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the Congress and to the Comptroller 

General of the United States. EPA will 

submit a report containing this rule and 

other required information to the U.S. 

Senate, the U.S. House of 

Representatives, and the Comptroller 

General of the United States prior to 

publication of this final rule in the 

Federal Register. This final rule is not 

a ‘‘major rule’’ as defined by 5 U.S.C. 

804(2). 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Agricultural commodities, Pesticides 

and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Dated: March 11, 2011. 

Keith A. Matthews, 

Director, Biopesticides and Pollution 

Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide 

Programs. 

Therefore, 40 CFR chapter I is 

amended as follows: 

PART 180—[AMENDED] 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 180 

continues to read as follows: 

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

■ 2. Section 180.1206, paragraph (c) is 

revised to read as follows: 

§ 180.1206 Aspergillus flavus AF36; 

exemption from the requirement of a 

tolerance. 

* * * * * 

(c) An exemption from the 

requirement of a tolerance is established 

for residues of Aspergillus flavus AF36 

in or on corn, field, forage; corn, field, 

grain; corn, field, stover; corn, field, 

aspirated grain fractions; corn, sweet, 

kernel plus cob with husk removed; 

corn, sweet, forage; corn, sweet, stover; 

corn, pop, grain; and corn, pop, stover, 

when applied/used as an antifungal 

agent. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6545 Filed 3–22–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 180 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0099; FRL–8863–8] 

Flubendiamide; Pesticide Tolerances 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This regulation establishes, 

modifies and/or revokes tolerances for 

residues of flubendiamide N 2-[1,1- 

dimethyl-2-(methylsulfonyl)ethyl]-3- 

iodo-N 1-[2-methyl-4-[1,2,2,2-tetrafluoro1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl]phenyl]-1,2- 

benzenedicarboxamide, in or on 

multiple food and livestock 

commodities which are identified, and 

will be discussed in detail later in this 

document. Bayer CropScience LP in 

c/o Nichino America, Inc. (U.S. 

subsidiary of Nihon Nohyaku Co., Ltd.) 

requested these tolerances, and 

revisions to tolerances under the 

Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act 

(FFDCA). 

DATES: This regulation is effective 

March 23, 2011. Objections and requests 

for hearings must be received on or 

before May 23, 2011, and must be filed 

in accordance with the instructions 

provided in 40 CFR part 178 (see also 

Unit I.C. of the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION). 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under docket 

identification (ID) number EPA–HQ– 

OPP–2007–0099. All documents in the 

docket are listed in the docket index 

available at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Although listed in the index, some 

information is not publicly available, 

e.g., Confidential Business Information 

(CBI) or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, is not placed on 

the Internet and will be publicly 

available only in hard copy form. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available in the electronic docket at 

http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the OPP 

Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S– 

4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 

2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The 

Docket Facility is open from 8:30 a.m. 

to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The Docket 

Facility telephone number is (703) 305– 

5805. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carmen Rodia, Registration Division 

(7504P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 306–0327; fax number: 

(703) 308–0029; e-mail address: 

rodia.carmen@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

You may be potentially affected by 

this action if you are an agricultural 

producer, food manufacturer, or 

pesticide manufacturer. Potentially 

affected entities may include, but are 

not limited to those engaged in the 

following activities: 

• Crop production (NAICS code 111). 

• Animal production (NAICS code 

112). 

• Food manufacturing (NAICS code 

311). 

• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS 

code 32532). 

This listing is not intended to be 

exhaustive, but rather to provide a guide 

for readers regarding entities likely to be 

affected by this action. Other types of 

entities not listed in this unit could also 

be affected. The North American 

Industrial Classification System 

(NAICS) codes have been provided to 

assist you and others in determining 

whether this action might apply to 

certain entities. If you have any 

questions regarding the applicability of 

this action to a particular entity, consult 

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

B. How can I get electronic access to 

other related information? 

You may access a frequently updated 

electronic version of EPA’s tolerance 

regulations at 40 CFR part 180 through 

the Government Printing Office’s e-CFR 

site at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/ecfr. 

C. How can I file an objection or hearing 

request? 

Under section 408(g) of FFDCA, 21 

U.S.C. 346a, any person may file an 

objection to any aspect of this regulation 

and may also request a hearing on those 

objections. You must file your objection 

or request a hearing on this regulation 

in accordance with the instructions 

provided in 40 CFR part 178. To ensure 

proper receipt by EPA, you must 

identify docket ID number EPA–HQ– 

OPP–2007–0099 in the subject line on 

the first page of your submission. All 

objections and requests for a hearing 

must be in writing, and must be 

received by the Hearing Clerk on or 

before May 23, 2011. Addresses for mail 

and hand delivery of objections and 

hearing requests are provided in 40 CFR 

178.25(b). 

In addition to filing an objection or 

hearing request with the Hearing Clerk 

as described in 40 CFR part 178, please 

submit a copy of the filing that does not 

contain any CBI for inclusion in the 

public docket. Information not marked 

confidential pursuant to 40 CFR part 2 

may be disclosed publicly by EPA 

without prior notice. Submit a copy of 

your non-CBI objection or hearing 

request, identified by docket ID number 

EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0099, by one of 

the following methods: 


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• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs 

(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001. 

• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public 

Docket (7502P), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Rm. S–4400, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket 

Facility’s normal hours of operation 

(8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays). 

Special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. The 

Docket Facility telephone number is 

(703) 305–5805. 

II. Summary of Petitioned-For 

Tolerance 

In the Federal Register of June 8, 2010 

(75 FR 32464 and 32465) (FRL–8827–5), 

EPA issued a notice pursuant to section 

408(d)(3) of FFDCA, 21 U.S.C. 

