Sulfentrazone
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US Maximum Residue Levels in Food Commodities

 
 
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A February 12, 2005, check at the Code of Federal Regulations for Sulfentrazone: this herbicide is permitted in or on 51 food commodities in the United States. The following list identifies these crops for which EPA has set pesticide tolerances. 

[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 22]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR180.498]
[Page 481-482]

TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

PART 180_TOLERANCES AND EXEMPTIONS FROM TOLERANCES FOR PESTICIDE CHEMICALS
IN FOOD--Table of Contents

Subpart C_Specific Tolerances

Sec. 180.498 Sulfentrazone; tolerances for residues.
(a)(1) General. A tolerance is established for combined residues of
the herbicide sulfentrazone
N-[2,4-dichloro-5-[4-(difluoromethyl)-4,5-
dihydro-3-methyl-5-oxo-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl]phenyl]methanesulfonamide
and its major metabolite 3-hydroxymethyl sulfentrazone N-[2,4-dichloro-
5-[4-(difluoromethyl)-4,5-dihydro-3-hydroxymethyl-5-oxo-1H-1,2,4-
triazol-1-yl]phenyl]methanesulfonamide in or on the following raw agricultural commodity:
Commodity

As of January 2002

PPM

As of September 2003

PPM

As of January 2004

PPM

As of
February 2005

PPM

CFR

Soybean, seed 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 180.498
(2) Tolerances are established for combined residues of the
herbicide sulfentrazone and its metabolites HMS
(N-(2,4-dichloro-5-(4-
(difluoromethyl)-4,5-dihydro-3-hydroxymethyl-5-oxo-1H-1,2,4-triazol- 1-
yl)phenyl)methanesulfonamide) and DMS (N-(2,4-dichloro-5-(4-
(difluoromethyl)-4,5-dihydro-5-oxo-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-
yl)phenyl)methanesulfonamide in or on the following food commodities:
Asparagus - - 0.15 0.15 180.498
Bean, lima, succulent
- - 0.15 0.15 180.498
Cabbage - - 0.2 0.20 180.498
Corn, field, forage - - 0.2 0.20 180.498
Corn, field, grain - - 0.15 0.15 180.498
Corn, field, stover - - 0.3 0.30 180.498
COWPEAS, W/OUT POD 0.1 - - Not listed 180.498
COWPEA, SUCCULENT 0.1 0.10 same Not listed 180.498
Horseradish, roots 0.1 same same 0.20 180.498
PEA, DRY 0.10 same - Not listed 180.498

Pea and bean, dried shelled, except soybean, subgroup 6C

This group includes 27 commodities:
bean, adzuki
bean, broad dry
bean, dry
bean, kidney
bean, lablab
bean, lima dry
bean, moth
bean, mung
bean, navy
bean, pink
bean, pinto
bean, rice
bean, tepary
bean, urd
catjang
chickpea
cowpea
guar
lentil
lupin, grain
lupin, sweet
pea, blackeyed
pea, crowder
pea, field
pea, field seed
pea, pigeon
pea, southern

- - 0.15 0.15 180.498
Peanut - - 0.2 0.20 180.498
Peanut, meal - - 0.4 0.40 180.498
Peppermint, tops - - 0.3 0.30 180.498
Potato - 0.10 0.15 0.15 180.498
POTATO, GRANULES/FLAKES - 0.20 - Not listed 180.498
POTATO, WET PEEL - 0.15 - Not listed 180.498
Spearmint, tops - - 0.3 0.30 180.498
Sugarcane, cane 0.05 same same 0.15 180.498
Sugarcane, molasses - - 0.2 0.20 180.498
SUNFLOWER, FORAGE 0.1 same - Not listed 180.498
Sunflower, seed 0.1 0.10 0.2 0.20 180.498

(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. Time-limited tolerances are
established for residues of the herbicide
N-[2,4-dichloro-5-[4-
(difluoromethyl)-4,5-dihydro-3-methyl-5-oxo-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-y-
l]phenyl] methanesulfonamide and its metabolites 3-hydroxymethyl
sulfentrazone and 3-desmethyl sulfentrazone
, in connection with use of
the pesticide under section 18 emergency exemptions granted by EPA. The
tolerance is specified in the following table. The tolerances expire and
will be revoked by EPA on the date specified in the table.

[[Page 482]]

Commodity

As of January 2002

PPM

As of September 2003

PPM

As of January 2004

PPM

As of
February 2005

PPM

Expiration/
revocation date

Flax, seed

- - 0.20 0.20 12/31/07

Strawberry

0.60 0.60 - 0.60 12/31/07

BEAN, LIMA, (SUCCULENT), W/OUT POD (lima bean & cowpea)

0.1 0.1 0.1 - 12/31/04

CHICKPEA, SEED

0.10 0.10 0.1 - 12/31/04

(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]
(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. Tolerances are established for
inadvertent and indirect combined residues of the herbicide
sulfentrazone
(N-[2,4-dichloro-5-[4-(difluoromethyl)-4,5-dihydro-3-
methyl-5-oxo-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl]phenyl]methanesulfonamide) and its
metabolites
3-hydroxymethyl sulfentrazone (N-[2,4-dichloro-5-[4-
(difluoromethyl)-4,5-dihydro-3-hydroxymethyl-5-oxo-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-
yl]phenyl]methanesulfonamide) and 3-desmethyl sulfentrazone (N-[2,4-
dichloro-5-[4-(difluoromethyl)-4,5-dihydro-5-oxo-1H-1,2,4-triazol-l-
yl]phenyl]methanesulfonamide) in or on the following raw agricultural
commodities when present therein as a result of the application of sulfentrazone to growing crops.

Commodity

As of January 2002

PPM

As of September 2003

PPM

As of January 2004

PPM

As of
February 2005

PPM

CFR
Grain, cereal (excluding sweet corn), Bran 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 180.498
Grain, cereal (excluding sweet corn), Forage 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 180.498
Grain, cereal (excluding sweet corn), Grain  0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 180.498
Grain, cereal (excluding sweet corn), Hay  0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 180.498
Grain, cereal (excluding sweet corn), Hulls 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 180.498
Grain, cereal (excluding sweet corn), Stover  0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 180.498
Grain, cereal (excluding sweet corn), Straw 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 180.498

[62 FR 10708, Mar. 10, 1997, as amended at 64 FR 51067, Sept. 21, 1999;
65 FR 67279, Nov. 9, 2000; 65 FR 82940, Dec. 29, 2000; 66 FR 39658, Aug.
1, 2001; 67 FR 46884, July 17, 2002; 67 FR 54118, Aug. 21, 2002; 68 FR
2247, Jan. 16, 2003; 68 FR 55280, Sept. 24, 2003; 69 FR 29459, May 24,
2004]

 
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