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: California Strawberry Commission

Date: October 10, 2007

Location: 1310 L St, NW Washington, DC 20005

Stakeholder Attendees:

Dan Legard, Director of Research, California Strawberry Commission

EPA Attendees:

Drusilla Hufford, Stratospheric Protection Division (SPD)

Ross Brennan, SPD

Aaron Levy, SPD

Topics Discussed:

Research on methyl bromide alternatives for strawberry production

Integrated Pest Management

Emissions Reduction

California pesticide regulations and their impact on the critical use
exemption

Drawdown of the pre-2005 methyl bromide inventory

Critical use exemption allocation approaches (i.e. universal v.
sector-specific v. regional)

