[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 56756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-21188]



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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7816-4]


Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Letter of Clarification on 
Request for Information on Existing and Available Stocks of Methyl 
Bromide

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability of letter of clarification and extension 
of deadline.

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SUMMARY: With this notice, EPA is informing individuals or legal 
entities that produce, import, distribute, sell, apply, or buy methyl 
bromide of a letter available on EPA's Web site at http://www.epa.gov/ozone/mbr that clarifies that nature and scope of information sought by 
the Agency in the Section 114 Information Request published in the 
Federal Register on August 25, 2004 (69 FR 52403). As a result of the 
clarifications provided by the Agency, EPA has agreed to extend the 
deadline for submission of the required data to October 14, 2004.
    The request is for information on the amount of methyl bromide 
material held in inventory for sale or transfer. EPA needs this 
information to promulgate a rule to allow for the continued production, 
consumption, and use of methyl bromide for proposed critical uses 
exempted from the January 1, 2005 phaseout of methyl bromide. This 
exemption for critical uses is allowed under section 604 of the Clean 
Air Act ( CAA) and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the 
Ozone Layer (``Montreal Protocol'').

DATES: The deadline for submission of the required data is October 14, 
2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information about this 
information request, contact Hodayah Finman by telephone at (202) 343-
9246, or by e-mail at [email protected], or by mail at Hodayah 
Finman, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Stratospheric Protection 
Division, Stratospheric Program Implementation Branch (6205J), 1200 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, 20460. Overnight or courier 
deliveries should be sent to 1310 L Street, NW., Washington, DC, 20005, 
Attn: Hodayah Finman at 343-9410. You may also visit the Methyl Bromide 
Phaseout web site of EPA's Stratospheric Protection Division at http://www.epa.gov/ozone/mbr for further information about this request for 
information.

    Dated: September 14, 2004.
Drusilla Hufford,
Director, Stratospheric Protection Division.
[FR Doc. 04-21188 Filed 9-21-04; 8:45 am]
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