Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Notice of Final Administrative Consequences Under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act Affecting 2024 Allowances, 81079-81082 [2024-23138]

Download as PDF 81079 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 194 / Monday, October 7, 2024 / Notices TABLE 2—ACUTE SALTWATER AQUATIC LIFE BENCHMARKS FOR PFOA AND PFOS Chemical PFOA PFOA Magnitude ................................................................................................................................ 7.0 mg/L 0.55 mg/L. Duration ................................................................................................................................... One hour average. Frequency ................................................................................................................................ Not to be exceeded more than once in three years on average. VI. What are the EPA’s freshwater acute benchmarks for protecting aquatic life from eight additional PFAS? Toxicity data to support benchmarks for these eight PFAS benchmarks were limited relative to the data requirements traditionally used to develop aquatic life criteria. Therefore, the EPA derived PFAS aquatic life benchmark values under section 304(a)(2) of the CWA using the best available data on the effects of these PFAS to provide information that States and Tribes may consider in their water quality protection programs. These benchmark values are based solely on data and scientific judgments about the relationship between pollutant concentrations and potential environmental effects. Like national recommended water quality criteria, the EPA’s eight separate acute aquatic life benchmark values for eight different data-limited PFAS in freshwater are nonbinding and nonregulatory. Compared to PFOA and PFOS, acute freshwater data were more limited for these eight PFAS that the EPA evaluated. The EPA developed the benchmarks by using the available laboratory-based data on the effects of those chemicals on freshwater organisms, supplemented with data estimated using the EPA’s Web-ICE tool, following the same peer-reviewed approach applied in development of the acute saltwater benchmarks for PFOA and PFOS. With data gaps addressed using both laboratory and estimated toxicity test data, the acute benchmarks for these eight PFAS were calculated following methods outline in the EPA’s Guidelines.1 The EPA’s acute freshwater benchmark values are the maximum concentrations of these PFAS (individually, not in mixture), with associated frequency and duration specifications, that are expected to support protection of aquatic life from acute effects in freshwaters (see Table 2 of this document). These acute benchmarks for these eight PFAS (Table 3) provide information for States and Tribes to consider as protective values in their water quality protection programs. TABLE 3—ACUTE FRESHWATER AQUATIC LIFE BENCHMARKS FOR EIGHT PFAS Chemical PFBA PFHxA PFNA PFDA PFBS PFHxS 8:2 FTUCA 7:3 FTCA Magnitude 1 ...................................................... 5.3 4.8 0.65 0.50 5.0 0.21 0.037 0.012 Duration ............................................................ One hour average. Frequency ........................................................ Not to be exceeded more than once in three years on average. 1 Values expressed as mg/L, or ppm. Bruno Pigott, Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator. [FR Doc. 2024–23024 Filed 10–4–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OAR–2021–0669; FRL–9116–05– OAR] lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Notice of Final Administrative Consequences Under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act Affecting 2024 Allowances Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing notice of Agency actions previously taken to SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:11 Oct 04, 2024 Jkt 262001 establish administrative consequences for specific entities. These previously finalized actions withheld, retired, or revoked the identified entities’ calendar year 2024 allowances in accordance with the administrative consequence regulatory provisions. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Connor Henderson, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Stratospheric Protection Division, telephone number: 202–564–2177; email address: henderson.connor@epa.gov. You may also visit EPA’s website at https:// www.epa.gov/climate-hfcs-reduction for further information. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hereby provides notice that it has taken final actions establishing administrative consequences for specific entities under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act (AIM Act). Each action, which EPA took through a letter PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 issued to the relevant entity, is a separate final action informing the recipient entity of an administrative consequence. The requirements pertaining to administrative consequences are codified in 40 CFR 84.35. Under this provision, EPA can retire, revoke, or withhold the allocation of allowances, or ban an entity from receiving, transferring, or conferring allowances. A retired allowance is one that must go unused and expire at the end of the year; a revoked allowance is one that EPA takes back from an allowance holder and redistributes to all the other allowance holders; and a withheld allowance is one that is retained by the Agency until an allowance holder that has failed to meet a regulatory requirement comes back into compliance, at which point EPA allocates it to the allowance holder. A withheld allowance could become a revoked allowance if the allowance E:\FR\FM\07OCN1.SGM 07OCN1 81080 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 