Documentation of Stakeholder Meeting With EPA During the Comment Period
for the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: The 2008 Critical Exemption from
the Phaseout of Methyl Bromide

Stakeholders: Dow Chemical Company and Alliance for Responsible
Atmospheric Policy

Date: September 12, 2007

Location: 1310 L St, NW Washington, DC 20005

Stakeholder Attendees:

Bruce Houtman, Dow Chemical Company

Jacob Secor, Dow Chemical Company

David Stirpe, Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy

Kevin Fay, Alliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy

EPA Attendees:

Drusilla Hufford, Stratospheric Protection Division (SPD)

Ross Brennan, SPD

Aaron Levy, SPD

Topics Discussed:

Dow thanked EPA for nomination for Best-of-the-Best Stratospheric Ozone
Protection Award

Pre-phaseout inventory of methyl bromide

Allocation of critical use allowances (CUAs) and critical stock
allocations (CSAs)

Methyl bromide price trends

Technical and economic feasibility of sulfuryl fluoride (ProFume®) for
post-harvest fumigations

The label for 1,3-Dichloropropene (Telone®) and the extent of label
restrictions for proximity to karst topographical features

Notes:

Representatives of Dow and the Alliance indicated that they would submit
detailed written comments to the docket on the topics discussed during
the meeting.

