[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 143 (Friday, July 25, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 43930-43939]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18856]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 82

[FRL7529-6]
RIN 2060-AK67


Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Ban on Trade of Methyl Bromide 
with Non-Parties to the Montreal Protocol

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Direct final rule.

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SUMMARY: With this action, EPA is taking direct final action on the 
regulations that govern the production, import, and export of 
substances that deplete the ozone layer under the authority of Title VI 
of the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act) and in accordance with U.S. 
obligations under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the 
Ozone Layer (Protocol). Specifically, today's amendments reflect the 
Montreal Amendments to the Protocol, which ban the import or export of 
methyl bromide (class I, Group VI controlled substance) from or to 
countries that are not Parties to the 1992 Copenhagen Amendments.

DATES: This rule is effective on October 23, 2003 without further 
notice, unless EPA receives adverse comment by August 25, 2003, or, if 
a public hearing is requested, by September 18, 2003. If we receive 
such comment, we will publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal 
Register informing the public that this rule will not take effect.
    Written comments on this rule must be received on or before August 
25, 2003, unless a public hearing is requested. Comments must then be 
received on or before 30 days following the public hearing. Any party 
requesting a public hearing must notify the contact person listed below 
by 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on August 4, 2003. If a hearing is 
requested it will be held August 19, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by mail to Air and Radiation. Send 
two copies of your comments to: Air and Radiation Docket (6102), Air 
Docket No. A-92-13, Section XIII, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 
Mailcode 6205J, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460. The 
Docket's hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Monday 
through Friday. Comments may also be submitted electronically, through 
hand delivery or courier. Your use of EPA's electronic public docket to 
submit comments to EPA electronically is EPA's preferred method for 
receiving

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comments. Go directly to EPA dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket, and 
follow the online instructions for submitting comments. For hand 
delivery or courier, deliver your comments to: 501 3rd Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20001, Attention Docket ID No. A-92-13, Section XIII.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate Choban, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Global Programs Division, Stratospheric Programs 
Implementation Branch (6205J), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20460, (202)-564-3524. Overnight or courier deliveries 
should be sent to 501 3rd Street, NW., Washington, DC 20001. You may 
also visit the Ozone Depletion web site of EPA's Global Programs 
Division at http://www.epa.gov/ozone/index.html for further information 
about EPA's Stratospheric Ozone Protection regulations, the science of 
ozone layer depletion, and other topics.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA is publishing this rule without prior 
proposal because we view this as a noncontroversial amendment and 
anticipate no adverse comment. No adverse comment is expected due to 
the fact that the U.S. Senate gave its advice and consent to 
ratification of the Montreal Amendment on October 9, 2002, and this 
rule simply adopts one of the provisions contained in that Amendment. 
However, in the ``Proposed Rules'' section of today's Federal Register, 
we are publishing a separate document that will serve as the proposal 
to implement the methyl bromide trade bans if adverse comments are 
filed. This rule will be effective on October 23, 2003 without further 
notice unless we receive adverse comment by August 25, 2003 (or, if a 
public hearing is requested, by September 18, 2003). If EPA receives 
adverse comment, we will publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal 
Register informing the public that the rule will not take effect. We 
will address all public comments in a subsequent final rule based on 
the proposed rule. We will not institute a second comment period on 
this action. Any persons interested in commenting must do so at this 
time.

Table of Contents

I. General Information
    A. Regulated Entities
    B. How Can I Get Copies of This Document and Other Related 
Information?
    C. How and To Whom Do I Submit Comments?
    D. How Should I Submit CBI To the Agency?
II. What is the Legislative and Regulatory Background of the 
Phaseout Regulations for Ozone-Depleting Substances?
III. What is Methyl Bromide?
IV. What is the Regulatory Background Relating Specifically to 
Methyl Bromide?
V. What is the Ban on Trade of Methyl Bromide with non-Parties to 
the Protocol?
VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
    A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review
    B. Paperwork Reduction Act
    C. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), As Amended By the Small 
Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (SBREFA), 5 
U.S.C. 601 et. seq.
    D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
    E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism
    F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination with 
Indian Tribal Governments
    G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children from 
Environmental Health & Safety Risks
    H. Executive Order 13211: Actions that Significantly Affect 
Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use
    I . National Technology Transfer Advancement Act
VII. Congressional Review
    A. Submission to Congress and the Comptroller General

I. General Information

A. Regulated Entities

    Entities potentially regulated by this action are those associated 
with the import and export of methyl bromide. Potentially regulated 
categories and entities include:

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               Category                  Examples of regulated entities
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Industry.............................  Importers and Exporters of methyl
                                        bromide
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    The above table is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather 
provides a guide for readers regarding entities likely to be regulated 
by this action. This table lists the types of entities that EPA is now 
aware could potentially be regulated by this action. To determine 
whether your facility, company, business, or organization is regulated 
by this action, you should carefully examine the regulations 
promulgated at 40 CFR part 82, subpart A. If you have questions 
regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity, 
consult the person listed in the preceding FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section.

