Notice2025-20439
Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Notice of 2026 Allowance Allocations for Production and Consumption of Regulated Substances Under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020, and Notice of Final Actions Establishing Administrative Consequences
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November 20, 2025
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued calendar year 2026 allowances for the production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons in accordance with the Agency's regulations. This issuance of allowances is undertaken pursuant to the American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act, which directs EPA by October 1 of each calendar year to determine the quantity of production and consumption allowances for the following calendar year. In this notice, EPA is also providing notice of separate Agency actions taken to establish administrative consequences for specific entities. These previously finalized actions withheld, retired, or revoked the identified entities' newly issued calendar year 2026 allowances in accordance with the administrative consequence regulatory provisions.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 222 (Thursday, November 20, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52391-52399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20439]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0669; FRL-9116-07-OAR]
Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Notice of 2026 Allowance
Allocations for Production and Consumption of Regulated Substances
Under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020, and Notice
of Final Actions Establishing Administrative Consequences
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued calendar
year 2026 allowances for the production and consumption of
hydrofluorocarbons in accordance with the Agency's regulations. This
issuance of allowances is undertaken pursuant to the American
Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act, which directs EPA by October 1
of each calendar year to determine the quantity of production and
consumption allowances for the following calendar year. In this notice,
EPA is also providing notice of separate Agency actions taken to
establish administrative consequences for specific entities. These
previously finalized actions withheld, retired, or revoked the
identified entities' newly issued calendar year 2026 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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dfb7bab1bbbaadacb0b1f1bcb0b1b1b0ad9fbaafbef1b8b0a9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1f777a717b7a6d6c7071317c707171706d5f7a6f7e31787069">[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 2026, total production
allowances may not exceed 229,521,263 metric tons of exchange value
equivalent (MTEVe) and total consumption allowances may not exceed
181,522,990 MTEVe.
EPA regulations at 40 CFR part 84, subpart A, outline the process
by which the Agency determines the number of allowances each entity is
allocated. EPA allocated allowances consistent with the regulatory
requirements and has posted entity-specific allowance allocations on
its website. 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. EPA also tracks
information on how those allowances are used. Reported information for
calendar year 2024 HFC activity, including how many allowances were
used and total U.S. production and consumption of HFCs in 2024, can be
found on EPA's website in its HFC Data Hub. Both allowance allocations
and the HFC Data Hub can be found by visiting <a href="https://www.epa.gov/climate-hfcs-reduction">https://www.epa.gov/climate-hfcs-reduction</a>.
Note that while allowances may be transferred or conferred once
they are allocated, they can only be expended to cover imports and
production in the calendar year for which they are allocated. In other
words, calendar year 2026 allowances may only be expended for
production and import of bulk HFCs between January 1, 2026, and
December 31, 2026.
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Application-Specific Allowances
EPA established the methodology for issuing application-specific
allowances in the 2021 final rule titled Phasedown of
Hydrofluorocarbons: Establishing the Allowance Allocation and Trading
Program Under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act (86 FR
55116, October 5, 2021) and updated this methodology in the final rule
titled Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Review and Renewal of
Eligibility for Application-Specific Allowances (90 FR 41676, August
26, 2025), hereinafter referred to as the HFC Allocation Framework Rule
and the 2025 Application-specific Allowance Review and Renewal Rule,
respectively. The methodology for application-specific allowance
allocations is codified in 40 CFR 84.13. Because application-specific
allowances can be expended to either produce or import HFCs, and
application-specific allowances must be provided from within the
overall annual production and consumption caps, EPA subtracts the
amount of application-specific allowances allocated from both the
production and consumption general allowance pools. EPA issues
application-specific allowances to end users in four applications:
propellants in metered dose inhalers (MDIs), 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, and
onboard aerospace fire suppression. Additionally, EPA issues
application-specific allowances to the U.S. Department of Defense for
mission-critical military end uses.
Applying the methodology codified in 40 CFR 84.13, EPA allocated
the number of application-specific allowances shown in Table 1.
Table 1--Number of Calendar Year 2026 Application-Specific Allowances Allocated Per Entity
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Application-specific
Entity Application allowances allocated
(MTEVe)
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Analog Devices................................. Semiconductors........................ 16,065.3
Applied Materials.............................. Semiconductors........................ 4,476.7
Armstrong Pharmaceuticals...................... Propellants in MDIs................... 226,695.0
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals.................... Propellants in MDIs................... 2,677.0
Aurobindo Pharma USA........................... Propellants in MDIs................... 19,740.6
Compsys........................................ Structural Composite Preformed 6,768.9
Polyurethane Foam.
