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RIN: 2060-AR89

Publication ID: Spring 2014

Title: Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Updates to HCFC Trade Language as Applied to Article 5 Countries; Ratification Status of Parties to the Montreal Protocol; and Harmonized Tariff Schedule Codes
Abstract: The Montreal Protocol obligates all parties, including the United States, to ban the trade of HCFCs with countries that have not ratified the Beijing Amendments, which recently came into effect for developing countries. This action updates the existing trade provisions in EPA's stratospheric ozone protection regulations to indicate the countries that are subject to this ban. This rule provides links to the Ozone Secretariat's website for the latest information on ratification status and makes other technical and clarifying edits, including updating the list of developing countries in one appendix and a list of tariff codes for ozone depleting substances in another appendix.
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 82
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7671m

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	03/26/2014	79 FR 16749
NPRM Comment Period End	04/25/2014
Direct Final Rule	03/26/2014	79 FR 16680
Direct Final Rule Comment Period End	04/25/2014
Direct Final Rule Effective	06/24/2014

Additional Information: Docket #:EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0600
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/strathome.html
Sectors Affected: 325120 Industrial Gas Manufacturing; 424690 Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers
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 Elizabeth Whiteley Environmental Protection Agency Air and Radiation 6205J, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW., Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 343-9310 Email: whiteley.elizabeth@epa.gov