Rule2026-02933

Afidopyropen; Pesticide Tolerances

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Published
February 13, 2026
Effective
February 13, 2026

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Environmental Protection Agency

Abstract

This regulation amends the current tolerance for residues of the insecticide afidopyropen in or on the food and feed commodities of raw agricultural commodity of strawberry by increasing it from 0.15 parts per million (ppm) to 0.3 ppm and removes the established time- limited tolerance in or on strawberry at 0.3 ppm. Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), BASF Corporation submitted a petition to EPA requesting that EPA establish a maximum permissible level for residues of this pesticide in or on the identified commodity.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 30 (Friday, February 13, 2026)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 6785-6789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-02933]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 180

[EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0509; FRL-13127-01-OCSPP]


Afidopyropen; Pesticide Tolerances

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This regulation amends the current tolerance for residues of 
the insecticide afidopyropen in or on the food and feed commodities of 
raw agricultural commodity of strawberry by increasing it from 0.15 
parts per million (ppm) to 0.3 ppm and removes the established time-
limited tolerance in or on strawberry at 0.3 ppm. Under the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), BASF Corporation submitted a 
petition to EPA requesting that EPA establish a maximum permissible 
level for residues of this pesticide in or on the identified commodity.

DATES: This rule is effective on February 13, 2026. Objections and 
requests for hearings must be received on or before April 14, 2026 and 
must be filed in accordance with the instructions provided in 40 CFR 
part 178 (see also Unit I.D. of this document).

ADDRESSES: The docket for this action, identified by docket 
identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0509, is available online at 
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Additional information about dockets 
generally, along with instructions for visiting the docket in person, 
is available at <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets">https://www.epa.gov/dockets</a>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Smith, Director, Registration 
Division (7505T), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460-
0001; telephone number: (202) 566-1030; email address: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b9ebfdffebf7d6cdd0dadccaf9dcc9d897ded6cf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e5b7a1a3b7ab8a918c868096a5809584cb828a93">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Executive Summary

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. 
The following list of North American Industrial Classification System 
(NAICS) codes is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather provides a 
guide to help readers determine whether this document might apply to 
them:
    <bullet> Crop production (NAICS code 111).
    <bullet> Animal production (NAICS code 112).
    <bullet> Food manufacturing (NAICS code 311).
    <bullet> Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS code 32532).
    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. What is EPA's authority for taking this action?

    EPA is issuing this rulemaking under section 408 of the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 21 U.S.C. 346a. FFDCA section 
408(b)(2)(A)(i) 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.'' FFDCA section 
408(b)(2)(A)(ii) 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. FFDCA section 408(b)(2)(C) 
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

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infants and children from aggregate exposure to the pesticide chemical 
residue . . .''

C. How can I file an objection or hearing request?

    Under FFDCA section 408(g), 21 U.S.C. 346a(g), any person may file 
an objection to any aspect of this regulation and may also request a 
hearing on those objections. If you fail to file an objection to the 
final rule within the time period specified in the final rule, you will 
have waived the right to raise any issues resolved in the final rule. 
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 the docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OPP-2024-0509 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 April 14, 2026.
    The EPA's Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ), in which the 
Hearing Clerk is housed, urges parties to file and serve documents by 
electronic means only, notwithstanding any other particular 
requirements set forth in other procedural rules governing those 
proceedings. See ``Revised Order Urging Electronic Filing and 
Service,'' dated June 22, 2023, which can be found at <a href="https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2023-06/2023-06-22%20-%20revised%20order%20urging%20electronic%20filing%20and%20service.pdf">https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2023-06/2023-06-22%20-%20revised%20order%20urging%20electronic%20filing%20and%20service.pdf</a>. 
Although the EPA's regulations require submission via U.S. Mail or hand 
delivery, the EPA intends to treat submissions filed via electronic 
means as properly filed submissions; therefore, the EPA believes the 
preference for submission via electronic means will not be prejudicial. 
When submitting documents to the OALJ electronically, a person should 
utilize the OALJ e-filing system at <a href="https://yosemite.epa.gov/oa/eab/eab-alj_upload.nsf">https://yosemite.epa.gov/oa/eab/eab-alj_upload.nsf</a>.
    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 (excluding any Confidential Business Information (CBI)) for 
inclusion in the public docket at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow 
the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit 
electronically any information you consider to be CBI or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. If you wish to 
include CBI in your request, please follow the applicable instructions 
at <a href="https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets#rules">https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets#rules</a> and clearly 
mark the information that you claim to be CBI. Information not marked 
confidential pursuant to 40 CFR part 2 may be disclosed publicly by EPA 
without prior notice.