Diodes Incorporated............................ Semiconductors........................ 1,409.7
General Electric............................... Semiconductors........................ 469.9
GlaxoSmithKline................................ Propellants in MDIs................... 407,370.6
GlobalFoundries................................ Semiconductors........................ 127,914.9
Google......................................... Semiconductors........................ 947.2
Hitachi High-Tech America...................... Semiconductors........................ 474.1
IBM Corporation................................ Semiconductors........................ 407.9
Intel Corporation.............................. Semiconductors........................ 479,420.4
Invagen Pharmaceuticals........................ Propellants in MDIs................... 268,017.4
Jireh Semiconductor............................ Semiconductors........................ 2,396.6
Keysight Technologies.......................... Semiconductors........................ 493.9
Kindeva Drug Delivery.......................... Propellants in MDIs................... 653,490.0
LA Semiconductor............................... Semiconductors........................ 1,879.6
Lam Research Corp.............................. Semiconductors........................ 39,779.4
Lupin.......................................... Propellants in MDIs................... 13,680.8
Medtronic Tempe Campus......................... Semiconductors........................ 316.2
Microchip Technology........................... Semiconductors........................ 12,003.2
Micron Technology.............................. Semiconductors........................ 168,032.3
Newport Corporation............................ Semiconductors........................ 1,879.7
Newport Fab DBA TowerJazz...................... Semiconductors........................ 16,977.0
Northrop Grumman Corporation................... Semiconductors........................ 3,611.2
NXP Semiconductor.............................. Semiconductors........................ 47,105.1
Polar Semiconductor............................ Semiconductors........................ 10,818.8
Qorvo Texas.................................... Semiconductors........................ 939.8
Renesas Electronics America.................... Semiconductors........................ 1,409.7
Samsung Austin Semiconductor................... Semiconductors........................ 284,285.0
Seagate Technologies........................... Semiconductors........................ 939.9
Semiconductor Components Industries DBA ON Semiconductors........................ 14,216.1
Semiconductor.
SkyWater Technology............................ Semiconductors........................ 21,420.4
Skyworks Solutions............................. Semiconductors........................ 1,031.7
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Semiconductors........................ 218,957.1
Arizona Corporation (TSMC Arizona Corporation).
Texas Instruments.............................. Semiconductors........................ 483,341.1
The Research Foundation for The State Semiconductors........................ 5,568.0
University of New York at NY CREATES.
Tokyo Electron U.S. Holdings................... Semiconductors........................ 2,973.8
Tower Semiconductor San Antonio................ Semiconductors........................ 15,542.2
TSMC Washington................................ Semiconductors........................ 17,944.6
UC San Diego................................... Semiconductors........................ 418.4
Wolfspeed...................................... Semiconductors........................ 14,074.8
X-FAB Texas.................................... Semiconductors........................ 1,168.6
Department of Defense.......................... Mission-critical Military End Uses.... 6,156,958.5
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Total Issued............................... All................................... 9,776,509.1
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EPA's 2025 Application-specific Allowance Review and Renewal Rule
established an annual set-aside of 1,000,000 MTEVe allowances to
accommodate unforeseen HFC needs resulting from a global pandemic,
other public health emergency, or other healthcare system need
(referred hereafter as the ``MDI set-aside''). EPA has set aside
1,000,000 MTEVe allowances for that purpose from both the consumption
and production pools. Entities that use HFCs as a propellant in MDIs
have until April 30, 2026, to apply for these allowances. Once the
deadline passes, EPA will evaluate such requests and expects to issue
allowances within 60 days. EPA also intends to distribute any remaining
set-aside allowances pro rata amongst general pool allowance holders
within 60 days of the April 30 request date. For more information, see
the 2025 Application-specific Allowance Review and Renewal Rule and 40
CFR 84.15.
General Pool Allowances
EPA's 2023 final rule titled Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons:
Allowance Allocation Methodology for 2024 and Later Years (88 FR 46836,
July 20, 2023) updated the methodology for how the Agency would issue
production and consumption allowances for 2024 through 2028 for general
pool allowance holders. These updates are codified in 40 CFR 84.9
(production) and 40 CFR 84.11 (consumption), and EPA has issued
allowances to entities who meet the criteria in the regulations,
including those who were previously issued consumption allowances as
new market entrants pursuant to 40 CFR 84.15.
