§ 180.229 - Fluometuron; tolerances for residues.  


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  • § 180.229 Fluometuron; tolerances for residues.

    (a) General.

    (1) Tolerances are established for the combined residues of the herbicide fluometuron, N, N-dimethyl-N'-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]urea, and its metabolite, trifluoromethylaniline (TFMA) determined as TFMA, in or on the following food commodities:

    Commodity Parts per million
    Cotton, gin byproducts 3.5
    Cotton, undelinted seed 1.0

    (2) Tolerances are established for the combined residues of the herbicide fluometuron, N,N-dimethyl-N'-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]urea, and its metabolites determined as TFMA and the hydroxylated metabolites: CGA-236431, 1-(4-hydroxy-3-trifluoromethylphenyl)urea; CGA-236432, 1-methyl-3-(4-hydroxy-3-trifluoromethylphenyl)urea; and CGA-13211, 1,1-dimethyl-3-(4-hydroxy-3-trifluoromethylphenyl)urea, in or on the following food commodities:

    Commodity Parts per million
    Cattle, meat byproducts 0.1
    Egg 0.1
    Goat, meat byproducts 0.1
    Hog, meat byproducts 0.1
    Horse, meat byproducts 0.1
    Milk 0.02
    Poultry, fat 0.1
    Poultry, meat 0.1
    Poultry, meat byproducts 0.1
    Sheep, meat byproducts 0.1

    (b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

    (c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]

    (d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. Tolerances are established for the combined residues of the herbicide fluometuron, N, N-dimethyl-N'-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]urea, and its metabolite, trifluoromethylaniline (TFMA) determined as TFMA, in or on the following food commodities.

    Commodity Parts per million
    Grain, cereal, forage, fodder, and straw group 16, forage 3.0
    Grain, cereal, forage, fodder, and straw, group 16, stover 6.0
    Grain, cereal, group 15 0.5
    Peanut 0.1
    Peanut, hay 4.0
    Peanut, meal 0.2
    Soybean, forage 3.0
    Soybean, hay 3.0
    Soybean, seed 2.0
    Rice, hulls 1.0
    Wheat, milled byproducts 1.0

    [73 FR 52613, Sept. 10, 2008]