194 / Monday, October 7, 2024 / Notices holder fails to meet the applicable regulatory requirement within the timeframe specified by EPA.1 More information on EPA’s approach to administrative consequences can be found at 86 FR 55168 (Allocation Framework Rule). EPA finalized administrative consequences for three entities that imported regulated HFCs without expending the requisite number of consumption allowances at the time of import. The Agency has retired and revoked consumption allowances commensurate with the quantities of regulated substances imported without allowances from the following entities’ remaining calendar year 2024 consumption allowances: ChemPenn, LLC (ChemPenn); Tulstar Products (Tulstar); and, USSC Acquisition Corp (USSC). EPA also finalized administrative consequences for one entity (Firetrace) who failed to submit complete HFC reports as required in 40 CFR 84.31. This entity failed to submit complete HFC reports as required, and therefore, EPA withheld 20 percent of Firetrace’s calendar year 2024 consumption allowances from any granted requests for additional consumption allowances (RACAs) until the outstanding reports were submitted, and EPA verified them as complete. Table 1 provides a summary of each of the administrative consequences applied to the relevant entities. TABLE 1—SUMMARY OF ADMINISTRATIVE CONSEQUENCES AFFECTING CONSUMPTION ALLOWANCES, PURSUANT TO 40 CFR 84.35 Entity (effective date) Number of affected allowances (MTEVe) ChemPenn (06/06/24) .......... 32.5 ..................................... 16.3 a ................................... 31,006.5 .............................. 15,503.3 a ............................ 2.3 ....................................... 1.2 a ..................................... 20 percent of granted RACAs. Tulstar Products (03/31/24) .. USSC Acquisition Corp (03/ 31/24). Firetrace (02/26/24) .............. Applicable year 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 Administrative consequence action Retire .................................. Revoke ................................ Retire .................................. Revoke ................................ Retire .................................. Revoke ................................ Withhold b ............................ Reasoning Imported regulated HFCs without expending requisite number of allowances. Imported regulated HFCs without expending requisite number of allowances. Imported regulated HFCs without expending requisite number of allowances. Failure to submit complete HFC reports as required in 40 CFR 84.31. a As stated in the Allocation Framework Rule, EPA explained it would take a 50% premium in first instances of administrative consequences. These values correspond to 50% of the full amount of consumption without requisite allowances at the time of production and/or import. b Subsequent to finalization of the administrative consequence, Firetrace submitted its outstanding reports. Subsequently, EPA is no longer withholding 20% of granted RACAs. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Adjustments to Consumption Allowances EPA notes that entities in Table 1 who imported without expending the requisite number of consumption allowances at the time of import are not eligible to receive allowances that are redistributed (to entities that were directly issued calendar year 2024 consumption allowances by EPA) as a result of allowances revoked if the administrative consequence action took effect on the same day, with the exception of entities who had their allowance withheld (regardless of effective date).2 There are two separate batches of effective dates for redistribution of revoked consumption allowances: allowances that were revoked effective March 31, 2024 (15,504.5 MTEVe, i.e., the sum of 15,503.3 MTEVe and 1.2 MTEVe); and, allowances that were revoked effective June 6, 2024 (16.3 MTEVe). In the former, neither Tulstar nor USSC are eligible for redistribution of the affected allowances but ChemPenn is eligible, as are all other entities to whom EPA issued consumption allowances for calendar year 2024; in the latter, ChemPenn is not eligible for 1 Administrative consequences that the Agency has finalized can be found here: https:// www.epa.gov/climate-hfcs-reduction/ administrative-consequences-under-hfc-allocationrule. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:11 Oct 04, 2024 Jkt 262001 redistribution of the affected allowances but Tulstar and USSC are eligible, as are all other entities to whom EPA issued consumption allowances for calendar year 2024. As EPA did not issue consumption allowances to Firetrace for calendar year 2024, this entity is not eligible to receive any of the redistributed allowances described herein. A summary of the number of revoked and redistributed allowances available to each eligible entity from each batch of effective dates is included in table 2 and table 3. TABLE 2—NUMBER OF CONSUMPTION ALLOWANCES AVAILABLE TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES DUE TO FINALIZED ADMINISTRATIVE CONSEQUENCES WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF MARCH 31, 2024 Additional allowances being allocated to each entity (MTEVe) Entity A.C.S. Reclamation & Recovery (Absolute Chiller Services) ........................... Ability Refrigerants ............... 11.4 11.4 2 An identical approach was taken in ‘‘Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Notice of 2024 Allowance Allocations for Production and Consumption of Regulated Substances Under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 TABLE 2—NUMBER OF CONSUMPTION ALLOWANCES AVAILABLE TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES DUE TO FINALIZED ADMINISTRATIVE CONSEQUENCES WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF MARCH 31, 2024—Continued Entity Additional allowances being allocated to each entity (MTEVe) ACT Commodities ................ Advance Auto Parts .............. Advanced Specialty Gases .. AFK & Co ............................. AFS Cooling ......................... A-Gas .................................... Air Liquide USA .................... American Air Components a Arkema ................................. Artsen ................................... Automart Distributors DBA Refrigerant Plus ................ AutoZone Parts ..................... AW Product Sales & Marketing ................................. Bluon a .................................. CC Packaging ....................... Chemours ............................. Chemp Technology .............. ChemPenn ............................ ComStar International ........... 2020, and Notice of Final Administrative Consequences’’ (88 FR 72060). E:\FR\FM\07OCN1.SGM 07OCN1 0.0 40.8 16.3 11.1 11.4 194.8 28.5 11.4 1,775.3 58.7 11.4 115.5 6.9 1.9 11.1 1,957.9 11.4 1.3 20.6 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 194 / Monday, October 7, 2024 / Notices TABLE 2—NUMBER OF CONSUMPTION ALLOWANCES AVAILABLE TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES DUE TO FINALIZED ADMINISTRATIVE CONSEQUENCES WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF MARCH 31, 2024—Continued lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Entity Creative Solution .................. Cross World Group ............... Daikin America ..................... EDX Industry ........................ Electronic Fluorocarbons ...... Fireside Holdings DBA American Refrigerants ...... First Continental International FluoroFusion Specialty Chemicals ......................... Freskoa USA ........................ GlaxoSmithKline ................... Golden Refrigerant ............... Harp USA ............................. Honeywell International ........ Hudson Technologies ........... Hungry Bear ......................... ICool USA ............................. IGas Holdings ....................... Iofina Chemical ..................... Kidde-Fenwal ........................ Lenz Sales & Distribution ..... Lina Trade ............................ Linde ..................................... Matheson Tri-Gas ................. MEK Chemical Corporation .. Meraki Group ........................ Metalcraft .............................. Mexichem Fluor DBA Koura Mondy Global ....................... National Refrigerants ............ Nature Gas Import and Export .................................... North American Refrigerants O23 Energy Plus .................. Perfect Score Too DBA Perfect Cycle .......................... Reclamation Technologies ... Resonac America (formerly Showa Chemicals of America) a .......................... RGAS (formerly listed as Combs Gas) ...................... RMS of Georgia .................... Sciarra Labratories ............... SDS Refrigerant Services .... Solvay Fluorides ................... Summit Refrigerants ............. SynAgile Corporation ............ Technical Chemical .............. TradeQuim ............................ Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling ..................... Tulstar Products ................... Tyco Fire Products ............... USSC Acquisition Corp ........ Walmart ................................ Waysmos USA ..................... Wego Chemical Group ......... Weitron ................................. Wesco HMB .......................... VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:11 Oct 04, 2024 TABLE 2—NUMBER OF CONSUMPTION ALLOWANCES AVAILABLE TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES DUE TO FINALIZED ADMINISTRATIVE CONSEQUENCES WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF MARCH 31, 2024—Continued Additional allowances being allocated to each entity (MTEVe) 11.4 11.4 178.3 32.8 6.0 11.4 44.0 145.8 11.4 30.8 11.4 43.7 4,704.3 194.9 11.4 194.6 1,491.5 0.1 11.4 63.4 11.4 30.4 2.0 4.8 11.4 9.2 1,455.6 18.2 1,131.5 46.8 11.4 11.4 2.2 34.1 3.8 261.4 94.2 0.5 11.4 63.0 11.4 0.1 195.1 11.4 0.0 ineligible 11.4 ineligible 130.3 32.0 3.2 362.1 11.4 Jkt 262001 Wilhelmsen Ships Service .... 2.3 Total ............................... 15,504.5 a As described in ‘‘Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Notice of 2024 Allowance Allocations for Production and Consumption of Regulated Substances Under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020, and Notice of Final Administrative Consequences’’ (88 FR 72060), EPA will retire (and revoke) allowances from these entities until their full administrative consequences are covered. As a result, the allowances allocated to this entity were subsequently retired. TABLE 3—NUMBER OF CONSUMPTION ALLOWANCES AVAILABLE TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES DUE TO FINALIZED ADMINISTRATIVE CONSEQUENCES WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF JUNE 6, 2024 Additional allowances being allocated to each entity (MTEVe) Entity A.C.S. Reclamation & Recovery (Absolute Chiller Services) ........................... Ability Refrigerants ............... ACT Commodities ................ Advance Auto Parts .............. Advanced Specialty Gases .. AFK & Co ............................. AFS Cooling ......................... A-Gas .................................... Air Liquide USA .................... American Air Components a Arkema ................................. Artsen ................................... Automart Distributors DBA Refrigerant Plus ................ AutoZone Parts ..................... AW Product Sales & Marketing ................................. Bluon a .................................. CC Packaging ....................... Chemours ............................. Chemp Technology .............. ChemPenn ............................ ComStar International ........... Creative Solution .................. Cross World Group ............... Daikin America ..................... EDX Industry ........................ Electronic Fluorocarbons ...... Fireside Holdings DBA American Refrigerants ...... PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 4703 TABLE 3—NUMBER OF CONSUMPTION ALLOWANCES AVAILABLE TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES DUE TO FINALIZED ADMINISTRATIVE CONSEQUENCES WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF JUNE 6, 2024—Continued Additional allowances being allocated to each entity (MTEVe) Entity Sfmt 4703 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.9 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 81081 Entity First Continental International FluoroFusion Specialty Chemicals ......................... Freskoa USA ........................ GlaxoSmithKline ................... Golden Refrigerant ............... Harp USA ............................. Honeywell International ........ Hudson Technologies ........... Hungry Bear ......................... ICool USA ............................. IGas Holdings ....................... Iofina Chemical ..................... Kidde-Fenwal ........................ Lenz Sales & Distribution ..... Lina Trade ............................ Linde ..................................... Matheson Tri-Gas ................. MEK Chemical Corporation .. Meraki Group ........................ Metalcraft .............................. Mexichem Fluor DBA Koura Mondy Global ....................... National Refrigerants ............ Nature Gas Import and Export .................................... North American Refrigerants O23 Energy Plus .................. Perfect Score Too DBA Perfect Cycle .......................... Reclamation Technologies ... Resonac America (formerly Showa Chemicals of America) a .......................... RGAS (formerly listed as Combs Gas) ...................... RMS of Georgia .................... Sciarra Labratories ............... SDS Refrigerant Services .... Solvay Fluorides ................... Summit Refrigerants ............. SynAgile Corporation ............ Technical Chemical .............. TradeQuim ............................ Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling ..................... Tulstar Products ................... Tyco Fire Products ............... USSC Acquisition Corp ........ Walmart ................................ Waysmos USA ..................... Wego Chemical Group ......... Weitron ................................. Wesco HMB .......................... Wilhelmsen Ships Service .... 0.0 E:\FR\FM\07OCN1.SGM 07OCN1 Additional allowances being allocated to each entity (MTEVe) 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 4.9 0.2 0.0 0.2 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 1.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 81082 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 194 / Monday, October 7, 2024 / Notices TABLE 3—NUMBER OF CONSUMPTION FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS ALLOWANCES AVAILABLE TO ELIGI- COMMISSION BLE ENTITIES DUE TO FINALIZED ADMINISTRATIVE CONSEQUENCES WITH [WC Docket No. 23–1; DA 24–1006; FR ID 249027] AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF JUNE 6, 2024—Continued Rescheduled Meeting of the North Entity Additional allowances being allocated to each entity (MTEVe) American Numbering Council Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: In this document, the Commission released a public notice announcing the rescheduling of a a As described in ‘‘Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Notice of 2024 Allowance meeting of the North American Allocations for Production and Consumption of Numbering Council (NANC). Regulated Substances Under the American In- DATES: December 13, 2024. The meeting novation and Manufacturing Act of 2020, and Notice of Final Administrative Consequences’’ will come to order at 10 a.m. ET. (88 FR 72060), EPA will retire (and revoke) al- ADDRESSES: The meeting will be lowances from these entities until their full ad- conducted via video conference and ministrative consequences are covered. will be available to the public via the internet at https://www.fcc.gov/live. Judicial Review FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You The AIM Act provides that certain may also contact Christi Shewman, sections of the Clean Air Act (CAA) Designated Federal Officer, at ‘‘shall apply to’’ the AIM Act and christi.shewman@fcc.gov or 202–418– actions ‘‘promulgated by the 0646. More information about the Administrator of [EPA] pursuant to [the NANC is available at https:// AIM Act] as though [the AIM Act] were www.fcc.gov/about-fcc/advisoryexpressly included in title VI of [the committees/general/north-americanCAA].’’ 42 U.S.C. 7675(k)(1)(C). Among numbering-council. the applicable sections of the CAA is SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The section 307, which includes provisions NANC meeting previously scheduled for governing judicial review. 