EPA also created a new form of allowances called ``production for
export allowances'' in the 2025 Application-specific Allowance Review
and Renewal Rule. In accordance with the provisions codified in that
rule at 40 CFR 84.18, prior to issuing general pool production
allowances, EPA allocated 3,000 MTEVe production for export allowances
to Iofina Chemical.
EPA allocated the number of production allowances shown in Table 2.
Table 2--Number of Calendar Year 2026 Production Allowances Allocated
per Entity
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Production
Entity allowances allocated
(MTEVe)
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Arkema............................................ 26,394,276.4
Chemours.......................................... 48,932,709.1
Iofina Chemical................................... 1,135.0
Mexichem Fluor.................................... 32,640,740.2
Solstice Advanced Materials US (formerly known as 110,772,893.2
Honeywell International).........................
Application-specific allowances \a\............... 9,776,509.1
Application-specific allowances: MDI set-aside.... 1,000,000.0
Production for export allowances.................. 3,000.0
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Total Issued.................................. 229,521,263.0
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\a\ See Table 1; this value corresponds to the total number of
application-specific allowances allocated on October 1, 2025.
EPA allocated the number of consumption allowances shown in Table
3.
Table 3--Number of Calendar Year 2026 Consumption Allowances Allocated
per Entity
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Consumption
Entity allowances allocated
(MTEVe)
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A.C.S. Reclamation & Recovery (Absolute Chiller 125,381.8
Services)........................................
Ability Refrigerants.............................. 125,381.8
ACT Commodities................................... 48.8
Advance Auto Parts................................ 448,322.0
Advanced Specialty Gases.......................... 178,956.2
AFK & Co.......................................... 121,204.0
AFS Cooling....................................... 125,381.8
A-Gas............................................. 2,138,290.8
Air Liquide USA................................... 312,690.4
American Air Components........................... 125,381.8
Arkema............................................ 19,491,306.2
Artsen............................................ 644,517.8
Automart Distributors DBA Refrigerant Plus........ 125,381.8
AutoZone Parts.................................... 1,267,547.9
AW Product Sales & Marketing...................... 75,811.5
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Bluon............................................. 20,986.9
CC Packaging...................................... 121,620.4
Chemours.......................................... 21,497,110.1
Chemp Technology.................................. 125,381.8
ChemPenn.......................................... 13,942.0
ComStar International............................. 226,011.0
Cross World Group................................. 125,381.8
Daikin America.................................... 1,957,524.9
EDX Industry...................................... 360,516.6
Electronic Fluorocarbons.......................... 65,412.6
Fireside Holdings DBA American Refrigerants....... 125,368.3
First Continental International................... 482,861.3
FluoroFusion Specialty Chemicals.................. 1,601,010.8
Freskoa USA....................................... 125,381.8
GlaxoSmithKline................................... 337,629.4
Golden Refrigerant................................ 125,381.8
Harp USA.......................................... 480,186.8
Hudson Technologies............................... 2,111,566.7
Hungry Bear....................................... 125,381.8
ICool USA......................................... 2,136,951.2
IGas Holdings..................................... 16,375,867.0
Iofina Chemical................................... 793.5
Kidde-Fenwal...................................... 125,381.8
Lenz Sales & Distribution......................... 696,419.3
Lina Trade........................................ 125,381.8
Linde............................................. 334,002.4
Matheson Tri-Gas.................................. 21,400.2
MEK Chemical Corporation.......................... 52,074.8
Meraki Group...................................... 125,381.8
Metalcraft........................................ 100,932.4
Mexichem Fluor.................................... 15,981,606.3
Mondy Global...................................... 199,900.8
National Refrigerants............................. 12,423,316.0
Nature Gas Import and Export...................... 514,088.5
North American Refrigerants....................... 125,381.8
O23 Energy Plus................................... 125,381.8
Perfect Score Too DBA Perfect Cycle............... 23,744.8
Reclamation Technologies.......................... 374,891.6
Resonac America................................... 41,653.2
RGAS.............................................. 2,994,850.6
RMS of Georgia.................................... 1,033,726.5
Sciarra Laboratories.............................. 5,454.1
SDS Refrigerant Services.......................... 125,381.8
Solstice Advanced Materials US (formerly known as 51,651,108.1
Honeywell International).........................
