§ 180.142 - 2,4-D; tolerances for residues.  


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  • § 180.142 2,4-D; tolerances for residues.

    (a) General. Tolerances are established for residues of the herbicide, plant regulator, and fungicide 2,4-D, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the table below. Compliance with the tolerance levels is to be determined by measuring residues of 2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid), both free and conjugated, determined as the acid, in or on the following commodities:

    Table 1 to Paragraph (a)

    Commodity Parts per million
    Almond hulls0.1
    Asparagus5.0
    Barley, bran4.0
    Barley, grain2.0
    Barley, straw50
    Berry, group 130.2
    Cattle, fat0.3
    Cattle, kidney4.0
    Cattle, meat0.3
    Cattle, meat byproducts, except kidney0.3
    Corn, field, forage6.0
    Corn, field, grain0.05
    Corn, field, stover50
    Corn, pop, grain0.05
    Corn, pop, stover50
    Corn, sweet, forage6.0
    Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed0.05
    Corn, sweet, stover50
    Cotton, gin byproducts1.5
    Cotton, undelinted seed0.08
    Cranberry0.5
    Fish0.1
    Fruit, citrus, group 103.0
    Fruit, pome, group 110.05
    Fruit, stone, group 120.05
    Goat, fat0.3
    Goat, kidney4.0
    Goat, meat0.3
    Goat, meat byproducts, except kidney0.3
    Grain, aspirated fractions40
    Grape0.05
    Grass, forage360
    Grass, hay300
    Hop, dried cones0.2
    Horse, fat0.3
    Horse, kidney4.0
    Horse, meat0.3
    Horse, meat byproducts, except kidney0.3
    Millet, forage25
    Millet, grain2.0
    Millet, straw50
    Milk0.05
    Nut, tree, group 140.2
    Oat, forage25
    Oat, grain2.0
    Oat, straw50
    Pistachio0.05
    Potato0.4
    Rice, grain0.5
    Rice, hulls2.0
    Rye, bran4.0
    Rye, forage25
    Rye, grain2.0
    Rye, straw50
    Sesame, seed0.05
    Sheep, fat0.3
    Sheep, kidney4.0
    Sheep, meat0.3
    Sheep, meat byproducts, except kidney0.3
    Shellfish1.0
    Sorghum, grain, forage0.2
    Sorghum, grain, grain0.2
    Sorghum, grain, stover0.2
    Soybean, forage0.02
    Soybean, hay2.0
    Soybean, seed0.02
    Strawberry0.05
    Sugarcane, cane0.05
    Sugarcane, molasses0.2
    Teff, bran4.0
    Teff, forage25.0
    Teff, grain2.0
    Teff, straw50.0
    Vegetable, leaves of root and tuber, group 20.1
    Vegetable, root and tuber, except potato, group 10.1
    Wheat, bran4.0
    Wheat, forage25
    Wheat, grain2.0
    Wheat, straw50
    Wheatgrass, intermediate, bran4
    Wheatgrass, intermediate, forage30
    Wheatgrass, intermediate, grain2
    Wheatgrass, intermediate, straw50

    (b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

    (c) Tolerances with regional registrations. Tolerances with regional registration, as defined in § 180.1(l), are established for residues of the herbicide, plant regulator, and fungicide 2,4-D, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the table below. Compliance with the tolerance levels is to be determined by measuring residues of 2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid), both free and conjugated, determined as the acid, in or on the follow commodities:

    Commodity Parts per million
    Rice, wild, grain0.05

    (d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. Tolerances are established for indirect or inadvertent residues of the herbicide, plant regulator, and fungicide 2,4-D, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the table below. Compliance with the tolerances levels is to be determined by measuring residues of 2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid), both free and conjugated, determined as the acid, in or on the following commodities:

    Commodity Parts per million
    Animal feed, nongrass, group 180.2
    Avocado0.05
    Dill, seed0.05
    Okra0.05
    Vegetable, brassica leafy, group 50.4
    Vegetable, bulb, group 30.05
    Vegetable, cucurbit, group 90.05
    Vegetable, foliage of legume, group 70.2
    Vegetable, fruiting, group 80.05
    Vegetable, leafy, except brassica, group 40.4
    Vegetable, legume, group 60.05

    [72 FR 52017, Sept. 12, 2007, as amended at 73 FR 53737, Sept. 17, 2008; 74 FR 48411, Sept. 23, 2009; 76 FR 55817, Sept. 9, 2011; 80 FR 72597, Nov. 20, 2015; 82 FR 9529, Feb. 7, 2017; 85 FR 82943, Dec. 21, 2020]