Document ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0017-0091
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2003-02-10T05:00Z

Mr.
Marco
Gonzalez
Executive
Secretary
Ozone
Secretariat
United
Nations
Environment
Programme
United
Nations
Avenue
P.
O.
Box
30552
Nairobi,
Kenya
Dear
Mr.
Gonzalez:

Consistent
with
provisions
of
the
Montreal
Protocol
and
of
Decision
IX/
6
of
the
Ninth
Meeting
of
the
Parties
to
the
Montreal
Protocol,
the
United
States
submits
the
enclosed
nomination
for
a
methyl
bromide
critical
use
exemption
in
2005
and
2006.
This
nomination
is
intended
for
consideration
by
the
Parties
to
the
Protocol
at
their
Fifteenth
meeting
in
2003.

The
enclosed
document
includes
an
executive
summary
of
the
U.
S.
nomination
and
separate
chapters
that
describe
each
of
the
sectors
for
which
the
United
States
is
making
a
nomination.
We
hope
that
this
organization
provides
the
information
in
the
most
accessible
manner
to
facilitate
the
efforts
of
the
Technology
and
Economic
Assessment
Panel
and
the
Methyl
Bromide
Technical
Options
Committee
during
their
review.

We
appreciate
your
consideration
of
this
application,
and
look
forward
to
working
with
you
and
others
to
answer
any
questions
that
may
arise
during
the
review
process.

Sincerely,

Anthony
F.
Rock,
Acting