(a) General. Tolerances for the combined residues of the herbicide dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate (DCPA) and its metabolites monomethyltetrachloroterephthalate (MTP) and tetrachloroterephthalic acid (TCP) (calculated as dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate) are established in or on the following food commodities:

Open Table
Commodity Parts per million
Cantaloupe 1.0
Garlic 1.0
Ginseng 2.0
Horseradish 2.0
Muskmelon 1.0
Onion, bulb 1.0
Onion, green 1.0
Strawberry 2.0
Tomato 1.0
Vegetable, brassica, leafy, group 5 5.0
Watermelon 1.0

(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. Tolerances with regional registration, as defined in §180.1(l), are established for the combined inadvertent residues of the herbicide dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate (DCPA) and its metabolites monomethyl tetrachloroterephthalate acid (MTP) and terachlorophthalic acid (TCP) (calculated as DCPA) in or on the following food commodities:

Open Table
Commodity Parts per million
Radish, roots 2.0
Radish, tops 15.0

(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. Tolerances are established for the combined indirect or inadvertent residues of the herbicide dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate (DCPA) and its metabolites monomethyl tetrachloroterephthalate acid (MTP) and terachlorophthalic acid (TCP) (calculated as DCPA) in or on the following food commodities:

Open Table
Commodity Parts per million
Basil, dried leaves 20.0
Basil, fresh leaves 5.0
Bean, dry 2.0
Bean, mung, seed 2.0
Bean, snap, succulent 2.0
Celeriac 2.0
Chicory, roots 2.0
Chicory, tops 5.0
Chive 5.0
Coriander, leaves 5.0
Corn, field, forage 0.4
Corn, field, grain 0.05
Corn, field, stover 0.4
Corn, pop, forage 0.4
Corn, pop, grain 0.05
Corn, pop, stover 0.4
Corn, sweet, forage 0.4
Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed 0.05
Corn, sweet, stover 0.4
Cotton, undelinted seed 0.2
Cucumber 1.0
Dill 5.0
Eggplant 1.0
Lettuce 2.0
Marjoram 5.0
Parsley, dried leaves 20.0
Parsley, leaves 5.0
Pea, blackeyed, seed 2.0
Pepper 2.0
Pimento 2.0
Potato 2.0
Radicchio 5.0
Radish, oriental, roots 2.0
Radish, oriental, tops 2.0
Rutabaga 2.0
Soybean 2.0
Squash, summer 1.0
Squash, winter 1.0
Sweet potato 2.0
Turnip, roots 2.0
Turnip, tops 5.0
Yam, true, tuber 2.0

[72 FR 52018, Sept. 12, 2007, as amended at 73 FR 53737, Sept. 17, 2008; 73 FR 80302, Dec. 31, 2008; 74 FR 14744, Apr. 1, 2009]


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