federal_register: 02-3101
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| 02-3101 | Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Allocation of Essential-use Allowances for Calendar Year 2002; and Extension of the De Minimis Exemption for Essential Laboratory and Analytical Uses through Calendar Year 2005 | Rule | With this action, EPA is allocating essential-use allowances for import and production of class I stratospheric ozone depleting substances (ODSs) for calendar year 2002. Essential-use allowances permit a person to obtain controlled class I ODSs as an exemption to the January 1, 1996 regulatory phase-out of production and import of these chemicals. EPA allocates essential-use allowances for exempted production or import of a specific quantity of class I ODS solely for the designated essential purpose. Today EPA is finalizing the proposed regulations published in the Federal Register on November 1, 2001. With this action, EPA is allocating essential-use allowances for production and import of class I ODSs for use in medical devices and the Space Shuttle and Titan Rockets, and extending the general exemption for class I ODSs for use in essential laboratory and analytical applications through the year 2005 as consistent with the Montreal Protocol. EPA is also finalizing regulatory changes to ensure consistency with Decisions XI/15 and XII/2 of the Montreal Protocol. Decision XI/15 states that use of class I ODS for the testing of "oil and grease," and "total petroleum hydrocarbons" in water; testing of tar in road-paving materials; and forensic finger printing are not considered essential under the exemption for laboratory and analytical uses beginning January 1, 2002. Decision XII/2 states that any CFC MDIs approved after December 31, 2000, are not essential unless the product meets the criteria for essentiality set out in paragraph 1(a) of Decision IV/25. Decision XII/2 also authorizes Parties to the Montreal Protocol to allow transfers of CFCs produced with essential-use allowances among MDI companies. Finally, EPA is adding a regulatory language to clarify that clarifies that it is a violation of the CAA if unused class I ODS produced under the authority of essential-use allowances or the exemption for laboratory and analytical uses are used in applications other than the stated essential purposes. | 2002-02-11 | 2002 | 2 | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2002/02/11/02-3101/protection-of-stratospheric-ozone-allocation-of-essential-use-allowances-for-calendar-year-2002-and | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2002-02-11/pdf/02-3101.pdf | Environmental Protection Agency | 145 | With this action, EPA is allocating essential-use allowances for import and production of class I stratospheric ozone depleting substances (ODSs) for calendar year 2002. Essential-use allowances permit a person to obtain controlled class I ODSs as an... |