40 CFR 180.249 – Alachlor; tolerances for residues
(a) General. Tolerances are established for combined residues of alachlor (2-chloro-2?,6?-diethyl-N-(methoxymethyl)acetanilide) and its metabolites which can be converted to 2,6-diethylaniline (DEA) or 2-ethyl-6-(1-hydroxyethyl)aniline (1-HEEA) upon basic hydrolysis, calculated as alachlor in or on the following raw agricultural commodities.
| Commodity | Parts per million |
|---|---|
| Beans, dry | 0.1 |
| Beans, succulent lima | 0.1 |
| Cattle, fat | 0.02 |
| Cattle, meat byproducts | 0.02 |
| Cattle, meat | 0.02 |
| Corn, field, forage | 2.0 |
| Corn, field, grain | 0.2 |
| Corn, field, pop | 0.2 |
| Corn, field, stover | 2.0 |
| Corn, pop, stover | 2.0 |
| Corn, sweet (K + CWHR) | 0.05 |
| Corn, sweet, stover | 2.0 |
| Cotton, gin byproducts | 0.7 |
| Cotton, undelinted seed | 0.03 |
| Cowpea, forage | 5.0 |
| Cowpea, hay | 5.0 |
| Egg | 0.02 |
| Goat, fat | 0.02 |
| Goat, meat byproducts | 0.02 |
| Goat, meat | 0.02 |
| Hog, fat | 0.02 |
| Hog meat byproducts | 0.02 |
| Hog, meat | 0.02 |
| Horse, fat | 0.02 |
| Horse, meat byproducts | 0.02 |
| Horse, meat | 0.02 |
| Milk | 0.02 |
| Peanut | 0.5 |
| Poultry, fat | 0.02 |
| Poultry, meat byproducts | 0.02 |
| Poultry, meat | 0.02 |
| Sheep, fat | 0.02 |
| Sheep, meat byproducts | 0.02 |
| Sheep, meat | 0.02 |
| Sorghum grain, forage | 2.0 |
| Sorghum, grain, grain | 0.1 |
| Sorghum, grain, stover | 1.0 |
| Soybeans, seed | 1.0 |
| Sunflower, meal | 3.4 |
| Sunflower, seed | 2.5 |
(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]
(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]
(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. Tolerances are established for indirect or inadvertent residues of alachlor (2-chloro-2?,6?-diethyl-N-(methoxymethyl)acetanilide) and its metabolites which can be converted to 2,6-diethylaniline (DEA) or 2-ethyl-6-(1-hydroxyethyl)aniline (1-HEEA) upon basic hydrolysis, calculated as alachlor, in or on the following raw agricultural commodities when present therein as a result of the application of alachlor to the growing crops in paragraph (a) of this section:
| Commodity | Parts per million |
|---|---|
| Animal feed, nongrass, group 18, forage | 1.4 |
| Animal feed, nongrass, group 18, hay | 1.2 |
| Grain, cereal, forage, and straw, group 16 except corn, sorghum, rice, straw | 0.8 |
| Grain, cereal, forage, fodder and straw, group 16 except corn, sorghum, rice, forage | 0.6 |
| Grain, cereal, forage, fodder, and straw, group 16 except for corn, sorghum, rice, hay | 0.8 |
| Grain, cereal, group 15 except corn, sorghum, rice | 0.05 |