II. Petitioned for Tolerance

    In the Federal Register of December 9, 2024 (89 FR 97577) (FRL-
11682-10-OCSPP), EPA issued a document pursuant to FFDCA section 
408(d)(3), 21 U.S.C. 346a(d)(3), announcing the filing of a pesticide 
petition (PP 4F9153) by BASF Corporation, 26 Davis Drive, Research 
Triangle Park, NC 27709-3528. The pesticide petition requested that 40 
CFR 180.700 be amended by increasing the current tolerance for residues 
of the insecticide afidopyropen in or on the raw agricultural commodity 
of strawberry at 0.15 ppm to 0.3 ppm. That document referenced a 
summary of the petition that was prepared by the petitioner and has 
been included in the docket.
    There were no comments received in response to the notice of 
filing.

III. Final Tolerance Action

A. Aggregate Risk Assessment and Determination of Safety

    Consistent with FFDCA section 408(b)(2)(D), and the factors 
specified therein, 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 afidopyropen including exposure resulting from 
the tolerances established by this action. EPA's assessment of 
exposures and risks associated with afidopyropen is summarized in this 
unit.
    In an effort to streamline its publications in the Federal 
Register, EPA is not reprinting sections that repeat what has been 
previously published for tolerance rulemakings for the same pesticide 
chemical. Where scientific information concerning a particular chemical 
remains unchanged, the content of those sections would not vary between 
tolerance rulemakings, and EPA considers referral back to those 
sections as sufficient to provide an explanation of the information EPA 
considered in making its safety determination for the new rulemaking.
    EPA has previously published tolerance rulemakings for afidopyropen 
in which EPA concluded, based on the available information, that there 
is a reasonable certainty that no harm would result from aggregate 
exposure to afidopyropen and established tolerances for residues of the 
chemical. Most recently, in the Federal Register of July 23, 2025 (90 
FR 34602) (FRL-12842-01-OCSPP). As a result, EPA is not incorporating 
previously published sections from these rulemakings as described 
further in this rulemaking, as they remain unchanged.

B. Toxicological Profile

    For a detailed discussion of the toxicological profile of 
afidopyropen, see Section A.2. of the document entitled ``Afidopyropen. 
Human Health Risk Assessment for the Petition for Amendment of 
Tolerances in/on Field Grown Strawberries.'', dated January 29, 2026, 
in docket ID EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0509 at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.

C. Toxicological Points of Departure/Levels of Concern

    All points of departure (POD), toxicity endpoints, and levels of 
concern (LOC) for afidopyropen remain unchanged from the previous human 
health risk assessment in support of the use of afidopyropen on leaf 
lettuce grown in greenhouses, dated June 24, 2025. In addition, the 
hazard characterization also remains unchanged. For a summary of the 
toxicological points of departure/levels of concern for afidopyropen 
used for human health risk assessment, see Tables 4.5.4.1 and 4.5.4.2. 
of the document entitled ``Afidopyropen. Human Health Risk Assessment 
for the Petition for Amendment of Tolerances in/on Field Grown 
Strawberries.'', dated January 29, 2026, in docket ID EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-
0509 at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.

