1. Re-evaluation of the Exemption for Heptachlor
Sally Shaver
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
LRTAP POPs Task Force Meeting
March 1, 2004
The Hague, The Netherlands

2. Protocol Requirement
No uses allowed, except for use by certified personnel for the control of fire ants in closed industrial electrical junction boxes. Such use shall be re-evaluated under this Protocol no later than two years after the date of entry into force.

3. Heptachlor Production & Use in UNECE Region
No current production
Use
USA requested electrical junction box use exemption during negotiations
Since then, USA canceled this use
USA now has registered alternatives for this use

4. Global Heptachlor Production & Use –Stockholm Convention
Not allowed under the Convention
Use exemptions
No Party has submitted a registration to UNEP to use heptachlor (as of Feb 2004)

5. Re-evaluation The Task Force on POP:
(a) Wishes to notify Parties to the LRTAP POPs Protocol that the United States has indicated that it no longer needs the heptachlor exemption for the control of fire ants in closed industrial electrical junction boxes; and,
(b) Is not aware of any country that has indicated a need for the exemption.