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Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), Gowan Company submitted a petition to EPA requesting that EPA establish a maximum permissible level for residues of this pesticide.","action":"Final rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2026/02/13/2026-02916.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":"180","title":40}],"citation":"91 FR 6781","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"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.C. of this document).","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0322","FRL-13116-01-OCSPP"],"dockets":[{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"Hexythiazox: Human Health Risk Assessment for the Section 3 Registration of Hexythiazox on Citrus, Fruit, Subgroup 10-10B (lemon/lime)","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0322-0007"},{"title":"Gowan Company LLC Notice of Filing Pesticide Petition 4F9135 By amending the existing tolerance with regional registration for Hexythiazox, (trans-5-(4-chlorophenyl)-N-cyclohexyl-4-methyl-2- oxothiazolidine-3- carboxamide) in or on the raw agricultural commodities of Citrus Crop Group 10-10 at 0.6 parts per million (ppm), to include a national tolerance for Crop","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0322-0002"}],"agency_name":"EPA","documents":[{"comment_count":1,"comment_start_date":"2026-02-13","updated_at":"2026-04-15T20:05:10.866-04:00","comment_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0322-0006","allow_late_comments":false,"id":"EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0322-0006","comment_end_date":"2026-04-15","regulations_dot_gov_open_for_comment":false}],"supporting_documents_count":2,"id":"EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0322","title":"Hexythiazox; Pesticide Tolerances"}],"document_number":"2026-02916","effective_on":"2026-02-13","end_page":6785,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2026/02/13/2026-02916.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/02/13/2026-02916/hexythiazox-pesticide-tolerances","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2026-02916?publication_date=2026-02-13","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2026-02-13/2026-02916/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":5,"page_views":{"count":257,"last_updated":"2026-05-08 10:15:09 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-02-13/pdf/2026-02916.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-02916.pdf?1770903915","publication_date":"2026-02-13","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2026/02/13/2026-02916.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"Hexythiazox: Human Health Risk Assessment for the Section 3 Registration of Hexythiazox on Citrus, Fruit, Subgroup 10-10B (lemon/lime)","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0322-0007"},{"title":"Gowan Company LLC Notice of Filing Pesticide Petition 4F9135 By amending the existing tolerance with regional registration for Hexythiazox, (trans-5-(4-chlorophenyl)-N-cyclohexyl-4-methyl-2- oxothiazolidine-3- carboxamide) in or on the raw agricultural commodities of Citrus Crop Group 10-10 at 0.6 parts per million (ppm), to include a national tolerance for Crop","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0322-0002"}],"comments_count":1,"agency_id":"EPA","comments_url":"https://www.regulations.gov/docketBrowser?rpp=50&so=DESC&sb=postedDate&po=0&dct=PS&D=EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0322","supporting_documents_count":2,"docket_id":"EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0322","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OPP-2024-0322-0006","regulation_id_number":null,"title":"Hexythiazox; Pesticide Tolerances","checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2026-04-16T00:05:10Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":6781,"subtype":null,"title":"Hexythiazox; Pesticide Tolerances","toc_doc":"Hexythiazox","toc_subject":"Pesticide Tolerance; Exemptions, Petitions, Revocations, etc.","topics":["Administrative practice and procedure","Agricultural commodities","Environmental protection","Pesticides and pests","Reporting and recordkeeping requirements"],"type":"Rule","volume":91}