(a) General. Tolerances are established for residues of the desiccant, defoliant, and herbicide paraquat (1,1′-dimethyl-4,4′-bipyridinium-ion) derived from application of either the bis(methyl sulfate) or the dichloride salt (both calculated as the cation) in or on the following food commodities:

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Commodity Parts per million
Acerola 0.05
Almond, hulls 0.5
Animal feed, nongrass, group 18, forage 75.0
Animal feed, nongrass, group 18, hay 210.0
Artichoke, globe 0.05
Asparagus 0.5
Atemoya 0.05
Avocado 0.05
Banana 0.05
Barley, grain 0.05
Barley, hay 3.5
Barley, straw 1.0
Beet, sugar, roots 0.5
Beet, sugar, tops 0.05
Berry group 13 0.05
Biriba 0.05
Cacao bean, bean 0.05
Canistel 0.05
Carrot, roots 0.05
Cattle, fat 0.05
Cattle, kidney 0.5
Cattle, meat 0.05
Cattle, meat byproducts, except kidney 0.05
Cherimoya 0.05
Coffee, bean, green 0.05
Corn, field, forage 3.0
Corn, field, grain 0.1
Corn, field, stover 10.0
Corn, pop, grain 0.1
Corn, pop, stover 10.0
Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed 0.05
Cotton, gin byproducts 110.0
Cotton, undelinted seed 3.5
Cowpea, forage 0.1
Cowpea, hay 0.4
Cranberry 0.05
Custard apple 0.05
Egg 0.01
Endive 0.05
Feijoa 0.05
Fig 0.05
Fruit, citrus, group 10 0.05
Fruit, pome, group 11 0.05
Fruit, stone, group 12 0.05
Goat, fat 0.05
Goat, kidney 0.5
Goat, meat 0.05
Goat, meat byproducts, except kidney 0.05
Grain, aspirated fractions 65.0
Grape 0.05
Grass, forage 90.0
Grass, hay 40.0
Guar, seed 0.5
Guava 0.05
Hog, fat 0.05
Hog, kidney 0.5
Hog, meat 0.05
Hog, meat byproducts, except kidney 0.05
Hop, dried cones 0.5
Horse, fat 0.05
Horse, kidney 0.5
Horse, meat 0.05
Horse, meat byproducts, except kidney 0.05
Ilama 0.05
Jaboticaba 0.05
Kiwifruit 0.05
Lentil, seed 0.3
Lettuce 0.05
Longan 0.05
Lychee 0.05
Mango 0.05
Milk 0.01
Nut, tree, group 14 0.05
Okra 0.05
Olive 0.05
Onion, bulb 0.1
Onion, green 0.05
Papaya 0.05
Passionfruit 0.2
Pawpaw 0.05
Pea and bean, dried shelled, except soybean, subgroup 6C, except guar bean 0.3
Pea and bean, succulent shelled, subgroup 6B 0.05
Pea, field, hay 0.8
Pea, field, vines 0.2
Peanut 0.05
Peanut, hay 0.5
Peppermint, tops 0.5
Persimmon 0.05
Pineapple 0.05
Pineapple, process residue 0.25
Pistachio 0.05
Pomegranate 0.05
Pulasan 0.05
Rambutan 0.05
Rhubarb 0.05
Rice, grain 0.05
Safflower, seed 0.05
Sapodilla 0.05
Sapote, black 0.05
Sapote, mamey 0.05
Sapote, white 0.05
Sheep, fat 0.05
Sheep, kidney 0.5
Sheep, meat 0.05
Sheep, meat byproducts, except kidney 0.05
Sorghum, forage, forage 0.1
Sorghum, grain, forage 0.1
Sorghum, grain, grain 0.05
Soursop 0.05
Soybean, forage 0.4
Soybean, hay 10.0
Soybean, hulls 4.5
Soybean, seed 0.7
Spanish lime 0.05
Spearmint, tops 0.5
Star apple 0.05
Starfruit 0.05
Strawberry 0.25
Sugar apple 0.05
Sugarcane, cane 0.5
Sugarcane, molasses 3.0
Sunflower, seed 2.0
Turnip, greens 0.05
Turnip, roots 0.05
Vegetable, brassica, leafy, group 5 0.05
Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9 0.05
Vegetable, fruiting, group 8 0.05
Vegetable, legume, edible podded, subgroup 6A 0.05
Vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C 0.50
Wax jambu 0.05
Wheat, forage 0.5
Wheat, grain 1.1
Wheat, hay 3.5
Wheat, straw 50.0

(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. Tolerances with regional registration as defined in §180.1(l), are established for residues of the pesticide paraquat (1,1′-dimethyl-4,4′ bipyridinium ion) derived from application of either the bis(methyl sulfate) or the dichloride salt (both calculated as the cation) in or on the following food commodities:

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Commodity Parts per million
Pea, pigeon, seed 0.05
Taro, corm 0.1
Tyfon 0.05

(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]

[46 FR 51614, Oct. 21, 1981]


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