(a) General. Tolerances are established for residues of the insecticide sulfoxaflor, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the table. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified is to be determined by measuring only sulfoxaflor (N-[methyloxido[1-[6-(trifluoromethyl)-3-pyridinyl]ethyl]-γ4-sulfanylidene]cyanamide).

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Commodity Parts per million
Alfalfa, forage 7
Alfalfa, hay 20
Alfalfa, seed 40
Alfalfa, silage 9
Almond, hulls 6.0
Artichoke, globe 0.7
Arugula1 6
Asparagus 0.01
Avocado 0.15
Barley, grain 0.40
Barley, hay 1.0
Barley, straw 2.0
Bean, dry seed 0.20
Bean, succulent 4.0
Beet, sugar, dried pulp 0.07
Beet, sugar, molasses 0.25
Berry, low growing, subgroup 13-7G 0.70
Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 4-16B, except watercress 2
Bushberry subgroup 13-07B 2
Cacao, dried bean 0.05
Caneberry subgroup 13-07A 1.5
Cattle, fat 0.2
Cattle, meat 0.4
Cattle, meat byproducts 0.8
Cauliflower 0.08
Celtuce 2
Citrus, dried pulp 3.6
Corn, field, forage 0.5
Corn, field, grain 0.015
Corn, field, stover 0.8
Corn, pop, grain 0.015
Corn, pop, stover 0.8
Corn, sweet, forage 0.6
Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed 0.01
Corn, sweet, stover 0.7
Cotton, gin byproducts 6.0
Cotton, hulls 0.35
Cottonseed subgroup 20C 0.20
Cress, garden1 6
Cress, upland1 6
Egg 0.06
Fennel, Florence, fresh leaves and stalk 2
Fruit, citrus, group 10-10 0.70
Fruit, pome, group 11-10 0.50
Fruit, small, vine climbing, subgroup 13-07F, except fuzzy kiwi fruit 2.0
Fruit, stone, group 12-12 3
Goat, fat 0.2
Goat, meat 0.4
Goat, meat byproducts 0.8
Grain, aspirated fractions 20.0
Grape, raisin 6.0*
Hog, fat 0.03
Hog, meat 0.3
Hog, meat byproducts 0.6
Horse, fat 0.2
Horse, meat 0.4
Horse, meat byproducts 0.8
Kohlrabi 2
Leaf petiole vegetable subgroup 22B 2
Leafy greens subgroup 4-16A 6
Milk 0.3
Millet, proso, forage 0.4
Millet, pearl, forage 0.4
Millet, proso, grain 0.3
Millet, pearl, grain 0.3
Nut, tree, group 14-12 0.015
Oat, grain 0.4
Oat, hay 1
Oat, straw 2
Onion, bulb, subgroup 3-07A 0.01
Onion, green, subgroup 3-07B 0.70
Pineapple 0.1
Poultry, fat 0.02
Poultry, meat 0.1
Poultry, meat byproducts 0.3
Rapeseed, meal 0.50
Rapeseed subgroup 20A 0.40
Rice, grain 5
Rice, hulls 15
Rye, forage 1
Rye, grain 0.08
Rye, hay 1.5
Rye, straw 2
Sheep, fat 0.2
Sheep, meat 0.4
Sheep, meat byproducts 0.8
Sorghum, grain, forage 0.4
Sorghum, grain, grain 0.3
Sorghum, grain, stover 1
Soybean, seed 0.20
Sunflower subgroup 20B 0.3
Teff, forage 1
Teff, grain 0.08
Teff, hay 1.5
Teff, straw 2
Teosinte, grain 0.015
Tomato, paste 2.60
Tomato, puree 1.20
Triticale, forage 1
Triticale, grain 0.08
Triticale, hay 1.5
Triticale, straw 2
Vegetable, brassica, head and stem, group 5-16, except cauliflower 2
Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9 0.40
Vegetable, fruiting, group 8-10 0.70
Vegetable, leaves of root and tuber, group 2 3.0
Vegetable, legume, foliage, group 7 3.0
Vegetable, root and tuber, group 1 0.05
Watercress 6.0
Wheat, forage 1.0
Wheat, grain 0.08
Wheat, hay 1.5
Wheat, straw 2.0

1 This tolerance expires on January 24, 2020.

(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. Time-limited tolerances specified in the following table are established for residues of sulfoxaflor (N-[methyloxido[1-[6-(trifluoromethyl)-3-pyridinyl]ethyl]- λ4-sulfanylidene]cyanamide), including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the specified agricultural commodities, resulting from use of the pesticide pursuant to FIFRA section 18 emergency exemptions. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified in the following table is to be determined by measuring only sulfoxaflor in or on the commodity. The tolerances expire on the date specified in the table.

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Commodity Parts per million Expiration/revocation date
Sorghum, forage 0.4 12/31/20
Sorghum, grain 0.3 12/31/20
Sorghum, stover 0.9 12/31/20

(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]

(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]

[77 FR 59565, Sept. 28, 2012, as amended at 78 FR 38227, June 26, 2013; 80 FR 4515, Jan. 28, 2015; 82 FR 57151, Dec. 4, 2017; 84 FR 35553, July 24, 2019; 84 FR 57343, Oct. 25, 2019]


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