Environmental Protection Agency
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is amending existing regulations to implement certain provisions of the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act. This rule establishes the methodology for allocating hydrofluorocarbon production and consumption allowances for the calendar years of 2024 through 2028. EPA is also amending the consumption baseline to reflect updated data and to make other adjustments based on lessons learned from implementation of the hydrofluorocarbon phasedown program thus far, including to: codify the existing approach of how allowances must be expended for import of regulated substances, revise recordkeeping and reporting requirements, and implement other modifications to the existing regulations.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Environmental Protection Agency 40 CFR Part 84 [EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0430; FRL-8838-02-OAR] RIN 2060-AV45 AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is amending existing regulations to implement certain provisions of the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act. This rule establishes the methodology for allocating hydrofluorocarbon production and consumption allowances for the calendar years of 2024 through 2028. EPA is also amending the consumption baseline to reflect updated data and to make other adjustments based on lessons learned from implementation of the hydrofluorocarbon phasedown program thus far, including to: codify the existing approach of how allowances must be expended for import of regulated substances, revise recordkeeping and reporting requirements, and implement other modifications to the existing regulations. DATES: This final rule is effective on September 18, 2023, except for amendatory instructions 3 and 13, which are effective October 1, 2024. The incorporation by reference (IBR) of certain publications listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of July 20, 2023, and for certain other publications listed in the rule as of October 1, 2024. ADDRESSES: The (EPA) has established a docket for this action under Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2022-0430. All documents in the docket are listed on the https://www.regulations.gov website. Although listed in the in…
Other Federal Register documents from the same docket.
Notice of Data Availability Relevant to Data Reported Under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020
Notice of Data Availability Relevant to Data Reported Under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020
Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Allowance Allocation Methodology for 2024 and Later Years
Citation: 88 FR 46836