D. Exposure Assessment

    An aggregate dietary (food + drinking water) exposure and risk 
assessment was previously conducted using the Dietary Exposure 
Evaluation Model software with the Food Commodity Intake Database 
Version 4.02. This software uses 2005-2010 food consumption data from 
the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Health and Nutrition 
Examination Survey, What We Eat in America. An unrefined acute dietary 
assessment was conducted in support of the use of afidopyropen on leaf 
lettuce grown in greenhouses and included the current proposed 
tolerance of 0.3 ppm for strawberry. The assessment was based on 
tolerance-level residues and the recommended tolerance for leaf 
lettuce, 100% crop treated (PCT) assumptions, and default and empirical 
processing factors. At the 95th percentile of exposure, the estimated 
risk is 4.2% of the acute population-adjusted dose (aPAD) for females 
13-49 years old. Since an acute toxicological endpoint was only 
identified for the population

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subgroup females 13-49, an acute dietary exposure assessment was not 
conducted for any of the other population subgroups. In addition, an 
unrefined chronic dietary assessment was conducted in support of use of 
afidopyropen on leaf lettuce grown in greenhouses and included the 
current proposed tolerance of 0.3 ppm for strawberry. The assessment 
was based on tolerance-level residues and the recommended tolerance for 
leaf lettuce, 100 PCT assumptions, and default and empirical processing 
factors. The estimated risk is 2.7% of the chronic population-adjusted 
dose (cPAD) for the general U.S. population and the population subgroup 
with the highest estimated risk is children 1-2 years old at 6.3% of 
the cPAD.
    Drinking water and non-occupational exposures. Strawberry is not a 
significant feed commodity, and the most recent EDWCs remain unchanged 
from the most recent risk assessment conducted in support of the use of 
afidopyropen on leaf lettuce grown in greenhouses, which accounted for 
afidopyropen residue levels in/on strawberry at 0.3 ppm. As such, these 
EDWCs remain current and protective of the proposed amended use on 
field-grown strawberries.
    The proposed amended tolerance is not expected to result in 
residential exposure; therefore, a residential assessment was not 
conducted. There are existing residential ornamental uses that were 
assessed previously and were not found to be of concern. The 
residential risk estimates for use in the aggregate assessment for 
afidopyropen remain unchanged from the most recent risk assessment 
conducted in support of the use of afidopyropen on leaf lettuce grown 
in greenhouses, which can be found in docket ID EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0020 at 
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
    Cumulative exposure. Section 408(b)(2)(D)(v) of FFDCA requires 
that, when considering whether to establish, modify, or revoke a 
tolerance, the Agency considers ``available information'' concerning 
the cumulative effects of a particular pesticide's residues and ``other 
substances that have a common mechanism of toxicity.'' Unlike other 
pesticides for which EPA has followed a cumulative risk approach based 
on a common mechanism of toxicity, EPA has not made a common mechanism 
of toxicity finding as to afidopyropen and any other substances. For 
the purposes of this tolerance action, therefore, EPA has not assumed 
that afidopyropen has a common mechanism of toxicity with other 
substances. Afidopyropen and another pesticide, aminocyclopyrachlor, 
both produce the common toxic metabolite cyclopropanecarboxylic acid 
(CPCA). Drinking water is the only expected exposure pathway for CPCA 
for either pesticide. The likelihood of having ground water residues of 
both afidopyropen and aminocyclopyrachlor at the EDWC predicted in the 
screening ground water modeling in the same location is miniscule for 
the following reasons: ground water modeling assumes application of a 
chemical at the maximum rate, and the maximum number of applications, 
every year for up to 100 years, and because lateral flow of chemicals 
away from the application site is relatively slow, both chemicals would 
have to be applied in approximately the same location every year at the 
maximum application rates and maximum numbers of applications for each, 
for the exposures to be additive. This is not a feasible scenario.

E. Safety Factor for Infants and Children

    FFDCA section 408(b)(2)(C) 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 Food Quality Protection Act 
(FQPA) Safety Factor (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.
    EPA has determined that reliable data support the reduction of the 
Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) safety factor for afidopyropen from 
10X to 1X for all exposure scenarios since the toxicology database is 
complete and exposure analyses are unlikely to underestimate risk of 
exposure from afidopyropen. Although there is evidence of increased 
fetal and offspring susceptibility, the effects are well-characterized 
with clearly established no-observed-adverse-effect level (NOAEL) 
values and selected endpoints that are protective for the observed 
effects.

