40 CFR § 180.303 - Oxamyl; tolerances for residues.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s180.303"
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title: "40 CFR § 180.303 - Oxamyl; tolerances for residues."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "180.303"
section_name: "Oxamyl; tolerances for residues."
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"
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authority: "21 U.S.C. 321(q), 346a and 371."
regulatory_source: "36 FR 22540, Nov. 25, 1971, unless otherwise noted."
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# 180.303 Oxamyl; tolerances for residues.

(a) *General.* Tolerances are established for the combined residues of the insecticide oxamyl, methyl *N,N*-dimethyl-*N*-[(methylcarbamoyl)-oxy]-1-thiooxamimidate, and its oxime metabolite methyl *N,N*-dimethyl-*N*-hydroxy-1-thiooxamimidate calculated as oxamyl in or on the following food commodities:

| Commodity | Parts per million |
| --- | --- |
| Apple | 2 |
| Banana | 0.3 |
| Cantaloupe | 2.0 |
| Carrot | 0.1 |
| Celery | 10.0 |
| Cotton, undelinted seed | 0.2 |
| Cucumber | 2.0 |
| Eggplant | 2.0 |
| Fruit, citrus, group 10 | 3 |
| Garlic, bulb | 0.2 |
| Melon, honeydew | 2.0 |
| Onion, bulb | 0.2 |
| Peanut | 0.05 |
| Peanut, hay | 2.0 |
| Pear | 2.0 |
| Peppermint, tops | 10.0 |
| Pepper, bell | 2.0 |
| Pepper, nonbell | 5.0 |
| Pineapple | 1 |
| Pineapple, process residue | 2.0 |
| Pumpkin | 2.0 |
| Spearmint, tops | 10.0 |
| Squash, summer | 2.0 |
| Squash, winter | 2.0 |
| Tomato | 2 |
| Vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C | 0.1 |
| Watermelon | 2.0 |

(b) *Section 18 emergency exemptions.* [Reserved]

(c) *Tolerances with regional registrations.* [Reserved]

(d) *Indirect or inadvertent residues.* [Reserved]

[73 FR 54961, Sept. 24, 2008, as amended at 72598, Nov. 20, 2015]