40 CFR § 180.124 - Methyl bromide; tolerances for residues.

§ 180.124 Methyl bromide; tolerances for residues.

(a) General. A tolerance is established for residues of the fumigant methyl bromide, including metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodity in the table below. Compliance with the tolerance level specified below is to be determined by measuring only methyl bromide.

Commodity Parts per
million
Cotton, undelinted seed 150

(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. Time-limited tolerances are established for residues of the fumigant methyl bromide, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the specified agricultural commodities in Table 2 to this paragraph (b). Compliance with the tolerance levels specified in Table 2 to this paragraph (b) is to be determined by measuring only methyl bromide, in or on the commodities, resulting from use of the pesticide pursuant to Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) section 18 emergency exemptions. The tolerances expire and are revoked on the dates specified in Table 2 to this paragraph (b).

Table 2 to Paragraph (b)

Commodity Parts per
million
Expiration/
revocation date
Berry and small fruit, group 13-07 5.0 12/31/26
Cactus 3.0 12/31/26
Coconut, copra 8.0 12/31/26
Coffee, green bean 150 12/31/26
Cola, seed 150 12/31/26
Cucurbit, seed 150 12/31/26
Fig 10 12/31/26
Fruit, citrus, group 10-10 2 12/31/26
Fruit, stone, group 12-12 5.0 12/31/26
Fruit, tropical and subtropical, edible peel, group 23 10 12/31/26
Fruit, tropical and subtropical, inedible peel, group 24 5.0 12/31/26
Herb and spice, group 19 35 12/31/26
Hibiscus, seed 150 12/31/26
Ivy gourd 5.0 12/31/26
Kaffir lime, leaves 0.50 12/31/26
Kenaf, seed 150 12/31/26
Oilseed group 20 150 12/31/26
Peppermint, tops 35 12/31/26
Pointed gourd 5.0 12/31/26
Spearmint, tops 35 12/31/26
Vegetable, bulb, group 3-07 2.0 12/31/26
Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9 5.0 12/31/26
Vegetable, foliage of legume, group 7 0.50 12/31/26
Vegetable, fruiting, group 8-10 7.0 12/31/26
Vegetable, head and stem Brassica, group 5-16 1.0 12/31/26
Vegetable, leafy, group 4-16 0.50 12/31/26
Vegetable, leaves of root and tuber, group 2 0.50 12/31/26
Vegetable, legume, group 6 3.0 12/31/26
Vegetable, root and tuber, group 1 3.0 12/31/26
Vegetable, stalk, stem and leaf petiole, group 22 0.50 12/31/26

(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]

(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]

[77 FR 35298, June 13, 2012, as amended at 83 FR 8763, Mar. 1, 2018; 85 FR 65734, Oct. 16, 2020; 86 FR 8703, Feb. 9, 2021; 88 FR 75505, Nov. 3, 2023]