Exemption for Laboratory and Analytical Uses
Under the essential use exemption program, EPA allows small volumes of CFCs and other ozone-depleting substances to be newly manufactured or imported to meet the needs of certain analytic and laboratory uses.
- Final Rule to Extend the Laboratory and Analytical Use Exemption beyond 2007 (PDF) (6 pp, 121 kb, About PDF) (December 19, 2007)
- Proposed Rule to Extend the Laboratory and Analytical Use Exemption beyond 2007 (September 13, 2007; 72 FR 52332)
- Fact sheet on 2007 final rule
- Final Rule to Extend the Laboratory and Analytical Use Exemption through 2007 (December 29, 2005; 70 FR 77048)
- Fact sheet on 2005 final rule