[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: 40CFR180.498]

[Page 481-482]
 
                   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. 180.498  Sulfentrazone; tolerances for residues.

    (a)(1) General. A tolerance is established for combined residues of 
the herbicide sulfentrazone N-[2,4-dichloro-5-[4-(difluoromethyl)-4,5-
dihydro-3-methyl-5-oxo-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl]phenyl]methanesulfonamide 
and its major metabolite 3-hydroxymethyl sulfentrazone N-[2,4-dichloro-
5-[4-(difluoromethyl)-4,5-dihydro-3-hydroxymethyl-5-oxo-1H-1,2,4-
triazol-1-yl]phenyl]methanesulfonamide in or on the following raw 
agricultural commodity:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Parts per
                          Commodity                             million
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Soybean, seed...............................................        0.05
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    (2) Tolerances are established for combined residues of the 
herbicide sulfentrazone and its metabolites HMS (N-(2,4-dichloro-5-(4-
(difluoromethyl)-4,5-dihydro-3-hydroxymethyl-5-oxo-1H-1,2,4-triazol- 1-
yl)phenyl)methanesulfonamide) and DMS (N-(2,4-dichloro-5-(4-
(difluoromethyl)-4,5-dihydro-5-oxo-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-
yl)phenyl)methanesulfonamide in or on the following food commodities:

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                                                               Parts per
                          Commodity                             million
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Asparagus...................................................        0.15
Bean, lima, succulent.......................................        0.15
Cabbage.....................................................        0.20
Corn, field, forage.........................................        0.20
Corn, field, grain..........................................        0.15
Corn, field, stover.........................................        0.30
Horseradish, roots..........................................        0.20
Pea and bean, dried shelled, except soybean, subgroup 6C....        0.15
Peanut......................................................        0.20
Peanut, meal................................................        0.40
Peppermint, tops............................................        0.30
Potato......................................................        0.15
Spearmint, tops.............................................        0.30
Sugarcane, cane.............................................        0.15
Sugarcane, molasses.........................................        0.20
Sunflower, seed.............................................        0.20
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    (b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. Time-limited tolerances are 
established for residues of the herbicide N-[2,4-dichloro-5-[4- 
(difluoromethyl)-4,5-dihydro-3-methyl-5-oxo-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-y-
l]phenyl] methanesulfonamide and its metabolites 3-hydroxymethyl 
sulfentrazone and 3-desmethyl sulfentrazone, in connection with use of 
the pesticide under section 18 emergency exemptions granted by EPA. The 
tolerance is specified in the following table. The tolerances expire and 
will be revoked by EPA on the date specified in the table.

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                                                             Expiration/
                    Commodity                     Parts per   revocation
                                                   million       date
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Bean, succulent seed without pod (lima bean &           0.1     12/31/04
 cowpea)........................................
Chickpea, seed..................................       0.10     12/31/04
Flax, seed......................................       0.20     12/31/07
Strawberry......................................       0.60     12/31/07
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    (c)  Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]
    (d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. Tolerances are established for 
inadvertent and indirect combined residues of the herbicide 
sulfentrazone (N-[2,4-dichloro-5-[4-(difluoromethyl)-4,5-dihydro-3-
methyl-5-oxo-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl]phenyl]methanesulfonamide) and its 
metabolites 3-hydroxymethyl sulfentrazone (N-[2,4-dichloro-5-[4-
(difluoromethyl)-4,5-dihydro-3-hydroxymethyl-5-oxo-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-
yl]phenyl]methanesulfonamide) and 3-desmethyl sulfentrazone (N-[2,4-
dichloro-5-[4-(difluoromethyl)-4,5-dihydro-5-oxo-1H-1,2,4-triazol-l-
yl]phenyl]methanesulfonamide) in or on the following raw agricultural 
commodities when present therein as a result of the application of 
sulfentrazone to growing crops.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Parts per
                          Commodity                             million
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Grain, cereal (excluding sweet corn), Bran..................        0.15
Grain, cereal (excluding sweet corn), Forage................        0.2
Grain, cereal (excluding sweet corn), Grain.................        0.1
Grain, cereal (excluding sweet corn), Hay...................        0.2
Grain, cereal (excluding sweet corn), Hulls.................        0.30
Grain, cereal (excluding sweet corn), Stover................        0.1
Grain, cereal (excluding sweet corn), Straw.................        0.6
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[62 FR 10708, Mar. 10, 1997, as amended at 64 FR 51067, Sept. 21, 1999; 
65 FR 67279, Nov. 9, 2000; 65 FR 82940, Dec. 29, 2000; 66 FR 39658, Aug. 
1, 2001; 67 FR 46884, July 17, 2002; 67 FR 54118, Aug. 21, 2002; 68 FR 
2247, Jan. 16, 2003; 68 FR 55280, Sept. 24, 2003; 69 FR 29459, May 24, 
2004]