B. How Can I Get Copies Of This Document and Other Related Information?

    1. Docket. EPA has established an official public docket for this 
action under the Office of Air and Radiation Docket & Information 
Center, Air Docket ID No. A-92-13, Section XIII. The official public 
docket consists of the documents specifically referenced in this 
action, any public comments received, and other information related to 
this action. Although a part of the official docket, the public docket 
does not include Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other 
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. The official 
public docket is the collection of materials that is available for 
public viewing at EPA West, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Room B108, Mail 
Code 6102T, Washington, DC 20460, Phone: (202)-566-1742, Fax: (202)-
566-1741. The materials may be inspected from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. 
Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. A reasonable fee may 
be charged for copying docket materials.
    2. Electronic Access. You may access this Federal Register document 
electronically through the EPA Internet under the ``Federal Register'' 
listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/. An electronic version of the 
public docket is available through EPA's electronic public docket and 
comment system, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to submit or view public comments, access the 
index listing of the contents of the official public docket, and to 
access those documents in the public docket that are available 
electronically. Once in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the 
appropriate docket identification number.
    Certain types of information will not be placed in the EPA Dockets. 
Information claimed as CBI and other information whose disclosure is 
restricted by statute, which is not included in the official public 
docket, will not be available for public viewing in EPA's electronic 
public docket. EPA's policy is that copyrighted material will not be 
placed in EPA's electronic public docket but will be available only in 
printed, paper form in the official public docket. Although not all 
docket materials may be available electronically, you may still access 
any of the publicly available docket materials through the docket 
facility identified in Unit I.B.
    For public commenters, it is important to note that EPA's policy is 
that public comments, whether submitted electronically or in paper, 
will be made available for public viewing in EPA's electronic public 
docket as EPA receives them and without change, unless the comment 
contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other information whose 
disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA identifies a comment 
containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide a reference to that 
material in the version of the comment that is placed in EPA's 
electronic public docket. The

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entire printed comment, including the copyrighted material, will be 
available in the public docket.
    Public comments submitted on computer disks that are mailed or 
delivered to the docket will be transferred to EPA's electronic public 
docket. Public comments that are mailed or delivered to the Docket will 
be scanned and placed in EPA's electronic public docket. Where 
practical, physical objects will be photographed, and the photograph 
will be placed in EPA's electronic public docket along with a brief 
description written by the docket staff.

C. How and To Whom Do I Submit Comments?

    You may submit comments electronically, by mail or through hand 
delivery/courier. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, identify the 
appropriate docket identification number in the subject line on the 
first page of your comment. Please ensure that your comments are 
submitted within the specified comment period. Comments received after 
the close of comment period will be marked late. EPA is not required to 
consider these late comments. If you plan to submit comments, please 
also notify Kate Choban, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Global 
Programs Division (6205J), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 
20460, (202) 564-3524.
    1. Electronically. If you submit an electronic comment as 
prescribed below, EPA recommends that you include your name, mailing 
address, and an e-mail address or other contact information in the body 
of your comment. Also include this contact information on the outside 
of any disk or CD ROM you submit, and in any cover letter accompanying 
the disk or CD ROM. This ensures that you can be identified as the 
submitter of the comment and allows EPA to contact you in case EPA 
cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties or needs further 
information on the substance of your comment. EPA's policy is that EPA 
will not edit your comment, and any identifying or contact information 
provided in the body of a comment will be included as part of the 
comment that is placed in the official public docket, and made 
available in EPA's electronic public docket. If EPA cannot read your 
comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for 
clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment.
    i. EPA Dockets. Your use of EPA's electronic public docket to 
submit comments to EPA electronically is EPA's preferred method for 
receiving comments. Go directly to EPA dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket, and follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
    2. By Mail. Send two copies of your comments to: Air and Radiation 
Docket (6102), Air Docket No. A-92-13, Section XIII, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Mailcode 6205J, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460.
    3. By Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver your comments to: 501 3rd 
Street NW., Washington, DC, 20001, Attention Docket ID No. A-92-13, 
Section XIII. Such deliveries are only accepted during the Docket's 
normal hours of operation as identified under ADDRESSES.
    4. By Facsimile. Fax your comments to: (202) 566-1741, Attention 
Docket ID No. A-92-13, Section XIII.

