Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Notice of 2022 Allowance Allocations for Production and Consumption of Regulated Substances Under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020, 55841-55843 [2021-21951]

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Hand delivered submissions in docketed proceedings should be delivered to Health and Human Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 18, 2021. Dated: October 1, 2021. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2021–21942 Filed 10–6–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OAR–2021–0669; FRL–9116–01– OAR] Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Notice of 2022 Allowance Allocations for Production and Consumption of Regulated Substances Under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency has issued calendar year 2022 allowances for the production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons in accordance with the Agency’s regulations established under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020. The American Innovation and Manufacturing Act directs the Environmental Protection Agency by October 1 of each calendar year to determine the quantity of production and consumption allowances for the following calendar year. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andy Chang, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Stratospheric Protection Division, telephone number: 202–564–6658; email address: chang.andy@epa.gov. You may also visit EPA’s website at https://www.epa.gov/ climate-hfcs-reduction for further information. SUMMARY: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Subsection (e)(2)(D)(i) of the American PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 55841 Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020 (AIM Act) directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine, by October 1 of each calendar year, the quantity of allowances for the production and consumption of regulated substances that may be used for the following calendar year. EPA has codified the production and consumption baselines and phasedown schedules for regulated substances in 40 CFR 84.7. Under the phasedown schedule, for 2022, total production allowances may not exceed 344,299,157 metric tons of exchange value equivalent (MTEVe) and total consumption allowances may not exceed 273,498,315 MTEVe. EPA’s rulemaking titled Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Establishing the Allowance Allocation and Trading Program under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act, signed September 23, 2021, describes the process by which EPA determines the number of allowances each entity is allocated. EPA has posted allowance allocations consistent with this process for calendar year 2022 allowances on its website at https://www.epa.gov/climatehfcs-reduction. An allowance allocated under the AIM Act does not constitute a property right and is a limited authorization for the production or consumption of a regulated substance. For 2022, EPA has set aside 2.5 million MTEVe (MMTEVe) of allowances for production and 7.5 MMTEVe of allowances for consumption that it intends to allocate no later than March 31, 2022. EPA has codified the procedure for calculating the application-specific allowance allocation in 40 CFR 84.13. These allowances are drawn from both the production and consumption allowance pools. EPA is issuing ‘‘application-specific allowances’’ to end users in six applications established by the AIM Act: Propellants in metered dose inhalers, defense sprays, structural composite preformed polyurethane foam for marine use and trailer use, etching of semiconductor material or wafers and the cleaning of chemical vapor deposition chambers within the semiconductor manufacturing sector, mission-critical military end uses, and onboard aerospace fire suppression. EPA has allocated 2022 applicationspecific allowances as shown in Table 1. E:\FR\FM\07OCN1.SGM 07OCN1 55842 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 192 / Thursday, October 7, 2021 / Notices TABLE 1—APPLICATION-SPECIFIC ALLOWANCES FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2022 Number of application-specific allowances issued (MTEVe) 1 Entity Application Boehringer Ingelheim ............................................................ GlaxoSmithKline .................................................................... Kindeva Drug Delivery .......................................................... Lupin ...................................................................................... Guardian Protective Devices ................................................. Safariland .............................................................................. Security Equipment Corporation ........................................... Shamrock Filling .................................................................... UDAP Industries .................................................................... Compsys ................................................................................ Wabash National Corporation ............................................... Analog Devices ..................................................................... Applied Materials ................................................................... Broadcom .............................................................................. Cree ....................................................................................... GE Global Research Center ................................................. GlobalFoundries .................................................................... Intel Corporation .................................................................... Jireh Semiconductor .............................................................. Micron Technology ................................................................ Newport Fab DBA TowerJazz ............................................... NXP Semiconductor .............................................................. Polar Semiconductor ............................................................. Qorvo Texas .......................................................................... Samsung Austin Semiconductor ........................................... Semiconductor Components Industries DBA ON Semiconductor. Texas Instruments ................................................................. Tower Semiconductor San Antonio ...................................... WaferTech ............................................................................. X–FAB Texas ........................................................................ U.S. Department of Defense ................................................. Raytheon Technologies ......................................................... Metered Dose Inhalers ........................................................ Metered Dose Inhalers ........................................................ Metered Dose Inhalers ........................................................ Metered Dose Inhalers ........................................................ Defense Sprays ................................................................... Defense Sprays ................................................................... Defense Sprays ................................................................... Defense Sprays ................................................................... Defense Sprays ................................................................... Structural Composite Foam ................................................. Structural Composite Foam ................................................. Semiconductors ................................................................... Semiconductors ................................................................... Semiconductors ................................................................... Semiconductors ................................................................... Semiconductors ................................................................... Semiconductors ................................................................... Semiconductors ................................................................... Semiconductors ................................................................... Semiconductors ................................................................... Semiconductors ................................................................... Semiconductors ................................................................... Semiconductors ................................................................... Semiconductors ................................................................... Semiconductors ................................................................... Semiconductors ................................................................... 27,789.0 414,448.2 541,146.0 30,224.8 66,639.5 19,404.6 262,946.7 138,559.0 116,029.3 35,931.9 11,316.7 19,652.6 65,378.3 4,232.3 36,956.0 184.6 216,735.8 679,471.5 5,628.6 54,598.3 9,190.9 56,910.6 13,192.0 9,706.4 260,269.0 11,502.5 Semiconductors ................................................................... Semiconductors ................................................................... Semiconductors ................................................................... Semiconductors ................................................................... Mission-critical Military ......................................................... Onboard Aerospace Fire Suppression ................................ 73,345.6 9,836.6 21,733.9 1,757.7 2,300,000.0 44,105.4 1 Numbers may not sum due to rounding. EPA has codified the procedure for calculating the production allowance allocation in 40 CFR 84.9. EPA has allocated calendar year 2022 production allowances as shown in Table 2. TABLE 2—PRODUCTION ALLOWANCES FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2022 Number of production allowances issued (MTEVe) 1 Entity Application-specific allowances 2 ............................................................................................................................................. Set-aside 3 ................................................................................................................................................................................ Arkema ..................................................................................................................................................................................... Chemours ................................................................................................................................................................................ Honeywell International ........................................................................................................................................................... Iofina Chemical ........................................................................................................................................................................ Mexichem Fluor DBA Koura .................................................................................................................................................... 5,558,824.3 2,500,000.0 40,555,947.3 75,115,321.8 170,413,409.6 1,744.9 50,153,909.1 1 Numbers 2 See lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 3 EPA may not sum due to rounding. Table 1. intends to allocate set-aside allowances by March 31, 2022. EPA has codified the procedure for calculating the consumption allowance VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:46 Oct 06, 2021 Jkt 256001 allocation in 40 CFR 84.11. EPA has allocated calendar year 2022 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 consumption allowances as shown in Table 3. E:\FR\FM\07OCN1.SGM 07OCN1 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 192 / Thursday, October 7, 2021 / Notices 55843 TABLE 3—CONSUMPTION ALLOWANCES FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2022 Number of consumption allowances issued (MTEVe) 1 Entity Application-specific allowances 2 ............................................................................................................................................. Set-aside 3 ................................................................................................................................................................................ A-Gas ....................................................................................................................................................................................... Advanced Specialty Gases ...................................................................................................................................................... Air Liquide USA ....................................................................................................................................................................... Altair Partners .......................................................................................................................................................................... Arkema ..................................................................................................................................................................................... Artsen ....................................................................................................................................................................................... AutoZone Parts ........................................................................................................................................................................ AW Product Sales & Marketing ............................................................................................................................................... Bluon ........................................................................................................................................................................................ Chemours ................................................................................................................................................................................ Combs Gas .............................................................................................................................................................................. ComStar International .............................................................................................................................................................. Daikin America ......................................................................................................................................................................... Electronic Fluorocarbons ......................................................................................................................................................... First Continental International .................................................................................................................................................. FluoroFusion Specialty Chemicals .......................................................................................................................................... GlaxoSmithKline ...................................................................................................................................................................... Harp USA ................................................................................................................................................................................. Honeywell International ........................................................................................................................................................... Hudson Technologies .............................................................................................................................................................. ICool USA ................................................................................................................................................................................ IGas Holdings .......................................................................................................................................................................... Iofina Chemical ........................................................................................................................................................................ Lenz Sales & Distribution ........................................................................................................................................................ Linde ........................................................................................................................................................................................ Mexichem Fluor DBA Koura .................................................................................................................................................... Mondy Global ........................................................................................................................................................................... National Refrigerants ............................................................................................................................................................... Nature Gas Import and Export ................................................................................................................................................ Refrigerants, Inc. ..................................................................................................................................................................... RMS of Georgia ....................................................................................................................................................................... Showa Chemicals of America ................................................................................................................................................. Solvay Fluorides ...................................................................................................................................................................... Technical Chemical ................................................................................................................................................................. Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling ................................................................................................................................ Tulstar Products ....................................................................................................................................................................... Walmart .................................................................................................................................................................................... Waysmos USA ......................................................................................................................................................................... Weitron ..................................................................................................................................................................................... Wilhelmsen Ships Service ....................................................................................................................................................... 5,558,824.3 7,500,000.0 3,197,981.6 284,314.2 496,782.6 2,908,497.9 30,966,544.3 1,023,968.7 2,477,946.6 193,823.8 33,342.5 33,265,653.1 1,283,403.1 372,752.5 3,109,990.8 103,923.4 767,139.1 2,543,583.9 534,487.5 762,890.0 82,208,205.2 2,977,582.0 3,395,051.7 25,853,657.7 1,260.5 1,106,426.7 530,636.4 25,390,556.9 317,589.6 19,737,372.2 816,751.0 26,457.8 1,615,592.9 73,209.0 1,098,594.2 970,724.9 16.7 731,537.3 2,272,587.7 632,280.2 6,316,123.6 40,250.9 1 Numbers may not sum due to rounding. Table 1. 3 EPA intends to allocate set-aside allowances by March 31, 2022. 2 See Hans Christopher Grundler, Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs. 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However, this revision does not become effective until the public process, describes below in this notice, is completed. PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 A request for a public hearing must be received or postmarked before November 8, 2021. DATES: Documents relating to this determination are available online at https://ndep.nv.gov/posts. In addition, documents relating to this determination are available by appointment between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except official State or Federal holidays, at the following address: Nevada Department of Environmental Protection, Administration Office, 901 South Stewart Street, Suite 4001, Carson City, NV 89701. Please contact the Bureau of Safe Drinking Water at (775) 687–9521 to schedule an appointment. ADDRESSES: E:\FR\FM\07OCN1.SGM 07OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 192 (Thursday, October 7, 2021)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0669; FRL-9116-01-OAR]


Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Notice of 2022 Allowance 
Allocations for Production and Consumption of Regulated Substances 
Under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has issued calendar year 
2022 allowances for the production and consumption of 
hydrofluorocarbons in accordance with the Agency's regulations 
established under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 
2020. The American Innovation and Manufacturing Act directs the 
Environmental Protection Agency by October 1 of each calendar year to 
determine the quantity of production and consumption allowances for the 
following calendar year.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andy Chang, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Stratospheric Protection Division, telephone number: 
202-564-6658; email address: [email protected]. You may also visit 
EPA's website at https://www.epa.gov/climate-hfcs-reduction for further 
information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Subsection (e)(2)(D)(i) of the American 
Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020 (AIM Act) directs the 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine, by October 1 of 
each calendar year, the quantity of allowances for the production and 
consumption of regulated substances that may be used for the following 
calendar year. EPA has codified the production and consumption 
baselines and phasedown schedules for regulated substances in 40 CFR 
84.7. Under the phasedown schedule, for 2022, total production 
allowances may not exceed 344,299,157 metric tons of exchange value 
equivalent (MTEVe) and total consumption allowances may not exceed 
273,498,315 MTEVe.
