[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: 40CFR180.29]

[Page 356-357]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 180_TOLERANCES AND EXEMPTIONS FROM TOLERANCES FOR PESTICIDE CHEMICALS IN 
 
                    Subpart B_Procedural Regulations
 
Sec. 180.29  Establishment, modification, and revocation of tolerance on 

initiative of Administrator.

    (a) Upon the Administrator's own initiative, the Administrator may 
propose, under FFDCA section 408(e), the issuance of a regulation 
establishing a tolerance for a pesticide chemical or exempting it from 
the necessity of a tolerance, or a regulation modifying or revoking an 
existing tolerance or exemption.
    (b) The Administrator shall provide a period of not less than 60 
days for persons to comment on the proposed regulation, except that a 
shorter period for comment may be provided if the Administrator for good 
cause finds that it would be in the public interest to do so and states 
the reasons for the finding in the notice of proposed rulemaking.
    (c) After reviewing any timely comments received, the Administrator 
may by order establish, modify, or revoke a tolerance regulation, which 
order and regulation shall be published in the

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Federal Register. An order published under this section shall state that 
persons may submit objections and requests for a hearing in the manner 
described in part 178 of this chapter.
    (d) Any final regulation issued under this section shall be 
effective on the date of publication in the Federal Register unless 
otherwise provided in the regulation.

[70 FR 33361, June 8, 2005]