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| Document Title/Subject:
Technical Correction to Partial Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule Related Documents: |
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Signature Date:
Contact: |
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URL(s): http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/1999/July/Day-21/a18481.htm http://www.epa.gov/ozone/title6/phaseout/64fr39040.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: Revision/Clarification Notices, |
EPA Document Number: Federal Register: 64 FR 39040 07/21/99 |
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 |
Terms: Air pollutants Chemicals Clean Air Act CAA Environmental policy Federal government Regulations |
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| Abstract: Today's notice proposes amended regulations implementing the 1992 and later requirements of section 604, as well as the related provisions of sections 603, 607 and 616, in a manner consistent with the United States' continuing obligations under the Montreal Protocol as amended. Specifically, EPA proposes to (1) Apportion baseline allowances to produce or import ozone-depleting substances to companies that produced or imported certain ozone-depleting substances in the baseline years; (2) allocate decreasing amounts of those allowances to the companies according to the phase-out schedule prescribed by section 604; (3) also apply an 18-month cap from July 1, 1991 to December 31, 1992 on production and consumption as required under the Protocol; (4) permit transfers of allowances provided the transferor's remaining allowances are reduced by the amount it transferred plus one percent of the amount transferred; (5) permit production in excess of the amount authorized by the original allocation of allowances in order to supply developing countries that are operating under article 5 of the Protocol, so long as producers provide adequate assurances that the production supplied to the developing country will not be reexported; (6) permit transfers of allowable production with other Protocol Parties under certain conditions; (7) change the approach to granting additional allowances for transforming ozone-depleting substances in the case of carbon tetrachloride; and (8) impose additional reporting and record-keeping requirements as needed to include several newly regulated chemicals in the phase-out program. | ||||