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40 CFR 180.324: Bromoxynil; tolerances for residues.

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  1. Title 40—Protection of Environment
  2. CHAPTER I—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
  3. SUBCHAPTER E—PESTICIDE PROGRAMS
  4. PART 180—TOLERANCES AND EXEMPTIONS FOR PESTICIDE CHEMICAL RESIDUES IN FOOD
  5. Subpart C—Specific Tolerances

(a) General. (1) Tolerances are established for residues of the herbicide bromoxynil, 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 only bromoxynil, 3,5-dibromo-4-hydroxybenzonitrile, resulting from application of its octanoic and/or heptanoic acid ester, in or on the commodities.

Commodity Parts per million

Alfalfa, forage 0.1

Alfalfa, hay 0.5

Barley, grain 0.05

Barley, hay 9.0

Barley, straw 4.0

Corn, field, forage 0.3

Corn, field, grain 0.05

Corn, field, stover 0.2

Corn, pop, grain 0.05

Corn, pop, stover 0.2

Flax, seed 0.1

Garlic 0.1

Grain, aspirated fractions 1.2

Grass, forage 18

Grass, hay 5.0

Oat, forage 0.3

Oat, grain 0.05

Oat, hay 9.0

Oat, straw 4.0

Onion, bulb 0.1

Peppermint, hay 0.1

Rye, forage 1.0

Rye, grain 0.05

Rye, straw 2.0

Sorghum, grain, forage 0.8

Sorghum, grain, grain 0.2

Sorghum, grain, stover 0.2

Spearmint, hay 0.1

Wheat, forage 1.0

Wheat, grain 0.05

Wheat, hay 4.0

Wheat, straw 2.0

(2) Tolerances are established for residues of the herbicide bromoxynil, 3,5-dibromo-4-hydroxybenzonitrile, 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 only bromoxynil and its metabolite, 3,5-dibromo-4-hydroxybenzoic acid (DBHA), resulting from application of its octanoic and/or heptanoic acid ester, in or on the commodities.

Commodity Parts per million

Cattle, fat 1

Cattle, meat byproducts 3.5

Cattle, meat 0.5

Cotton, gin byproducts 7.0

Cotton, hulls 5.0

Cotton, undelinted seed 1.5

Egg 0.05

Goat, fat 1

Goat, meat byproducts 3.5

Goat, meat 0.5

Hog, fat 1

Hog, meat byproducts 3.5

Hog, meat 0.5

Horse, fat 1

Horse, meat byproducts 3.5

Horse, meat 0.5

Milk 0.4

Poultry, fat 0.05

Poultry, meat byproducts 0.3

Poultry, meat 0.05

Sheep, fat 1

Sheep, meat byproducts 3.5

Sheep, meat 0.5

(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]

(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]

Collected 2026-08-27T02:26:04Z. Source file · JSON

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