40 CFR § 180.1020 - Sodium chlorate; exemption from the requirement of a tolerance.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s180.1020"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 180.1020 - Sodium chlorate; exemption from the requirement of a tolerance."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "180.1020"
section_name: "Sodium chlorate; exemption from the requirement of a tolerance."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "PESTICIDE PROGRAMS"
part_number: "180"
part_name: "TOLERANCES AND EXEMPTIONS FOR PESTICIDE CHEMICAL RESIDUES IN FOOD"
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. 321(q), 346a and 371."
regulatory_source: "36 FR 22540, Nov. 25, 1971, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "180"
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# 180.1020 Sodium chlorate; exemption from the requirement of a tolerance.
Sodium chlorate is exempted from the requirement of a tolerance for residues when used as a defoliant or desiccant in accordance with good agricultural practice on the following crops:
Bean, dry, seed
Corn, field, forage
Corn, field, grain
Corn, field, stover
Corn, pop, grain
Corn, pop, stover
Corn, sweet, forage
Corn, sweet, stover
Cotton, undelinted seed
Flax, seed
Grain, aspirated fractions
Guar, seed
Pea, southern
Pepper, nonbell
Potato
Rice, grain
Rice, straw
Safflower, seed
Sorghum, forage, forage
Sorghum, grain, forage
Sorghum, grain, grain
Sorghum, grain, stover
Soybean, forage
Soybean, hay
Soybean, seed
Sunflower, seed
Wheat, grain
[74 FR 47457, Sept. 16, 2009]