98-927. Consolidation of Certain Food and Feed Additive Tolerance Regulations  

  • [Federal Register Volume 63, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 14, 1998)]
    [Rules and Regulations]
    [Pages 2163-2167]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 98-927]
    
    
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    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    
    40 CFR Parts 180, 185, and 186
    
    [OPP-300572; FRL-5755-9]
    RIN 2070-AB78
    
    
    Consolidation of Certain Food and Feed Additive Tolerance 
    Regulations
    
    AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
    
     ACTION: Final rule; Technical amendments.
    
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    SUMMARY: This rule transfers certain of the pesticide food and feed 
    additive regulations that are now in 40 CFR parts 185 and 186 to part 
    180. EPA is consolidating these regulations because as a matter of law 
    all of the pesticide tolerances are now considered to be regulated 
    under FFDCA section 408 as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act 
    (Pub. L. 104-17) and they no longer need to be separate.
    
    DATES: This rule becomes effective January 14, 1998. Written objects 
    and hearing requests must be received by March 16, 1998.
    
    ADDRESSES: Written objections and hearing requests, identified by the 
    docket control number [OPP-300572], must be submitted to: Hearing Clerk 
    (1900), Environmental Protection Agency, Rm. M3708, 401 M St., SW., 
    Washington, DC 20460. Fees accompanying objections and hearing requests 
    shall be labeled ``Tolerance Petition Fees'' and forwarded to: EPA 
    Headquarters Accounting Operations Branch, OPP (Tolerance Fees), P.O. 
    Box 360277M, Pittsburgh, PA 15251. A copy of any objections and hearing 
    requests filed with the Hearing Clerk identified by the docket control 
    number, [OPP-300572], must also be submitted to: Public Information and 
    Records Integrity Branch, Information Resources and Services Division 
    (7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 
    401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. In person, bring a copy of 
    objections and hearing requests to Rm. 1132, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson 
    Davis Hwy., Arlington, VA.
        A copy of objections and hearing requests filed with the Hearing 
    Clerk may be submitted electronically by sending electronic mail (e-
    mail) to: opp-docket@epamail.epa.gov. Copies of electronic objections 
    and hearing requests must be submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the 
    use of special characters and any form of encryption. Copies of 
    electronic objections and hearing requests will also be accepted on 
    disks in WordPerfect 5.1/6.1 or ASCII file format. All copies of 
    electronic objections and hearing requests must be identified by the 
    docket control number [OPP-300572]. No Confidential Business 
    Information (CBI) should be submitted through e-mail. Copies of 
    electronic objections and hearing requests on this rule may be filed 
    online at many Federal Depository Libraries.
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By mail, Jeffrey Morris, Special 
    Review Branch (7508W), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
    Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. Office 
    location, telephone number, and e-mail: 3rd floor, Crystal Station, 
    2800 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202, (703) 308-8029; e-mail: 
    morris.jeffrey@epamail.epa.gov.
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Pesticide Programs is 
    transferring some of the Tolerance regulations now in parts 185 and 186 
    to part 180. EPA is moving these sections because, whereas in the past 
    tolerances for processed food and animal feeds regulated under section 
    409 of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA, 21 U.S.C. 301 et 
    seq.) were placed under parts 185 and 186, as a matter of law all 
    tolerances in these sections are now considered to be regulated under 
    FFDCA section 408 as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act (Pub. 
    L. 104-17), and therefore belong under part 180.
    
    I. Public Record and Electronic Submissions
    
        EPA has established a record for this rulemaking under docket 
    control number [OPP-300572] (including any comments and data submitted 
    electronically). A public version of this record, including printed, 
    paper versions of electronic comments, which does not include any 
    information claimed as CBI, is available for inspection from 8:30 a.m. 
    to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The public 
    record is located in Room 1132 of the Public Information and Records 
    Integrity Branch, Information Resources and Services Division (7502C), 
    Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, Crystal 
    Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA.
        Electronic comments may be sent directly to EPA at:
    
    
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        opp-docket@epamail.epa.gov.
    
