# Oxytetracycline; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 2017-03-10 · Effective 2017-03-10 · 82 FR 13245
## Document
- **Document number:** 2017-04795
- **Category:** pesticide
- **Federal Register citation:** 82 FR 13245
- **CFR reference:** 40 CFR 180
- **Publication date:** 2017-03-10
- **Effective date:** 2017-03-10
- **EPA docket:** EPA-HQ-OPP-2016-0539
## Abstract

This regulation establishes a time-limited tolerance for residues of oxytetracycline in or on fruit, citrus, group 10-10. This action is in response to EPA's granting of an emergency exemption under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) authorizing use of the pesticide in citrus production. This regulation establishes a maximum permissible level for residues of oxytetracycline in or on the commodities in this crop group. The time-limited tolerance expires on December 31, 2019.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/03/10/2017-04795/oxytetracycline-pesticide-tolerances-for-emergency-exemptions)
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