40 CFR § 176.5 - Establishment of a time-limited tolerance or exemption.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s176.5"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 176.5 - Establishment of a time-limited tolerance or exemption."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "176.5"
section_name: "Establishment of a time-limited tolerance or exemption."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "PESTICIDE PROGRAMS"
part_number: "176"
part_name: "TIME-LIMITED TOLERANCES FOR EMERGENCY EXEMPTIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "21 U.S.C. 346a and 371."
regulatory_source: "65 FR 64131, Oct. 25, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "176"
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# 176.5 Establishment of a time-limited tolerance or exemption.
EPA will establish a time-limited tolerance for pesticide chemical residues in or on raw or processed food or feed resulting from the use of a pesticide chemical, if EPA authorizes an emergency exemption or a crisis exemption. EPA will consider establishing such a tolerance only if an applicant acting under authority of FIFRA section 18 either has requested an emergency exemption, has stated its intention to issue a crisis exemption, or has issued a crisis exemption for a use that may result, directly or indirectly, in pesticide chemical residues in food or feed.