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RIN: 2060-AQ83

Publication ID: 2012

Title: Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: The 2012 Critical Use Exemption From the Phaseout of Methyl Bromide
Abstract: Methyl bromide was phased out under the Clean Air Act and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer in 2005, except for limited exemptions. This action authorizes uses for the 2012 critical use exemption from the phase-out of methyl bromide, and the amount of methyl bromide that may be produced, imported, or supplied from inventory for those uses in 2012. Absent this rulemaking, production and import of methyl bromide for critical uses would be zero for 2012. 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 in November 2010.
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)	Priority: Other Significant
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(c)(d)(6)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	10/20/2011	76 FR 65139
Final Rule	05/17/2012	77 FR 29218

Additional Information: Docket #:EPA-HQ-OAR-2009-0277
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: Federal
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
Sectors Affected: 111219 Other Vegetable (except Potato) and Melon Farming; 111332 Grape Vineyards; 111333 Strawberry Farming; 111334 Berry (except Strawberry) Farming; 111335 Tree Nut Farming; 111336 Fruit and Tree Nut Combination Farming; 111339 Other Noncitrus Fruit Farming; 111421 Nursery and Tree Production; 111422 Floriculture Production; 115112 Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating; 115114 Postharvest Crop Activities (except Cotton Ginning); 311111 Dog and Cat Food Manufacturing; 311211 Flour Milling; 311212 Rice Milling; 311822 Flour Mixes and Dough Manufacturing from Purchased Flour; 325320 Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing; 493110 General Warehousing and Storage; 493130 Farm Product Warehousing and Storage
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