D. How Should I Submit CBI To the Agency?

    Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI 
electronically through EPA's electronic public docket or by e-mail. 
Send or deliver information identified as CBI only to the mail or 
courier addresses listed in Units C.2 or C.3, as appropriate, to the 
attention of Air Docket ID No. A-92-13, Section XIII. You may claim 
information that you submit to EPA as CBI by marking any part or all of 
that information as CBI (if you submit CBI on disk or CD ROM, mark the 
outside of the disk or CD ROM as CBI and then identify electronically 
within the disk or CD ROM the specific information that is CBI). 
Information so marked will not be disclosed except in accordance with 
procedures set forth in 40 CFR Part 2. In addition to one complete 
version of the comment that includes any information claimed as CBI, a 
copy of the comment that does not contain the information claimed as 
CBI must be submitted for inclusion in the public docket and EPA's 
electronic public docket. If you submit the copy that does not contain 
CBI on disk or CD ROM, mark the outside of the disk or CD ROM clearly 
that it does not contain CBI. Information not marked as CBI will be 
included in the public docket and EPA's electronic public docket 
without prior notice. If you have any questions about CBI or the 
procedures for claiming CBI, please consult the person identified in 
the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section.

II. What Is the Legislative and Regulatory Background of the Phaseout 
Regulations for Ozone-Depleting Substances?

    The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 direct the Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA) to issue regulations to implement the 
provisions of the Protocol within the United States through a system of 
controls on production and consumption of ozone-depleting substances. 
The current regulatory requirements of the Stratospheric Ozone 
Protection Program are codified at subpart A to Part 82 of Volume 40 of 
the Code of Federal Regulations (40 CFR part 82, subpart A). As the 
control measures of the Protocol have been amended or adjusted, and in 
consideration of other factors, subpart A has also been amended. For 
example, the amendments to the Protocol made at the Fourth Meeting of 
the Parties in Copenhagen in 1992 included an accelerated phaseout of 
ODS production and consumption. EPA published a final regulation in 
December of 1993, implementing the United States' accelerated phaseout 
obligation under the Copenhagen amendments (58 FR 65018).
    The requirements contained in the final rules published in the 
Federal Register on December 20, 1994 and May 10, 1995 establish an 
Allowance Program. The Allowance Program and its history are described 
in the notice of proposed rulemaking published in the Federal Register 
on November 10, 1994 (59 FR 56276). The control and the phaseout of the 
production and consumption of class I ozone-depleting substances as 
required under the Protocol and the CAA are accomplished through the 
Allowance Program.
    In developing the Allowance Program, we collected information on 
the amounts of ozone-depleting substances produced, imported, exported, 
transformed and destroyed within the U.S. for specific baseline years 
for specific chemicals. This information was used to establish the U.S. 
production and consumption ceilings for these chemicals. The data were 
also used to assign company-specific production and import rights to 
companies that were in most cases producing or importing during the 
specific year of data collection. These production or import rights are 
called ``allowances.'' Due to the complete phaseout of many of the 
ozone-depleting chemicals, the quantities of allowances granted to 
companies for those chemicals were gradually reduced and eventually 
eliminated. Production allowances and consumption

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allowances continue to exist for only one specific class I controlled 
ozone-depleting substance--methyl bromide. All other production or 
consumption of class I controlled substances is prohibited under the 
Protocol and the CAA, but for a few narrow exemptions.
    In the context of the regulatory program, the use of the term 
consumption may be misleading. Consumption does not mean the ``use'' of 
a controlled substance, but rather is defined as the formula: 
production + imports - exports, of controlled substances (Article 1 of 
the Protocol and Section 601 of the CAA). Class I controlled substances 
that were produced or imported through the expenditure of allowances 
prior to their phaseout date can continue to be used by industry and 
the public after that specific chemical's phaseout under these 
regulations, unless otherwise precluded under separate regulations.
    The specific names and chemical formulas for the class I controlled 
ozone-depleting substances are in appendix A and appendix F in subpart 
A of 40 CFR part 82. The specific names and chemical formulas for the 
class II controlled ozone-depleting substances are in appendix B and 
appendix F in subpart A.

III. What Is Methyl Bromide?

    Methyl bromide is an odorless and colorless gas used in the U.S. 
and throughout the world as a fumigant. Methyl bromide, which is toxic 
to living things, is used in many different situations to control a 
variety of pests, such as insects, weeds, pathogens, and nematodes. 
Additional characteristics and details about the uses of methyl 
bromide, as well as information on the basis for listing methyl bromide 
as a class I substance, can be found in the proposed rule published in 
the Federal Register on March 18, 1993 (58 FR 15014) and the final rule 
published in the Federal Register on December 10, 1993 (58 FR 65018). 
Updated information on methyl bromide can be found at the following 
sites of the World Wide Web: http://www.epa.gov/ozone/mbr/ and http://www.teap.org or by contacting the Stratospheric Ozone Protection 
Hotline at 1-800-296-1996.

