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Methyl Bromide Fumigants - An Update

As predicted in the last several issues of FNN, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has officially proposed listing methyl bromide (MB) as a Class I Ozone Depletor under the Clean Air Act. The action was published in the March 18, 1993 issue of the Federal Register and will result in a freezing of MB production at 1991 levels and a total ban of the fumigant by the end of the century.


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Publication: Forest Nursery Notes - 1993 Spring