[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: 40CFR180.1237]

[Page 625]
 
                   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. 180.1237  Sodium metasilicate; exemption from the requirement of a 

tolerance.

    (a) An exemption from the requirement of a tolerance is established 
for residues of sodium metasilicate in or on all food commodities when 
used in accordance with approved label rates and good agricultural 
practices as a plant desiccant, so long as the sodium metasilicate does 
not exceed 4% by weight in aqueous solution.
    (b) An exemption from the requirement of a tolerance is established 
for residues of sodium metasilicate in or on all food commodities when 
used in accordance with approved label rates and good agricultural 
practices as an insecticide and fungicide, so long as the sodium 
metasilicate does not exceed 2.41% by weight in aqueous solution.

[71 FR 19441, Apr. 14, 2006]