Collards.....................................................          1
Grape........................................................          1
Kale.........................................................          1
Kohlrabi.....................................................          1
Lettuce......................................................          1
Mustard greens...............................................          1
Nectarine....................................................          1
Peach........................................................          1
Peach........................................................          1
Pear.........................................................          1
Plum, prune, fresh...........................................          1
Rutabagas (with or without tops).............................          1
Rutabaga tops................................................          1
Spinach......................................................          1
Tomato.......................................................          1
Trefoil, birdsfoot, forage...................................       1.25
Trefoil, birdsfoot, hay......................................          5
Turnip (with or without tops)................................          1
Turnip, greens...............................................          1
Vegetable, brassica, leafy, group 5..........................          1
Vetch........................................................          1
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[66 FR 1245, Jan. 5, 2001, as amended at 66 FR 38955, July 26, 2001;67 
FR 38603, June 5, 2002]