UNITED
STATES
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
WASHINGTON,
D.
C.
20460
OFFICE
OF
PREVENTION,
PESTICIDES
AND
TOXIC
SUBSTANCES
MEMORANDUM
DATE:
April
26,
2006
SUBJECT:
Completion
of
Tolerance
Reassessment
For
Inorganic
Bromides
Resulting
from
Soil
Treatment
FROM:
Debra
Edwards,
Director
Special
Review
and
Reregistration
Division
(
7508C)

TO:
James
Jones,
Director
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs
The
purpose
of
this
memorandum
is
to
document
my
decision
on
the
tolerance
reassessment
of
12
specific
tolerances
in
40
CFR
180.199
for
residues
of
inorganic
bromides
resulting
from
soil
treatment
with
combinations
of
chloropicrin,
methyl
bromide,
and
propargyl
bromide.
I
consider
the
12
tolerances
to
be
reassessed
as
of
the
date
of
this
memorandum.

The
Health
Effects
Division
(
HED)
provided
SRRD
with
a
list
of
specific
tolerances
that
are
candidates
for
tolerance
revocation.
HED's
February
8,
2006
memorandum
supports
a
determination
that
methyl
bromide
pre­
plant
soil
applications
are
non­
food
uses
and
that
tolerances
for
inorganic
residues
on
raw
agricultural
commodities
are
no
longer
needed.

SRRD
considers
these
12
tolerances
reassessed
(
see
Table
1).
At
a
future
date,
SRRD
will
follow­
up
with
a
proposal
and
subsequent
final
rule
in
the
Federal
Register
to
revoke
these
tolerances.

TABLE
1:
TOLERANCES
THAT
SHOULD
BE
REVOKED
CFR
Cite
Document
Reference
No.
Tolerances
to
be
Revoked
180.199
D304618
T.
Goodlow
2/
08/
2006
12
General:
(
a)
broccoli,
cauliflower,
eggplant,
muskmelon,
pepper,
pineapple,
strawberry,
and
tomato
Regional:
(
b)
asparagus,
lettuce,
and
onion,
dry
bulb
Regional
(
c)
ginger,
roots
Attachment:
Methyl
Bromide:
Tolerance
Revocation
of
Inorganic
Bromides.
D304618.
February
8,
2006
cc:
Steven
Weiss,
Joseph
Nevola,
Don
Sadowsky
