2060-AR80 201410 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 2060 Air and Radiation AR 2000 Environmental Protection Agency EPA Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: The 2014 and 2015 Critical Use Exemption From the Phaseout of Methyl Bromide

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 2014 and 2015 critical use exemption, and the amounts 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 consensus Decisions of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol in 2012 and 2013.

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Completed Actions No No 40 CFR 82 42 USC 7671c(d)(6) No NPRM 03/07/2014 79 FR 13006 Final Rule 07/31/2014 79 FR 44302 Docket #:EPA-HQ-OAR-2014-0065 No No Federal No No http://www.epa.gov/ozone/mbr http://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0431 1112 Vegetable and Melon Farming 1113 Fruit and Tree Nut Farming 1114 Greenhouse, Nursery, and Floriculture Production 115112 Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating 115114 Postharvest Crop Activities (except Cotton Ginning) 311211 Flour Milling 311212 Rice Milling 325320 Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing 493110 General Warehousing and Storage 493130 Farm Product Warehousing and Storage No Yes Jeremy Arling 2060 Office of Air and Radiation OAR 202 343-9055 202 343-2338 arling.jeremy@epa.gov 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 6205T, Washington DC 20460 David Donaldson 2060 Office of Air and Radiation OAR 202 343-9086 donaldson.david@epa.gov 6205T, Washington DC 20460