(a) General. Tolerances are established for residues of the herbicide mesotrione, including its metabolites and degradates, in or on the commodities in the table below. Compliance with the tolerance levels specified below is to be determined by measuring only mesotrione, 2-[4-(methylsulfonyl)-2-nitrobenzoyl]-1,3-cyclohexanedione, in or on the following raw agricultural commodities:
| Commodity | Parts per million |
|---|---|
| Almond, hulls | 0.02 |
| Asparagus | 0.01 |
| Berry, group 13 | 0.01 |
| Corn, field, forage | 0.01 |
| Corn, field, grain | 0.01 |
| Corn, field, stover | 0.01 |
| Corn, pop, grain | 0.01 |
| Corn, pop, stover | 0.01 |
| Corn, sweet, forage | 0.5 |
| Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob with husks removed | 0.01 |
| Corn, sweet, stover | 1.5 |
| Cranberry | 0.02 |
| Flax, seed | 0.01 |
| Fruit, citrus, group 10-10 | 0.01 |
| Fruit, pome, group 11-10 | 0.01 |
| Fruit, stone, group 12-12 | 0.01 |
| Grass, forage | 0.01 |
| Grass, hay | 0.01 |
| Grass, seed screenings | 0.10 |
| Grass, straw | 0.10 |
| Lingonberry | 0.01 |
| Millet, forage | 0.01 |
| Millet, grain | 0.01 |
| Millet, hay | 0.02 |
| Millet, straw | 0.02 |
| Nut, tree, group 14-12 | 0.01 |
| Oat, forage | 0.01 |
| Oat, grain | 0.01 |
| Oat, hay | 0.01 |
| Oat, straw | 0.01 |
| Okra | 0.01 |
| Rhubarb | 0.01 |
| Sorghum, grain, forage | 0.01 |
| Sorghum, grain, grain | 0.01 |
| Sorghum, grain, stover | 0.01 |
| Sorghum, sweet | 0.01 |
| Soybean, seed | 0.01 |
| Sugarcane, cane | 0.01 |
(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. [Reserved]
(c) Tolerances with regional registrations. [Reserved]
(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. [Reserved]
[66 FR 33195, June 21, 2001, as amended at 67 FR 45656, July 10, 2002; 68 FR 273, Jan. 3, 2003; 69 FR 58310, Sept. 30, 2004; 70 FR 14551, Mar. 23, 2005; 72 FR 71802, Dec. 19, 2007; 73 FR 1512, Jan. 9, 2008; 73 FR 9226, Feb. 20, 2008; 74 FR 67123, Dec. 18, 2009; 76 FR 34886, June 15, 2011; 80 FR 30630, May 29, 2015]