This regulation establishes permanent tolerances for residues of spinosad in or on almonds at 0.02 parts per million (ppm); almond hulls at 2.0 ppm; apples at 0.2 ppm; apple pomace, wet at 0.5 ppm; citrus fruits group at 0.3 ppm; citrus pulp, dried at 0.5 ppm; citrus oil at 3.0 ppm; cottonseed at 0.02 ppm; cotton gin byproducts at 1.5 ppm; fruiting vegetables (except cucurbits) group at 0.4 ppm; Brassica (cole), leafy vegetables, head and stem subgroup at 2.0 ppm; Brassica (cole), leafy vegetables, greens subgroup at 10.0 ppm; leafy vegetables (except Brassica vegetables) group at 8.0 ppm; fat of cattle, goats, hogs, horses, and sheep at 0.6 ppm; meat of cattle, goats, hogs, horses, and sheep at 0.04; meat byproducts of cattle, goats, hogs, horses, and sheep at 0.2 ppm; milk fat at 0.5 ppm; and whole milk at 0.04 ppm. This regulation also removes the time limitation for the tolerance for residues of spinosad on cottonseed which expires on November 15, 1999. DowElanco requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA) (Pub. L. 104-170). In addition, this regulation removes time-limited tolerances set under section 408(1)(6) of the FFDCA, as amended by the FQPA for residues of spinosad on fruiting vegetables (except cucurbits) group, tomato paste, leafy vegetables (except Brassica vegetables) group, and Brassica (cole), leafy vegetables, group at 0.25, 0.50, 10.0, and 10.0 ppm, respectively. These tolerances were set under the section 18 emergency exemption provision of the FQPA and they expire on September 30, 1998. With this regulation, permanent tolerances are now being established to replace these time-limited tolerances with the exception of tomato paste. A tolerance will not be established for tomato paste because EPA has determined that the maximum amount of spinosad residues expected in tomato paste is less than the proposed tolerance for tomatoes. Therefore, no tolera