EPA History: Ozone Layer Depletion
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Press Releases and Administrator Statements
Note: The resources listed below are available for historical reference only. Page layout may differ for older documents and some links may be broken.
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Statement at a Public Meeting on Chlorofluorocarbons
by Russell E. Train [EPA statement - December 3, 1976] -
Government Ban on Fluorocarbon Gases in Aerosol Products Begins October 15
[EPA press release - October 15, 1978] -
Statement at International Meeting on Chlorofluorocarbons
by Barbara Blum [EPA press release - April 15, 1980] -
Regulatory History of CFCs and Other Stratospheric Ozone Depleting Chemicals (to 1993)
[EPA press release - April 23, 1993] -
EPA Issues First Safe Substitutes List for CFCs and Other Ozone Depleters
[EPA press release - February 16, 1994]