(a) General.

(1) Tolerances are established for residues of the insecticide cypermethrin (±)alpha cyano-(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl(±)cis,trans-3(2,2-dichloroethenyl-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate in or on the following commodities:

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Commodity Parts per million
Brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A 2.0
Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B 14.0
Cattle, fat 1.0
Cattle, meat 0.2
Cattle, meat byproducts 0.05
Cotton, gin byproducts 11.0
Cotton, undelinted seed 0.5
Egg 0.05
Goat, fat 1.0
Goat, meat 0.2
Goat, meat byproducts 0.05
Hog, fat 0.1
Hog, meat 0.05
Horse, fat 1.0
Horse, meat 0.2
Horse, meat byproducts 0.05
Lettuce, head 4.0
Milk, fat (reflecting 0.10 in whole milk) 2.5
Onion, bulb 0.1
Onion, green 6.0
Pecan 0.05
Poultry, fat 0.05
Poultry, meat 0.05
Sheep, fat 1.0
Sheep, meat 0.2
Sheep, meat byproducts 0.05

(2) Tolerances are established for residues of zeta-cypermethrin, (S-cyano(3-phenoxyphenyl) methyl (±))(cis-trans 3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2 dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate), including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the following table. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified in the following table is to be determined by measuring only total cypermethrin, cyano(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl 3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropane carboxylate, in or on the commodity.

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Commodity Parts per million
Alfalfa, forage 15
Alfalfa, hay 30
Alfalfa, seed 0.50
Almond, hulls 6
Animal feed, nongrass, group 18, forage 8
Animal feed, nongrass, group 18, hay 40
Artichoke, globe 0.60
Avocado 0.50
Barley, grain 3.0
Barley, hay 6.0
Barley, straw 20.0
Beet, sugar, roots 0.05
Beet, sugar, tops 0.20
Berry group 13 0.8
Borage, seed 0.2
Brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A 2.00
Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B 14.00
Buckwheat, grain 3.0
Buckwheat, hay 6.0
Buckwheat, straw 20.0
Cabbage 2.00
Canistel 0.50
Castor oil plant, refined oil 0.4
Castor oil plant, seed 0.2
Cattle, fat 1.00
Cattle, meat 0.2
Cattle, meat byproducts 0.05
Chinese tallowtree, refined oil 0.4
Chinese tallowtree, seed 0.2
Cilantro, leaves 10
Citrus, dried pulp 1.8
Citrus, oil 4.0
Corn, field, forage 9.0
Corn, field, grain 0.05
Corn, field, stover 30
Corn, pop, grain 0.05
Corn, pop, stover 30
Corn, sweet, forage 15.00
Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed 0.05
Corn, sweet, stover 15.00
Cotton, undelinted seed 0.5
Crambe, seed 0.2
Cuphea, seed 0.2
Echium, seed 0.2
Egg 0.05
Euphorbia, refined oil 0.4
Euphorbia, seed 0.2
Evening primrose, refined oil 0.4
Evening primrose, seed 0.2
Flax, seed 0.2
Food commodities/feed commodities (other than those covered by a higher tolerance as a result of use on growing crops) in food/feed handling establishments 0.05
Fruit, citrus, group 10 0.35
Fruit, pome, group 11 2
Fruit, stone, group 12 1
Goat, fat 1.00
Goat, meat 0.2
Goat, meat byproducts 0.05
Gold of pleasure, seed 0.2
Grain, aspirated fractions 10.0
Grape 2
Grass, forage, fodder, and hay, group 17, forage 10
Grass, forage, fodder and hay, group 17, hay 35
Hare's-ear mustard, seed 0.2
Hog, fat 0.1
Hog, meat 0.05
Horse, fat 1.00
Horse, meat 0.2
Horse, meat byproducts 0.05
Jojoba, refined oil 0.4
Jojoba, seed 0.2
Lesquerella, seed 0.2
Lunaria, seed 0.2
Mango 0.70
Meadowfoam, seed 0.2
Milk, fat (reflecting 0.10 in whole milk) 2.50
Milkweed, seed 0.2
Mustard, seed 0.2
Niger seed, refined oil 0.4
Niger seed, seed 0.2
Nut, tree, group 14 0.05
Oat, grain 3.0
Oat, hay 6.0
Oat, straw 20.0
Oil radish, seed 0.2
Okra 0.2
Onion, bulb 0.10
Onion, green 3.00
Papaya 0.50
Pea and bean, dried shelled, except soybean, subgroup 6C 0.05
Pea and bean, succulent shelled, subgroup 6B 0.1
Peanut 0.05
Pecan 0.05
Pistachio 0.05
Poppy, seed 0.2
Poultry, fat 0.05
Poultry, meat 0.05
Rapeseed 0.2
Rice, grain 1.50
Rice, hulls 6.00
Rice, wild, grain 1.5
Rose hip, refined oil 0.4
Rose hip, seed 0.2
Rye, grain 3.0
Rye, hay 6.0
Rye, straw 20.0
Safflower, seed 0.2
Sapodilla 0.50
Sapote, black 0.50
Sapote, mamey 0.50
Sesame, seed 0.2
Sheep, fat 1.00
Sheep, meat 0.2
Sheep, meat byproducts 0.05
Sorghum, grain, forage 0.1
Sorghum, grain, grain 0.5
Sorghum, grain, stover 5.0
Soybean, seed 0.05
Star apple 0.50
Stokes aster, refined oil 0.4
Stokes aster, seed 0.2
Sugarcane, cane 0.60
Sunflower, refined oil 0.5
Sunflower, seed 0.2
Sweet rocket, seed 0.2
Tallowwood, refined oil 0.4
Tallowwood, seed 0.2
Tea oil plant, refined oil 0.4
Tea oil plant, seed 0.2
Turnip, greens 14
Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9 0.2
Vegetable, fruiting, group 8 0.2
Vegetable, leafy, except brassica, group 4 10.00
Vegetable, legume, edible podded, subgroup 6A 0.5
Vegetable, root and tuber, group 1, except sugar beet 0.1
Vernonia, refined oil 0.4
Vernonia, seed 0.2
Wheat, forage 3.0
Wheat, grain 0.2
Wheat, hay 6.0
Wheat, straw 7.0