        Electronic comments must be submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the 
    use of special characters and any form of encryption.
        The official record for this rulemaking, as well as the public 
    version, as described above will be kept in paper form. Accordingly, 
    EPA will transfer any copies of objections and hearing requests 
    received electronically into printed, paper form as they are received 
    and will place the paper copies in the official rulemaking record which 
    will also include all comments submitted directly in writing. The 
    official rulemaking record is the paper record maintained at the 
    Virginia address in ``ADDRESSES'' at the beginning of this document.
    
    II. Regulatory Assessment Requirements
    
        This final rule does not impose any requirements. It only 
    implements a technical correction to the Code of Federal Regulations 
    (CFR). As such, this action does not require review by the Office of 
    Management and Budget (OMB) under Executive Order 12866, entitled 
    Regulatory Planning and Review (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), the 
    Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., or Executive 
    Order 13045, entitled Protection of Children from Environmental Health 
    Risks and Safety Risks (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997). For the same 
    reason, it does not require any action under Title II of the Unfunded 
    Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA) (Pub. L. 104-4), Executive Order 
    12875, entitled Enhancing the Intergovernmental Partnership (58 FR 
    58093, October 28, 1993), or Executive Order 12898, entitled Federal 
    Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and 
    Low-Income Populations (59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994). In addition, 
    since this type of action does not require any proposal, no action is 
    needed under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) (5 U.S.C. 601 et 
    seq.).
    
    III. Submission to Congress and the General Accounting Office
    
        Under 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A), as added by the Small Business 
    Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, the Agency has submitted a 
    report containing this rule and other required information to the U.S. 
    Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Comptroller General 
    of the General Accounting Office prior to publication of this rule in 
    today's Federal Register. This is a technical correction to the Code of 
    Federal Regulations and is not a major rule as defined by 5 U.S.C. 
    804(2).
    
    List of Subjects
    
    40 CFR Part 180
    
        Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
    Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and 
    recordkeeping requirements.
    
    40 CFR Part 185
    
        Environmental protection, Food additives, Pesticides and pests.
    
    40 CFR Part 186
    
        Environmental protection, Animal feeds, Pesticides and pests.
    
        Dated: January 5, 1998.
    Lois Rossi,
    Director, Special Review and Reregistration Division,Office of 
    Pesticide Programs.
        Therefore, 40 CFR Chapter I is amended as follows:
        1. In part 180:
        a. The authority citation for part 180 continues to read as 
    follows:
    
        Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a and 371.
    
        b. Section 180.106 is revised to read as follows:
    
    
    Sec. 180.106   Diuron; tolerances for residues.
    
