2060-AS44 201504 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 2060 Air and Radiation AR 2000 Environmental Protection Agency EPA Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: The 2016 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 would authorize critical uses for the 2016 control period, and the amount of methyl bromide that may be produced or imported for those uses that year. Absent this rulemaking, production and import of methyl bromide for critical uses would be zero for 2016. EPA takes this action under the authority of the Clean Air Act to reflect consensus Decisions of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol in November 2014.

]]> Other Significant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No 40 CFR 82 42 U.S.C. 7671c(d)(6) Clean Air Act No NPRM 06/00/2015 Final Rule 12/00/2015 Docket #:EPA-HQ-OAR-2013-0369 No No Federal No No http://www.epa.gov/ozone/mbr 111333 Strawberry Farming 115112 Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating 115114 Postharvest Crop Activities (except Cotton Ginning) 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