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RIN: 2060-AO78

Publication ID: Spring 2009

Title: Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: The 2009 Critical Use Exemption From the Phaseout of Methyl Bromide
Abstract: EPA has proposed to authorize uses that will qualify for the 2009 critical use exemption from the phaseout of methyl bromide. This action will also authorizes the amount of methyl bromide that may be produced, imported, or supplied from inventory for those uses in 2009. EPA takes this action under the authority of the Clean Air Act to reflect recent consensus Decisions taken by the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer at the 19th Meeting of the Parties. EPA makes allocation decisions based on information supplied by applicants for each use/amount. The Parties have approved critical use methyl bromide every year since the phaseout in 2005.
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7671c(d)(6)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	11/28/2008	73 FR 72421
NPRM Comment Period End	12/29/2008
Final Action	05/00/2009

Additional Information: SAN No. 5235; EPA publication information: NPRM - http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2008/November/Day-28/a28328.pdf; EPA Docket information: EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0009
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
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/mbr
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Jeremy Arling Environmental Protection Agency Air and Radiation 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 6205T, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 343-9055 Fax:202 343-2338 Email: arling.jeremy@epa.gov Staci Gatica Environmental Protection Agency Air and Radiation 6205J, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 343-9469 Fax:202 343-2338 Email: Gatica.Staci@epa.gov