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Process for exempting critical uses of methyl bromide
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]
[DOCID:fr23my05-51]                        

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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