346a(d)(3), announcing the filing of a 

pesticide petition (PP 0F7685) by Bayer 

CropScience LP in c/o Nichino America, 

Inc. (U.S. subsidiary of Nihon Nohyaku 

Co., Ltd.), P.O. Box 12014, Research 

Triangle Park, NC 27709–2014. The 

petition requested that 40 CFR 180.639 

be amended by establishing and/or 

amending tolerances for residues of 

flubendiamide N 2-[1,1-dimethyl-2- 

(methylsulfonyl)ethyl]-3-iodo-N 1-[2- 

methyl-4-[1,2,2,2-tetrafluoro-1- 

(trifluoromethyl)ethyl]phenyl]-1,2- 

benzenedicarboxamide in or on 

artichoke, globe, flower head at 1.6 parts 

per million (ppm); hog, fat at 0.15 ppm; 

hog, kidney at 0.06 ppm; hog, liver at 

0.06 ppm; hog, muscle at 0.02 ppm; low 

growing berry subgroup (crop sub-group 

13–07G), except cranberry at 1.5 ppm; 

peanut, hay at 60 ppm; peanut, meal at 

0.032 ppm; peanut, nutmeat at 0.02 

ppm; peanut, refined oil at 0.04 ppm; 

pistachio at 0.06 ppm; safflower, seed at 

4.5 ppm; small fruit vine climbing 

subgroup except fuzzy kiwifruit (crop 

sub-group 13–07F) at 1.4 ppm; sorghum, 

grain, forage at 13 ppm; sorghum, grain, 

grain at 5.0 ppm; sorghum, grain, stover 

at 18 ppm; sugarcane, cane at 0.30 ppm; 

sunflower, seed at 4.5 ppm; and turnip, 

greens at 25 ppm and by revising 

existing tolerances for residues of 

flubendiamide in or on alfalfa, forage 

from 0.15 ppm (rotational crop) to 25 

ppm; alfalfa, hay from 0.04 ppm 

(rotational crop) to 65 ppm; brassica, 

head and stem subgroup 5A from 0.60 

ppm to 4.0 ppm; brassica, leafy greens 

subgroup 5B from 5.0 ppm to 25 ppm; 

cattle, fat from 0.60 ppm to 0.8 ppm; 

cattle, kidney from 0.60 ppm to 0.4 

ppm; cattle, liver from 0.60 ppm to 0.4 

ppm; cattle, muscle from 0.07 ppm to 

0.1 ppm; eggs from 0.03 ppm to 0.7 

ppm; goat, fat from 0.60 ppm to 0.8 

ppm; goat, kidney from 0.60 ppm to 0.4 

ppm; goat, liver from 0.60 ppm to 0.4 

ppm; goat, muscle from 0.07 ppm to 0.1 

ppm; grain, aspirated fractions from 103 

ppm to 215 ppm; horse, fat from 0.60 

ppm to 0.8 ppm; horse, kidney from 

0.60 ppm to 0.4 ppm; horse, liver from 

0.60 ppm to 0.4 ppm; horse, muscle 

from 0.07 ppm to 0.1 ppm; milk, fat 

from 0.80 ppm to 1.0 ppm; poultry, fat 

from 0.15 ppm to 3.0 ppm; poultry, liver 

from 0.03 ppm to 0.8 ppm; poultry, 

muscle from 0.01 ppm to 0.1 ppm; 

sheep, fat from 0.60 ppm to 0.8 ppm; 

sheep, kidney from 0.60 ppm to 0.4 

ppm; sheep, liver from 0.60 ppm to 0.4 

ppm; and sheep, muscle from 0.07 ppm 

to 0.1 ppm. That notice referenced a 

summary of the petition prepared by 

Bayer CropScience LP in c/o Nichino 

America, Inc. (U.S. subsidiary of Nihon 

Nohyaku Co., Ltd.), the registrant, 

which is available in the docket at 

http://www.regulations.gov. There were 

no substantive comments received in 

response to the notice of filing. 

Based upon review of the data 

supporting the referenced petition, EPA 

has revised the numerical level for 

several of the petitioned-for tolerances 

for flubendiamide, and is also revoking 

several now superseded tolerances. The 

reasons for these changes are explained 

in Unit IV.C. 

III. Aggregate Risk Assessment and 

Determination of Safety 

Section 408(b)(2)(A)(i) of FFDCA 

allows EPA to establish a tolerance (the 

legal limit for a pesticide chemical 

residue in or on a food) only if EPA 

determines that the tolerance is ‘‘safe.’’ 

Section 408(b)(2)(A)(ii) of FFDCA 

defines ‘‘safe’’ to mean that ‘‘there is a 

reasonable certainty that no harm will 

result from aggregate exposure to the 

pesticide chemical residue, including 

all anticipated dietary exposures and all 

other exposures for which there is 

reliable information.’’ This includes 

exposure through drinking water and in 

residential settings, but does not include 

occupational exposure. Section 

408(b)(2)(C) of FFDCA requires EPA to 

give special consideration to exposure 

of infants and children to the pesticide 

chemical residue in establishing a 

tolerance and to ‘‘ensure that there is a 

reasonable certainty that no harm will 

result to infants and children from 

aggregate exposure to the pesticide 

chemical residue.* * *’’ 

Consistent with section 408(b)(2)(D) 

of FFDCA, and the factors specified in 

section 408(b)(2)(D) of FFDCA, EPA has 

reviewed the available scientific data 

and other relevant information in 

support of this action. EPA has 

sufficient data to assess the hazards of 

and to make a determination on 

aggregate exposure for flubendiamide 

including exposure resulting from the 

tolerances established by this action. 

EPA’s assessment of exposures and risks 

associated with flubendiamide follows. 

A. Toxicological Profile 

EPA has evaluated the available 

toxicity data and considered its validity, 

completeness, and reliability as well as 

the relationship of the results of the 

studies to human risk. EPA has also 

considered available information 

concerning the variability of the 

sensitivities of major identifiable 

subgroups of consumers, including 

infants and children. The first human 

health risk assessment for 

flubendiamide (April 3, 2008) was 

conducted for uses on corn, cotton, 

tobacco, tree fruit, tree nuts, vine crops, 

and vegetable crops. Since that time, no 

new toxicology data has been submitted 

to the Agency. The following summary 

represents all the salient features 

regarding hazard characterization and 

endpoint selection for flubendiamide. 

