(a) General. Tolerances are established for residues of the herbicide, plant regulator, and fungicide 2,4-D, 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 residues of 2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid), both free and conjugated, determined as the acid, in or on the following commodities:

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Commodity Parts per million
Almond hulls 0.1
Asparagus 5.0
Barley, bran 4.0
Barley, grain 2.0
Barley, straw 50
Berry, group 13 0.2
Cattle, fat 0.3
Cattle, kidney 4.0
Cattle, meat 0.3
Cattle, meat byproducts, except kidney 0.3
Corn, field, forage 6.0
Corn, field, grain 0.05
Corn, field, stover 50
Corn, pop, grain 0.05
Corn, pop, stover 50
Corn, sweet, forage 6.0
Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed 0.05
Corn, sweet, stover 50
Cotton, gin byproducts 1.5
Cotton, undelinted seed 0.08
Cranberry 0.5
Fish 0.1
Fruit, citrus, group 10 3.0
Fruit, pome, group 11 0.05
Fruit, stone, group 12 0.05
Goat, fat 0.3
Goat, kidney 4.0
Goat, meat 0.3
Goat, meat byproducts, except kidney 0.3
Grain, aspirated fractions 40
Grape 0.05
Grass, forage 360
Grass, hay 300
Hop, dried cones 0.2
Horse, fat 0.3
Horse, kidney 4.0
Horse, meat 0.3
Horse, meat byproducts, except kidney 0.3
Millet, forage 25
Millet, grain 2.0
Millet, straw 50
Milk 0.05
Nut, tree, group 14 0.2
Oat, forage 25
Oat, grain 2.0
Oat, straw 50
Pistachio 0.05
Potato 0.4
Rice, grain 0.5
Rice, hulls 2.0
Rye, bran 4.0
Rye, forage 25
Rye, grain 2.0
Rye, straw 50
Sheep, fat 0.3
Sheep, kidney 4.0
Sheep, meat 0.3
Sheep, meat byproducts, except kidney 0.3
Shellfish 1.0
Sorghum, grain, forage 0.2
Sorghum, grain, grain 0.2
Sorghum, grain, stover 0.2
Soybean, forage 0.02
Soybean, hay 2.0
Soybean, seed 0.02
Strawberry 0.05
Sugarcane, cane 0.05
Sugarcane, molasses 0.2
Teff, bran 4.0
Teff, forage 25.0
Teff, grain 2.0
Teff, straw 50.0
Vegetable, leaves of root and tuber, group 2 0.1
Vegetable, root and tuber, except potato, group 1 0.1
Wheat, bran 4.0
Wheat, forage 25
Wheat, grain 2.0
Wheat, straw 50

(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. Tolerances with regional registration, as defined in §180.1(l), are established for residues of the herbicide, plant regulator, and fungicide 2,4-D, 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 residues of 2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid), both free and conjugated, determined as the acid, in or on the follow commodities:

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Commodity Parts per million
Rice, wild, grain 0.05

(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. Tolerances are established for indirect or inadvertent residues of the herbicide, plant regulator, and fungicide 2,4-D, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the table below. Compliance with the tolerances levels is to be determined by measuring residues of 2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid), both free and conjugated, determined as the acid, in or on the following commodities:

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Commodity Parts per million
Animal feed, nongrass, group 18 0.2
Avocado 0.05
Dill, seed 0.05
Okra 0.05
Vegetable, brassica leafy, group 5 0.4
Vegetable, bulb, group 3 0.05
Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9 0.05
Vegetable, foliage of legume, group 7 0.2
Vegetable, fruiting, group 8 0.05
Vegetable, leafy, except brassica, group 4 0.4
Vegetable, legume, group 6 0.05

[72 FR 52017, Sept. 12, 2007, as amended at 73 FR 53737, Sept. 17, 2008; 74 FR 48411, Sept. 23, 2009; 76 FR 55817, Sept. 9, 2011; 80 FR 72597, Nov. 20, 2015; 82 FR 9529, Feb. 7, 2017]


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