Solvay Fluorides.................................. 691,489.3
Summit Refrigerants............................... 125,381.8
SynAgile Corporation.............................. 705.3
Technical Chemical................................ 2,142,020.8
TradeQuim......................................... 125,381.8
Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling............ 10.5
Tulstar Products.................................. 460,452.4
Tyco Fire Products................................ 125,381.8
USSC Acquisition Corp............................. 82,407.8
Walmart........................................... 1,430,437.4
Waysmos USA....................................... 351,724.6
Wego Chemical Group............................... 35,472.3
Weitron........................................... 3,975,564.6
Wesco HMB......................................... 125,381.8
Wilhelmsen Ships Service.......................... 25,335.2
Application-specific allowances\a\................ 9,776,509.1
Application-specific allowances: MDI set-aside.... 1,000,000.0
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Total Issued.................................. 181,522,990.0
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\a\ See Table 1; this value corresponds to the total number of
application-specific allowances allocated.
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Administrative Consequences
Separate from the allocation of calendar year 2026 allowances, EPA
hereby provides notice that it also took final actions establishing
administrative consequences for specific entities. 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 eligible 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. More information on EPA's approach to administrative
consequences can be found at 86 FR 55168.
EPA finalized administrative consequences for certain entities that
were allocated application-specific allowances, listed in Table 1 for
calendar year 2026. These entities failed to submit either their
auditing reports as required in 40 CFR 84.33 or their application-
specific allowance holder biannual report(s) as required in 40 CFR
84.31(h)(1) and therefore EPA has withheld a portion of their
allowances (if allowances were allocated to the entity) and will
continue withholding these allowances until the missing reports are
submitted and subsequently verified by EPA: Guardian Protective
Devices, Odin Pharmaceuticals, Proteng Distribution, and Wolfspeed.
These final actions became effective on September 30, 2025, and are
summarized below in Table 4.
Table 4--Summary of Administrative Consequences Taken Pursuant to 40 CFR 84.35 for Calendar Year 2026
Application-Specific Allowances, Effective September 30, 2025
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Number of affected Administrative
Entity allowances (MTEVe) consequence action Reasoning
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Guardian Protective Devices \a\..... 0.0 Withhold............... Failure to submit calendar
year 2024 application-
specific allowance holders
biannual reports as
required in 40 CFR
84.31(h)(1).
Odin Pharmaceuticals \a\............ 0.0 Withhold............... Failure to submit calendar
year 2024 application-
specific allowance holders
biannual reports as
required in 40 CFR
84.31(h)(1).
Proteng Distribution \a\............ 0.0 Withhold............... Failure to submit calendar
year 2024 application-
specific allowance holders
biannual reports as
required in 40 CFR
84.31(h)(1).
Wolfspeed........................... 2,815.0 Withhold............... Failure to submit auditing
report as required in 40
CFR 84.33.
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\a\ The entity was not allocated calendar year 2026 application-specific allowances and as a result no
allowances could be withheld.
EPA finalized administrative consequences for certain entities that
were allocated consumption allowances, as listed in Table 3 for
calendar year 2026. These final actions affecting calendar year 2026
allowances became effective on September 30, 2025. Specifically, the
following entity failed to submit auditing reports as required in 40
CFR 84.33 and therefore EPA has withheld a portion of their consumption
allowances until the missing reports are filed and verified by EPA: MEK
Chemical Corporation. The following entities imported regulated HFCs
without expending the requisite number of consumption allowances at the
time of import and therefore EPA has retired and/or revoked consumption
allowances commensurate with the quantities of regulated substances
imported without allowances: IGas Holdings, Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc., and
Wilhelmsen Ships Service. A summary of these administrative
consequences is included in Table 5.
Table 5--Summary of Administrative Consequences Pursuant to 40 CFR 84.35 for Calendar Year 2026 Consumption
Allowances, Effective September 30, 2025
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Number of affected Administrative
Entity allowances (MTEVe) consequence action Reasoning
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IGas Holdings \a\................... 78,551.8 Revoke................. Imported regulated HFCs
without expending
requisite number of
allowances.
Matheosn Tri-Gas, Inc.\a\........... 6,249.1 Revoke................. Imported regulated HFCs
without expending
requisite number of
allowances.
