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Sun, 19 Jan 2003 09:11:51 -0500
From:
Stephen Tvedten <steve@getipm.com>
Organization: Get Set Inc. (www.getipm.com)
To: Paul Helliker <phelliker@cdpr.ca.gov>
Director, State of California, Department of Pesticide
Regulation
cc: Christine Whitman whitman.christine@epa.gov
IN THIS EPA UPDATE:
EPA Issues Final Rule Amending Accelerated Phaseout of Methyl Bromide
On January 2, EPA published in the Federal Register a Final Rule ("Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Process for Exempting Quarantine and Preshipment Applications of Methyl Bromide"), amending the accelerated phaseout regulations that govern the production, import, export, transformation and destruction of substances that deplete the ozone layer, such as methyl bromide (a widely used crop fumigant), under the authority of the Clean Air Act (CAA). The amendments incorporate an exemption permitted under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and required by changes in the CAA. Specifically, the Agency is creating an exemption from the consumption and production phaseout for quantities of methyl bromide that are used for quarantine and preshipment applications.
For more information on this action, consult the January 2 Federal Register http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.g ov/2003/02-32986.htm or call Kate Choban at 202-564 3524; e-mail: Choban.Kate@epa.gov.
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