# 40 CFR § 82.8: Grant of essential use allowances and critical use allowances

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-40-82.8

## Section

- **Citation:** 40 CFR § 82.8
- **Heading:** Grant of essential use allowances and critical use allowances
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 40—Protection of Environment > CHAPTER I—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY > SUBCHAPTER C—AIR PROGRAMS > PART 82—PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE > Subpart A—Production and Consumption Controls

## Text

(a) Effective January 1, 1996, persons in the following list are allocated essential-use allowances or exemptions for quantities of a specific class I controlled substance for a specific essential-use (the Administrator reserves the right to revise the allocations based on future decisions of the Parties).
Table I—Essential Use Allowances for Calendar Year 2010
(i) Metered Dose Inhalers (for oral inhalation) for Treatment of Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Company
Chemical
2010 Quantity(metric tons)
Armstrong
CFC-11 or CFC-12 or CFC-114.
30.0
(b) There is a global exemption for the production and import of class I controlled substances for essential laboratory and analytical uses, subject to the restrictions in appendix G of this subpart, and subject to the recordkeeping and reporting requirements at § 82.13(u) through (x). There is no amount specified for this exemption.
(c) Effective January 1, 2005, critical use allowances are apportioned as set forth in paragraph (c)(1) of this section for the exempted production and import of class I, Group VI controlled substances specifically for those approved critical uses listed in appendix L to this subpart for the applicable control period. Every kilogram of production and import in excess of the total number and type of unexpended critical use allowances held for a particular type of use constitutes a separate violation of this subpart.
(1) Allocated critical use allowances granted for specified control period.
Company
2016 Critical use allowances for pre-plant uses *(kilograms)
2016 Critical use allowances for post-harvest uses *(kilograms)
Great Lakes Chemical Corp. A Chemtura Company
84,222
1,179
Albemarle Corp.
34,634
485
ICL-IP America
19,140
268
TriCal, Inc.
596
8
Total
138,592
1,939
* For production or import of Class I, Group VI controlled substance exclusively for the pre-plant or post-harvest uses specified in appendix L to this subpart.
(2) [Reserved]
[69 FR 77003, Dec. 23, 2004]
Editorial Note:For Federal Register citations affecting § 82.8, see the List of CFR Sections Affected, which appears in the Finding Aids section of the printed volume and at www.govinfo.gov.

## Nearby sections

- [40 CFR § 82.1 § 82.1 Purpose and scope.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-40-82.1.md)
- [40 CFR § 82.3 § 82.3 Definitions for class I and class II controlled substances.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-40-82.3.md)
- [40 CFR § 82.4 § 82.4 Prohibitions for class I controlled substances.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-40-82.4.md)
- [40 CFR § 82.5 § 82.5 Apportionment of baseline production allowances for class I controlled substances.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-40-82.5.md)
- [40 CFR § 82.6 § 82.6 Apportionment of baseline consumption allowances for class I controlled substances.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-40-82.6.md)
- [40 CFR § 82.7 § 82.7 Grant and phase reduction of baseline production and consumption allowances for class I controlled substances.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-40-82.7.md)
- [40 CFR § 82.8 § 82.8 Grant of essential use allowances and critical use allowances.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-40-82.8.md)
- [40 CFR § 82.9 § 82.9 Availability of production allowances in addition to baseline production allowances for class I controlled substances.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-40-82.9.md)
- [40 CFR § 82.11 § 82.11 Exports of class I controlled substances to Article 5 Parties.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-40-82.11.md)
- [40 CFR § 82.12 § 82.12 Transfers of allowances for class I controlled substances.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-40-82.12.md)
- [40 CFR § 82.13 § 82.13 Recordkeeping and reporting requirements for class I controlled substances.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-40-82.13.md)
- [40 CFR § 82.14 § 82.14 Process for electronic reporting.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-40-82.14.md)
- [40 CFR § 82.15 § 82.15 Prohibitions for class II controlled substances.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-40-82.15.md)
- [40 CFR § 82.16 § 82.16 Phaseout schedule of class II controlled substances.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-40-82.16.md)

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