IV. What Is the Regulatory Background Relating Specifically to Methyl 
Bromide?

    The Parties to the Protocol established a freeze in the level of 
methyl bromide production and consumption for industrialized countries 
at the 1992 Meeting in Copenhagen. The Parties agreed that each 
industrialized country's level of methyl bromide production and 
consumption in 1991 should be the baseline for establishing the freeze. 
EPA published a final rule in the Federal Register on December 10, 
1993, listing methyl bromide as a class I, Group VI controlled 
substance, freezing U.S. production and consumption at this 1991 level, 
and, in Sec.  82.7 of the rule, setting forth the percentage of 
baseline allowances for methyl bromide granted to companies in each 
control period (each calendar year) until the year 2001 (58 FR 65018). 
Consistent with the CAA requirements for newly listed class I ozone-
depleting substances, this rule established a 2001 phaseout for methyl 
bromide. In the rule published in the Federal Register on December 30, 
1993 (58 FR 69235), we established baseline methyl bromide production 
and consumption allowances for specific companies in Sec.  82.5 and 
Sec.  82.6.
    At their 1997 meeting, the Parties agreed to establish the phaseout 
schedule for methyl bromide in industrialized countries. The U.S. 
Congress followed by amending the CAA (in Oct. 1998) to direct EPA to 
promulgate regulations reflecting the Protocol phaseout date of 2005, 
with interim phasedown steps in 1999, 2001, and 2003. EPA promulgated a 
regulation that was published in the Federal Register on June 1, 1999 
(64 FR 29240), instituting the initial interim reduction of 25 percent 
in the production and import \1\ of methyl bromide for the 1999 and 
2000 control periods. In a subsequent rule, published in the Federal 
Register on November 28, 2000 (65 FR 70795), EPA implemented reductions 
in the production and consumption of methyl bromide for 2001 and 
beyond, as follows: beginning January 1, 2001, a 50 percent reduction 
in baseline levels; beginning January 1, 2003, a 70 percent reduction 
in baseline levels; and, beginning January 1, 2005, the complete 
phaseout of methyl bromide.
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    \1\ The formula for ``consumption'' is production + import - 
export. Because ``consumption'' encompasses ``production and 
import'', production and import controls also have the effect of 
controlling consumption.
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V. What Is the Ban on Trade of Methyl Bromide With non-Parties to the 
Protocol?

    With today's action EPA is proposing to prohibit the import and 
export of methyl bromide (class I, Group VI controlled substance) from 
or to a foreign state that is not a Party to the 1992 Copenhagen 
Amendments to the Protocol. EPA is banning trade in methyl bromide with 
non-Parties to the Copenhagen Amendments to the Protocol in order to 
ensure the United States meets its obligations under the Protocol and 
associated amendments. Article 4, paragraph 1 qua of the Protocol bans 
the import of methyl bromide (Annex E substances) from any country not 
a Party to the Protocol amendments creating control obligations for 
methyl bromide (Copenhagen Amendments). Later refinements made to the 
methyl bromide phaseout schedule were in the form of adjustments, not 
amendments, and any Party that has ratified the Copenhagen Amendments 
is subject to those adjustments. Article 4, paragraph 2 qua of the 
Protocol bans exports of methyl bromide to any Party that has not 
ratified the Copenhagen Amendments to the Protocol. These bans were 
added as part of the 1997 Montreal Amendments to the Protocol. Section 
614 of the CAA states, ``This title as added by the Clean Air Act 
Amendments of 1990 shall be construed, interpreted, and applied as a 
supplement to the terms and conditions of the Montreal Protocol, as 
provided in Article 2, paragraph 11 thereof, and shall not be 
construed, interpreted, or applied to abrogate the responsibilities or 
obligations of the United States to implement fully the provisions of 
the Montreal Protocol. In the case of conflict between any provision of 
this title and any provision of the Montreal Protocol, the more 
stringent provision shall govern. Nothing in this title shall be 
construed, interpreted, or applied to affect the authority or 
responsibility of the Administrator to implement Article 4 of the 
Montreal Protocol with other appropriate agencies.'' Pursuant to 
section 614, today's action fulfills the U.S. obligation to implement 
the methyl bromide trade ban provisions of the Montreal Protocol.
    Current regulations (60 FR 24970; 40 CFR 82.4(l)(2)) prohibit the 
import and export of certain class I controlled substances from or to 
foreign states not Parties to the Montreal Protocol or specific 
amendment packages to the Protocol (e.g., the London Amendments). These 
bans on imports from and exports to non-Parties to amendment packages 
reflect an agreed strategy by the Parties to the Montreal Protocol to 
encourage ratification of each successive amendment package to the 
Protocol and to ensure that controlled ozone-depleting substances are 
not provided to countries that have not agreed to control measures.
    A list of Parties that have ratified the Montreal Protocol and that 
have ratified successive amendments to the Protocol is published with 
today's action in appendix C. For the purposes of today's

