This regulation removes the duplicative exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of lactic acid and l-lactic acid herein referred to as l-lactic acid when appliedused in dairy processing equipment and food processing equipment and utensils. In addition the Agency is amending an existing exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for lactic acid to also include l-lactic acid. The Agency is also establishing exemptions from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of l-lactic acid when used as a fruit and vegetable wash in or on all raw agricultural commodities and for indirect or inadvertent residues of l-lactic acid in or on all livestock commodities when residues are present therein as a result of animal drinking water coming into contact with hard non-porous surfaces treated with l-lactic acid