        (a) General. Tolerances for residues of the herbicide diuron (3-
    (3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea) in or on food commodities are 
    established as follows:
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          Commodity                        Parts per million
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Alfalfa..............................................                  2
    Apples...............................................                  1
    Artichokes...........................................                  1
    Asparagus............................................                  7
    Bananas,.............................................                0.1
    Barley, grain........................................                  1
    Barley, hay..........................................                  2
    Birdsfoot trefoil, forage............................                  2
    Birdsfoot trefoil, hay...............................                  2
    Blackberries.........................................                  1
    Blueberries..........................................                  1
    Boysenberries........................................                  1
    Bermuda grass........................................                  7
    Bermuda grass, hay...................................                  7
    Cattle, fat..........................................                  1
    Cattle, meat.........................................                  1
    Cattle, meat byproducts..............................                  1
    Citrus fruits,.......................................                  1
    Citrus pulp, dried...................................                  4
    Clover, forage.......................................                  2
    Clover, hay..........................................                  2
    Corn in grain or ear form (including sweet corn,                        
     field corn, popcorn)................................                  1
    Corn, sweet, fodder..................................                  2
    Corn, sweet, forage..................................                  2
    Cottonseed...........................................                  1
    Currants.............................................                  1
    Dewberries...........................................                  1
    Goats, fat...........................................                  1
    Goats, meat..........................................                  1
    Goats, meat byproducts...............................                  1
    Gooseberries.........................................                  1
    Grapes...............................................                  1
    Grass crops (other than Bermuda grass)...............                  2
    Grass, hay (other than Bermuda grass hay)............                  2
    Hogs, fat............................................                  1
    Hogs, meat...........................................                  1
    Hogs, meat byproducts................................                  1
    Horses, fat..........................................                  1
    Horses, meat.........................................                  1
    Horses, meat byproducts..............................                  1
    Huckleberries........................................                  1
    Loganberries.........................................                  1
    Nuts.................................................                0.1
    Oats, forage.........................................                  2
    Oat, grain...........................................                  1
    Oats, hay............................................                  2
    Oats, straw..........................................                  2
    Olives...............................................                  1
    Papayas..............................................                0.5
    Peaches..............................................                0.1
    Pears................................................                  1
    Peas.................................................                  1
    Peas, forage.........................................                  2
    Peas, hay............................................                  2
    Peppermint, hay......................................                  2
    Pineapple............................................                  1
    Potatoes.............................................                  1
    Raspberries..........................................                  1
    Rye, forage..........................................                  2
    Rye, grain...........................................                  1
    Rye, hay,............................................                  2
    Rye, straw...........................................                  2
    Sheep, fat...........................................                  1
    Sheep, meat..........................................                  1
    Sheep, meat byproducts...............................                  1
    Sorghum, fodder......................................                  2
    Sorghum, forage......................................                  2
    Sorghum, grain.......................................                  1
    Sugarcane,...........................................                  1
    Wheat, forage........................................                  2
    Wheat, grain.........................................                  1
    Wheat, hay...........................................                  2
    Wheat, straw.........................................                  2
    Vetch, forage........................................                  2
    Vetch, hay...........................................                  2
    Vetch, seed..........................................                  1
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
        (b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]
        (c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]
        (d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]
        c. Section 180.108 is amended by adding a heading to paragraph (a), 
    by adding alphabetically entries to the table in paragraph (a) for 
    ``cottonseed hulls,'' ``cottonseed meal,'' and ``soybean meal,'' by 
    redesignating paragraph (b) as paragraph (c), and adding a paragraph 
    heading to newly designated paragraph (c); by adding and reserving new 
    paragraphs (b) and (d) with paragraph headings to read as follow.
    
    
    Sec. 180.108   Acephate; tolerances for residues.
    
        (a) General. *  *  *
    
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                                                                  Parts per 
                             Commodity                             million  
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                            
                          *      *      *      *      *                     
    Cottonseed, hulls..........................................            4
    Cottonseed, meal...........................................            8
                          *      *      *      *      *                     
    Soybean, meal..............................................            4
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
        (b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]
        (c) Tolerances with regional registrations.   *  *  *
        (d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]
    
        d. Section 180.153 is amended by adding a paragraph heading to 
    paragraph (a), by designating the text following the heading as 
    paragraph (a)(1); by redesignating the text of paragraph (b) as 
    paragraph (c), adding a heading to newly designated paragraph (c), and 
    by adding and reserving new paragraphs (b) and (d) with paragraph 
    headings to read as follows.
    
    
    Sec. 180.153  Diazinon; tolerances for residues.
    
        (a) General. (1) *  *  *
        (b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]
        (c) Tolerances with regional registrations. *  *  *
        (d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]
        e. Section 180.173 is amended by designating the existing text as 
    paragraph (a), and adding a paragraph heading to newly designated 
    paragraph (a); by adding alphabetically to the table in newly 
    designated paragraph (a) an entry for ``citrus pulp, dehydrated,'' 
    ``raisins,'' and ``Tea, dried,'' by adding and reserving paragraphs 
    (b), (c), and (d) with paragraph headings to read as follows.
    