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methyl bromide trade ban, companies should refer to appendix C to 
subpart A of part 82 to identify nations that have not yet ratified the 
Copenhagen Amendments. Today's action prohibits imports of methyl 
bromide from, or exports of methyl bromide to, these nations that have 
not ratified the Copenhagen Amendments. EPA will publish notices on a 
periodic basis to update this list (appendix C) to reflect when Parties 
ratify the Montreal Protocol and its amendments. For additional 
information on countries that have ratified the Protocol and its 
amendments, you may want to visit the website of the United Nations 
Environmental Program (UNEP) Ozone Secretariat at http://www.unep.org/ozone/ and look for the ``Status of Ratification''.
    Article 4, paragraph 8 of the Protocol recognizes that countries 
may actually be complying with relevant control measures without having 
officially ratified the Protocol or its relevant Amendments and permits 
the Parties to meet and determine that imports from and exports to 
these countries are permitted. Therefore, EPA is reserving Annex 2 of 
appendix C for any country determined by the Parties to be complying 
with the relevant control measures.
    EPA is publishing this rule without prior proposal because we view 
this as a noncontroversial amendment and anticipate no adverse comment. 
No adverse comment is expected due to the fact that the U.S. Senate 
gave its advice and consent to ratification of the Montreal Amendment 
on October 9, 2002, and this rule simply adopts one of the provisions 
contained in that Amendment. The regulated producers, importers and 
exporters attended both meetings of the Parties to the Montreal 
Protocol the year that the trade ban provisions were agreed through an 
amendment. EPA did not hear from the producers, importers and exporters 
when this provision was up for consideration by the Parties. Therefore, 
we do not anticipate any adverse comments on this action. Establishing 
such a trade ban is now standard practice under the Protocol for 
controlled ozone-depleting substances. However, in the ``Proposed 
Rules'' section of today's Federal Register, we are publishing a 
separate document that will serve as the proposal to implement the 
methyl bromide trade bans if adverse comments are filed. This rule will 
be effective on October 23, 2003 without further notice unless we 
receive adverse comment by August 25, 2003 (or, if a public hearing is 
requested, by September 18, 2003). If EPA receives adverse comment, we 
will publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register informing the 
public that the rule will not take effect. We will address all public 
comments in a subsequent final rule based on the proposed rule. We will 
not institute a second comment period on this action. Any persons 
interested in commenting must do so at this time.

VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews

A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review

    Under Executive Order 12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993), the 
Agency must determine whether this regulatory action is ``significant'' 
and therefore subject to OMB review and the requirements of the 
Executive Order. The Order defines a ``significant'' regulatory action 
as one that is likely to result in a rule that may:
    (1) Have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more, 
or adversely affect in a material way the economy, a sector of the 
economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public 
health or safety, or State, local, or tribal governments or 
communities;
    (2) Create a serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an 
action taken or planned by another agency;
    (3) Materially alter the budgetary impact of entitlements, grants, 
user fees, or loan programs or the rights and obligations of recipients 
thereof; or
    (4) Raise novel legal or policy issues arising out of legal 
mandates, the President's priorities, or the principles set forth in 
the Executive Order.
    It has been determined by EPA and OMB that this rule is not a 
``significant regulatory action'' within the meaning of the Executive 
Order.

B. Paperwork Reduction Act

    The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) previously approved the 
information collection requirements that can be used to implement 
today's direct final rule. The previously approved ICR is assigned OMB 
control number 2060-0170 (EPA ICR No. 1432.21).
    There is no additional paperwork burden as a result of this rule. 
Current record keeping will allow EPA to implement the provisions of 
today's action.
    The information collection previously approved will be used to 
implement the trade ban in paragraph 1 qua under Article 4 of the 
Montreal Protocol for methyl bromide. The information collection under 
this rule is authorized under sections 603(b) and 603(d) of the Clean 
Air Act Amendments of 1990 (CAA). This information collection is 
conducted to meet U.S. obligations under Article 7, Reporting 
Requirements, of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the 
Ozone Layer (Protocol); and to carry out the requirements of Title VI 
of the CAA, including sections 603 and 614.
    The reporting requirements included in this rule are intended to:
    (1) Satisfy U.S. obligations under the international treaty, The 
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer 
(Protocol), to report data under Article 7;
    (2) Fulfill statutory obligations under Section 603(b) of Title VI 
of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (CAA) for reporting and 
monitoring;
    (3) Provide information to report to Congress on the production, 
use and consumption of class I controlled substances as statutorily 
required in section 603(d) of title VI of the CAA.
    EPA informs respondents that they may assert claims of business 
confidentiality for any of the information they submit. Information 
claimed confidential will be treated in accordance with the procedures 
for handling information claimed as confidential under 40 CFR part 2, 
subpart B, and will be disclosed only to the extent, and by means of 
the procedures, set forth in that subpart. If no claim of 
confidentiality is asserted when the information is received by EPA, it 
may be made available to the public without further notice to the 
respondents (40 CFR 2.203).
    Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources 
expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or 
provide information to or for a Federal agency. This includes the time 
needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize 
technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and 
verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and 
disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to 
comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements; 
train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; 
search data sources; complete and review the collection of information; 
and transmit or otherwise disclose the information.
    An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's 
regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15.