42 U.S.C. Thursday, December 12, 2024 at 2 p.m. 7607(b)(1). Each adjudicatory action ET has been cancelled. The meeting has establishing an administrative been rescheduled for Friday, December consequence as described in this notice 13, 2024 from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. ET. is a final action previously taken by The meeting will be conducted via EPA. Under section 307(b)(1) of the video conference and will be open to the public via live feed from the FCC’s CAA, any petition for review of such a web page at https://www.fcc.gov/live. final action shall be filed in the United Open captioning will be provided for States Court of Appeals for the these events. Other reasonable appropriate circuit by December 6, accommodations for people with 2024. Filing a petition for disabilities are available upon request. reconsideration by the Administrator Requests for such accommodations does not affect the finality of any such should be submitted via email to action for purposes of judicial review fcc504@fcc.gov or by calling the nor does it extend the time within which a petition for judicial review may Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418–0530. Such requests be filed and shall not postpone the should include a detailed description of effectiveness of such action. The final the accommodation needed. In addition, actions described herein may not be please include a way for the FCC to challenged later in proceedings to contact the requester if more enforce their requirements. 42 U.S.C. information is needed to fill the request. 7607(b)(2). Please allow at least five days’ advance notice for accommodation requests; last Cynthia A. Newberg, minute requests will be accepted but Director, Stratospheric Protection Division. may not be possible to accommodate. [FR Doc. 2024–23138 Filed 10–4–24; 8:45 am] Members of the public may submit BILLING CODE 6560–50–P comments to the NANC in the FCC’s Electronic Comment Filing System, ECFS, at www.fcc.gov/ecfs. Comments to the NANC should be filed in WC Docket No. 23–1. This is a summary of the Commission’s document in WC Docket SUMMARY: lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Total ............................... VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:11 Oct 04, 2024 16.3 Jkt 262001 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 No. 23–1, DA 24–1006, released September 27, 2024. Proposed Agenda: At the rescheduled December meeting, the NANC will consider and vote on reports and recommendations from the following Working Groups: (1) The Call Authentication Trust Anchor (CATA) Working Group regarding the regulatory treatment of international cellular roaming traffic; (2) The CATA Working Group regarding foreign-originated calls, the use of indirectly obtained numbers, and the use of numbers supplied on a trial basis by interconnected Voice over internet Protocol (VoIP) providers that obtain direct access to numbers; (3) the Numbering Administration Oversight Working Group regarding number use and resale, and number reclamation, by interconnected VoIP providers that obtain direct access to numbers; and (4) the Internet of Things Numbering Usage Working Group regarding the use of North American Numbering Plan numbers for the routing and addressing of Internet of Things communications. The agenda may be modified at the discretion of the NANC Chairwoman and the Designated Federal Officer. (5 U.S.C. ch. 10) Federal Communications Commission. Edward Krachmer, Deputy Chief, Competition Policy Division, Wireline Competition Bureau. [FR Doc. 2024–23042 Filed 10–4–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6712–01–P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION [OMB 3060–0394 and 3060–0707; FR ID 248952] Information Collections Being Reviewed by the Federal Communications Commission Under Delegated Authority Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. AGENCY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, and as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collections. 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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0669; FRL-9116-05-OAR]


Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Notice of Final Administrative 
Consequences Under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act 
Affecting 2024 Allowances

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing notice 
of Agency actions previously taken to establish administrative 
consequences for specific entities. These previously finalized actions 
withheld, retired, or revoked the identified entities' calendar year 
2024 allowances in accordance with the administrative consequence 
regulatory provisions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Connor Henderson, U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Stratospheric Protection Division, telephone number: 
202-564-2177; email address: [email protected]. You may also 
visit EPA's website at https://www.epa.gov/climate-hfcs-reduction for 
further information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
hereby provides notice that it has taken final actions establishing 
administrative consequences for specific entities under the American 
Innovation and Manufacturing Act (AIM Act). Each action, which EPA took 
through a letter issued to the relevant entity, is a separate final 
action informing the recipient entity of an administrative consequence. 
The requirements pertaining to administrative consequences are codified 
in 40 CFR 84.35. Under this provision, EPA can retire, revoke, or 
withhold the allocation of allowances, or ban an entity from receiving, 
transferring, or conferring allowances. A retired allowance is one that 
must go unused and expire at the end of the year; a revoked allowance 
is one that EPA takes back from an allowance holder and redistributes 
to all the other allowance holders; and a withheld allowance is one 
that is retained by the Agency until an allowance holder that has 
failed to meet a regulatory requirement comes back into compliance, at 
which point EPA allocates it to the allowance holder. A withheld 
allowance could become a revoked allowance if the allowance

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holder fails to meet the applicable regulatory requirement within the 
timeframe specified by EPA.\1\ More information on EPA's approach to 
administrative consequences can be found at 86 FR 55168 (Allocation 
Framework Rule).
