NOMINATING PARTY : The United States of America

FILE NAME: USA CUN13 METHYL BROMIDE FOR RESEARCH BRIEF DESCRIPTIVE TI TLE OF NOMINATION : Methyl Bromide Critical Use Nomination for Research in Multiple Sites (Submitted in 2011 for the 2012 and 2013 Use Season) CROP NAME (OPEN FIEL D OR PROTECTED): Multiple Crops QUANTITY OF METHYL B ROMIDE NOMINATED: T ABLE 1. Q UANTITY OF M ETHYL B ROMIDE N OMINATED

Year N OMINATION A MOUNT 201 2 7,445 kg 2013 7,537 kg NOMINATING PARTY CONTACT DETAILS: Contact Person: John Thompson Title: Division Director Address: Office of Environmental Policy U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street, N.W. Room 2658 Washington, D.C. 20520 U.S.A. Telephone: (202) 647
- 9799 Fax: (202) 647
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- mail: thompsonje2@state.gov Following the requirements of Decision IX/6 paragraph (a)(1) The United States of America has determined that the specific us e detailed in this Critical Use Nomination is critical because the lack of availability of methyl bromide for this use would result in a significant market disruption. ■ Yes  No Signature Name Date Title: (Details on this page are requested under Decision Ex. I /4(7), for posting on the Ozone Secretariat website under Decision Ex. I/4(8).) In assessing nominations submitted in this format, TEAP and MBTOC will also refer to the original nomination on which the Party’s first

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year exemption was approved, as well as any supplementary information provided by the Party in relation to that original nomination. As this earlier information is retained by MBTOC, a Party need not re

-submit that earlier information.CONTACT OR EXPERT(S) FOR FURTHER TECHNICAL DETAILS:

Contact/Expert Person: Jack Housenger Title: Director Address: Biological and Economic Analy sis Division Office of Pesticide Programs U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Mailcode 7503P Washington, D.C. 20460 U.S.A
. Telephone: (703) 308
- 8200 Fax: (703) 308
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- mail: Housenger.Jack@epa.gov

LIST OF DOCUMENTS SENT TO THE OZONE SECRETARIAT IN OFFICIAL NOMINATION PACKAGE: 1. PAPER DOCUMENTS: Title of paper documents and appendices No. of pages Date sent to

Ozone Secretariat
2. ELECTRONIC COPIES OF ALL PAPER DOCUMENTS: *Title of each electronic file (for naming convention see notes above) No. of kilobytes Date sent to

Ozone Secretariat
USA CUN13 METHYL BROMIDE FOR RESEARCH

* I dentical to paper documentsMETHYL BROMIDE CRITICAL USE RENOMINATION FOR PREPLANT SOIL USE ( OPEN FIELD OR PROTECTED ENVIRONMENT) METHYL BROMIDE FOR RESEARCH 1. SUMMARY OF THE NEED FOR METHYL BROMIDE AS A CRITICAL USE Under Decision IX/6: Critical
- use exemptions for methyl bromide. Part 1.(b) (iii) the Parties decided that (iii)
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-Article 5 Parties must demonstrate that research programmes are in place to develop and deploy alternatives and substitutes.; The U.S. Government would like to request the following amounts of methyl bromide for research purposes. This will allow researchers to include a methylbromide standard in their test plo ts for statistical comparison against the alternative fumigants.
TABLE 2. Sectors and Amounts of Methyl Bromide Requested (kilograms) for Research. SECTOR 2012 requested 2013 requested POST_HARVEST Dried Pork Products 1,220 1,220 L ow emission development and QPS applications 114 114 SOILS

– Fruits and Vegetables Cucurbits (m elons, cucumbers ) 340 340 E ggplant 45 45 Pepper 869 915 Strawberry fruit 1 , 220 1 , 220 Tom ato 869 915 SOILS

– Nursery and Propogative Material Fruit, Nuts, Flowers Nurseries (Fruits, nuts, cut flowers, raspberries, trees, grapes, garden roses) 1 , 095 1 , 095
Orchard replanting (alm onds, grapes, stone fruit) 317 317 O rnam entals 431 431 Strawberry nurseries 680 680 SOILS

– Emissions Soil Fumigation

– emissions reduction 245 245 TOTAL REQUEST (kg) 7,445 7,537