MEK Chemical Corporation............ 10,415.0 Withold................ Failure to submit auditing
report as required in 40
CFR 84.33.
1,486.7 Retire................. ...........................
Wilhelmsen Ships Service \a\........ 743.4 Revoke................. Imported regulated HFCs
without expending
requisite number of
allowances.
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\a\ As stated in the HFC Allocation Framework Rule (86 FR 55116, Oct. 5, 2021), EPA explained it would take a
50% premium in first instances of administrative consequences. This value corresponds to 50% of the full
amount of consumption without requisite allowances at the time of import.
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In addition to the administrative consequences listed in Tables 4
and 5 that were finalized in the past year, 62,674.8 MTEVe of
consumption allowances were retired and 982,654.4 MTEVe were revoked,
consistent with administrative consequences finalized in prior years
and 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, Oct. 19,
2023), hereafter referred to as the 2024 Notice of HFC Allowance
Allocations. The entities subject to those prior year actions include
American Air Components, Bluon, Honeywell International (now known as
Solstice Advanced Materials US), and Resonac America.
Adjustments to Application-Specific Allowances
As described above, certain entities listed in Table 1 have had a
portion of their calendar year 2026 allowances withheld for not
submitting the auditing report required in 40 CFR 84.33 or their
calendar year 2024 application-specific allowance holder biannual
report(s) as required in 40 CFR 84.31(h)(1). These allowances will be
withheld until the missing reports are submitted and subsequently
verified by EPA. Accordingly, Table 7 shows the number of application-
specific allowances available to each entity as a result of finalized
administrative consequences.
Table 7--Number of Calendar Year 2026 Application-Specific Allowances Available to Each Entity as of October 1,
2025, Adjusted for Administrative Consequences
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Available application-
specific allowances,
Entity Application adjusting for
administrative
consequences (MTEVe)
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Analog Devices................................. Semiconductors........................ 16,065.3
Applied Materials.............................. Semiconductors........................ 4,476.7
Armstrong Pharmaceuticals...................... Propellants in MDIs................... 226,695.0
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals.................... Propellants in MDIs................... 2,677.0
Aurobindo Pharma USA........................... Propellants in MDIs................... 19,740.6
Compsys........................................ Structural Composite Preformed 6,768.9
Polyurethane Foam.
Diodes Incorporated............................ Semiconductors........................ 1,409.7
General Electric............................... Semiconductors........................ 469.9
GlaxoSmithKline................................ Propellants in MDIs................... 407,370.6
GlobalFoundries................................ Semiconductors........................ 127,914.9
Hitachi High-Tech America...................... Semiconductors........................ 947.2
Google......................................... Semiconductors........................ 474.1
IBM Corporation................................ Semiconductors........................ 407.9
Intel Corporation.............................. Semiconductors........................ 479,420.4
Invagen Pharmaceuticals........................ Propellants in MDIs................... 268,017.4
Jireh Semiconductor............................ Semiconductors........................ 2,396.6
Keysight Technologies.......................... Semiconductors........................ 493.9
Kindeva Drug Delivery.......................... Propellants in MDIs................... 653,490.0
LA Semiconductor............................... Semiconductors........................ 1,879.6
Lam Research Corp.............................. Semiconductors........................ 39,779.4
Lupin.......................................... Propellants in MDIs................... 13,680.8
Medtronic Tempe Campus......................... Semiconductors........................ 316.2
Microchip Technology........................... Semiconductors........................ 12,003.2
Micron Technology.............................. Semiconductors........................ 168,032.3
Newport Corporation............................ Semiconductors........................ 1,879.7
Newport Fab DBA TowerJazz...................... Semiconductors........................ 16,977.0
Northrop Grumman Corporation................... Semiconductors........................ 3,611.2
NXP Semiconductor.............................. Semiconductors........................ 47,105.1
Polar Semiconductor............................ Semiconductors........................ 10,818.8
Qorvo Texas.................................... Semiconductors........................ 939.8
Renesas Electronics America.................... Semiconductors........................ 1,409.7
Samsung Austin Semiconductor................... Semiconductors........................ 284,285.0
Seagate Technologies........................... Semiconductors........................ 939.9
Semiconductor Components Industries DBA ON Semiconductors........................ 14,216.1
Semiconductor.
SkyWater Technology............................ Semiconductors........................ 21,420.4
Skyworks Solutions............................. Semiconductors........................ 1,031.7
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Semiconductors........................ 218,957.1
Arizona Corporation (TSMC Arizona Corporation).