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    \1\ Administrative consequences that the Agency has finalized 
can be found here: https://www.epa.gov/climate-hfcs-reduction/administrative-consequences-under-hfc-allocation-rule.
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    EPA finalized administrative consequences for three entities that 
imported regulated HFCs without expending the requisite number of 
consumption allowances at the time of import. The Agency has retired 
and revoked consumption allowances commensurate with the quantities of 
regulated substances imported without allowances from the following 
entities' remaining calendar year 2024 consumption allowances: 
ChemPenn, LLC (ChemPenn); Tulstar Products (Tulstar); and, USSC 
Acquisition Corp (USSC). EPA also finalized administrative consequences 
for one entity (Firetrace) who failed to submit complete HFC reports as 
required in 40 CFR 84.31. This entity failed to submit complete HFC 
reports as required, and therefore, EPA withheld 20 percent of 
Firetrace's calendar year 2024 consumption allowances from any granted 
requests for additional consumption allowances (RACAs) until the 
outstanding reports were submitted, and EPA verified them as complete. 
Table 1 provides a summary of each of the administrative consequences 
applied to the relevant entities.

          Table 1--Summary of Administrative Consequences Affecting Consumption Allowances, Pursuant to
                                                  40 CFR 84.35
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                                 Number of affected    Applicable      Administrative
    Entity (effective date)      allowances (MTEVe)       year       consequence action         Reasoning
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ChemPenn (06/06/24)............  32.5..............            2024  Retire............  Imported regulated HFCs
                                 16.3 \a\..........            2024  Revoke............   without expending
                                                                                          requisite number of
                                                                                          allowances.
Tulstar Products (03/31/24)....  31,006.5..........            2024  Retire............  Imported regulated HFCs
                                 15,503.3 \a\......            2024  Revoke............   without expending
                                                                                          requisite number of
                                                                                          allowances.
USSC Acquisition Corp (03/31/    2.3...............            2024  Retire............  Imported regulated HFCs
 24).                            1.2 \a\...........            2024  Revoke............   without expending
                                                                                          requisite number of
                                                                                          allowances.
Firetrace (02/26/24)...........  20 percent of                 2024  Withhold \b\......  Failure to submit
                                  granted RACAs.                                          complete HFC reports
                                                                                          as required in 40 CFR
                                                                                          84.31.
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\a\ As stated in the Allocation Framework Rule, EPA explained it would take a 50% premium in first instances of
  administrative consequences. These values correspond to 50% of the full amount of consumption without
  requisite allowances at the time of production and/or import.
\b\ Subsequent to finalization of the administrative consequence, Firetrace submitted its outstanding reports.
  Subsequently, EPA is no longer withholding 20% of granted RACAs.

Adjustments to Consumption Allowances

    EPA notes that entities in Table 1 who imported without expending 
the requisite number of consumption allowances at the time of import 
are not eligible to receive allowances that are redistributed (to 
entities that were directly issued calendar year 2024 consumption 
allowances by EPA) as a result of allowances revoked if the 
administrative consequence action took effect on the same day, with the 
exception of entities who had their allowance withheld (regardless of 
effective date).\2\ There are two separate batches of effective dates 
for redistribution of revoked consumption allowances: allowances that 
were revoked effective March 31, 2024 (15,504.5 MTEVe, i.e., the sum of 
15,503.3 MTEVe and 1.2 MTEVe); and, allowances that were revoked 
effective June 6, 2024 (16.3 MTEVe). In the former, neither Tulstar nor 
USSC are eligible for redistribution of the affected allowances but 
ChemPenn is eligible, as are all other entities to whom EPA issued 
consumption allowances for calendar year 2024; in the latter, ChemPenn 
is not eligible for redistribution of the affected allowances but 
Tulstar and USSC are eligible, as are all other entities to whom EPA 
issued consumption allowances for calendar year 2024. As EPA did not 
issue consumption allowances to Firetrace for calendar year 2024, this 
entity is not eligible to receive any of the redistributed allowances 
described herein. A summary of the number of revoked and redistributed 
allowances available to each eligible entity from each batch of 
effective dates is included in table 2 and table 3.
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    \2\ An identical approach was taken in ``Phasedown of 
Hydrofluorocarbons: Notice of 2024 Allowance Allocations for 
Production and Consumption of Regulated Substances Under the 
American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020, and Notice of 
Final Administrative Consequences'' (88 FR 72060).