Flubendiamide has a low acute 

toxicity via the oral, dermal and 

inhalation routes of exposure. Though it 

is a slight irritant to the eye, 

flubendiamide is not a skin irritant and 

it is not a skin sensitizer under the 

conditions of the guinea pig 

maximization test. 

In the mammalian toxicology 

database, the primary target organ of 

flubendiamide exposure is the liver, 

with secondary effects reported in the 

thyroid and kidney at equivalent or 

higher doses; no-observed-adverseeffect-levels (NOAELs) established to 

protect for liver toxicity are protective of 

effects seen in the thyroid and kidney. 

Adverse adrenal effects were also noted 

in the dog. 

Buphthalmia (eye enlargement), 

opacity, and exophthalmus with 

hemorrhage appearing only in infancy, 

were observed in rat offspring in the 

reproductive and developmental 

neurotoxicity (DNT) studies. There was 

no clear dose-response relationship for 

this effect but ocular toxicity was noted 

in three rat studies and accompanied by 

histopathological findings of synechia, 

hemorrhage, keratitis, iritis, and 

cataracts. Therefore, bupthalmos is 

considered an effect of treatment. No 

evidence of cancer was seen for 

flubendiamide in cancer bioassays in 

mice and rats. Flubendiamide was also 

negative in mutagenicity testing. 


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Accordingly, flubendiamide was 

classified as ‘‘Not Likely To Be 

Carcinogenic to Humans.’’ 

More detailed information on the 

studies received and the nature of the 

adverse effects caused by flubendiamide 

as well as the NOAEL and the lowestobserved-adverse-effect-level (LOAEL) 

from the toxicity studies can be found 

in the document entitled, 

‘‘Flubendiamide: Human Health Risk 

Assessment for Proposed Uses on Corn, 

Cotton, Tobacco, Tree Fruit, Tree Nuts, 

Vine crops and Vegetable Crops,’’ dated 

April 3, 2008, by going to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. The referenced 

document is available in the docket 

established by this action, which is 

described under ADDRESSES. Locate and 

click on the hyperlink for docket ID 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0099. 

Double-click on the document to view 

the referenced information on 

pages 65–70 of 105. 

B. Toxicological Points of Departure/ 

Levels of Concern 

Once a pesticide’s toxicological 

profile is determined, EPA identifies 

toxicological points of departure (POD) 

and levels of concern (LOC) to use in 

evaluating the risk posed by human 

exposure to the pesticide. For hazards 

that have a threshold below which there 

is no appreciable risk, the toxicological 

POD is used as the basis for derivation 

of reference values for risk assessment. 

PODs are developed based on a careful 

analysis of the doses in each 

toxicological study to determine the 

dose at which the NOAEL and the 

lowest dose at which adverse effects of 

concern are identified (the LOAEL). 

Uncertainty/safety factors are used in 

conjunction with the POD to calculate a 

safe exposure level—generally referred 

to as a population-adjusted dose (PAD) 

(a = acute, c = chronic) or a reference 

dose (RfD)—and a safe margin of 

exposure (MOE). For non-threshold 

risks, the Agency assumes that any 

amount of exposure will lead to some 

degree of risk. Thus, the Agency 

estimates risk in terms of the probability 

of an occurrence of the adverse effect 

expected in a lifetime. For more 

information on the general principles 

EPA uses in risk characterization and a 

complete description of the risk 

assessment process, see http:// 

www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/ 

riskassess.htm. 

A summary of toxicological endpoints 

for flubendiamide used for human risk 

assessment is shown in Table 1 of this 

unit. 

TABLE 1—SUMMARY OF TOXICOLOGICAL DOSES AND ENDPOINTS FOR FLUBENDIAMIDE FOR USE IN HUMAN HEALTH RISK

ASSESSMENTS

Exposure/scenario Point of departure and uncertainty/safety 

factors 

RfD, PAD, LOC for 

risk assessment Study and toxicological effects 

Acute Dietary (Females, 

13–49 years of age).

NOAEL = 99.5 milligrams/kilograms/day 

(mg/kg/day).

UFA = 10x ....................................................

UFH = 10x ....................................................

FQPA SF = 1x ..............................................

aRfD = 0.995 mg/kg/ 

day.

aPAD = 0.995 mg/kg/ 

day.

2-generation reproduction, 1-generation reproduction, and DNT studies as three cocritical studies (using 1,200 ppm 99.5 mg/ 

kg/day from the DNT as the highest 

NOAEL for eye effects, and a LOAEL 

from the 1-generation reproduction study 

of 127 mg/kg/day), based on buphthalmia 

(enlargement of eyes), ocular opacity, retinal degeneration, hemorrhage, cataract, 

and atrophy of the optic nerve. 

Acute Dietary (General 

Population, including infants and children).

.

Chronic Dietary (General 

Population, including infants and children).

NOAEL= 2.4 mg/kg/day ...............................

UFA = 10x ....................................................

UFH = 10x ....................................................

FQPA SF = 1x ..............................................

cRfD = 0.024 mg/kg/ 

day.

cPAD = 0.024 mg/kg/ 

day.

2-year rat cancer study, 1-year chronic dog 

study, and 1-year chronic rat study as 

three co-critical studies, using the chronic 

rat study NOAEL of 50 ppm (2.4 mg/kg/ 

day) with LOAEL from the 2-year cancer 

rat study of 33.9 mg/kg/day, based on 

liver toxicity, fatty change, hypertrophy, 

↑liver weight, and ↑ Gamma Glutamyl 

Transferase (GGT). 

Cancer (oral, dermal, and 

inhalation).

Classification: Not likely to be carcinogenic to humans based on negative genotoxicity and carcinogenicity in long 

term cancer studies in rats and mice. 

UFA = extrapolation from animal to human (interspecies). UFH = potential variation in sensitivity among members of the human population 

(intraspecies). FQPA SF = Food Quality Protection Act Safety Factor. 