F. Aggregate Risks and Determination of Safety

    In accordance with the FQPA, HED must consider and aggregate (add) 
pesticide exposures and risks from three major sources: food, drinking 
water, and residential exposures. In an aggregate assessment, exposures 
from relevant sources are added together and compared to quantitative 
estimates of hazard (e.g., a NOAEL or PAD), or the risks themselves can 
be aggregated. When aggregating exposures and risks from various 
sources, EPA considers both the route and duration of exposure. The 
acute and chronic aggregate risk assessments include food and drinking 
water only. There are no acute or chronic aggregate risk estimates of 
concern for afidopyropen or CPCA. The short-term aggregate risk 
assessment applies only to residues of afidopyropen and combines 
residential exposures (contacting previously treated ornamentals) and 
average dietary (food and drinking water) exposures. The short-term 
aggregate assessment results in MOEs of 1,900 for adults and 2,100 for 
children (LOC = 100). There are no short-term aggregate risk estimates 
of concern for afidopyropen. CPCA is not a residue of concern for 
residential exposures.
    Afidopyropen is classified as ``Suggestive Evidence of Carcinogenic 
Potential.'' Quantification of risk using a non-linear approach (i.e., 
a cPAD) will adequately account for all chronic toxicity, including 
carcinogenicity, that could result from exposure to afidopyropen. As a 
result, a quantitative cancer dietary assessment was not performed.
    Therefore, based on the risk assessments and information described 
above, EPA concludes there is a reasonable certainty that no harm will 
result to the U.S. general population, or to infants and children, from 
aggregate exposure to afidopyropen residues. More detailed information 
on this action can be found in the document entitled ``Afidopyropen. 
Human Health Risk Assessment for the Petition for Amendment of 
Tolerances in/on Field Grown Strawberries'', dated January 29, 2026, in 
docket ID EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0509 at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.

IV. Other Considerations

A. Analytical Enforcement Methodology

    Adequate enforcement methodology as described in the supporting 
documents is available to enforce the tolerance expressions.
    Residues of afidopyropen can be measured in samples of strawberry 
using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS), BASF 
Method No. D1103/01. This quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and 
safe (QuEChERS)-based method was previously deemed acceptable for 
tolerance enforcement. The limit of quantitation (LOQ; determined as 
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lowest level of method validation) for afidopyropen is 0.01 ppm. 
Acceptable method validation and concurrent recoveries within the range 
of 70-120% were obtained from samples of strawberry fruit fortified 
with afidopyropen at 0.010-1 ppm, thus the method.

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 required by FFDCA 
section 408(b)(4). The Codex Alimentarius is a joint United Nations 
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, FFDCA section 408(b)(4) requires that EPA explain 
the reasons for departing from the Codex level. The recommended 
tolerance for afidopyropen residues in/on strawberry were obtained 
using the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 
maximum residue limit (MRL) calculation procedures. The recommended 
strawberry tolerance would change the harmonization status with Codex 
since Codex currently has an MRL for strawberry at the U.S. existing 
tolerance level of 0.15 ppm.
    There are no Canadian MRLs established for residues of afidopyropen 
in/on strawberry.

C. Effective and Expiration Date(s)

    In general, a tolerance action is effective on the date of 
publication of the final rule in the Federal Register. For actions in 
the final rule that lower or revoke existing tolerances, EPA will set 
an expiration date for the existing tolerance of six months after the 
date of publication of the final rule in the Federal Register, in order 
to allow a reasonable interval for producers in exporting members of 
the World Trade Organization's (WTO's) Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) 
Measures Agreement to adapt to the requirements.

