[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 23]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR180.1153]

[Page 613]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 180_TOLERANCES AND EXEMPTIONS FROM TOLERANCES FOR PESTICIDE CHEMICALS IN 
 
                  Subpart D_Exemptions From Tolerances
 
Sec. 180.1153  Lepidopteran pheromones; exemption from the requirement of a 

tolerance.

    Lepidopteran pheromones that are naturally occurring compounds, or 
identical or substantially similar synthetic compounds, designated by an 
unbranched aliphatic chain (between 9 and 18 carbons) ending in an 
alcohol, aldehyde or acetate functional group and containing up to 3 
double bonds in the aliphatic backbone, are exempt from the requirement 
of a tolerance in or on all raw agricultural commodities. This exemption 
only pertains to those situations when the pheromone is: Applied to 
growing crops at a rate not to exceed 150 grams active ingredient/acre/
year in accordance with good agricultural practices; and applied as a 
post-harvest treatment to stored food commodities at a rate not to 
exceed 3.5 grams active ingredient/1,000 ft\2\/year (equivalent to 150 
grams active ingredient/acre/year) in accordance with good agricultural 
practices.

[71 FR 45399, Aug. 9, 2006]