(3) Tolerances are established for residues of the insecticide, alpha-cypermethrin, (R)-cyano(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl (1S,3S)-rel-3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropane carboxylate, 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 total cypermethrin, cyano(3-phenoxyphenyl)methyl 3-(2,2-dichloroethenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropane carboxylate, in or on the commodity.

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Commodity Parts per million
Alfalfa, hay 15
Beet, sugar, roots 0.05
Beet, sugar, tops 0.20
Brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A 2.0
Cattle, fat 1.0
Cattle, meat 0.20
Cattle, meat byproducts 0.05
Citrus, dried pulp 1.8
Citrus, oil 4.0
Corn, field, grain 0.05
Corn, pop, grain 0.05
Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed 0.05
Cotton, undelinted seed 0.50
Egg 0.05
Food commodities/feed commodities (other than those covered by a higher tolerance as a results of use on growing crops) in food/feed handling establishments 0.05
Fruit, citrus, group 10-101 10
Fruit, citrus, group 10-10 0.35
Goat, fat 1.0
Goat, meat 0.20
Goat, meat byproducts 0.05
Hog, fat1 1.0
Hog, fat 0.10
Hog, meat 0.05
Horse, fat 1.0
Horse, meat 0.20
Horse, meat byproducts 0.05
Milk, fat, reflecting 0.10 ppm in whole milk 2.5
Nut, tree, group 14-12 0.05
Pea and bean, dried shelled, except soybean, subgroup 6C 0.05
Pea and bean, succulent shelled, subgroup 6B 0.10
Poultry, fat 0.05
Poultry, meat 0.05
Rice, grain 1.5
Sheep, fat 1.0
Sheep, meat 0.20
Sheep, meat byproducts 0.05
Sorghum, grain, grain 0.50
Soybean, seed 0.05
Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9 0.20
Vegetable, fruiting, group 8-10 0.20
Vegetable, leafy, group 4 10
Vegetable, legume, edible podded, subgroup 6A 0.50
Vegetable, root and tuber, group 1, except sugar beet 0.10
Wheat, grain 0.20

1This tolerance expires on December 5, 2018.

(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]

(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]

[62 FR 63235, 63243, Nov. 26, 1997, as amended at 63 FR 48586, Sept. 11, 1998; 66 FR 47993, Sept. 17, 2001; 67 FR 6430, Feb. 12, 2002; 67 FR 56495, Sept. 4, 2002; 69 FR 71717, Dec. 10, 2004; 71 FR 78382, Dec. 29, 2006; 72 FR 53462, Sept. 19, 2007; 72 FR 71801, Dec. 19, 2007; 73 FR 1525, Jan. 9, 2008; 77 FR 72984, Dec. 7, 2012; 78 FR 7275, Feb. 1, 2013; 79 FR 73213, Dec. 10, 2014; 79 FR 77394, Dec. 24, 2014; 80 FR 45438, July 30, 2015; 80 FR 72599, Nov. 20, 2015; 83 FR 25943, June 5, 2018]


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