Table 2--Number of Consumption Allowances Available to Eligible Entities
 Due to Finalized Administrative Consequences With an Effective Date of
                             March 31, 2024
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                                                            Additional
                                                            allowances
                                                               being
                         Entity                            allocated to
                                                            each entity
                                                              (MTEVe)
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A.C.S. Reclamation & Recovery (Absolute Chiller                     11.4
 Services)..............................................
Ability Refrigerants....................................            11.4
ACT Commodities.........................................             0.0
Advance Auto Parts......................................            40.8
Advanced Specialty Gases................................            16.3
AFK & Co................................................            11.1
AFS Cooling.............................................            11.4
A-Gas...................................................           194.8
Air Liquide USA.........................................            28.5
American Air Components \a\.............................            11.4
Arkema..................................................         1,775.3
Artsen..................................................            58.7
Automart Distributors DBA Refrigerant Plus..............            11.4
AutoZone Parts..........................................           115.5
AW Product Sales & Marketing............................             6.9
Bluon \a\...............................................             1.9
CC Packaging............................................            11.1
Chemours................................................         1,957.9
Chemp Technology........................................            11.4
ChemPenn................................................             1.3
ComStar International...................................            20.6

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Creative Solution.......................................            11.4
Cross World Group.......................................            11.4
Daikin America..........................................           178.3
EDX Industry............................................            32.8
Electronic Fluorocarbons................................             6.0
Fireside Holdings DBA American Refrigerants.............            11.4
First Continental International.........................            44.0
FluoroFusion Specialty Chemicals........................           145.8
Freskoa USA.............................................            11.4
GlaxoSmithKline.........................................            30.8
Golden Refrigerant......................................            11.4
Harp USA................................................            43.7
Honeywell International.................................         4,704.3
Hudson Technologies.....................................           194.9
Hungry Bear.............................................            11.4
ICool USA...............................................           194.6
IGas Holdings...........................................         1,491.5
Iofina Chemical.........................................             0.1
Kidde-Fenwal............................................            11.4
Lenz Sales & Distribution...............................            63.4
Lina Trade..............................................            11.4
Linde...................................................            30.4
Matheson Tri-Gas........................................             2.0
MEK Chemical Corporation................................             4.8
Meraki Group............................................            11.4
Metalcraft..............................................             9.2
Mexichem Fluor DBA Koura................................         1,455.6
Mondy Global............................................            18.2
National Refrigerants...................................         1,131.5
Nature Gas Import and Export............................            46.8
North American Refrigerants.............................            11.4
O23 Energy Plus.........................................            11.4
Perfect Score Too DBA Perfect Cycle.....................             2.2
Reclamation Technologies................................            34.1
Resonac America (formerly Showa Chemicals of America)                3.8
 \a\....................................................
RGAS (formerly listed as Combs Gas).....................           261.4
RMS of Georgia..........................................            94.2
Sciarra Labratories.....................................             0.5
SDS Refrigerant Services................................            11.4
Solvay Fluorides........................................            63.0
Summit Refrigerants.....................................            11.4
SynAgile Corporation....................................             0.1
Technical Chemical......................................           195.1
TradeQuim...............................................            11.4
Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling..................             0.0
Tulstar Products........................................      ineligible
Tyco Fire Products......................................            11.4
USSC Acquisition Corp...................................      ineligible
Walmart.................................................           130.3
Waysmos USA.............................................            32.0
Wego Chemical Group.....................................             3.2
Weitron.................................................           362.1
Wesco HMB...............................................            11.4
Wilhelmsen Ships Service................................             2.3
                                                         ---------------
    Total...............................................        15,504.5
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\a\ As described in ``Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Notice of 2024
  Allowance Allocations for Production and Consumption of Regulated
  Substances Under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of
  2020, and Notice of Final Administrative Consequences'' (88 FR 72060),
  EPA will retire (and revoke) allowances from these entities until
  their full administrative consequences are covered. As a result, the
  allowances allocated to this entity were subsequently retired.


Table 3--Number of Consumption Allowances Available to Eligible Entities
 Due to Finalized Administrative Consequences With an Effective Date of
                              June 6, 2024
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Additional
                                                            allowances
                                                               being
                         Entity                            allocated to
                                                            each entity
                                                              (MTEVe)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
A.C.S. Reclamation & Recovery (Absolute Chiller                      0.0
 Services)..............................................