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C. Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), as Amended by the Small Business 
Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (SBREFA), 5 U.S.C. 601 et. 
seq.

    EPA has determined that it is not necessary to prepare a regulatory 
flexibility analysis in connection with this final rule. EPA has also 
determined that this rule will not have a significant economic impact 
on a substantial number of small entities. For purposes of assessing 
the impact of today's rule on small entities, small entities are 
defined as: (1) A small business that is identified by the North 
American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code in the Table 
below; (2) a small governmental jurisdiction that is a government of a 
city, county, town, school district or special district with a 
population of less than 50,000; and (3) a small organization that is 
any not-for-profit enterprise which is independently owned and operated 
and is not dominant in its field.

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                                                             NAICS small
                                                               business
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                                                               standard
                 Category                   NAICS     SIC     (in number
                                             code     code        of
                                                              employees
                                                             or millions
                                                             of dollars)
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1. Chemical and Allied Products, NEC.....   424690     5169          100
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    Based on an analysis of the U.S. exports of methyl bromide to 
specific countries, EPA has determined that only 3 countries of the 50 
to whom U.S. producers of methyl bromide have exported over the past 
three years would be impacted because they have not yet ratified the 
Copenhagen Amendments to the Protocol. Specifically, the rule would ban 
the export of 41 metric tonnes to Cyprus, Cote d'Ivoire, and the United 
Arab Emriates compared to an average export from the entire U.S. of 
5,236 metric tonnes. These countries represent less than 1% of all U.S. 
exports of methyl bromide for the years 2000, 2001, and 2002. So, 
economic impacts for U.S. producers of methyl bromide would be 
extremely minimal. The rule will not constrain U.S. farmers' ability to 
obtain methyl bromide from importers because the major methyl bromide 
exporting countries have already ratified the Copenhagen Amendments.
    After considering the economic impacts of today's final rule on 
small entities, EPA has concluded that this action will not have a 
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. 
This final rule will not impose any requirements on small entities. 
None of the entities affected by this rule are considered small as 
defined by the NAICS Code listed above.

D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

    Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (UMRA), Public 
Law 104-4, establishes requirements for Federal agencies to assess the 
effects of their regulatory actions on State, local and tribal 
governments and the private sector. Under section 202 of the UMRA, EPA 
generally must prepare a written statement, including a cost-benefit 
analysis, for proposed and final rules with ``Federal mandates'' that 
may result in expenditures by State, local and tribal governments, in 
the aggregate, or by the private sector, of $100 million or more in any 
one year. If a written statement is required under section 202, section 
205 of the UMRA generally requires EPA to identify and consider a 
reasonable number of regulatory alternatives and adopt the least 
costly, most cost-effective or least burdensome alternative that 
achieves the objectives of the rule, unless the Agency explains why 
this alternative is not selected or the selection of this alternative 
is inconsistent with law.
    Section 203 of the UMRA requires the Agency to establish a plan for 
obtaining input from and informing, educating, and advising any small 
governments that may be significantly or uniquely affected by the rule. 
Section 204 of the UMRA requires the Agency to develop a process to 
allow elected state, local, and tribal government officials to provide 
input in the development of any proposal containing a significant 
Federal intergovernmental mandate.
    EPA has determined that this rule does not contain a Federal 
mandate that may result in expenditures of $100 million or more by 
State, local and tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the 
private sector, in any one year. The provisions in today's rule fulfill 
the obligations of the United States under the international treaty, 
The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, as 
well as those requirements set forth by Congress in section 614 of the 
Clean Air Act. Viewed as a whole, all of today's amendments do not 
create a Federal mandate resulting in costs of $100 million or more in 
any one year for State, local and tribal governments, in the aggregate, 
or for the private sector. Thus, today's rule is not subject to the 
requirements of sections 202 and 205 of the UMRA. EPA has also 
determined that this rule contains no regulatory requirements that 
might significantly or uniquely affect small governments; therefore, 
EPA is not required to develop a plan with regard to small governments 
under section 203. Finally, because this proposal does not contain a 
significant intergovernmental mandate, the Agency is not required to 
develop a process to obtain input from elected state, local, and tribal 
officials under section 204.

