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Date Lead Type Attendees/Target Audience Purpose Location/Notes
4/23/2012 EPA Meeting USDA, State, and Applicants Discuss path forward for CUN applications Washington, DC 4/24/2012 EPA Meeting Dried Plums Identify data gaps in the Plum Board Application. Washington, DC 5/8/2012 EPA Meeting California Walnuts Identify data gaps in the California Walnuts Application. Washington, DC 5/17/2012 EPA Notice Applicants Publish FR Notice notifying the public that EPA is seeking 2015 Applications/2014 Supplementals (Applications will be due in 90 days) Washington, DC 5/17/2012 EPA Notice Applicants Post forms to EPA website 5/17/2012 EPA Notice Applicants Courtesy emails to last year’s applicants alerting them of FR Notice. Offer to meet with applicants. Applicants Data Collection EPA / USDA Get update on ham survey from Wes Schilling and Tom Phillips. Review results with authors for completeness.

EPA Notice Applicants, USDA Email applicants to identify data gaps, if any, in applications with the goal of strengthening ability of U.S. negotiators to defend the U.S. nomination.
Insure information is sufficient and timely.

5/22/2012 USDA Data Collection Applicants, USDA MBTOC Interim Recommendations. EPA drafts questions based on MBTOC's interim recommendations. USDA coordinate replies to those questions. EPA summarizes information for response to MBTOC. 5/24/2012 EPA/ USDA /

State Meeting Applicants and interested parties Conference call follow up to 4/23/2012 meeting. Describe CUE Schedule sent

to participants after the call. 5/28/2012 USDA Data Collection Applicants, USDA USDA Review of ham survey sent back to EPA. 5/31/2012 EPA Data Collection Applicants, USDA Sent applicantsMBTOC textbox questionsfrom TEAP Interim report. Asked for supporting databy 6/25/12

. Early June USDA Data Collection EPA / USDA Update on Florida Survey. 6/4/2012 EPA Rely to question Applicants and interested parties Ed Ruckertasked questions about how applicants would be kept informed on

schedule (5/30/2012). EPA replied on 6/4/2012. Washington, DC

7/5/2012 State, EPA,

USDA Meeting Applicants Premeetingfor OEWG with interested parties. Washington, DC

July 23-27, 2012 State Montreal Protocol Meeting (OEWG) EPA,USDA, State; 196

Party Delegations to the Montreal Protocol; some applicants may attend Open Ended Working Group Bangkok, Thailand

7/24/2012 EPA/ USDA /

State Meet with CSC

at OEWG EPA,USDA, State, CSC Bilateral meeting with Cal. Strawberry commission before MBTOCBilateral. Bangkok, Thailand Schedule for the U.S. Government Process of Review and Consideration of Potential 2015 Critical Use Nomination

USDA Followup 5/17/2012

USDA Followup May 21-31, 2012

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7/25/2012 EPA/ USDA /

State QPS Discussion

at OEWG EPA,USDA, State,

stakeholders QPS Discussion at OEWG- Conference Room Paper (CRP) 5. Bangkok, Thailand
7/25/2012 EPA/ USDA Stakeholder meeting at OEWG EPA,USDA, stakeholders Met with Cal Tree Nurseries and Cal Strawberry Nurseries representative. Bangkok, Thailand

7/26/2012 EPA/ USDA /

State Bilateral with

MBTOC at OEWG EPA,USDA, State; Not

all MBTOC members were at the meeting. Bilateral meeting with MBTOCon 2014 CUE application package. Bangkok, Thailand

7/26/2012 EPA/ USDA /

State Stakeholder

meeting at OEWG EPA,USDA, State,

stakeholders Agricultural stakeholder meeting at OEWG

. Bangkok, Thailand

8/3/2012 EPA Applications Applicants CPC requested a 14 day extension of the due datefor CUE applications. OAP/SPD sent a message 8/06 to announce 8/29 as the new due date. Washington, DC

Early August EPA/ USDA /

State Due Date UNEP Gather information for reply to MBTOC on issues in TEAP interim report for use of MeBr in 2014. August 17 & 18, 2012 State Due Date UNEP Transmit response to MBTOC's interim report 8/29/2012 Applicants Due Date EPA Submit CUN Applications to EPA. 9/4/2012 EPA Notice Applicants Confirm receipt of applications as EPA receives them

EPA/ USDA Notice N/A Begin review of applications for completeness Ensure information is sufficient and timely. 9/7/2012 EPA Notice Applicants Contact last year’s applicants for which EPA did not receive an application to confirm they did not submit for 2015
Sept. 2012 State MBTOC Meeting EPA,USDA, State; some applicants may attend. Second MBTOC Meeting on 2014 Nomination Location and date TBD

Sept. 2012 EPA/ USDA Notice Applicants Contact 2014 Applicants to answer questions raised at the MBTOC meeting. Note that these may require rapid response to support U.S. request for exempted additional production.
9/28/2012 EPA/ USDA Notice Applicants 2015 Requests - EPA and USDA completes initial review and jointly confers with applicants of specific areas of data gap or missing information, if any.
Sept. 2012 Applicants Notice Applicants Applicants work to fill in any data gaps

USDA Followup 9/4/2012

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November 6-8, 2012 Agricultural

Research Consultants Inc. (Gary Obenauf) Conference EPA, USDA, Applicants Methyl Bromide Alternatives Outreach Conference (MBAO) Meet with growers, applicants, researchers as needed Orlando, Florida

November 12- 16, 2012 State Montreal Protocol Meeting (MOP) EPA,USDA, State; 196

Party Delegations to the Montreal Protocol; some applicants may attend Meeting of the Parties Geneva, Switzerland

Early Dec. 2012 Applicants Due Date EPA Applicants provide any missing information to EPA & USDA Mid Dec. 2012 EPA Due Date EPA, USDA, State Complete analytical work to support the U.S. Nomination.

1/24/2013 State Due Date UNEP Submit the 2015 Nomination package to UNEP's Ozone Secretariat Washington, DC

Mar. 2013 State MBTOC Meeting EPA, USDA, State; MBTOC; some applicants may attend First MBTOC meetingon 2015 Nomination package unknown

July ?, 2013 State Montreal Protocol Meeting (OEWG) EPA, USDA, State; 196

Party Delegations to the Montreal Protocol; some applicants may attend Open Ended Working Group unknown

Sept. 2013 State Montreal Protocol Meeting EPA, USDA, State;

MBTOC; some applicants may attend Second MBTOC meetingon 2015 Nomination package unknown

11/1/2013 State Montreal Protocol Meeting (MOP) EPA, USDA, State; 196

Party Delegations to the Montreal Protocol; some applicants may attend Meeting of the Parties unknown



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