---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 180.249"
title: "40"
number: "180.249"
heading: "Alachlor; tolerances for residues."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/180.249"
---

# §180.249. Alachlor; tolerances for residues.

- (a) **General.** Tolerances are established for combined residues of alachlor (2-chloro-2′,6″-diethyl-N-(methoxymethyl)acetanilide) and its metabolites which can be converted to 2,6-diethylaniline (DEA) or 2-ethyl-6-(1-hydroxyethyl)aniline (1-HEEA) upon basic hydrolysis, calculated as alachlor in or on the following raw agricultural commodities.
- (b) **Section 18 emergency exemptions.** [Reserved]
- (c) **Tolerances with regional registrations.** [Reserved]
- (d) **Indirect or inadvertent residues.** Tolerances are established for indirect or inadvertent residues of alachlor (2-chloro-2′,6′-diethyl-N-(methoxymethyl)acetanilide) and its metabolites which can be converted to 2,6-diethylaniline (DEA) or 2-ethyl-6-(1-hydroxyethyl)aniline (1-HEEA) upon basic hydrolysis, calculated as alachlor, in or on the following raw agricultural commodities when present therein as a result of the application of alachlor to the growing crops in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section:

## Notes

### Amendments

[72 FR 54584, Sept. 26, 2007]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 321(q), 346a and 371.

### Source

Source: 36 FR 22540, Nov. 25, 1971, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[72 FR 54584, Sept. 26, 2007]