# Objections to Tolerances Established for Certain Pesticide Chemicals
> **Rule** · Availability of final rule objections; request for comments. · Published 2002-06-19 · 67 FR 41628
## Document
- **Document number:** 02-15465
- **Category:** pesticide
- **Federal Register citation:** 67 FR 41628
- **CFR reference:** 40 CFR 180
- **Publication date:** 2002-06-19
- **EPA docket:** OPP-2002-0057
## Abstract

On February 25, 2002, March 19, 2002, and May 7, 2002, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed objections with EPA regarding final rules establishing tolerances under section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 U.S.C. 346a, for the following pesticides on the crops noted: 2,4-D (soybeans), halosulfuron methyl (melons, asparagus), pymetrozine (cotton, undelinted seed; cotton gin byproducts; fruiting vegetables; head and stem Brassica vegetables; cucurbit vegetables; leafy vegetables; leafy Brassica and turnip greens; hops, dried; and pecans), imidacloprid (blueberries), mepiquat (cottonseed; cotton, gin byproducts; meat byproducts of cattle, goats, hogs, horses, and sheep), bifenazate (apple, wet pomace; cotton, undelineted seed; cotton, gin byproducts, pome fruit group; grapes; grapes, raisins; hops, dried cones; nectarines; peaches; plums; strawberries; and milk, fat, meat, and meat byproducts of cattle, goats, horses, hogs, and sheep), zeta-cypermethrin (succulent, shelled peas and beans; dried, shelled peas and beans, except soybeans; soybean, seed; fruiting vegetables, except cucurbits; sorghum, grain, forage, stover; wheat, grain, forage, hay, straw; aspirated grain fractions; meat of cattle, goats, hogs, horses, sheep), diflubenzuron (pears). NRDC's objections concern a number of issues under section 408 of the FFDCA including the additional 10X safety factor for the protection of infants and children and aggregate exposure to pesticide chemical residues. This document seeks comment on the NRDC objections.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2002/06/19/02-15465/objections-to-tolerances-established-for-certain-pesticide-chemicals)
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