[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

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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

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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.