Washington, DC
May 23, 2005
[Federal Register: May 23, 2005
(Volume 70, Number 98)]
[Notices]
[Page 29494-29497]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access
[wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-7916-3]
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Process for Exempting
Critical Uses of Methyl Bromide
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of solicitation of applications and information
on alternatives
SUMMARY: EPA is soliciting applications for the Critical Use
Exemption from the phaseout of methyl bromide for 2007 and
beyond. This application process offers users of methyl bromide
the opportunity to provide technical and economic information to
support a ``critical use'' claim. Today's notice also invites
interested parties to provide information on the technical and
economic feasibility of methyl bromide alternatives.
Methyl bromide is a chemical pesticide that has been identified
under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone
Layer and the Clean Air Act as an ozone-depleting substance. The
complete phaseout of methyl bromide took effect on January 1,
2005. The Critical Use Exemption is designed to allow continued
production and import of methyl bromide after the phaseout for
those uses that have no technically and economically feasible
alternatives. Critical Use Exemptions are exemptions from the
January 1, 2005 methyl bromide phaseout.
Applicants for the exemption are
requested to submit technical and economic information to EPA
for U.S. review. The U.S. will then create a national nomination
for review by the Parties to the Montreal Protocol. EPA
encourages users with similar circumstances of use to submit a
single application. Please contact your state regulatory agency
to receive information about their involvement in the process.
DATES: Applications for the Critical Use Exemption must be
postmarked on or before August 8, 2005.
Complete document in PDF format:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/05-10195.pdf
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