[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: 40CFR180.408]

[Page 432-433]
 
                   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. 180.408  Metalaxyl; tolerances for residues.

    (a) General. Tolerances are established for the combined residues of 
the fungicide metalaxyl [N-(2,6-dmethylphyenyl)-N-(methoxyacetyl) 
alanine methylester] and its metabolites containing the 2,6-
dimethylaniline moiety, and N-(2-hydroxy methyl-6-methylphenyl)-N-
(methoxyacetyl)-alanine methyl ester, each expressed as metalaxyl 
equivalents, in or on the following food commodities:

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                                                               Parts per
                          Commodity                             million
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Alfalfa, forage.............................................        6.0
Alfalfa, hay................................................       20.0
Almond......................................................        0.5
Almond, hulls...............................................       10.0
Apple.......................................................        0.2
Apple, wet pomace...........................................        0.4
Apricot (dried).............................................        4.0
Asparagus...................................................        7.0
Avocado.....................................................        4.0
Beet, garden................................................        0.1
Beet, sugar.................................................        0.1
Beet, sugar, molasses.......................................        1.0
Beet, sugar, roots..........................................        0.5
Beet, sugar, tops...........................................       10.0
Beet, garden, tops..........................................        0.1
Blueberry...................................................        2.0
Broccoli....................................................        2.0
Brussels sprouts............................................        2.0
Cabbage.....................................................        1.0
Cattle, fat.................................................        0.4
Cattle, kidney..............................................        0.4
Cattle, liver...............................................        0.4
Cattle, meat................................................        0.05
Cattle, meat byproducts, except kidney and liver............        0.05
Cauliflower.................................................        1.0
Citrus, oil.................................................        7.0
Citrus, dried pulp..........................................        7.0
Clover, forage..............................................        1.0
Clover, hay.................................................        2.5
Cotton, undelinted seed.....................................        0.1
Cranberry...................................................        4.0
Egg.........................................................        0.05
Fruit, citrus...............................................        1.0
Fruit, stone, group 12......................................        1.0
Ginseng, root...............................................        3.0
Goat, fat...................................................        0.4
Goat, kidney................................................        0.4
Goat, liver.................................................        0.4

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Goat, meat..................................................        0.05
Goat, meat byproducts, except kidney and liver..............        0.05
Grain, cereal (except wheat, barley, and oats)..............        0.1
Grain, crop.................................................        0.1
Grape.......................................................        2.0
Grape, raisin...............................................        6.0
Grass, forage...............................................       10.0
Grass, hay..................................................       25.0
Hog, fat....................................................        0.4
Hog, kidney.................................................        0.4
Hog, liver..................................................        0.4
Hog, meat...................................................        0.05
Hog, meat byproducts, except kidney and liver...............        0.05
Hop, dried cone.............................................       20
Hop, vine...................................................        2.0
Horse, fat..................................................        0.4
Horse, kidney...............................................        0.4
Horse, liver................................................        0.4
Horse, meat.................................................        0.05
Horse, meat byproducts, except kidney and liver.............        0.05
Lettuce, head...............................................        5.0
Milk........................................................        0.02
Mustard greens..............................................        5.0
Onion, dry bulb.............................................        3.0
Onion, green................................................       10.0
Peanut, hay.................................................       20.0
Peanut, hay.................................................       20.0
Peanut, meal................................................        1.0
Peanut, nut.................................................        0.2
Peanut, hulls...............................................        2.0
Pineapple...................................................        0.1
Pineapple, fodder...........................................        0.1
Pineapple, forage...........................................        0.1
Plum, prune, dried..........................................        4.0
Potato waste, dried, processed..............................        4.0
Potato, processed (including potato, chips).................        4.0
Poultry, fat................................................        0.4
Poultry, kidney.............................................        0.4
Poultry, liver..............................................        0.4
Poultry, meat...............................................        0.05
Poultry, meat byproducts, except kidney and liver...........        0.05
Potato......................................................        0.5
Raspberry...................................................        0.5
Sheep, fat..................................................        0.4
Sheep, kidney...............................................        0.4
Sheep, liver................................................        0.4
Sheep, meat.................................................        0.05
Sheep, meat byproducts, except kidney and liver.............        0.05
Soybean, grain..............................................        1.0
Soybean, hulls..............................................        2.0
Soybean, meal...............................................        2.0
Spinach.....................................................       10.0
Strawberry..................................................       10.0
Sunflower, seed.............................................        0.1
Sunflower, forage...........................................        0.1
Tomato, processed...........................................        3.0
Vegetable, brassica, leafy, group 5, except broccoli,               0.1
 cabbage, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, and mustard greens.
Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9................................        1.0
Vegetable, fruiting, group 8................................        1.0
Vegetable, leafy, except brassica, group 4, except spinach..        5.0
Vegetable, leaves of root and tuber, group 2................       15.0
Vegetable, legume, cannery waste............................        5.0
Vegetable, legume, foliage..................................        8.0
Vegetable, legume, group 6..................................        0.2
Vegetable, root and tuber, group 1..........................        0.5
Walnut......................................................        0.5
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    (b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]
    (c) Tolerances with regional registrations. Tolerances with regional 
registration (refer to Sec. 180.1(n)) are established for the combined 
residues of the fungicide metalaxyl [N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-N-
(methoxyacetyl) alanine methyl ester] and its metabolites containing the 
2,6-dimethylaniline moiety, and N-(2-hydroxy methyl-6-methyl)-N-
(methoxyacetyl)-alanine methylester, each expressed as metalaxyl, in or 
on the following raw agricultural commodity:

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                                                               Parts per
                          Commodity                             million
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Papaya......................................................        0.1
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    (d) Indirect or inadvertent tolerances. Tolerances are established 
for indirect or inadvertent residues of metalaxyl in or on the food 
commodities when present therein as a result of the application of 
metalaxyl to growing crops listed in paragraph (a) of this section and 
other non-food crops to read as follows:

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                                                               Part per
                          Commodity                             million
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Barley, grain...............................................        0.2
Barley, fodder..............................................        2.0
Barley, milling fractions...................................        1.0
Barley, straw...............................................        2.0
Grain, cereal group (except wheat, barley, and oats), fodder        1.0
Grain, cereal group (except wheat, barley, and oats), forage        1.0
Grain, cereal group (except wheat, barley, and oats), straw.        1.0
Oat, forage.................................................        2.0
Oat, grain..................................................        0.2
Oat milling fractions.......................................        1.0
Oat, straw..................................................        2.0
Oat, straw..................................................        2.0
Wheat, forage...............................................        2.0
Wheat, grain................................................        0.2
Wheat, milling fractions....................................        1.0
Wheat, straw................................................        2.0
Wheat, straw................................................        2.0
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[65 FR 33700, May 24, 2000]