    EPA's rulemaking titled Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: 
Establishing the Allowance Allocation and Trading Program under the 
American Innovation and Manufacturing Act, signed September 23, 2021, 
describes the process by which EPA determines the number of allowances 
each entity is allocated. EPA has posted allowance allocations 
consistent with this process for calendar year 2022 allowances on its 
website at https://www.epa.gov/climate-hfcs-reduction. An allowance 
allocated under the AIM Act does not constitute a property right and is 
a limited authorization for the production or consumption of a 
regulated substance. For 2022, EPA has set aside 2.5 million MTEVe 
(MMTEVe) of allowances for production and 7.5 MMTEVe of allowances for 
consumption that it intends to allocate no later than March 31, 2022.
    EPA has codified the procedure for calculating the application-
specific allowance allocation in 40 CFR 84.13. These allowances are 
drawn from both the production and consumption allowance pools. EPA is 
issuing ``application-specific allowances'' to end users in six 
applications established by the AIM Act: Propellants in metered dose 
inhalers, defense sprays, structural composite preformed polyurethane 
foam for marine use and trailer use, etching of semiconductor material 
or wafers and the cleaning of chemical vapor deposition chambers within 
the semiconductor manufacturing sector, mission-critical military end 
uses, and onboard aerospace fire suppression. EPA has allocated 2022 
application-specific allowances as shown in Table 1.

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     Table 1--Application-Specific Allowances for Calendar Year 2022
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                                                          Number of
                                                    application-specific
           Entity                  Application        allowances issued
                                                         (MTEVe) \1\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Boehringer Ingelheim........  Metered Dose                      27,789.0
                               Inhalers.
GlaxoSmithKline.............  Metered Dose                     414,448.2
                               Inhalers.
Kindeva Drug Delivery.......  Metered Dose                     541,146.0
                               Inhalers.
Lupin.......................  Metered Dose                      30,224.8
                               Inhalers.
Guardian Protective Devices.  Defense Sprays......              66,639.5
Safariland..................  Defense Sprays......              19,404.6
Security Equipment            Defense Sprays......             262,946.7
 Corporation.
Shamrock Filling............  Defense Sprays......             138,559.0
UDAP Industries.............  Defense Sprays......             116,029.3
Compsys.....................  Structural Composite              35,931.9
                               Foam.
Wabash National Corporation.  Structural Composite              11,316.7
                               Foam.
Analog Devices..............  Semiconductors......              19,652.6
Applied Materials...........  Semiconductors......              65,378.3
Broadcom....................  Semiconductors......               4,232.3
Cree........................  Semiconductors......              36,956.0
GE Global Research Center...  Semiconductors......                 184.6
GlobalFoundries.............  Semiconductors......             216,735.8
Intel Corporation...........  Semiconductors......             679,471.5
Jireh Semiconductor.........  Semiconductors......               5,628.6
Micron Technology...........  Semiconductors......              54,598.3
Newport Fab DBA TowerJazz...  Semiconductors......               9,190.9
NXP Semiconductor...........  Semiconductors......              56,910.6
Polar Semiconductor.........  Semiconductors......              13,192.0
Qorvo Texas.................  Semiconductors......               9,706.4
Samsung Austin Semiconductor  Semiconductors......             260,269.0
Semiconductor Components      Semiconductors......              11,502.5
 Industries DBA ON
 Semiconductor.
