Notice2021-21951
Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Notice of 2022 Allowance Allocations for Production and Consumption of Regulated Substances Under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020
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Published
October 7, 2021
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 192 (Thursday, October 7, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55841-55843]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-21951]
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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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#43202b222d246d222d273a032633226d242c35"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="690a0108070e4708070d10290c1908470e061f">[email protected]</span></a>. You may also visit
EPA's website at <a href="https://www.epa.gov/climate-hfcs-reduction">https://www.epa.gov/climate-hfcs-reduction</a> 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 <a href="https://www.epa.gov/climate-hfcs-reduction">https://www.epa.gov/climate-hfcs-reduction</a>. 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\
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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.
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\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\
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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
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\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
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Number of
consumption
Entity allowances issued
(MTEVe) \1\
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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
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\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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