Pesticide Broadcast (Newsletter)

Stephen J. Toth, Jr., Pest Management Information Specialist
Wayne G. Buhler, Pesticide Education Specialist

Volume 13, Number 5, December 11, 2003

Update on Methyl Bromide: 15th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol, Nairobi, Kenya

The fifteenth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol opened in Nairobi, Kenya, on November 13. The Parties faced a very heavy agenda and while they reached decisions on a number of pertinent issues, the delegates could not reach agreement on four items pertaining to methyl bromide. These include:

Nominations for Critical Use Exemptions (CUEs)
Conditions for granting CUEs
Further specific interim reductions of methyl bromide for developing countries
Consideration of the Methyl Bromide Technical Options Committee’s work procedures regarding the future evaluations of CUE nominations.

As a result, these items will be addressed in an extraordinary Meeting of the Parties that will be held in Montreal, Canada, during March 24-26, 2004. An update on the result of this meeting will be posted to our website at: http://www.epa.gov/spdpublc/mbr/.

The U.S. CUE request was the result of a thorough and comprehensive review process. EPA will continue to work with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of State to fully support the U.S. Nomination. We wish to thank all stakeholders for their patience during this process.

Source: U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, November 19, 2003

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Last modified on December 11, 2003 by Stephen J. Toth, Jr.