    
    Sec. 180.173  Ethion; tolerances for residues.
    
        (a) General. *  *  *
    
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                                                                  Parts per 
                             Commodity                             million  
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                            
                          *      *      *      *      *                     
    Citrus pulp, dehydrated....................................           10
                          *      *      *      *      *                     
    Raisins....................................................            4
                          *      *      *      *      *                     
    Tea, dried.................................................           10
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
        (b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]
        (c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]
        (d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]
        f. Section 180.183 is revised to read as follows:
    
    
    Sec. 180.183  O,O-Diethyl S-[2-(ethylthio)ethyl] phosphorodithioate; 
    tolerances for residues.
    
        (a) General. (1) Tolerances are established for the combined 
    residues of the insecticide 0,0-diethyl S-[2-(ethylthio)ethyl] 
    phosphorodithioate and its cholinesterase-inhibiting metabolites, 
    calculated as demeton, in or on the following raw agricultural 
    commodities:
    
                                                                            
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                      Parts 
                               Commodity                               per  
                                                                     million
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Alfalfa, fresh................................................      5.0 
    Alfalfa, hay..................................................     12.0 
    Barley, grain.................................................      0.75
    Barley, straw.................................................      5.0 
    Beans, dry....................................................      0.75
    Beans, lima...................................................      0.75
    Beans, snap...................................................      0.75
    Beans, vines..................................................      5.0 
    Beets, sugar, roots...........................................      0.5 
    Beets, sugar, tops............................................      2.0 
    Broccoli......................................................      0.75
    Brussels sprouts..............................................      0.75
    Cabbage.......................................................      0.75
    Cauliflower...................................................      0.75
    Clover, fresh.................................................      5.0 
    Clover, hay...................................................     12.0 
    Coffee beans..................................................      0.3 
    Corn, field, fodder...........................................      5.0 
    Corn, field, forage...........................................      5.0 
    Corn, grain...................................................      0.3 
    Corn, pop.....................................................      0.3 
    Corn, pop, fodder.............................................      5.0 
    Corn, pop, forage.............................................      5.0 
    Corn, sweet, fodder...........................................      5.0 
    Corn, sweet, forage...........................................      5.0 
    Corn, sweet, grain (K+CWHR)...................................      0.3 
    Cottonseed....................................................      0.75
    Hops..........................................................      0.5 
    Lettuce.......................................................      0.75
    Oats, fodder, green...........................................      5.0 
    Oats, grain...................................................      0.75
    Oats, straw...................................................      5.0 
    Peanuts.......................................................      0.75
    Peas..........................................................      0.75
    Peas, vines...................................................      5.0 
    Pecans........................................................      0.75
    Peppers.......................................................      0.1 
    Pineapples....................................................      0.75
    Pineapples, foliage...........................................      5.0 
    Potatoes......................................................      0.75
    Rice..........................................................      0.75
    Rice, straw...................................................      5.0 
    Sorghum, fodder...............................................      5.0 
    Sorghum, forage...............................................      5.0 
    Sorghum, grain................................................      0.75
    Soybeans......................................................      0.1 
    Soybeans, forage..............................................      0.25
    Soybeans, hay.................................................      0.25
    Spinach.......................................................      0.75
    Sugarcane.....................................................      0.3 
    Tomatoes......................................................      0.75
    Wheat, fodder, green..........................................      5.0 
    Wheat, grain..................................................      0.3 
    Wheat, straw..................................................      5.0 
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
        (2) Tolerances for residues of O,O-diethyl S-2-(ethylthio)ethyl 
    phosphorodithioate, calculated as demeton, in ingredients for livestock 
    feed are established as follows:
        (i) 5 parts per million in dehydrated sugar beet pulp when present 
    therein as a result of the application of the pesticide to the growing 
    agricultural crop, provided that, if residues of demeton are also 
    present, the total of both residues shall not exceed 5 parts per 
    million.
        (ii) 5 parts per million in pineapple bran when present therein as 
    a result of the application of the insecticide in the production of 
    pineapples.
        (b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]
        (c) Tolerances with regional registrations. Tolerances with 
    regional registration, as defined in Sec. 180.1(n), are established for 
    the combined residues of O,O-diethyl S-[2-(ethylthio)ethyl] 
    phosphorodithioate and its cholinesterase-inhibiting metabolites, 
    calculated as demeton, in or on the following raw agricultural 
    commodities:
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  Parts per 
                             Commodity                             million  
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Asparagus..................................................          0.1
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
        (d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]
        g. Section 180.206 is amended by designating the existing text as 
    paragraph (a), and adding a paragraph heading, by adding alphabetically 
    an entry to the table in newly designated paragraph (a) for 
    ``sugarbeet, dried pulp,'' and by adding and reserving paragraphs (b), 
    (c) and (d) with paragraph headings to read as follows.
    
