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Inorganic Bromide; Tolerance Actions

pesticide · Rule · Published 2006-08-09 · Effective 2006-08-09 · 71 FR 45400

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Document number
E6-12964
Federal Register citation
71 FR 45400
CFR reference
40 CFR 180
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
pesticide
Publication date
2006-08-09
Effective date
2006-08-09
EPA docket
EPA-HQ-OPP-2005-0123

Abstract

EPA is revoking twelve specific inorganic bromide tolerances because they are no longer needed. These twelve tolerances are for residues of inorganic bromide from pre-plant (non-food) use in or on raw agricultural commodities grown in soil fumigated with combinations of chloropicrin, methyl bromide, and propargyl bromide. Although methyl bromide is used as an agricultural pesticide, the Agency considers its application as a soil fumigant to be a non-food use because it is quickly degraded or metabolized in the soil, and subsequently incorporated into natural plant constituents. Methyl bromide is also emitted to the atmosphere. Residues of the parent compound are not likely to be found in foods as a result of prior treatment of fields. While residues of inorganic bromide may be present, these residues are indistinguishable from background because of inorganic bromide's ubiquity in the environment. Consequently, EPA is revoking them because no tolerances are needed for those non-food uses. Furthermore, since methyl bromide, when applied as a pre-plant soil fumigant is a non-food use, the Agency is adding it as an entry to 40 CFR 180.2020 noting the non-food use determination.

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