40 CFR § 180.698 - Chlormequat chloride; tolerances for residues.

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title: "40 CFR § 180.698 - Chlormequat chloride; tolerances for residues."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "180.698"
section_name: "Chlormequat chloride; 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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# 180.698 Chlormequat chloride; tolerances for residues.

(a) *General.* Tolerances are established for the residues of the plant regulator chlormequat chloride, including its metabolites and degradates in or on food commodities in the table below. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified below is to be determined by measuring only chlormequat chloride [(2-chloroethyl) trimethylammonium chloride in or on the following commodities:

| Commodity | Parts permillion |
| --- | --- |
| Barley, grain | 2.0 |
| Cattle, meat byproduct | 0.50 |
| Cattle, meat | 0.20 |
| Egg | 0.10 |
| Goat, meat byproduct | 0.50 |
| Goat, meat | 0.20 |
| Hog, meat byproduct | 0.50 |
| Hog, meat | 0.20 |
| Milk | 0.50 |
| Oat, grain | 40 |
| Poultry, meat byproduct | 0.10 |
| Poultry, meat | 0.04 |
| Sheep, meat byproduct | 0.50 |
| Sheep, meat | 0.20 |
| Wheat, grain | 3.0 |
| There are no U.S. registrations for this commodity as of April 25, 2018. |  |
| There are no U.S. registrations for this commodity. |  |

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

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

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

[83 FR 17929, Apr. 25, 2018, as amended at 85 FR 31386, May 26, 2020]