V. Conclusion

    Therefore, the existing strawberry tolerance established under 40 
CFR 180.700 will be increased from 0.15 ppm to 0.3 ppm. EPA will also 
remove the existing time-limited tolerance established for residues of 
afidopyropen in or on strawberry at 0.3 ppm.

VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

    Additional information about these statutes and Executive Orders 
can be found at <a href="https://www.epa.gov/regulations/and-executive-orders">https://www.epa.gov/regulations/and-executive-orders</a>.

A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review

    This action is exempt from review under Executive Order 12866 (58 
FR 51735, October 4, 1993), because it establishes or modifies a 
pesticide tolerance or a tolerance exemption under FFDCA section 408 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.

B. Executive Order 14192: Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation

    Executive Order 14192 (90 FR 9065, February 6, 2025) does not apply 
because actions that establish a tolerance under FFDCA section 408 are 
exempted from review under Executive Order 12866.

C. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)

    This action does not impose an information collection burden under 
the PRA 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., because it does not contain any 
information collection activities.

D. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA)

    Since tolerance actions that are established on the basis of a 
petition under FFDCA section 408(d), such as the tolerance in this 
final rule, do not require the issuance of a proposed rule, the 
requirements of the RFA, 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq., do not apply to this 
action.

E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA)

    This action does not contain an unfunded mandate of $100 million or 
more (in 1995 dollars and adjusted annually for inflation) as described 
in UMRA, 2 U.S.C. 1531-1538 and does not significantly or uniquely 
affect small governments. The action imposes no enforceable duty on any 
State, local, or Tribal governments or on the private sector.

F. Executive Order 13132: Federalism

    This action does not have federalism implications as specified in 
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999), because it will 
not have substantial direct effects on the states, on the relationship 
between the National Government and the States, or on the distribution 
of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government.

G. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination With Indian 
Tribal Governments

    This action does not have Tribal implications as specified in 
Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000), because it will 
not have substantial direct effects on Tribal governments, on the 
relationship between the Federal Government and the Indian Tribes, or 
on the distribution of power and responsibilities between the Federal 
Government and Indian Tribes.

H. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From Environmental 
Health Risks and Safety Risks

    This action is not subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR 19885, 
April 23, 1997) because tolerance actions like this one are exempt from 
review under Executive Order 12866. However, EPA's 2021 Policy on 
Children's Health applies to this action. This rule finalizes tolerance 
actions under the FFDCA, which 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 . . 
.'' (FFDCA 408(b)(2)(C)). The Agency's consideration is summarized in 
Unit III.E.I.

I. Executive Order 13211: Actions Concerning Regulations That 
Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution or Use

    This action is not subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355) 
(May 22, 2001) because it is not a significant regulatory action under 
Executive Order 12866.

J. National Technology Transfer Advancement Act (NTTAA)

    This action does not involve technical standards that would require 
Agency consideration under NTTAA section 12(d), 15 U.S.C. 272.

K. Congressional Review Act (CRA)

    This action is subject to the CRA, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., and EPA 
will submit a rule report to each House of the Congress and to the 
Comptroller General of the United States. This action is not a ``major 
rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).

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List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 180

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Agricultural commodities, Pesticides and pests, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

    Dated: February 10, 2026.
Charles Smith,
Director, Registration Division, Office of Pesticide Programs.

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, EPA is amending 40 CFR 
chapter I as follows:

PART 180--TOLERANCES AND EXEMPTIONS FOR PESTICIDE CHEMICAL RESIDUES 
IN FOOD

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1. The authority citation for part 180 continues to read as follows:

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


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2. In Sec.  180.700 amend paragraph (a) in table 1 by revising the 
entry for ``Strawberry'' to read as follows:


Sec.  180.700  Afidopyropen; tolerances for residues.

    (a) * * *
    (1) * * *

                       Table 1 to Paragraph (a)(1)
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                                                              Parts per
                         Commodity                             million
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Strawberry.................................................         0.3
 
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Sec.  180.700  [Amended]

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3. Amend Sec.  180.700 by removing and reserving paragraph (b).

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