[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: 40CFR180.300]

[Page 401-402]
 
                   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. 180.300  Ethephon; tolerances for residues.

    (a) General. Tolerances are established for residues of the plant 
regulator ethephon [(2-chloroethyl) phosphonic acid] in or on food 
commodities as follows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Parts per
                          Commodity                             million
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Apple........................................................   5
Barley, bran.................................................   5.0
Barley, grain................................................   2.0
Barley, pearled barley.......................................   5.0
Barley, straw................................................  10.0
Blackberry...................................................  30
Blueberry....................................................  20
Cantaloupe...................................................   2
Cattle, fat..................................................   0.1
Cattle, meat byproducts......................................   0.1
Cattle, meat.................................................   0.1
Cherry.......................................................  10
Coffee bean..................................................   0.1(N)
Cotton, undelinted seed......................................   2.0
Cranberry....................................................   5
Cucumber.....................................................   0.1
Fig..........................................................   5
Goat, fat....................................................   0.1
Goat, meat byproducts........................................   0.1
Goat, meat...................................................   0.1
Grape........................................................   2.0
Grape, raisin................................................  12
Hog, fat.....................................................   0.1
Hog, meat byproducts.........................................   0.1
Hog, meat....................................................   0.1
Horse, fat...................................................   0.1
Horse, meat byproducts.......................................   0.1
Horse, meat..................................................   0.1
Milk.........................................................   0.1
Nut, macadamia...............................................   0.5
Pepper.......................................................  30
Pineapple....................................................   2
Pumpkin......................................................   0.1
Sheep, fat...................................................   0.1
Sheep, meat byproducts.......................................   0.1
Sheep, meat..................................................   0.1
Sugarcane, molasses..........................................   1.5
Tomato.......................................................   2
Walnut.......................................................   0.5
Wheat, bran..................................................   5.0
Wheat, grain.................................................   2.0
Wheat, middlings.............................................   5.0
Wheat, shorts................................................   5.0
Wheat, straw.................................................  10.0
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]
    (c) Tolerances with regional registrations. A tolerance with 
regional registration, as defined in Sec. 180.1(n), of 0.1

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part per million is established for residues of the plant regulator 
ethephon [(2-chloroethyl)phosphonic acid] in or on the food commodity 
sugarcane.
    (d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]

[65 FR 33710, May 24, 2000]