E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism

    Executive Order 13132, entitled ``Federalism'' (64 FR 43255, August 
10, 1999), requires EPA to develop an accountable process to ensure 
``meaningful and timely input by State and local officials in the 
development of regulatory policies that have federalism implications.'' 
``Policies that have federalism implications'' is defined in the 
Executive Order to include regulations that have ``substantial direct 
effects on the States, on the relationship between the national 
government and the States, or on the distribution of power and 
responsibilities among the various levels of government.''
    Under Section 6 of Executive Order 13132, EPA may not issue a 
regulation that has federalism implications, that imposes substantial 
direct compliance costs, and that is not required by statute, unless 
the Federal government provides the funds necessary to pay the direct 
compliance costs incurred by State and local governments, or EPA 
consults with State and local officials early in the process of 
developing the regulation. EPA also may not issue a regulation that has 
federalism implications and that preempts State law, unless the Agency 
consults with State and local officials early in the process of 
developing the regulation.
    This rule does not have federalism implications. It will not have 
substantial direct effects on the States, on the relationship between 
the national government and the States, or on the distribution of power 
and responsibilities among the various levels of government, as 
specified in Executive Order 13132. Today's rule is expected to 
primarily affect importers and exporters of methyl bromide. EPA is not 
aware of any current uses of methyl bromide by public sector entities. 
Thus, the requirements of section 6 of the Executive Order do not apply 
to this rule.

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F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination With Indian 
Tribal Governments

    Executive Order 13175, entitled ``Consultation and Coordination 
with Indian Tribal Governments'' (65 FR 67249, November 9, 2000), 
requires EPA to develop an accountable process to ensure ``meaningful 
and timely input by tribal officials in the development of regulatory 
policies that have tribal implications.'' This final rule does not have 
tribal implications, as specified in Executive Order 13175. Today's 
final rule does not significantly or uniquely affect the communities of 
Indian tribal governments. It does not impose any enforceable duties on 
communities of Indian tribal governments. Thus, Executive Order 13175 
does not apply to this rule.

G. Applicability of Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From 
Environmental Health & Safety Risks

    Executive Order 13045: ``Protection of Children from Environmental 
Health Risks and Safety Risks'' (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997) applies 
to any rule that: (1) Is determined to be ``economically significant'' 
as defined under Executive Order 12866, and (2) concerns an 
environmental health or safety risk that EPA has reason to believe may 
have a disproportionate effect on children. If the regulatory action 
meets both criteria, the Agency must evaluate the environmental health 
or safety effects of the planned rule on children, and explain why the 
planned regulation is preferable to other potentially effective and 
reasonably feasible alternatives considered by the Agency.
    EPA interprets E.O. 13045 as applying only to those regulatory 
actions that are based on health or safety risks, such that the 
analysis required under section 5-501 of the Order has the potential to 
influence the regulation. This is not such a rule, and therefore E.O. 
13045 does not apply. This rule is not subject to E.O. 13045 because it 
implements specific trade measures adopted under the Montreal Protocol 
and required by section 614 of the CAA.

H. Executive Order 13211: Actions That Significantly Affect Energy 
Supply, Distribution, or Use

    This rule is not a ``significant energy action'' as defined in 
Executive Order 13211, ``Actions Concerning Regulations That 
Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use'' (66 FR 28355 
(May 22, 2001)) because it is not a significant regulatory action under 
Executive Order 12866.

I. The National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act

    Section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement 
Act of 1995 (``NTTAA''), Public Law 104-113, Section 12(d) (15 U.S.C. 
272 note) directs EPA to use voluntary consensus standards in its 
regulatory activities unless to do so would be inconsistent with 
applicable law or otherwise impractical. Voluntary consensus standards 
are technical standards (e.g., materials specifications, test methods, 
sampling procedures, and business practices) that are developed or 
adopted by voluntary consensus standards bodies. The NTTAA directs EPA 
to provide Congress, through OMB, explanations when the Agency decides 
not to use available and applicable voluntary consensus standards. This 
rulemaking does not involve technical standards. Therefore, EPA did not 
consider the use of any voluntary consensus standards.

VII. Congressional Review

A. Submission to Congress and the Comptroller General

    The Congressional Review Act, 5 U.S.C. 801 et seq., as added by the 
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, generally 
provides that before a rule may take effect, the agency promulgating 
the rule must submit a rule report, which includes a copy of the rule, 
to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the 
United States. EPA will submit a report containing this rule and other 
required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of 
Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States prior 
to publication of the rule in the Federal Register. A major rule cannot 
take effect until 60 days after it is published in the Federal 
Register. This rule is not a ``major rule'' as defined by 5 U.S.C. 
804(2). This rule will be effective October 23, 2003.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 82

    Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, 
Air pollution control, Chemicals, Exports, Imports, Methyl Bromide, 
Ozone layer.

    Dated: July 11, 2003.
Linda J. Fisher,
Acting Administrator.

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For reasons set out in the preamble, title 40 chapter I of the Code of 
Federal Regulations is amended as follows:

PART 82--PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE

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1. The authority citation for subpart 82 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7414, 7601, 7671-7671q.

Subpart A--Production and Consumption Controls

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2. Section 82.4 is amended by adding paragraph (l)(5).


