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| Document Title/Subject:
Incorporation of Montreal Protocol Adjustments Methyl Bromide 25% -- Final Rule Related Documents: |
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URL(s): http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/2001/July/Day-20/a17199.htm http://www.epa.gov/ozone/title6/phaseout/66fr38063.pdf
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| Regulatory Authority: Title 6 |
Division/Director: Stratospheric Protection Division (OAP) / Drusilla Hufford |
Submitted By: dibble.christine |
OGC Contact: Diane McConkey OGC Phone#: 202.260.9231 |
Internet Contact: Kevin Rosseel |
| Document Type: Proposed & Final Preambles & Rules, |
EPA Document Number: Federal Register: 64 FR 29240 06/01/99 |
Supersedes: |
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| Subject Category: AIR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY GOVERNMENT Ozone |
Keywords: Chemical industry Ozone Ozone layer Pollutants phaseout ODS ozone-depleting stratosphere CFC chlorofluorocarbon halons methyl bromide HBFC hydrobromofluorocarbon accelerated phaseout HCFC hyrdochlorofluorocarbon transshipment Montreal Protocol class I class II allowance allowance allocation methyl bromide |
Terms: Air pollutants Chemicals Clean Air Act CAA Environmental policy Federal government Regulations |
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| Abstract: With this action, EPA is revising the accelerated phaseout regulations that govern the production, import, export, transformation and destruction of substances that deplete the ozone layer under authority of Title VI of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (CAA or the Act). This amendment reflects changes in U.S. obligations under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (Protocol) due to recent adjustments by signatory countries to this international agreement. Specifically, this amendment incorporates the Protocol's 25-percent interim reduction in the production and consumption of class I, Group VI controlled substances (methyl bromide) for the 1999 control period and subsequent control periods. In taking this action, EPA recognizes the recent intent of Congress in changes to the Clean Air Act that direct EPA to conform the U.S. phasedown schedule of methyl bromide to the Montreal Protocol's schedule for industrialized nations, including required interim reductions and specific exemptions. EPA intends to follow this rule with other actions to complete the process of conforming the U.S. methyl bromide phaseout schedule and specific exemptions with obligations under the Montreal Protocol and with the recent changes to the Clean Air Act. Through subsequent actions to this amendment, EPA plans to reflect, through notice and comment rulemaking, the additional steps in the phaseout schedule for the production and consumption of methyl bromide, as follows: beginning January 1, 2001, a 50-percent reduction in baseline levels; beginning January 1, 2003, a 70-percent reduction in baseline levels; beginning January 1, 2005, a complete phaseout of the production and consumption with emergency and critical use exemptions permitted under the Montreal Protocol. Even sooner, EPA plans to publish a proposal that will describe a process for exempting quantities of methyl bromide used in the U.S. for quarantine and preshipment from the reduction steps in the phaseout schedule. |
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