    
    Sec. 180.206  Phorate; tolerances for residues.
    
        (a) General. *  *  *
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  Parts per 
                             Commodity                             million  
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                            
                          *      *      *      *      *                     
    Sugarbeets, dried pulp.....................................            1
                                                                            
                          *      *      *      *      *                     
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
        (b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]
        (c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]
        (d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]
        h. Section 180.213 is revised to read as follows:
    
    
    Sec. 180.213  Simazine; tolerances for residues.
    
        (a) General. (1) Tolerances are established for residues of the 
    herbicide simazine (2-chloro- 4,6-bis(ethylamino)-
    
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    s-triazine) in or on the following raw agricultural commodities:
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  Parts per 
                             Commodity                             million  
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Alfalfa....................................................    15       
    Alfalfa, forage............................................    15       
    Alfalfa, hay...............................................    15       
    Almonds....................................................     0.25    
    Almonds, hulls.............................................     0.25    
    Apples.....................................................     0.25    
    Artichokes.................................................     0.5     
    Asparagus..................................................    10       
    Avocados...................................................     0.25    
    Bermuda grass..............................................    15       
    Bermuda grass, forage......................................    15       
    Bermuda grass, hay.........................................    15       
    Blackberries...............................................     0.25    
    Blueberries................................................     0.25    
    Boysenberries..............................................     0.25    
    Cattle, fat................................................     0.02 (N)
    Cattle, mbyp...............................................     0.02 (N)
    Cattle, meat...............................................     0.02 (N)
    Cherries...................................................     0.25    
    Corn, fodder...............................................     0.25    
    Corn, forage...............................................     0.25    
    Corn, fresh (inc. sweet K+CWHR)............................     0.25    
    Corn, grain................................................     0.25    
    Cranberries................................................     0.25    
    Currants...................................................     0.25    
    Dewberries.................................................     0.25    
    Eggs.......................................................     0.02 (N)
    Filberts...................................................     0.25    
    Goats, fat.................................................     0.02 (N)
    Goats, mbyp................................................     0.02 (N)
    Goats, meat................................................     0.02 (N)
    Grapefruit.................................................     0.25    
    Grapes.....................................................     0.25    
    Grass......................................................    15       
    Grass, forage..............................................    15       
    Grass, hay.................................................    15       
    Hogs, fat..................................................     0.02 (N)
    Hogs, mbyp.................................................     0.02 (N)
    Hogs, meat.................................................     0.02 (N)
    Horses, fat................................................     0.02 (N)
    Horses, mbyp...............................................     0.02 (N)
    Horses, meat...............................................     0.02 (N)
    Lemons.....................................................     0.25    
    Loganberries...............................................     0.25    
    Macadamia nuts.............................................     0.25    
    Milk.......................................................     0.02 (N)
    Molasses (from sugarcane)..................................     1       
    Olives.....................................................     0.25    
    Oranges....................................................     0.25    
    Peaches....................................................     0.25    
    Pears......................................................     0.25    
    Pecans.....................................................     0.1 (N) 
    Plums......................................................     0.25    
    Poultry, fat...............................................     0.02 (N)
    Poultry, mbyp..............................................     0.02 (N)
    Poultry, meat..............................................     0.02 (N)
    Raspberries................................................     0.25    
    Sheep, fat.................................................     0.02 (N)
    Sheep, mbyp................................................     0.02 (N)
    Sheep, meat................................................     0.02 (N)
    Strawberries...............................................     0.25    
    Sugarcane..................................................     0.25    
    Walnuts....................................................     0.2     
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
        (2) Tolerances are established for the combined residues of the 
    herbicide simazine (2-chloro-4,6-bis(ethylamino)-s-triazine) and its 
    metabolites 2-amino-4-chloro-6-ethylamino-s-triazine and 2,4-diamino-6-
    chloro-s-triazine in or on raw agricultural commodities as follows:
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  Parts per 
                             Commodity                             million  
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Bananas....................................................         0.2 
    Fish.......................................................        12   
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
        (b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]
        (c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]
        (d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]
    
