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RIN: 2060-AM46

Publication ID: Spring 2009

Title: Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Import Petitioning Requirements for Halon-1301 Aircraft Fire Extinguishing Vessels
Abstract: This rule provided an exemption under the import petitioning requirements for used ozone-depleting substances. The petitioning requirements outline the information that importers must submit to the Administrator at least forty working days before a shipment is to leave the foreign port of export. This rule reduces the administrative burden of anyone petitioning to import aircraft fire extinguishing spherical pressure vessels containing halon-1301 ("halon bottles") for hydrostatic testing in the United States. The rule requires importers to adhere to all import petitioning requirements but requires one petition to be submitted annually for all shipments rather than submission of a petition for each individual shipment forty working days prior to export. Halon bottles are individual bottles containing halon-1301 that are connected to a larger fire suppression system within an aircraft. The halon bottles are brought into the United States for hydrostatic testing in which the halon is removed, the bottles are tested to ensure durability and effectiveness, and the same amount or more of halon is replaced back in the bottles and exported once again. The halon bottles must be routinely tested under Federal Aviation Administration and United States Department of Transportation regulations. The exemption to minimize the import petitioning requirements was initiated because the bottles are not being imported for the eventual use or resale of the halon contained in the bottles and because hydrostatic testing of the bottles is required under FAA and DOT regulations.
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7671 to 7671q

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	04/11/2006	71 FR 18259
Direct Final Action	04/11/2006	71 FR 18219
Withdrawal of DFRM	06/07/2006	71 FR 32840
Final Action	03/10/2009	74 FR 10182

Additional Information: SAN No. 4900; EPA publication information: NPRM - http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2006/April/Day-11/a3462.htm; EPA Docket information: EPA-HQ-OAR-2005-0131
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: Federal
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Information URL: http://www.epa.gov/ozone/title6/608/halons/index.html
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Bella Maranion Environmental Protection Agency Air and Radiation 6205J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 343-9749 Fax:202 343-2363 Email: Maranion.Bella@epa.gov