A summary of the toxicological 

endpoints for flubendiamide used for 

human risk assessment can be found in 

the document entitled, ‘‘Flubendiamide: 

Human Health Risk Assessment for 

Proposed Uses on Corn, Cotton, 

Tobacco, Tree fruit, Tree nuts, Vine 

crops and Vegetable crops,’’ dated April 

3, 2008, by going to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. The referenced 

document is available in the docket 

established by this action, which is 

described under ADDRESSES. Locate and 

click on the hyperlink for docket ID 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0099. 

Double-click on the document to view 

the referenced information on pages 37– 

38 of 105. 

C. Exposure Assessment 

1. Dietary exposure from food and 

feed uses. In evaluating dietary 

exposure to flubendiamide, EPA 

considered exposure under the 

petitioned-for tolerances as well as all 

existing flubendiamide tolerances in 40 

CFR 180.639. Acute and chronic dietary 

(food and drinking water) exposure 

assessments were conducted using the 

Dietary Exposure Evaluation Model, 

Version 2.03—Food Commodity Intake 

Database (DEEM–FCIDTM) which uses 

food consumption information from the 

United States Department of 

Agriculture’s (USDA) 1994–1996 and 

1998 Nationwide Continuing Surveys of 

Food Intake by Individuals (CSFII). EPA 

assessed dietary exposures from 

flubendiamide in food for the proposed 

new uses as follows: 

i. Acute exposure. Quantitative acute 

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are performed for a food-use pesticide, 

if a toxicological study has indicated the 

possibility of an effect of concern 

occurring as a result of a 1-day or single 

exposure. Such effects were identified 

for flubendiamide. In estimating acute 

dietary exposure, EPA used DEEM– 

FCIDTM along with food consumption 

information from the USDA 1994–1996 

and 1998 CSFII. As to residue levels in 

food, for the acute assessment, the 

modeled exposure estimates are based 

on tolerance level residues, assuming 

100% of crops were treated. In addition, 

experimental processing (where 

available) factors were assumed for both 

registered and requested crop uses. 

ii. Chronic exposure. In conducting 

the chronic dietary exposure assessment 

EPA used DEEM–FCIDTM along with the 

food consumption data from the USDA 

1994–1996 and 1998 CSFII. As to 

residue levels in food, EPA assumed a 

subset of the currently registered crops 

contain residues at the average residue 

levels found in the crop field trials. For 

the newly proposed crops, livestock 

commodities, and the remaining 

currently registered crops, EPA assumed 

tolerance level residues. In addition, 

experimental processing factors were 

used where available. Finally, EPA 

assumed 100% of crops were treated. 

iii. Cancer. Based on the data 

summarized in Unit III.A., EPA has 

concluded that flubendiamide should be 

classified as ‘‘Not Likely To Be 

Carcinogenic to Humans.’’ As a result, a 

cancer dietary exposure assessment for 

the purpose of assessing cancer risk is 

unnecessary for flubendiamide, and was 

not conducted. 

iv. Anticipated residue information. 

Section 408(b)(2)(E) of FFDCA 

authorizes EPA to use available data and 

information on the anticipated residue 

levels of pesticide residues in food and 

the actual levels of pesticide residues 

that have been measured in food. If EPA 

relies on such information, EPA must 

require pursuant to FFDCA section 

408(f)(1) that data be provided 5 years 

after the tolerance is established, 

modified, or left in effect, demonstrating 

that the levels in food are not above the 

levels anticipated. For the present 

action, EPA will issue such data call-ins 

as are required by FFDCA section 

408(b)(2)(E) and authorized under 

FFDCA section 408(f)(1). Data will be 

required to be submitted no later than 

5 years from the date of issuance of 

these tolerances. 

2. Dietary exposure from drinking 

water. The Agency used Tier II 

screening level water exposure models 

in the dietary exposure analysis and risk 

assessment for flubendiamide in 

drinking water. These simulation 

models take into account data on the 

physical, chemical and fate/transport 

characteristics of flubendiamide. 

Further information regarding EPA 

drinking water models used in pesticide 

exposure assessment can be found at 

http://www.epa.gov/oppefed1/models/ 

water/index.htm. 

Flubendiamide is persistent and 

potentially mobile in terrestrial and 

aquatic environments. These fate 

properties suggest that it has a potential 

to move into surface water and ground 

water. The Agency has completed a 

drinking water assessment for 

flubendiamide using screening level 

water exposure models that were based 

on the existing and proposed uses. For 

the 1-in-10-year peak, the highest Tier 2 

Pesticide Root Zone Model/Exposure 

Analysis Modeling System (PRZM/ 

EXAMS) Estimated Drinking Water 

Concentrations (EDWC) for 

flubendiamide was 24.57 parts per 

billion (ppb), based on application to 

corn. For the 1-in-10-year annual 

average, the highest PRZM/EXAMS 

EDWC was 11.46 ppb, also based on 

application to corn. 

A summary of the dietary exposure 

from drinking water for flubendiamide 

used for human risk assessment can be 

found in the documents entitled, 

‘‘Flubendiamide: Human Health Risk 

Assessment for Proposed Uses on 

Alfalfa, Globe Artichokes, the Low 

Growing Berry Subgroup 13–07G 

(except Cranberry), Peanuts, Pistachios, 

the Small Fruit Vine Climbing (except 

Fuzzy Kiwifruit) Subgroup 13–07F, 

Safflower, Sorghum, Sugarcane, 

Sunflower, and Turnip Greens, and an 

Increased Application Rate for Brassica 

(Cole) Leafy Vegetables,’’ dated 

November 30, 2010, by going to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. The referenced 

document is available in the docket 

established by this action, which is 

described under ADDRESSES. Locate and 

click on the hyperlink for docket ID 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0099. 

Double-click on the document to view 

the referenced information on 

page 27 of 62. 

3. From non-dietary exposure. The 

term ‘‘residential exposure’’ is used in 

this document to refer to nonoccupational, non-dietary exposure 

(e.g., for lawn and garden pest control, 

indoor pest control, termiticides, and 

flea and tick control on pets). 

Flubendiamide is not registered for any 

specific use patterns that would result 

in residential exposure. 

4. Cumulative effects from substances 

with a common mechanism of toxicity. 

