[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: 40CFR180.544]

[Page 497-498]
 
                   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. 180.544  Methoxyfenozide; tolerances for residues.

    (a) General. (1) Tolerances are established for residues of the 
insecticide methoxyfenozide per se; benzoic acid, 3-methoxy-2-methyl-, 
2-(3,5-dimethylbenzoyl)-2-(1,1-dimethylethyl) hydrazide in or on the 
following food commodities:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Parts per
                          Commodity                             million
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Almond, hulls...............................................       25
Apple, wet pomace...........................................        7.0
Artichoke, globe............................................        3.0
Brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A........................        7.0
Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B.........................       30
Cattle, fat.................................................        0.50
Cattle, meat................................................        0.02
Corn, field, forage.........................................       15
Corn, field, grain..........................................        0.05
Corn, field, refined oil....................................        0.20
Corn, field, stover.........................................      125
Corn, sweet, forage.........................................       30
Corn, sweet, kernal plus cob with husks removed.............        0.05
Corn, sweet, stover.........................................       60
Cotton, gin byproducts......................................       35
Cotton, undelinted seed.....................................        2.0
Cranberry...................................................        0.5
Fruit, pome, group 11.......................................        1.5
Fruit, stone, group 12, except plum, prune, fresh...........        3.0
Goat, fat...................................................        0.50
Goat, meat..................................................        0.02
Grain, aspirated fractions..................................        2.0
Grape.......................................................        1.0
Grape, raisin...............................................        1.5
Hog, fat....................................................        0.1
Hog, meat...................................................        0.02
Horse, fat..................................................        0.50
Horse, meat.................................................        0.02
Leaf petioles subgroup......................................       25
Leafy greens subgroup 4A....................................       30
Longan......................................................        2.0
Lychee......................................................        2.0
Milk........................................................        0.10
Nut, tree, group 14.........................................        0.10
Okra........................................................        2.0
Pea, blackeyed, seed........................................        4.0
Pea, southern, seed.........................................        4.0
Pistachio...................................................        0.10
Plum, prune, fresh..........................................        0.30
Poultry, fat................................................        0.02
Poultry, meat...............................................        0.02
Pulasan.....................................................        2.0
Rambutan....................................................        2.0
Sheep, fat..................................................        0.50
Sheep, meat.................................................        0.02
Spanish lime................................................        2.0
Turnip, greens..............................................       30
Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9................................        0.3
Vegetable, fruiting, group 8................................        2.0
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    (2) For combined residues of the insecticide methoxyfenozide; 
benzoic acid, 3-methoxy-2-methyl-, 2-(3,5-dimethylbenzoyl)-2-(1,1-
dimethylethyl) hydrazide and its glucuronide metabolite RH-141,518; 
[beta]-D-Glucopyranuronic acid, 3-[2-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-2-(3,5-
dimethylbenzoyl)-hydrazino]carbonyl-2-methylphenyl-] in the following 
commodities:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Parts per
                        Commodity                             million
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cattle, liver...........................................        0.40

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Cattle, meat byproducts, except liver...................        0.10
Egg.....................................................        0.02
Goat, liver.............................................        0.40
Goat, meat byproducts, except liver.....................        0.10
Hog, liver..............................................        0.1
Hog, meat byproducts, except liver......................        0.02
Horse, liver............................................        0.40
Horse, meat byproducts, except liver....................        0.10
Poultry, liver..........................................        0.10
Poultry, meat byproducts, except liver..................        0.02
Sheep, liver............................................        0.40
Sheep, meat byproducts, except liver....................        0.10
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    (b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. Time-limited tolerances are 
established for the residues of the insecticide methoxyfenozide in 
connection with the use of the pesticide under section 18 emergency 
exemption granted by EPA. The tolerances will expire on the dates 
specified in the following tables.

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                                                             Expiration/
                    Commodity                     Parts per   revocation
                                                   million       date
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Corn, field, forage.............................         10     12/31/03
Corn, field, grain..............................       0.02     12/31/03
Corn, field, stover.............................         75     12/31/03
Corn, oil.......................................        0.1     12/31/03
Soybean, aspirated grain fractions..............         20     12/31/05
Soybean, forage.................................         10     12/31/05
Soybean, hay....................................         75     12/31/05
Soybean, refined oil............................        1.0     12/31/05
Soybean, seed...................................       0.04     12/31/05
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]
    (d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. (1) Tolerances are established 
for the indirect or inadvertent residues of the insecticide 
methoxyfenozide per se; benzoic acid, 3-methoxy-2-methyl-, 2-(3,5-
dimethylbenzoyl)-2-(1,1-dimethylethyl) hydrazide in or on the following 
raw agricultural commodities, when present therein as a result of the 
application of methoxyfenozide to growing crops as listed in paragraph 
(a) of this section:

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                                                             Expiration/
                    Commodity                     Parts per   Revocation
                                                   million       Date
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Vegetable, bulb, group 3........................       0.20     09/30/07
Vegetable, root and tuber, group 1..............       0.10     09/30/07
Vegetable, leaves of root and tuber, group 2....       0.20     09/30/07
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    (2) Tolerances are established for the indirect or inadvertent 
combined residues of methoxyfenozide; benzoic acid, 3-methoxy-2-methyl-, 
2-(3,5-dimethylbenzoyl)-2-(1,1-dimethylethyl) hydrazide and its 
metabolites RH-117,236 free phenol of methoxyfenozide; 3,5-
dimethylbenzoic acid N-tert-butyl-N'-(3-hydroxy-2-methylbenzoyl) 
hydrazide, RH-151,055 glucose conjugate of RH-117,236; 3,5-dimethyl 
benzoic acid N-tert-butyl-N-[3 ([beta]-D-glucopyranosyloxy)-2-
methylbenzoyl]-hydrazide and RH-152,072 the malonylglycosyl conjugate of 
RH 117,236 in or on the following raw agricultural commodities, when 
present therein as a result of the application of methoxyfenozide to 
growing crops as listed in paragraph (a) of this section:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Expiration/
                    Commodity                     Parts per   Revocation
                                                   million       Date
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Animal feed, non-grass, group...................       10.0     09/30/07
Grain, cereal, forage, fodder and straw, group..       10.0     09/30/07
Grass, forage, fodder and hay, group 17.........       10.0     09/30/07
Herb and spice, group...........................       10.0     09/30/07
Vegetable, legume, group 6......................       0.10     09/30/07
Vegetable, foliage of legume, group 7...........       10.0     09/30/07
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[67 FR 59203, Sept. 20, 2002, as amended at 68 FR 32389, May 30, 2003; 
68 FR 37765, June 25, 2003]