Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

Title 40 - Protection of Environment last revised: Nov 20, 2024
§ 180.185 - DCPA; tolerances for residues.

(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:

Commodity Parts per million
Cantaloupe1.0
Garlic1.0
Ginseng2.0
Horseradish2.0
Muskmelon1.0
Onion, bulb1.0
Onion, green1.0
Strawberry2.0
Tomato1.0
Vegetable, brassica, leafy, group 55.0
Watermelon1.0

(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:

Commodity Parts per million
Radish, roots2.0
Radish, tops15.0

(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:

Commodity Parts per million
Basil, dried leaves20.0
Basil, fresh leaves5.0
Bean, dry2.0
Bean, mung, seed2.0
Bean, snap, succulent2.0
Celeriac2.0
Chicory, roots2.0
Chicory, tops5.0
Chive5.0
Coriander, leaves5.0
Corn, field, forage0.4
Corn, field, grain0.05
Corn, field, stover0.4
Corn, pop, forage0.4
Corn, pop, grain0.05
Corn, pop, stover0.4
Corn, sweet, forage0.4
Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed0.05
Corn, sweet, stover0.4
Cotton, undelinted seed0.2
Cucumber1.0
Dill5.0
Eggplant1.0
Lettuce2.0
Marjoram5.0
Parsley, dried leaves20.0
Parsley, leaves5.0
Pea, blackeyed, seed2.0
Pepper2.0
Pimento2.0
Potato2.0
Radicchio5.0
Radish, oriental, roots2.0
Radish, oriental, tops2.0
Rutabaga2.0
Soybean2.0
Squash, summer1.0
Squash, winter1.0
Sweet potato2.0
Turnip, roots2.0
Turnip, tops5.0
Yam, true, tuber2.0
[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]
authority: 21 U.S.C. 321(q), 346a and 371
source: 36 FR 22540, Nov. 25, 1971, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 40 CFR 180.185