Section 408(b)(2)(D)(v) of FFDCA 

requires that, when considering whether 

to establish, modify, or revoke a 

tolerance, the Agency consider 

‘‘available information’’ concerning the 

cumulative effects of a particular 

pesticide’s residues and ‘‘other 

substances that have a common 

mechanism of toxicity.’’ 

EPA has not found flubendiamide to 

share a common mechanism of toxicity 

with any other substances, and 

flubendiamide does not appear to 

produce a toxic metabolite produced by 

other substances. For the purposes of 

this tolerance action, therefore, EPA has 

assumed that flubendiamide does not 

have a common mechanism of toxicity 

with other substances. For information 

regarding EPA’s efforts to determine 

which chemicals have a common 

mechanism of toxicity and to evaluate 

the cumulative effects of such 

chemicals, see EPA’s Web site at 

http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/ 

cumulative. 

D. Safety Factor for Infants and 

Children 

1. In general. Section 408(b)(2)(C) of 

FFDCA provides that EPA shall apply 

an additional tenfold (10x) margin of 

safety for infants and children in the 

case of threshold effects to account for 

prenatal and postnatal toxicity and the 

completeness of the database on toxicity 

and exposure unless EPA determines 

based on reliable data that a different 

margin of safety will be safe for infants 

and children. This additional margin of 

safety is commonly referred to as the 

FQPA SF. In applying this provision, 

EPA either retains the default value of 

10x, or uses a different additional safety 

factor when reliable data available to 

EPA support the choice of a different 

factor. 

2. Prenatal and postnatal sensitivity. 

While both the rat and rabbit 

developmental studies did not identify 

teratogenic effects and showed no 

evidence of increased pre-natal 

susceptibility, adverse eye effects (eye 

enlargement) were noted in post-natal 

rat pups older than 14 days in multiple 

studies (the 2-generation reproduction 

and 1-generation supplemental studies). 

Additionally, the DNT study reported 

eye effects appearing in some offspring 

between lactation days 14 and 42, even 

though exposure stopped at lactation 

day 21, indicating a possible delay 

(a latent response) from the time of last 

exposure to onset of bupthalmos. These 

eye effects did not occur in adult rats. 

Since the iris and chamber angle are 

differentiating and specializing into 

definite structures during post-natal 

days 5 to 20, neonatal rats appear to 

have an increased susceptibility to 

flubendiamide exposure as compared to 

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In addition to the reported eye effects 

in the DNT study, there was also a 

balano-preputial separation (separation 

of the prepuce (foreskin) from the glans 

penis (balanus)) delay. While this effect 

is generally considered adverse per se, 

it is not assumed to be a developmental 

effect from in utero exposure. Here, 

delayed balano-preputial separation is 

considered secondary to reduced 

postnatal pup body weight as a result of 

post-natal exposure. Furthermore, it was 

resolved within the appropriate age 

range of puberty and no effects on 

reproductive function were observed in 

the multigeneration study in rats. 

Delayed balanopreputial separation was 

seen only at doses causing maternal 

toxicity and is not more severe than the 

maternal effects of hepatotoxicity seen 

at the common pup/maternal LOAEL of 

the DNT study. Accordingly, the 

delayed balanopreputial separation seen 

in the DNT study does not cause 

concern for increased sensitivity to the 

young for flubendiamide. 

Human microsomes have been shown 

to be capable of approximately 4 times 

higher hydroxylation rates of 

flubendiamide as compared to female 

mouse microsomes and may be able to 

efficiently metabolize and excrete 

flubendiamide, preventing 

accumulation of the parent compound. 

It remains unclear whether the ability to 

metabolize and clear the parent 

compound is the only requirement to 

avoid ocular toxicity. Due to the 

potential ocular toxicity, this perinatal 

ocular effect is considered in the human 

health risk assessment for 

flubendiamide. 

3. Conclusion. EPA evaluated the 

quality of the toxicity and exposure data 

and, based on these data, has 

determined that the safety of infants and 

children would be adequately protected 

if the FQPA SF were reduced to 1x. That 

decision is based on the following 

findings: 

i. The toxicology database for 

flubendiamide is complete with the 

exception of a subchronic neurotoxicity 

study which is now a new data 

requirement under 40 CFR part 158; 

however, the existing data are sufficient 

for endpoint selection for exposure/risk 

assessment scenarios, and for evaluation 

of the requirements under the FQPA. 

Flubendiamide is not a neurotoxic 

chemical based on neurotoxicity 

assessments conducted acutely, 

developmentally and incorporated 

within the chronic rat study. In several 

short-term studies in rats (subacute and 

subchronic feeding, plaque-forming cell 

assay, one-generation pilot, 

developmental toxicity) no 

neurobehavioral signs were observed at 

doses up to and exceeding the limit 

dose; therefore, an additional database 

uncertainty factor is not needed to 

account for potential neurotoxicity. 

ii. There are no treatment-related 

neurotoxic findings in the acute 

neurotoxicity and DNT studies in rats; 

although eye effects were observed in 

the DNT study. As noted in Unit III.B., 

the PODs employed in the risk 

assessment are protective of this effect. 

iii. Although susceptibility was 

identified in the toxicological database 

(eye effects), the selected regulatory 

PODs (which are based on clear 

NOAELs) are protective of these effects; 

therefore, the human health risk 

assessment is protective. 

iv. There are no residual uncertainties 

identified in the exposure databases and 

the exposure assessment is protective. 

The acute dietary food exposure 

assessment utilizes tolerance-level 

residues, the chronic dietary food 

exposure assessment utilizes average 

residue levels found in the crop field 

trials/livestock commodities and both 

assume 100% of crops with requested 

uses of flubendiamide are treated. The 

drinking water assessment generated 

EDWCs using models and associated 

modeling parameters which are 

designed to provide conservative, health 

protective, high-end estimates of water 

concentrations. The highest relevant 

EDWCs were used in the dietary (food 

and drinking water) exposure 

assessment. By using these screeninglevel exposure assessments in the acute 

and chronic dietary (food and drinking 

water) assessments, risk is not 

underestimated for flubendiamide. 