Texas Instruments...........  Semiconductors......              73,345.6
Tower Semiconductor San       Semiconductors......               9,836.6
 Antonio.
WaferTech...................  Semiconductors......              21,733.9
X-FAB Texas.................  Semiconductors......               1,757.7
U.S. Department of Defense..  Mission-critical               2,300,000.0
                               Military.
Raytheon Technologies.......  Onboard Aerospace                 44,105.4
                               Fire Suppression.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Numbers may not sum due to rounding.

    EPA has codified the procedure for calculating the production 
allowance allocation in 40 CFR 84.9. EPA has allocated calendar year 
2022 production allowances as shown in Table 2.

          Table 2--Production Allowances for Calendar Year 2022
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                                                          Number of
                                                         production
                      Entity                          allowances issued
                                                         (MTEVe) \1\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Application-specific allowances \2\...............           5,558,824.3
Set-aside \3\.....................................           2,500,000.0
Arkema............................................          40,555,947.3
Chemours..........................................          75,115,321.8
Honeywell International...........................         170,413,409.6
Iofina Chemical...................................               1,744.9
Mexichem Fluor DBA Koura..........................          50,153,909.1
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Numbers may not sum due to rounding.
\2\ See Table 1.
\3\ EPA intends to allocate set-aside allowances by March 31, 2022.

    EPA has codified the procedure for calculating the consumption 
allowance allocation in 40 CFR 84.11. EPA has allocated calendar year 
2022 consumption allowances as shown in Table 3.

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         Table 3--Consumption Allowances for Calendar Year 2022
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                          Number of
                                                         consumption
                      Entity                          allowances issued
                                                         (MTEVe) \1\
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Application-specific allowances \2\...............           5,558,824.3
Set-aside \3\.....................................           7,500,000.0
A-Gas.............................................           3,197,981.6
Advanced Specialty Gases..........................             284,314.2
Air Liquide USA...................................             496,782.6
Altair Partners...................................           2,908,497.9
Arkema............................................          30,966,544.3
Artsen............................................           1,023,968.7
AutoZone Parts....................................           2,477,946.6
AW Product Sales & Marketing......................             193,823.8
Bluon.............................................              33,342.5
Chemours..........................................          33,265,653.1
Combs Gas.........................................           1,283,403.1
ComStar International.............................             372,752.5
Daikin America....................................           3,109,990.8
Electronic Fluorocarbons..........................             103,923.4
First Continental International...................             767,139.1
FluoroFusion Specialty Chemicals..................           2,543,583.9
GlaxoSmithKline...................................             534,487.5
Harp USA..........................................             762,890.0
Honeywell International...........................          82,208,205.2
Hudson Technologies...............................           2,977,582.0
ICool USA.........................................           3,395,051.7
IGas Holdings.....................................          25,853,657.7
Iofina Chemical...................................               1,260.5
Lenz Sales & Distribution.........................           1,106,426.7
Linde.............................................             530,636.4
Mexichem Fluor DBA Koura..........................          25,390,556.9
Mondy Global......................................             317,589.6
National Refrigerants.............................          19,737,372.2
Nature Gas Import and Export......................             816,751.0
Refrigerants, Inc.................................              26,457.8
RMS of Georgia....................................           1,615,592.9
Showa Chemicals of America........................              73,209.0
Solvay Fluorides..................................           1,098,594.2
Technical Chemical................................             970,724.9
Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling............                  16.7
Tulstar Products..................................             731,537.3
Walmart...........................................           2,272,587.7
Waysmos USA.......................................             632,280.2
Weitron...........................................           6,316,123.6
Wilhelmsen Ships Service..........................              40,250.9
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Numbers may not sum due to rounding.
\2\ See Table 1.
\3\ EPA intends to allocate set-aside allowances by March 31, 2022.


Hans Christopher Grundler,
Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs.
[FR Doc. 2021-21951 Filed 10-6-21; 8:45 am]
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