[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: 40CFR180.371] [Page 421-422] 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. 180.371 Thiophanate-methyl; tolerances for residues. (a) General. Tolerances are established for residues of the fungicide thiophanate-methyl (dimethyl [(1,2-phenylene)- bis(iminocarbonothioyl)] bis[carbamate]), its oxygen analogue dimethyl- 4,4-o-phenylene bis(allophonate), and its benzimidazole-containing metabolites (calculated as thiophanate-methyl) in or on the following food commodities: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Parts per Commodity million ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Almond....................................................... 0.2(N) Almond, hulls................................................ 1.0 Apple, dry pomace............................................ 40.0 Apple, postharvest........................................... 7.0 Apricot, postharvest......................................... 15.0 Banana....................................................... 2.0 Banana, pulp................................................. 0.2 Bean (snap and dry).......................................... 2.0 Bean (forage and hay)........................................ 50.0 Cattle, fat.................................................. 0.1 Cattle, kidney............................................... 0.2(N) Cattle, liver................................................ 2.5 Cattle, meat byproducts, except kidney and liver............. 0.1(N) Cattle, meat................................................. 0.1(N) Celery....................................................... 3.0 Cherry, postharvest.......................................... 15.0 Cucumber..................................................... 1.0 Egg.......................................................... 0.1(N) Goat, fat.................................................... 0.1(N) Goat, kidney................................................. 0.2 Goat, liver.................................................. 2.5 Goat, meat byproducts, except kidney and liver............... 0.1(N) [[Page 422]] Goat, meat................................................... 0.1(N) Grape........................................................ 5.0 Horse, fat................................................... 0.1(N) Horse, liver................................................. 1.0 Horse, meat byproducts, except liver......................... 0.1(N) Horse, meat.................................................. 0.1(N) Melon........................................................ 1.0 Milk......................................................... 1.0 Nectarine, postharvest....................................... 15.0 Onion, dry................................................... 3.00 Onion, green................................................. 3.00 Pear......................................................... 3.0 Pecans....................................................... 0.2 Peach, postharvest........................................... 15.0 Peanut....................................................... 0.2(N) Peanut (forage and hay)...................................... 15.0 Pistachio.................................................... 0.1 Plum, postharvest............................................ 15.0 Plum, prune, postharvest..................................... 15.0 Potato....................................................... 0.1 Pumpkin...................................................... 1.0 Sheep, fat................................................... 0.1(N) Sheep, kidney................................................ 0.2 Sheep, liver................................................. 2.5 Sheep, meat byproducts, except kidney and liver.............. 0.1(N) Sheep, meat.................................................. 0.1(N) Soybean...................................................... 0.2 Squash....................................................... 1.0 Strawberry................................................... 5.0 Sugar beet, roots............................................ 0.2 Sugar beet, tops............................................. 15.0 Sugarcane, seed piece treatment PRE-H........................ 0.1(N) Wheat, grain................................................. 0.05 Wheat, hay................................................... 0.10 Wheat, straw................................................. 0.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. Time-limited tolerances are established for the residues of thiophanate-methyl and its metabolite (methyl 2-benzimidazoyl carbamate (MBC)) in connection with use of the pesticide under section 18 emergency exemptions granted by EPA. The tolerances are specified in the following table, and will expire and are revoked on the dates specified. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Expiration/ Commodity Parts per revocation million date ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Blueberry....................................... 1.5 6/30/07 Citrus.......................................... 0.5 6/30/07 Mushroom........................................ 0.01 12/31/07 Vegetable, fruiting, group 8.................... 0.5 12/31/05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (c) Tolerances with regional registrations. Tolerances with regional registration, as defined in Sec. 180.1(n), are established for the residues of thiophanate-methyl and its metabolite (methyl 2- benzimidazolyl carbamate (MBC)), expressed as thiophanate-methyl in or on the following raw agricultural commodity: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Parts per Commodity million ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Canola, seed................................................ 0.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved] [65 FR 33699, May 24, 2000, as amended at 67 FR 55150, Aug. 28, 2002; 67 FR 57753, Sept. 12, 2002; 68 FR 5852, Feb. 5, 2003; 68 FR 43470, July 23, 2003; 69 FR 6567, Feb. 11, 2004; 69 FR 29459, May 24, 2004]