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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <NAME>Air and Radiation</NAME>
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            <NAME>Environmental Protection Agency</NAME>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: The 2014 and 2015 Critical Use Exemption From the Phaseout of Methyl Bromide</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[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 would authorize uses for the 2014 and 2015 critical use exemption, and would authorize the amount of methyl bromide that may be produced or imported for those uses in those years. Absent this rulemaking, production and import of methyl bromide for critical uses would be zero for 2014. EPA takes this action under the authority of the Clean Air Act to reflect a consensus Decision of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol in 2012 and 2013.]]></ABSTRACT>
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        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Final Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>40 CFR 82</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 7671c(d)(6)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>03/07/2014</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>79 FR 13006</FR_CITATION>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>04/21/2014</TTBL_DATE>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>09/00/2014</TTBL_DATE>
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        <ADDITIONAL_INFO>Docket #:EPA-HQ-OAR-2014-0065</ADDITIONAL_INFO>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
            <SMALL_ENTITY>No</SMALL_ENTITY>
        </SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Federal</GOVT_LEVEL>
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        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <FURTHER_INFO_URL>http://www.epa.gov/ozone/mbr</FURTHER_INFO_URL>
        <PUBLIC_COMMENT_URL>http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0431</PUBLIC_COMMENT_URL>
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                <NAICS_CD>1112</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Vegetable and Melon Farming</NAICS_DESC>
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                <NAICS_CD>1113</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Fruit and Tree Nut Farming</NAICS_DESC>
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                <NAICS_CD>1114</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Greenhouse, Nursery, and Floriculture Production</NAICS_DESC>
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                <NAICS_CD>115112</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating</NAICS_DESC>
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                <NAICS_CD>115114</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Postharvest Crop Activities (except Cotton Ginning)</NAICS_DESC>
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            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>311211</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Flour Milling</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>311212</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Rice Milling</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>325320</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>493110</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>General Warehousing and Storage</NAICS_DESC>
            </NAICS>
            <NAICS>
                <NAICS_CD>493130</NAICS_CD>
                <NAICS_DESC>Farm Product Warehousing and Storage</NAICS_DESC>
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        </NAICS_LIST>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>Yes</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <FIRST_NAME>Jeremy</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Arling</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2060</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Air and Radiation</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OAR</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 343-9055</PHONE>
                <FAX>202 343-2338</FAX>
                <EMAIL>arling.jeremy@epa.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 6205T,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20460</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>David</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Donaldson</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2060</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Air and Radiation</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OAR</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 343-9086</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>donaldson.david@epa.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>6205T,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20460</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
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