Sec.  82.4  Prohibitions for Class I Controlled Substances.

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    (1) * * *
    (5) Import or export any quantity of a controlled substance listed 
in Class I, Group VI, in Appendix A to this subpart, from or to any 
foreign state not Party to the Copenhagen Amendments (as noted in 
Appendix C, Annex l, to this subpart), unless that foreign state is 
complying with the Copenhagen Amendments (as noted in Appendix C, Annex 
2, to this subpart).
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5. Appendix C to Subpart A is revised to read as follows:

Appendix C to Subpart A of Part 82--Parties to the Montreal Protocol, 
and Nations Complying With, But Not Parties To, The Protocol

Annex 1 to Appendix C of Subpart A--Parties to the Montreal Protocol 
(as of January 29, 2003)

    The check mark [[check]] means the particular country ratified the 
Protocol or the specific Amendment package. Amendment packages are 
identified by the name of the city where the amendment package was 
negotiated and agreed. Updated lists of Parties to the Protocol and the 
Amendments can be located at: http://www.unep.org/ozone/ratif.shtml.

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Australia..........................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............
Austria............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............
Azerbaijan.........................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............
Bahamas............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
Bahrain............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............
Bangladesh.........................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............
Barbados...........................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]
Belarus............................................................         [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............  ...............
Belgium............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
Belize.............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
Benin..............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
Bolivia............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............
Bosnia and Herzegovina.............................................         [check]   ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............
Botswana...........................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
Brazil.............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
Brunei Darussalam..................................................         [check]   ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............
Bulgaria...........................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]
Burkina Faso.......................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]
Burundi............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]
Cambodia...........................................................         [check]   ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............
Cameroon...........................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
Canada.............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]
Cape Verde.........................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............
Central African Republic...........................................         [check]   ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............
Chad...............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............
Chile..............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]
China..............................................................         [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............  ...............
Colombia...........................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
Comoros............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]
Congo..............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]
Congo, Democratic Republic of......................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
Costa Rica.........................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
Cote d'Ivoire......................................................         [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............  ...............
Croatia............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]
Cuba...............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
Cyprus.............................................................         [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............  ...............
Czech Republic.....................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]
Denmark............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
Djibouti...........................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............
Dominica...........................................................         [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............  ...............
Dominican Republic.................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
Ecuador............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
Egypt..............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............
El Salvador........................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............
Estonia............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
Ethiopia...........................................................         [check]   ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............
European Community.................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]
Federated States of Micronesia.....................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]
Fiji...............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
Finland............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]
France.............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
Gabon..............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]
Gambia.............................................................         [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............  ...............
Georgia............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............
Germany............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]
Ghana..............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
Greece.............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
Grenada............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............
Guatemala..........................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]
Guinea.............................................................         [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............  ...............
Guinea Bissau......................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]
Guyana.............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............
Haiti..............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............
Honduras...........................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
Hungary............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]
Iceland............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............
India..............................................................         [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............  ...............
Indonesia..........................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
Iran, Islamic......................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............
Ireland............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
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Jamaica............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
Japan..............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]
Jordan.............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]
Kazakhstan.........................................................         [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............  ...............
Kenya..............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............
Kiribati...........................................................         [check]   ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of.............................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]
Korea, Republic of.................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............
Kuwait.............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
Kyrgyzstan.........................................................         [check]   ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............
Lao, People's Democratic Republic..................................         [check]   ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............
Latvia.............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............
Lebanon............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............
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Liberia............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.............................................         [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............  ...............
Liechtenstein......................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
Lithuania..........................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
Luxembourg.........................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]
Madagascar.........................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]
Malawi.............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
Malaysia...........................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]
Maldives...........................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]
Mali...............................................................         [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............  ...............
Malta..............................................................         [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............  ...............
Marshall Islands...................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
Mauritania.........................................................         [check]   ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............
Mauritius..........................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
Mexico.............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
Moldova............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
Monaco.............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............
Mongolia...........................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............
Morocco............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
Mozambique.........................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
Myanmar............................................................         [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............  ...............
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Nauru..............................................................         [check]   ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............
Nepal..............................................................         [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............  ...............
Netherlands........................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]
New Zealand........................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]
Nicaragua..........................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
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Oman...............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
Pakistan...........................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
Palau..............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]
Panama.............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]
Papua New Guinea...................................................         [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............  ...............
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Romania............................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............
Russian Federation.................................................         [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............  ...............
Rwanda.............................................................         [check]   ...............  ...............  ...............  ...............
Saint Kitts & Nevis................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............
Saint Lucia........................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines...................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
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United Kingdom.....................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]          [check]
United States of America...........................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
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Uzbekistan.........................................................         [check]          [check]          [check]   ...............  ...............
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Annex 2 to Appendix C of Subpart A--Nations Complying with, But Not 
Parties to, the Protocol [Reserved]

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