    Sec. 180.213a [Removed]
    
        i. Section 180.213a is removed.
        j. Section 180.242 is amended by adding a heading to paragraph (a) 
    and designating the text after the heading as paragraph (a)(1), by 
    adding alphabetically new entries to the table in newly designated 
    paragraph (a)(1), by redesignating paragraph (b) as paragraph (a)(2), 
    and by adding and reserving new paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) with 
    headings to read as follows.
    
    
    Sec. 180.242  Thiabendazole; tolerances for residues.
    
        (a) General. (1) *  *  *
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  Parts per 
                             Commodity                             million  
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          *      *      *      *      *                     
    Beets, sugar, pulp (dried and/or dehydrated)...............          3.5
                          *      *      *      *      *                     
    Citrus pulp, dried (POST-H)................................           35
                          *      *      *      *      *                     
    Potato processing waste (PRE- & POST-H)....................           30
    Rice, hulls................................................            8
                          *      *      *      *      *                     
    Wheat milled fractions (except flour)......................          3.0
                          *      *      *      *      *                     
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    * * * * *
        (b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]
        (c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]
        (d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]
        k. Section 180.254 is amended by adding a paragraph heading to 
    paragraph (a), by adding entries alphabetially to the table in 
    paragraph (a) for ``raisins,'' and ``raisin, waste,'' by removing and 
    reserving paragraph (b) with a heading, by revising paragraph (c) and 
    by adding and reserving paragraph (d) with a heading to read as 
    follows.
    
    
    Sec. 180.254  Carbofuran; tolerances for residues.
    
        (a)  General. *  *  *
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  Parts per 
                             Commodity                             million  
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                            
                          *      *      *      *      *                     
    Raisins (of which no more than 1.0 ppm is carbamate........          2.0
                          *      *      *      *      *                     
    Raisins, waste (of which no more than 3.0 ppm is carbamate.          6.0
                          *      *      *      *      *                     
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
        (b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]
        (c) Tolerances with regional registration. Tolerances with regional 
    registration, as defined in Sec. 180.1(n), are established for the 
    combined residues of the insecticide carbofuran (2,3-dihydro-2,2-
    dimethyl-7-benzofuranyl-N-methylcarbamate), its carbamate metabolite 
    2,3-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-3-hydroxy-7-benzofuranyl-N-methylcarbamate, 
    and its phenolic metabolites 2,3-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-7-benzofuranol, 
    2,3-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-3-oxo-7-benzofuranol, and 2,3-dihydro-2,2-
    dimethyl-3,7-benzofurandiol in or on the following raw agricultural 
    commodity:
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                          Parts per   Expiration/Revocation 
                 Commodity                 million             date         
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Artichokes (of which not more than                                      
     0.2 ppm is carbamates)............         0.4                     None
    Canola (of which no more than 0.2                                       
     ppm is carbamate).................         1.0                  2/22/98
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
    
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        (d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]
        l. Section 180.294 is amended by adding a heading to paragraph (a), 
    by adding entries alphabetically to the table in paragraph (a) for 
    ``raisins,'' ``tomato products, concentrated,'' ``citrus, dried pulp,'' 
    and ``rice, hulls,'' by redesignating paragraph (b) as paragraph (c), 
    by adding a paragraph heading to newly designated paragraph (c), and by 
    adding and reserving new paragraphs (b) and (d) with headings to read 
    as follows.
    
