# Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: The 2013 Critical Use Exemption From the Phaseout of Methyl Bromide
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 2013-07-22 · Effective 2013-07-22 · 78 FR 43797
## Document
- **Document number:** 2013-17569
- **Category:** air-emissions
- **Federal Register citation:** 78 FR 43797
- **CFR reference:** 40 CFR 82
- **Publication date:** 2013-07-22
- **Effective date:** 2013-07-22
- **EPA docket:** EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0280
## Abstract

EPA is authorizing uses that qualify for the 2013 critical use exemption (CUE) and specifying the amount of methyl bromide that may be produced or imported for those uses. EPA is also amending the regulatory framework to remove certain requirements related to sale of pre-phaseout inventory for critical uses. EPA is taking this action under the authority of the Clean Air Act to reflect a consensus decision taken by the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer at the Twenty-Third Meeting of the Parties.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/07/22/2013-17569/protection-of-stratospheric-ozone-the-2013-critical-use-exemption-from-the-phaseout-of-methyl)
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