E. Aggregate Risks and Determination of 

Safety 

EPA determines whether acute and 

chronic dietary pesticide exposures are 

safe by comparing aggregate exposure 

estimates to the aPAD and cPAD. For 

linear cancer risks, EPA calculates the 

lifetime probability of acquiring cancer 

given the estimated aggregate exposure. 

Short-, intermediate-, and chronic-term 

risks are evaluated by comparing the 

estimated aggregate food, water, and 

residential exposure to the appropriate 

PODs to ensure that an adequate MOE 

exists. 

For this action, there is potential 

exposure to flubendiamide from food 

and drinking water, but not from 

residential use sites (as there are no 

proposed or existing residential uses for 

flubendiamide). Since hazard was 

identified via the oral route over both 

the acute and chronic duration, the 

aggregate risk assessments considers 

exposures from food and drinking water 

consumed over the acute and chronic 

durations. 

1. Acute risk. Using the exposure 

assumptions discussed in this unit for 

acute exposure, EPA has concluded that 

acute dietary exposure from food and 

water to flubendiamide will utilize 

3.1% of the aPAD for the general U.S. 

population and 5% of the aPAD for the 

most highly exposed population 

subgroup, children aged 1 to 2 years old. 

2. Chronic risk. Using the exposure 

assumptions described in this unit for 

chronic exposure, EPA has concluded 

that chronic dietary exposure to 

flubendiamide from food and water will 

utilize 20% of the cPAD for the general 

U.S. population and 58% of the cPAD 

for the most highly exposed population 

subgroup, children aged 1 to 2 years old. 

There are no proposed or existing 

residential uses for flubendiamide. 

Based on the explanation in Unit 

III.C.3., regarding residential use 

patterns, chronic residential exposure to 

residues of flubendiamide is not 

expected. 

3. Aggregate cancer risk for U.S. 

population. Based on the data 

summarized and referenced in Unit 

III.A., flubendiamide has been classified 

as ‘‘Not Likely to be Carcinogenic to 

Humans,’’ and is not expected to pose a 

cancer risk. 

4. Determination of safety. Based on 

these risk assessments, EPA concludes 

that there is a reasonable certainty that 

no harm will result to the general U.S. 

population or to infants and children 

from aggregate exposure to 

flubendiamide residues. 

IV. Other Considerations 

A. Analytical Enforcement Methodology 

Adequate enforcement methodology 

Liquid Chromatography with tandem 

Mass Spectrometry detection ((LC/MS/ 

MS), Methods 00816/M002 and 00912) 

is available to enforce the tolerance 

expression. The method may be 

requested from: Chief, Analytical 

Chemistry Branch, Environmental 

Science Center, 701 Mapes Road, Fort 

Meade, MD 20755–5350; telephone 

number: (410) 305–2905; e-mail 

address: residuemethods@epa.gov. 

B. International Residue Limits 

In making its tolerance decisions, EPA 

seeks to harmonize U.S. tolerances with 

international standards whenever 

possible, consistent with U.S. food 

safety standards and agricultural 

practices. EPA considers the 

international maximum residue limits 

(MRLs) established by the Codex 

Alimentarius Commission (Codex), as 

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The Codex Alimentarius is a joint U.N. 

Food and Agriculture Organization/ 

World Health Organization food 

standards program, and it is recognized 

as an international food safety 

standards-setting organization in trade 

agreements to which the United States 

is a party. EPA may establish a tolerance 

that is different from a Codex MRL; 

however, section 408(b)(4) of FFDCA 

requires that EPA explain the reasons 

for departing from the Codex level. 

There are currently no MRLs established 

by Codex, Canada, or Mexico for 

flubendiamide. 

C. Revisions To Petitioned-For 

Tolerances 

The Agency’s Guidance for Setting 

Pesticide Tolerances Based on Field 

Trial Data was utilized for determining 

appropriate tolerance levels for many 

raw agricultural commodities (RACs) 

which showed quantifiable residues in 

or on samples that were treated 

according to the proposed use patterns. 

The following revisions to tolerance 

levels were made: 

Based upon review of the data 

supporting PP 0F7685, recalculated beef 

and dairy cattle, swine, and poultry 

dietary burdens, and re-evaluation of 

previously submitted animal feeding 

studies, EPA has determined that the 

established tolerances for residues of 

flubendiamide for milk fat, and the meat 

and fat of cattle, goat, horse and sheep 

should be increased to 1.0 ppm, 0.08 

ppm and 0.70 ppm, respectively. For 

swine (hog), EPA has determined that 

the proposed tolerances for hog, fat at 

0.15 ppm; hog, kidney at 0.06 ppm; hog, 

liver at 0.06 ppm; and hog, muscle at 

0.02 ppm should be established as 

permanent tolerances for residues of 

flubendiamide in or on hog, fat at 0.15 

ppm, and the proposed tolerances for 

hog, kidney; hog, liver; and hog, muscle 

should be increased and established as 

permanent tolerances for residues of 

flubendiamide in or on hog, meat and 

hog, meat byproducts; at 0.15 ppm and 

0.03 ppm, respectively. For poultry, 

EPA has determined that the established 

tolerances for eggs, fat, liver and meat 

should be increased to 0.40 ppm, 3.0 

ppm, 0.60 ppm and 0.10 ppm, 

respectively. 

As part of this regulation, permanent 

tolerances for residues of flubendiamide 

in or on alfalfa, forage (25 ppm) and 

alfalfa, hay (65 ppm) resulting from 

direct application to the primary crop 

are being established. These tolerances 

supersede the currently listed tolerances 

for indirect or inadvertent residues of 

flubendiamide in or on alfalfa, forage 

(0.15 ppm) and alfalfa, hay (0.04 ppm), 

and; therefore, the indirect/inadvertent 

residue tolerances are being revoked 

from 40 CFR 180.639(d). 

