(a) General. (1) Tolerances are established for residues of the insecticide bifenthrin, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the table below. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified below is to be determined by measuring only bifenthrin, (2-methyl [1,1'-biphenyl]-3-yl) methyl-3-(2-chloro-3,3,3,-trifluoro-1-propenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Parts per
Commodity million------------------------------------------------------------------------Almond, hulls............................................... 2.0Artichoke, globe............................................ 1.0Banana \1\.................................................. 0.1Beet, garden, roots......................................... 0.45Beet, garden, tops.......................................... 15Brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A, except cabbage........ 0.6Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B......................... 3.5Bushberry subgroup 13-07B................................... 1.8Cabbage..................................................... 4.0Caneberry subgroup 13A...................................... 1.0Cattle, fat................................................. 1.0Cattle, meat byproducts..................................... 0.10Cattle, meat................................................ 0.5Coriander, dried leaves..................................... 25Coriander, leaves........................................... 6.0Coriander, seed............................................. 5.0Corn, field, forage......................................... 3.0Corn, field, grain.......................................... 0.05Corn, field, stover......................................... 5.0Corn, pop, grain............................................ 0.05Corn, pop, stover........................................... 5.0Corn, sweet, forage......................................... 3.0Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husk removed.............. 0.05Corn, sweet, stover......................................... 5.0Cotton, undelinted seed..................................... 0.5Eggplant.................................................... 0.05Egg......................................................... 0.05Fruit, citrus, group 10..................................... 0.05Goat, fat................................................... 1.0Goat, meat byproducts....................................... 0.10Goat, meat.................................................. 0.5Grain, aspirated fractions.................................. 70Grape....................................................... 0.2Groundcherry................................................ 0.5Herb subgroup 19A........................................... 0.05Hog, fat.................................................... 1.0Hog, meat byproducts........................................ 0.10Hog, meat................................................... 0.5Hop, dried cones............................................ 10.0Horse, fat.................................................. 1.0Horse, meat byproducts...................................... 0.10Horse, meat................................................. 0.5Leafy petioles subgroup 4B.................................. 3.0Lettuce, head............................................... 3.0Mayhaw...................................................... 1.4Milk, fat (reflecting 0.1 ppm in whole milk)................ 1.0Nut, tree, group 14......................................... 0.05Okra........................................................ 0.50Pea and bean, dried shelled, expect soybean, subgroup 6C.... 0.15Pea and bean, succulent shelled, subgroup 6B................ 0.05Peanut...................................................... 0.05Pear........................................................ 0.5Pepino...................................................... 0.5Pepper, bell................................................ 0.5Pepper, nonbell............................................. 0.5Pistachio................................................... 0.05Poultry, fat................................................ 0.05Poultry, meat byproducts.................................... 0.05Poultry, meat............................................... 0.05Radish, tops................................................ 4.5Rapeseed, seed.............................................. 0.05Sheep, fat.................................................. 1.0Sheep, meat byproducts...................................... 0.1Sheep, meat................................................. 0.5Soybean, hulls.............................................. 0.50Soybean, refined oil........................................ 0.30Soybean, seed............................................... 0.2Spinach..................................................... 0.2
Strawberry.................................................. 3.0Tea, dried \1\.............................................. 30Tomato...................................................... 0.15Turnip, greens.............................................. 3.5Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9................................ 0.4Vegetable, legume, edible podded, subgroup 6A............... 0.6Vegetable, root, subgroup 1B except sugar beet and garden 0.10
beet.......................................................Vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C................... 0.05------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ There are no U.S. registrations.
(2) A tolerance of 0.05 ppm is established for residues of the insecticide bifenthrin, (2-methyl[1,1'-biphenyl]-3-yl)methyl-3-(2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoro-1-propenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropane-carboxylate, as follows:
(i) In or on all food/feed items (other than those covered by a higher tolerance as a result of use on growing crops) in food/feed handling establishments.
(ii) The insecticide may be present as a residue from application of bifenthrin in food handling establishments, including food service, manufacturing and processing establishments, such as restaurants, cafeterias, supermarkets, bakeries, breweries, dairies, meat slaughtering and packing plants, and canneries, feed handling establishments including feed manufacturing and processing establishments, in accordance with the following prescribed conditions:
(A) Application shall be limited to general surface and spot and/or crack and crevice treatment in food/feed handling establishments where food/feed and food/feed products are held, processed, prepared and served. General surface application may be used only when the facility is not in operation provided exposed food/feed has been covered or removed from the area being treated. Spot and/or crack and crevice application may be used while the facility is in operation provided exposed food/feed is covered or removed from the area being treated prior to application. Spray concentration shall be limited to a maximum of 0.06 percent active ingredient. Contamination of food/feed or food/feed contact surfaces shall be avoided.
(B) To assure safe use of the insecticide, its label and labeling shall conform to that registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and shall be used in accordance with such label and labeling.
(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. Time-limited tolerances are established for residues of the insecticide bifenthrin, including its metabolites and degradates, in connection with use of the pesticide under a Section 18 emergency exemption granted by EPA. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified below is to be determined by measuring only bifenthrin, (2-methyl [1,1'-biphenyl]-3-yl) methyl-3-(2-chloro-3,3,3,-trifluoro-1-propenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate. These tolerances will expire and are revoked on the dates specified in the following table: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Expiration/
Commodity Parts per revocation
million date------------------------------------------------------------------------Apple........................................... 0.5 12/31/15Nectarine....................................... 0.5 12/31/15Peach........................................... 0.5 12/31/15------------------------------------------------------------------------
(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. Tolerances with regional registrations are established for residues of the insecticide bifenthrin, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the table below. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified below is to be determined by measuring only bifenthrin, (2-methyl [1,1'-biphenyl]-3-yl) methyl-3-(2-chloro-3,3,3,-trifluoro-1-propenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Parts per
Commodity million-----------------------------------------------------------------------Grass, forage............................................. 4.0Grass, hay................................................ 15------------------------------------------------------------------------
(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved] [62 FR 31002, June 6, 1997]
Editorial Note: For Federal Register citations affecting Sec. 180.442, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.fdsys.gov.