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RIN: 2060-AP22

Publication ID: Spring 2009

Title: Air Quality: Revision to Definition of Volatile Organic Compounds--Exclusion of Methyl Bromide and Methyl Iodide
Abstract: This action will propose options related to the potential to revision of EPA's definition of volatile organic compounds (VOC) for purposes of preparing State implementation plans (SIPs) to attain the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone under title I of the Clean Air Act (CAA). This proposed revision would consider the addition of methyl bromide and methyl iodide to the list of compounds excluded from the definition of VOC on the basis that these compounds make a negligible contribution to tropospheric ozone formation. The potential impacts from the addition of these compounds to the exclusion of the definition of VOC will be discussed, and public comment sought. In 1996 and 2008 the EPA received petitions to exclude methyl bromide and also methyl iodide respectively from the list of VOCs on the basis that, as a precursor, these compounds make a negligible contribution to the formation of tropospheric ozone. These compounds are used as pesticides. This is a proposal action by the Agency on the petitions received.
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 51.100 (s)
Legal Authority: CAA 301

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	09/00/2009

Additional Information: SAN No. 5269; We are receiving assistance from the Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program and from Regional Office 4 and 9.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Dave Sanders Environmental Protection Agency Air and Radiation C539-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone:919 541-3356 Fax:919 541-0824 Email: sanders.dave@epa.gov William L. Johnson Environmental Protection Agency Air and Radiation C539-01, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 Phone:919 541-5245 Fax:919 541-0824 Email: johnson.williaml@epamail.epa.gov