(a) General.

(1) Tolerances are established for residues of the herbicide imazethapyr, 2-[4,5-dihydro-4-methyl-4-(1-methylethyl)-5-oxo- 1H-imidazol-2-yl]-5-ethyl-3-pyridine carboxylic acid, applied as its acid or ammonium salt, in or on the following raw agricultural commodities:

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Commodity Parts per million
Canola, seed1 0.10
Soybean 0.1
Vegetable, legume, group 6 0.1

1   There are no U.S. registrations for canola as of March 21, 2003.

(2) Tolerances are established for the sum of the residues of the herbicide imazethapyr, 2-[4,5-dihydro-4-methyl-4-(1-methylethyl)-5-oxo- 1H-imidazol-2-yl]-5-ethyl-3-pyridine carboxylic acid; its metabolite CL 288511, 2-[4,5-dihydro-4-methyl-4-(1-methylethyl)-5-oxo-1H-imidazol-2-yl]-5-(1-hydroxyethyl)-3-pyridine carboxylic acid; and its metabolite CL 182704, 5-[1-(beta-D-glucopyranosyloxy)ethyl]-2-[4,5-dihydro-4-methyl-4-(1-methylethyl)-5-oxo-1H-imidazol-2-yl]-3-pyridinecarboxylic acid, applied as its acid or ammonium salt, in or on the following commodities:

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Commodity Parts per million
Alfalfa, seed 0.15
Alfalfa, seed screenings 0.15
Animal feed, nongrass, group 18, forage 3.0
Animal feed, nongrass, group 18, hay 5.5
Peanut 0.1
Rice, bran 1.2
Rice, grain 0.3

(3) A tolerance is established for the sum of residues of the herbicide imazethapyr, 2-[4,5-dihydro-4-methyl-4-(1-methylethyl)-5-oxo- 1H-imidazol-2-yl]-5-ethyl-3-pyridine carboxylic acid, and its metabolite CL 288511, 2-[4,5-dihydro-4-methyl-4-(1-methylethyl)-5- oxo-1H-imidazol-2-yl]-5-(1-hydroxyethyl)-3-pyridine carboxylic acid, applied as its acid or ammonium salt, in or on the following commodities:

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Commodity Parts per million
Cattle, meat byproducts 0.10
Corn, field, forage 0.1
Corn, field, grain 0.1
Corn, field, stover 0.1
Crayfish 0.15
Goat, meat byproducts 0.10
Hog, meat byproducts 0.10
Horse, meat byproducts 0.10
Sheep, meat byproducts 0.10

(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]

(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. Tolerances with regional registration, as defined in §180.1(l) of this chapter, are established for the sum of residues of the herbicide imazethapyr, 2- [4,5-dihydro-4-methyl-4-(1-methylethyl)-5-oxo-1H-imidazol-2-yl]-5-ethyl- 3-pyridine carboxylic acid, as its ammonium salt, and its metabolite, 2- [4,5-dihydro-4-methyl-4-(1-methylethyl)-5-oxo-1H-imidazol-2-yl]-5-(1- hydroxyethyl)-3-pyridine carboxylic acid, both free and conjugated, applied as its acid or ammonium salt, in or on the following raw agricultural commodities:

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Commodity Parts per million
Endive 0.1
Lettuce, head 0.1
Lettuce, leaf 0.1

(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]

[67 FR 55331, Aug. 29, 2002, as amended at 68 FR 13849, Mar. 21, 2003; 71 FR 6359, Feb. 8, 2006; 76 FR 34885, June 15, 2011; 80 FR 72599, Nov. 20, 2015]


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