V. Conclusion 

Therefore, new tolerances are being 

established for residues of 

flubendiamide [N2-[1,1-dimethyl-2- 

(methylsulfonyl)ethyl]-3-iodo-N1-[2- 

methyl-4-[1,2,2,2-tetrafluoro-1- 

(trifluoromethyl)ethyl]phenyl]-1,2- 

benzenedicarboxamide], in or on 

artichoke, globe at 1.6 parts per million 

(ppm); berry, low growing, subgroup 

13–07G, except cranberry at 1.5 ppm; 

fruit, small vine climbing except fuzzy 

kiwifruit, subgroup 13–07F at 1.4 ppm; 

hog, fat at 0.15 ppm; hog, meat 

byproducts at 0.15 ppm; hog, meat at 

0.03 ppm; peanut, hay at 60 ppm; 

peanut, meal at 0.03 ppm; peanut, 

nutmeat at 0.02 ppm; peanut, refined oil 

at 0.03 ppm; pistachio at 0.06 ppm; 

safflower, seed at 5.0 ppm; sorghum, 

grain, forage at 12 ppm; sorghum, grain, 

grain at 5.0 ppm; sorghum, grain, stover 

at 14 ppm; sugarcane, cane at 0.30 ppm; 

sunflower, seed at 5.0 ppm; and turnip, 

greens at 25 ppm. 

The established tolerances for 

residues of flubendiamide for milk fat, 

and the meat and fat of cattle, goat, 

horse and sheep are being increased to 

1.0 ppm, 0.08 ppm and 0.70 ppm, 

respectively. For poultry, the 

established tolerances for eggs, fat, liver 

and meat are being increased to 0.40 

ppm, 3.0 ppm, 0.60 ppm and 0.10 ppm, 

respectively. 

The established tolerances for 

residues of flubendiamide for brassica, 

head and stem, subgroup 5A; brassica, 

leafy greens, subgroup 5B; and grain, 

aspirated grain fractions are being 

increased to 3.0 ppm, 25 ppm, and 153 

ppm, respectively. 

The established tolerances for indirect 

or inadvertent residues of 

flubendiamide in or on alfalfa, forage 

(0.15 ppm) and alfalfa, hay (0.04 ppm) 

are being revoked from 40 CFR 

180.639(d), and established as 

permanent tolerances, in 40 CFR 

180.639(a)(2), for residues of 

flubendiamide in or on alfalfa, forage at 

25 ppm; and alfalfa, hay at 65 ppm. 

VI. Statutory and Executive Order 

Reviews 

This final rule establishes tolerances 

under section 408(d) of FFDCA in 

response to a petition submitted to the 

Agency. The Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) has exempted these types 

of actions from review under Executive 

Order 12866, entitled Regulatory 

Planning and Review (58 FR 51735, 

October 4, 1993). Because this final rule 

has been exempted from review under 

Executive Order 12866, this final rule is 

not subject to Executive Order 13211, 

entitled Actions Concerning Regulations 

That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use (66 FR 28355, May 

22, 2001) or Executive Order 13045, 

entitled Protection of Children from 

Environmental Health Risks and Safety 

Risks (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997). 

This final rule does not contain any 

information collections subject to OMB 

approval under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 3501 et 

seq., nor does it require any special 

considerations under Executive Order 

12898, entitled Federal Actions to 

Address Environmental Justice in 

Minority Populations and Low-Income 

Populations (59 FR 7629, February 16, 

1994). 

Since tolerances and exemptions that 

are established on the basis of a petition 

under section 408(d) of FFDCA, such as 

the tolerance in this final rule, do not 

require the issuance of a proposed rule, 

the requirements of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act (RFA) (5 U.S.C. 601 et 

seq.) do not apply. 

This final rule directly regulates 

growers, food processors, food handlers, 

and food retailers, not States or tribes, 

nor does this action alter the 

relationships or distribution of power 

and responsibilities established by 

Congress in the preemption provisions 

of section 408(n)(4) of FFDCA. As such, 

the Agency has determined that this 

action will not have a substantial direct 

effect on States or tribal governments, 

on the relationship between the national 

government and the States or tribal 

governments, or on the distribution of 

power and responsibilities among the 

various levels of government or between 

the Federal Government and Indian 

tribes. Thus, the Agency has determined 

that Executive Order 13132, entitled 

Federalism (64 FR 43255, August 10, 

1999) and Executive Order 13175, 

entitled Consultation and Coordination 

with Indian Tribal Governments (65 FR 

67249, November 9, 2000) do not apply 

to this final rule. In addition, this final 

rule does not impose any enforceable 

duty or contain any unfunded mandate 

as described under Title II of the 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 

(UMRA) (Pub. L. 104–4). 

This action does not involve any 

technical standards that would require 

Agency consideration of voluntary 

consensus standards pursuant to section 

12(d) of the National Technology 

Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 

(NTTAA), Public Law 104–113, section 

12(d) (15 U.S.C. 272 note). 

VII. Congressional Review Act 

The Congressional Review Act, 5 

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that before a rule may take effect, the 

agency promulgating the rule must 

submit a rule report to each House of 

the Congress and to the Comptroller 

General of the United States. EPA will 

submit a report containing this rule and 

other required information to the U.S. 

Senate, the U.S. House of 

Representatives, and the Comptroller 

General of the United States prior to 

publication of this final rule in the 

Federal Register. This final rule is not 

a ‘‘major rule’’ as defined by 5 U.S.C. 

804(2). 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180 

Environmental protection, 

Administrative practice and procedure, 

Agricultural commodities, Pesticides 

and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Dated: March 15, 2011. 

Lois Rossi, 

Director, Registration Division, Office of 

Pesticide Programs. 

Therefore, 40 CFR chapter I is 

amended as follows: 

PART 180—[AMENDED] 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 180 

continues to read as follows: 

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

■ 2. Section 180.639 is revised to read 

as follows: 

§ 180.639 Flubendiamide; tolerances for 

residues. 