    
    Sec. 180.294  Benomyl; tolerance for residues.
    
        (a) General. *  *  *
    
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  Parts per 
                             Commodity                             million  
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                            
                          *      *      *      *      *                     
    Citrus, dried pulp.........................................           50
                          *      *      *      *      *                     
    Raisins,...................................................           50
                          *      *      *      *      *                     
    Rice, hulls................................................           20
                          *      *      *      *      *                     
    Tomoto products, concentrated..............................           50
                          *      *      *      *      *                     
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
        (b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]
        (c) Tolerances with regional registrations. *  *  *
        (d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]
    
    PART 185--[AMENDED]
    
        2. In part 185:
        a. The authority citation for part 185 continues to read as 
    follows:
        Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a and 348.
    
    Secs. 185.100, 185.350, 185.600, 185.2750 and 185.5550  [Removed]
    
        b. Sections 185.100, 185.350, 185.600, 185.2750 and 185.5550 are 
    removed.
    
    
    Sec. 185.1750  [Partially Redesignated and Removed]
    
        c. Section 185.1750 is amended by redesignating the text into 
    Sec. 180.153 as follows:
        1. By designating the introductory text as paragraph (a)(2), and by 
    redesignating existing paragraphs (a), (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), and 
    (a)(4) as (a)(2)(i), (a)(2)(i)(A), (a)(2)(i)(B), (a)(2)(i)(C), 
    (a)(2)(i)(D), respectively, and by redesignating paragraph (b) as 
    (a)(2)(ii).
        2. By removing the remainder of Sec. 185.1750.
    
    PART 186--[AMENDED]
    
        3. In part 186:
        a. The authority citation for part 186 continues to read as 
    follows:
        Authority: 21 U.S.C. 342, 348, and 371.
    
    Sec. 186.1750  [Partially Redesignated and Removed]
    
        b. Section 186.1750 is amended by redesignating the text into 
    Sec. 180.153 as follows:
        1. By designating the introductory text as paragraph (a)(3), and by 
    redesignating existing paragraphs (a), (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), and 
    (a)(4) as (a)(3)(i), (a)(3)(i)(A), (a)(3)(i)(B), (a)(3)(i)(C), 
    (a)(3)(i)(D), respectively, and by redesignating paragraph (b) as 
    (a)(3)(ii).
        2. By removing the remainder of Sec. 186.1750.
    
    
    Secs. 186.100, 186.350, 186.1950, 186.2550, 186.2750, 186.3375, 
    186.4750, 186.5350, and 186.5550  [Removed]
    
        3. Sections 186.100, 186.350, 186.1950, 186.2550, 186.2750, 
    186.3375, 186.4750, 186.5350, and 186.5550 are removed.
    
    [FR Doc. 98-927 Filed 1-13-98; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 6560-50-F
    
    
    

Document Information

Effective Date:
1/14/1998
Published:
01/14/1998
Department:
Environmental Protection Agency
Entry Type:
Rule
Action:
Final rule; Technical amendments.
Document Number:
98-927
Dates:
This rule becomes effective January 14, 1998. Written objects and hearing requests must be received by March 16, 1998.
Pages:
2163-2167 (5 pages)
Docket Numbers:
OPP-300572, FRL-5755-9
RINs:
2070-AB78
PDF File:
98-927.pdf
CFR: (14)
40 CFR 180.153
40 CFR 185.1750
40 CFR 180.106
40 CFR 180.108
40 CFR 180.153
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