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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 applicants MBTOC textbox questions from TEAP Interim report. Asked 

for supporting data by 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 Ruckert asked 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 Premeeting for 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 MBTOC Bilateral. 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 MBTOC on 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 date for 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 meeting on 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 meeting on 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

2013

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