[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: 40CFR180.472] [Page 466-468] 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. 180.472 Imidacloprid; tolerances for residues. (a) General. Tolerances are established permitting the combined residues of the insecticide imidacloprid (1-[6-chloro-3-pyridinyl) methyl]-N-nitro-2-imidazolidinimine) and its metabolites containing the 6-chloropyridinyl moiety, all expressed as 1-[(6-chloro-3- pyridinyl)methyl]-N-nitro-2-imidazolidinimine, in or on the following food commodities: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Expiration/ Commodity Parts per Revocation million Date ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Acerola......................................... 1.0 None Apple........................................... 0.5 None Apple, wet pomace............................... 3.0 None Artichoke, globe................................ 2.5 None Avocado......................................... 1.0 None Banana\1\....................................... 0.02 None Barley, grain................................... 0.05 None Barley, hay..................................... 0.5 None Barley, straw................................... 0.5 None Beet, sugar, roots.............................. 0.05 None Beet, sugar, tops............................... 0.5 None Beet, sugar, molasses........................... 0.3 None Blueberry....................................... 3.5 None Brassica vegetables crop group.................. 3.5 None Canistel........................................ 1.0 None Canola, seed.................................... 0.05 None Cattle, fat..................................... 0.3 None Cattle, meat byproducts......................... 0.3 None [[Page 467]] Cattle, meat.................................... 0.3 None Citrus, dried pulp.............................. 5.0 None Citrus, fruit, group............................ 0.7 None Coriander....................................... 3.5 None Corn, field, forage............................. 0.10 None Corn, field, grain.............................. 0.05 None Corn, field, stover............................. 0.20 None Corn, pop, grain................................ 0.05 None Corn, pop, stover............................... 0.20 None Corn, sweet, forage............................. 0.10 None Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed. 0.05 None Corn, sweet, stover............................. 0.20 None Cotton, gin byproducts.......................... 4.0 None Cotton, undelinted seed......................... 6.0 None Cotton, meal.................................... 8.0 None Cranberry....................................... 0.05 None Currant......................................... 3.5 None Egg............................................. 0.02 None Elderberry...................................... 3.5 None Feijoa.......................................... 1.0 None Fruit, pome, group 11........................... 0.6 None Fruit, stone, group 12.......................... 3.0 None Goat, fat....................................... 0.3 None Goat, meat byproducts........................... 0.3 None Goat, meat...................................... 0.3 None Gooseberry...................................... 3.5 None Grape, juice.................................... 1.5 None Grape, pomace (wet or dried).................... 5.0 None Grape, raisin................................... 1.5 None Grape, raisin, waste............................ 15.0 None Grape........................................... 1.0 None Guava........................................... 1.0 None Hog, fat........................................ 0.3 None Hog, meat byproducts............................ 0.3 None Hog, meat....................................... 0.3 None Hop, dried cone................................. 6.0 None Horse, fat...................................... 0.3 None Horse, meat byproducts.......................... 0.3 None Horse, meat..................................... 0.3 None Huckleberry..................................... 3.5 None Jaboticaba...................................... 1.0 None Juneberry....................................... 3.5 None Leaf petioles subgroup 4B....................... 6.0 None Leafy greens subgroup 4A........................ 3.5 None Lettuce, head and leaf.......................... 3.5 None Lingonberry..................................... 3.5 None Longan.......................................... 3.0 None Lychee.......................................... 3.0 None Mango........................................... 1.0 None Milk............................................ 0.1 None Mustard, seed................................... 0.05 None Okra............................................ 1.0 None Passionfruit.................................... 1.0 None Papaya.......................................... 1.0 None Pecans.......................................... 0.05 ........... Persimmon....................................... 3.0 None Potato, chip.................................... 0.4 None Potato, waste................................... 0.9 None Poultry, fat.................................... 0.05 None Poultry, meat byproducts........................ 0.05 None Poultry, meat................................... 0.05 None Pulasan......................................... 3.0 None Rambutan........................................ 3.0 None Salal........................................... 3.5 None Sapodilla....................................... 1.0 None Sapote, black................................... 1.0 None Sapote, mamey................................... 1.0 None Sheep, fat...................................... 0.3 None Sheep, meat byproducts.......................... 0.3 None Sheep, meat..................................... 0.3 None Sorghum, forage................................. 0.10 None Sorghum, grain.................................. 0.05 None Sorghum, straw.................................. 0.1 11/17/97 Sorgum, stover.................................. 0.10 None Spanish lime.................................... 3.0 None Star apple...................................... 1.0 None Starfruit....................................... 1.0 None Strawberry...................................... 0.50 None Tomato, paste................................... 6.0 None Tomato, pomace (wet or dried)................... 4.0 None Tomato, puree................................... 3.0 None Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9.................... 0.5 None Vegetable, fruiting, group 8.................... 1.0 None Vegetable, leaves of root and tuber, group 2.... 4.0 None Vegetable, legume, except soybean, group 6...... 4.0 None Vegetable, root and tuber, group 1, except sugar 0.40 None beet........................................... Watercress...................................... 3.5 None Watercress, upland.............................. 3.5 None Wax jambu....................................... 1.0 None Wheat, (forage)................................. 7.0 None Wheat, grain.................................... 0.05 None Wheat, hay...................................... 0.5 None Wheat, straw.................................... 0.5 None ------------------------------------------------------------------------ \1\ There are no U.S. registrations as of June 13, 2003 for use on banana. (b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. Time-limited tolerances are established for residues of the insecticide imidacloprid in connection with use of the pesticide under section 18 emergency exemptions granted by EPA. These tolerances will expire and are revoked on the dates specified in the following table. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Expiration/ Commodity Parts per revocation million date ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Almond.......................................... 0.05 12/31/05 Almond, hulls................................... 4.0 12/31/05 Beet, garden, roots............................. 0.3 06/30/04 Beet, garden, tops.............................. 3.5 06/30/04 Blueberry....................................... 1.0 12/31/03 Cranberry....................................... 0.5 12/31/03 Plum, prune..................................... 10.0 12/31/03 Soybean, seed................................... 1.0 12/31/06 Vegetable, legume............................... 1.0 6/30/02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved] (d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. Tolerances are established for indirect or inadvertent combined residues of the insecticide imidacloprid (1-[(6-chloro-3-pyridinyl)methyl]-N-nitro-2- imidazolidinimine) and its metabolites containing the 6-chloropyridinyl moiety, all expressed as 1-[(6-chloro-3-pyridinyl)methyl]-N-nitro-2- imidazolidinimine, when present therein as a result of the application of the pesticide to growing crops listed in this [[Page 468]] section and other non-food crops as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Expiration/ Commodity Parts per Revocation million date ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forage, fodder, and straw of Grain, cereal crop 2.0 None group (forage)................................. Forage, fodder, and straw of Grain, cereal crop 6.0 None group (hay).................................... Forage, fodder, and straw of Grain, cereal crop 0.3 None group (stover)................................. Forage, fodder, and straw of Grain, cereal crop 3.0 None group (straw).................................. Grain, cereal, group 15......................... 0.05 None Safflower, meal................................. 0.5 None Safflower, seed................................. 0.05 None Soybean, meal................................... 0.5 None Sweet corn, kernel plus cob with husks removed.. 0.05 None Vegetable, cucurbit............................. 0.2 12/31/97 Vegetable, foliage of legume, group 7........... 2.5 None Vegetable, legume, crop group 6................. 0.3 None ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting Sec. 180.472, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and on GPO Access.