Texas Instruments.............................. Semiconductors........................ 483,341.1
The Research Foundation for The State Semiconductors........................ 5,568.0
University of New York at NY CREATES.
Tokyo Electron U.S. Holdings, Inc.............. Semiconductors........................ 2,973.8
Tower Semiconductor San Antonio................ Semiconductors........................ 15,542.2
TSMC Washington................................ Semiconductors........................ 17,944.6
UC San Diego................................... Semiconductors........................ 418.4
Wolfspeed...................................... Semiconductors........................ 11,259.8
X-FAB Texas.................................... Semiconductors........................ 1,168.6
Department of Defense.......................... Mission-critical Military End Uses.... 6,156,958.5
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Total Available............................ All................................... 9,773,694.1
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Adjustments to Consumption Allowances
An entity is eligible to receive redistributed allowances if they
were not subject to administrative consequences that took effect on the
same day (except entities that had allowances withheld). For example,
if EPA revoked 50 MTEVe allowances from company A and 50 MTEVe
allowances from company B, effective on the same day, EPA's
redistribution of that single pool of 100 MTEVe allowances would go to
all general pool allowances holders except company A and company B.
This applies regardless of whether the revocation happens in one year
or over multiple years. However, entities who only had allowances
withheld by the Agency, e.g., as a result of failure to comply with the
auditing requirements as contained in 40 CFR 84.33, were eligible to
receive allowances that were redistributed.
For 2026, the total number of revoked and redistributed allowances
is 1,068,198.7 MTEVe, which are being apportioned to eligible
consumption allowance holders based on their relative market share, and
the total number of retired allowances in 2026 is 64,161.5 MTEVe. These
amounts are the result of administrative consequences with various
effective dates. For more information on the administrative
consequences finalized in 2023 that impact calendar year 2026
consumption allowances, see the 2024 Notice of HFC Allowance
Allocations (88 FR 72060, Oct. 19, 2023).
Table 8 reflects 2026 consumption allowance totals available to
each entity as of October 1, 2025, after taking into account the
administrative consequences and eligibility described elsewhere in this
notice.
Table 8--Total Number of Calendar Year 2026 Consumption Allowances
Available to Each Entity as of October 1, 2025, Adjusted for
Administrative Consequences
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Available
consumption
allowances, adjusted
Entity for all
administrative
consequences (MTEVe)
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A.C.S. Reclamation & Recovery (Absolute Chiller 126,509.1
Services)........................................
Ability Refrigerants.............................. 126,509.1
ACT Commodities................................... 49.2
Advance Auto Parts................................ 452,352.8
Advanced Specialty Gases.......................... 180,565.2
AFK & Co.......................................... 121,271.2
AFS Cooling....................................... 126,509.1
A-Gas............................................. 2,157,516.0
Air Liquide USA................................... 315,501.7
American Air Components \a\....................... 68,133.1
Arkema............................................ 19,666,550.9
Artsen............................................ 644,875.1
Automart Distributors DBA Refrigerant Plus........ 126,509.1
AutoZone Parts.................................... 1,278,944.3
AW Product Sales & Marketing...................... 76,493.1
Bluon \a\......................................... 0.0
CC Packaging...................................... 122,713.9
Chemours.......................................... 21,690,388.8
Chemp Technology.................................. 126,509.1
ChemPenn.......................................... 14,067.3
ComStar International............................. 228,043.1
Cross World Group................................. 126,509.1
Daikin America.................................... 1,975,124.9
EDX Industry...................................... 363,757.9
Electronic Fluorocarbons.......................... 65,448.9
Fireside Holdings DBA American Refrigerants....... 126,495.5
First Continental International................... 487,202.7
FluoroFusion Specialty Chemicals.................. 1,601,898.3
Freskoa USA....................................... 126,509.1
GlaxoSmithKline................................... 340,665.0
Golden Refrigerant................................ 126,509.1
Harp USA.......................................... 484,504.1
Hudson Technologies............................... 2,130,551.6
Hungry Bear....................................... 126,509.1
ICool USA......................................... 2,156,164.3
IGas Holdings..................................... 16,435,471.8
Iofina Chemical................................... 800.6
Kidde-Fenwal...................................... 126,509.1
Lenz Sales & Distribution......................... 702,680.7
Lina Trade........................................ 126,509.1
Linde............................................. 337,005.3
Matheson Tri-Gas.................................. 15,331.6
MEK Chemical Corporation.......................... 42,128.0
Meraki Group...................................... 126,509.1
Metalcraft........................................ 101,839.8
Mexichem Fluor.................................... 16,125,295.6
Mondy Global...................................... 201,698.1
National Refrigerants............................. 12,535,012.9
Nature Gas Import and Export...................... 518,710.7
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North American Refrigerants....................... 126,509.1
O23 Energy Plus................................... 126,509.1
Perfect Score Too DBA Perfect Cycle............... 23,958.3
Reclamation Technologies.......................... 378,262.2
Resonac America \a\............................... 0.0
RGAS.............................................. 3,021,777.1
RMS of Georgia.................................... 1,043,020.6
Sciarra Laboratories.............................. 5,503.1
SDS Refrigerant Services.......................... 126,509.1
Solstice Advanced Materials (formerly known as 50,754,403.0
Honeywell International) \a\.....................
