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FROM VOLUME 6, NUMBER 3, MARCH 1993
OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES: METHYL BROMIDE PHASE-OUT
bromide phase-out: In the closing days of the Bush
Administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
completed formal proposals for phasing out ozone depleting
substances. They follow the current requirements of the Montreal
Protocol, but go beyond the Protocol for methyl bromide, a widely
used pesticide, calling for a complete phase-out by the year
2000. Despite the urging of the U.S. last November, parties to
the Protocol agreed only to freeze production of methyl bromide
at 1991 levels in 1995. (See GCCD, p. 13, Jan.) The
proposed U.S. rules have been cleared by the Clinton
Administration, and are now subject to public comment before
being issued in their final form. See Environ. Rptr. Curr.
Devel., pp. 2631-2632, Feb. 5 1993; Atmosphere, pp. 1
& 7, Feb 1993. (quarterly newsletter from Friends of the
Earth, 218 D St. SE, Washington DC 20003); "Proposed Ban on
Methyl Bromide Opposed by Producers, Users," P.S. Zurer, Chem.
Eng. News, pp. 23-24, Feb. 1.
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