(a) General. (1) Tolerances are 

established for residues of the 

insecticide flubendiamide per se N2- 

[1,1-Dimethyl-2-(methylsulfonyl)ethyl]- 

3-iodo-N1-[2-methyl-4-[1,2,2,2- 

tetrafluoro-1- 

(trifluoromethyl)ethyl]phenyl]-1,2- 

benzenedicarboxamide, in or on the 

following commodities: 

Commodity Parts per 

million 

Almond, hulls ............................ 9.0 

Apple, wet pomace ................... 2.0 

Corn, field, forage ..................... 8.0 

Corn, field, grain ....................... 0.03 

Corn, field, stover ..................... 15 

Corn, pop, grain ........................ 0.02 

Corn, pop, stover ...................... 15 

Corn, sweet, forage .................. 9.0 

Corn, sweet, kernel plus cob 

with husks removed .............. 0.01 

Corn, sweet, stover .................. 25 

Cotton gin byproducts .............. 60 

Cotton, undelinted seed ........... 0.90 

Fruit, pome, group 11 ............... 0.70 

Fruit, stone, group 12 ............... 1.6 

Grape ........................................ 1.4 

Nut, tree, group 14 ................... 0.06 

Okra .......................................... 0.30 

Vegetable, cucurbit, group 9 .... 0.20 

Commodity Parts per 

million 

Vegetable, fruiting, group 8 ...... 0.60 

Vegetable, leafy, except Brassica, group 4 ......................... 11 

(2) Tolerances are established for 

residues of flubendiamide, including its 

metabolites and degradates, in or on the 

commodities in the table below. 

Compliance with the tolerance levels 

specified in the table is to be 

determined by measuring only 

flubendiamide N2-[1,1-dimethyl-2- 

(methylsulfonyl)ethyl]-3-iodo-N1-[2- 

methyl-4-[1,2,2,2-tetrafluoro-1- 

(trifluoromethyl)ethyl]phenyl]-1,2- 

benzenedicarboxamide, in or on the 

following commodities: 

Commodity Parts per 

million 

Alfalfa, forage ........................... 25 

Alfalfa, hay ................................ 65 

Artichoke, globe ........................ 1.6 

Berry, low growing, subgroup 

13–07G, except cranberry .... 1.5 

Brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5A ............................... 3.0 

Brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5B ............................... 25 

Cattle, fat .................................. 0.70 

Cattle, meat .............................. 0.60 

Cattle, meat byproducts ........... 0.08 

Egg ........................................... 0.40 

Fruit, small fruit vine climbing 

except fuzzy kiwifruit, subgroup 13–07F ........................ 1.4 

Goat, fat .................................... 0.70 

Goat, meat ................................ 0.60 

Goat, meat byproducts ............. 0.08 

Grain, aspirated grain fractions 153 

Hog, fat ..................................... 0.15 

Hog, meat ................................. 0.15 

Hog, meat byproducts .............. 0.03 

Horse, fat .................................. 0.70 

Horse, meat .............................. 0.60 

Horse, meat byproducts ........... 0.08 

Milk ........................................... 0.15 

Milk, fat ..................................... 1.0 

Pea and bean, dried shelled, 

except soybean, subgroup 

6C .......................................... 0.60 

Pea and bean, succulent 

shelled, subgroup 6B ............ 0.05 

Peanut, hay .............................. 60 

Peanut, meal ............................ 0.03 

Peanut, nutmeat ....................... 0.02 

Peanut, refined oil .................... 0.03 

Pistachio ................................... 0.06 

Poultry, fat ................................ 3.0 

Poultry, liver .............................. 0.60 

Poultry, meat ............................ 0.10 

Rice, grain 1 .............................. 0.50 

Safflower, seed ......................... 5.0 

Sheep, fat ................................. 0.70 

Sheep, meat ............................. 0.60 

Sheep, meat byproducts .......... 0.08 

Sorghum, grain, forage ............. 12 

Sorghum, grain, grain ............... 5.0 

Sorghum, grain, stover ............. 14 

Soybean, forage ....................... 18 

Soybean, hay ............................ 60 

Commodity Parts per 

million 

Soybean, hulls .......................... 0.80 

Soybean, seed .......................... 0.25 

Sugarcane, cane ...................... 0.30 

Sunflower, seed ........................ 5.0 

Turnip, greens .......................... 25 

Vegetable, foliage of legume, 

except soybean, subgroup 

7A .......................................... 35 

Vegetable, legume, edible podded, subgroup 6A ................. 0.50 

1There are no U.S. registrations for rice, 

grain. 

(b) Section 18 emergency exemptions. 

[Reserved] 

(c) Tolerances with regional 

registrations. [Reserved] 

(d) Indirect or inadvertent residues. 

Tolerances are established for residues 

of the insecticide flubendiamide per se 

N2-[1,1-Dimethyl-2- 

(methylsulfonyl)ethyl]-3-iodo-N1-[2- 

methyl-4-[1,2,2,2-tetrafluoro-1- 

(trifluoromethyl)ethyl]phenyl]-1,2- 

benzenedicarboxamide, in or on the 

following raw agricultural commodities 

when present therein as a result of the 

application of flubendiamide to the 

growing crops listed in paragraph (a)(1) 

of this section: 

Commodity Parts per 

million 

Barley, hay ................................ 0.04 

Barley, straw ............................. 0.07 

Buckwheat ................................ 0.07 

Clover, forage ........................... 0.15 

Clover, hay ............................... 0.04 

Grass, forage ............................ 0.15 

Grass, hay ................................ 0.04 

Millet, pearl, forage ................... 0.15 

Millet, pearl, hay ....................... 0.04 

Millet, proso, forage .................. 0.15 

Millet, proso, hay ...................... 0.04 

Millet, proso, straw ................... 0.07 

Oats, forage .............................. 0.15 

Oats, hay .................................. 0.04 

Oats, straw ............................... 0.07 

Rye, forage ............................... 0.15 

Rye, straw ................................. 0.07 

Teosinte, forage ........................ 0.15 

Teosinte, hay ............................ 0.04 

Teosinte, straw ......................... 0.07 

Triticale, forage ......................... 0.15 

Triticale, hay ............................. 0.04 

Triticale, straw .......................... 0.07 

Wheat, forage ........................... 0.15 

Wheat, hay ............................... 0.03 

Wheat, straw ............................. 0.03 

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