Solvay Fluorides.................................. 697,706.4
Summit Refrigerants............................... 126,509.1
SynAgile Corporation.............................. 711.7
Technical Chemical................................ 2,161,279.6
TradeQuim......................................... 126,509.1
Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling............ 10.6
Tulstar Products.................................. 464,592.3
Tyco Fire Products................................ 126,509.1
USSC Acquisition Corp............................. 83,148.7
Walmart........................................... 1,443,298.3
Waysmos USA....................................... 354,887.0
Wego Chemical Group............................... 35,791.3
Weitron........................................... 4,011,308.5
Wesco HMB......................................... 126,509.1
Wilhelmsen Ships Service.......................... 23,318.8
Application-specific allowances \b\............... 9,773,694.1
Application-specific allowances: MDI set-aside.... 1,000,000.0
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Total Available............................... 181,445,598.5
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\a\ While these entities were eligible for revoked and redistributed
consumption allowances with an effective date of September 30, 2025,
the Agency has previously finalized administrative consequences for
them stating that ``[EPA] [w]ill retire and/or revoke allowances until
the full administrative consequence is covered,'' (88 FR 72060, Oct.
19, 2023).
\b\ See Table 7; this value corresponds to the total number of
application-specific allowances available on October 1, 2025, after
adjusting for administrative consequences.
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). Section 307(b)(1) provides, in part, that petitions for
review must only be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the
District of Columbia Circuit: (i) When the agency action consists of
``nationally applicable regulations promulgated, or final actions
taken, by the Administrator,'' or (ii) when such action is locally or
regionally applicable, but ``such action is based on a determination of
nationwide scope or effect and if in taking such action the
Administrator finds and publishes that such action is based on such a
determination.''
The issuance of calendar year 2026 allowances for the production
and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons herein noticed is ``nationally
applicable'' within the meaning of CAA section 307(b)(1). The AIM Act
imposes a national cap on the total number of allowances available for
each year for all entities nationwide. 42 U.S.C. 7675(e)(2)(B)-(D). For
2025, there was a national pool of 229,521,263 production allowances
and 181,522,990 consumption allowances available to distribute. The
allocation action noticed herein distributed that finite set of
allowances consistent with the methodology EPA established in the
nationally applicable framework rule. As such, the allowance allocation
is the division and assignment of a single, nationwide pool of HFC
allowances to entities across the country according to the uniform,
national methodology established in EPA's regulations. Each entity's
allowance allocation is a relative share of that pool; thus, any
additional allowances awarded to one entity directly affects the
allocations to others. For these reasons, the final action of the
Agency allocating hydrofluorocarbon allowances to entities located
throughout the country is nationally applicable.
Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, petitions for judicial review
of this allocation action must be filed in the United States Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit by January 20, 2026.
As described, in this notice EPA is also publishing notice of
adjudicatory actions establishing administrative consequences that were
previously taken effective September 30, 2025. Under section 307(b)(1)
of the CAA, any petition for judicial review of such a final action
must be filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the appropriate
circuit by January 20, 2026.
Filing a petition for reconsideration by the Administrator does not
affect the finality of any action noticed herein for purposes of
judicial review nor does it extend the time within which a petition for
judicial review may be filed and
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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 Newberg,
Director, Stratospheric Protection Division.
[FR Doc. 2025-20439 Filed 11-19-25; 8:45 am]
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