Ability Refrigerants....................................             0.0
ACT Commodities.........................................             0.0
Advance Auto Parts......................................             0.1
Advanced Specialty Gases................................             0.0
AFK & Co................................................             0.0
AFS Cooling.............................................             0.0
A-Gas...................................................             0.2
Air Liquide USA.........................................             0.0
American Air Components \a\.............................             0.0
Arkema..................................................             1.9
Artsen..................................................             0.1
Automart Distributors DBA Refrigerant Plus..............             0.0
AutoZone Parts..........................................             0.1
AW Product Sales & Marketing............................             0.0
Bluon \a\...............................................             0.0
CC Packaging............................................             0.0
Chemours................................................             2.1
Chemp Technology........................................             0.0
ChemPenn................................................             0.0
ComStar International...................................             0.0
Creative Solution.......................................             0.0
Cross World Group.......................................             0.0
Daikin America..........................................             0.2
EDX Industry............................................             0.0
Electronic Fluorocarbons................................             0.0
Fireside Holdings DBA American Refrigerants.............             0.0
First Continental International.........................             0.1
FluoroFusion Specialty Chemicals........................             0.2
Freskoa USA.............................................             0.0
GlaxoSmithKline.........................................             0.0
Golden Refrigerant......................................             0.0
Harp USA................................................             0.1
Honeywell International.................................             4.9
Hudson Technologies.....................................             0.2
Hungry Bear.............................................             0.0
ICool USA...............................................             0.2
IGas Holdings...........................................             1.6
Iofina Chemical.........................................             0.0
Kidde-Fenwal............................................             0.0
Lenz Sales & Distribution...............................             0.1
Lina Trade..............................................             0.0
Linde...................................................             0.0
Matheson Tri-Gas........................................             0.0
MEK Chemical Corporation................................             0.0
Meraki Group............................................             0.0
Metalcraft..............................................             0.0
Mexichem Fluor DBA Koura................................             1.5
Mondy Global............................................             0.0
National Refrigerants...................................             1.2
Nature Gas Import and Export............................             0.1
North American Refrigerants.............................             0.0
O23 Energy Plus.........................................             0.0
Perfect Score Too DBA Perfect Cycle.....................             0.0
Reclamation Technologies................................             0.0
Resonac America (formerly Showa Chemicals of America)                0.0
 \a\....................................................
RGAS (formerly listed as Combs Gas).....................             0.3
RMS of Georgia..........................................             0.1
Sciarra Labratories.....................................             0.0
SDS Refrigerant Services................................             0.0
Solvay Fluorides........................................             0.1
Summit Refrigerants.....................................             0.0
SynAgile Corporation....................................             0.0
Technical Chemical......................................             0.2
TradeQuim...............................................             0.0
Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling..................             0.0
Tulstar Products........................................             0.1
Tyco Fire Products......................................             0.0
USSC Acquisition Corp...................................             0.0
Walmart.................................................             0.2
Waysmos USA.............................................             0.0
Wego Chemical Group.....................................             0.0
Weitron.................................................             0.4
Wesco HMB...............................................             0.0
Wilhelmsen Ships Service................................             0.0
                                                         ---------------

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    Total...............................................            16.3
------------------------------------------------------------------------
\a\ As described in ``Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Notice of 2024
  Allowance Allocations for Production and Consumption of Regulated
  Substances Under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of
  2020, and Notice of Final Administrative Consequences'' (88 FR 72060),
  EPA will retire (and revoke) allowances from these entities until
  their full administrative consequences are covered.

Judicial Review

    The AIM Act provides that certain sections of the Clean Air Act 
(CAA) ``shall apply to'' the AIM Act and actions ``promulgated by the 
Administrator of [EPA] pursuant to [the AIM Act] as though [the AIM 
Act] were expressly included in title VI of [the CAA].'' 42 U.S.C. 
7675(k)(1)(C). Among the applicable sections of the CAA is section 307, 
which includes provisions governing judicial review. 42 U.S.C. 
7607(b)(1). Each adjudicatory action establishing an administrative 
consequence as described in this notice is a final action previously 
taken by EPA. Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, any petition for 
review of such a final action shall be filed in the United States Court 
of Appeals for the appropriate circuit by December 6, 2024. Filing a 
petition for reconsideration by the Administrator does not affect the 
finality of any such action for purposes of judicial review nor does it 
extend the time within which a petition for judicial review may be 
filed and shall not postpone the effectiveness of such action. The 
final actions described herein may not be challenged later in 
proceedings to enforce their requirements. 42 U.S.C. 7607(b)(2).

Cynthia A. Newberg,
Director, Stratospheric Protection Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-23138 Filed 10-4-24; 8:45 am]
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