Notice2026-20389
Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Notice of 2027 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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October 6, 2026
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Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued calendar year 2027 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 the 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, the EPA is also providing notice of separate Agency actions taken to establish administrative consequences for specific entities. These finalized actions withheld or revoked the identified entities' newly issued calendar year 2027 allowances in accordance with the administrative consequence regulatory provisions.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 6, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63548-63556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-20389]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0669; FRL-9116-09-OAR]
Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Notice of 2027 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 2027 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 the 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, the EPA is also providing notice of separate Agency actions
taken to establish administrative consequences for specific entities.
These finalized actions withheld or revoked the identified entities'
newly issued calendar year 2027 allowances in accordance with the
administrative consequence regulatory provisions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Connor Henderson, Chemicals, Coatings,
and Products Division, Office of Clean Air Programs, Mail Code 6205A,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-2177; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7018151e141502031f1e5e131f1e1e1f02301500115e171f06"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="224a474c464750514d4c0c414d4c4c4d50624752430c454d54">[email protected]</span></a>. You may also visit the EPA's website at
<a href="https://www.epa.gov/hfcs">https://www.epa.gov/hfcs</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. The EPA has codified the production and consumption
baselines and phasedown schedules for regulated substances in 40 CFR
84.7. Under the phasedown schedule, for 2027, 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.
The 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. The EPA allocated allowances for 2027 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. The EPA also tracks information on how those allowances are
used. Reported information for calendar year 2025 HFC activity,
including how many allowances were used and total U.S. production and
consumption of HFCs in 2025, can be found on EPA's HFC Data Hub web
page. Both allowance allocations and the HFC Data Hub can
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be found by visiting <a href="https://www.epa.gov/hfcs">https://www.epa.gov/hfcs</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 2027 allowances may only be expended for
production and import of bulk HFCs between January 1, 2027, and
December 31, 2027.
Application-Specific Allowances
The 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 \1\ and
updated this methodology in the final rule titled Phasedown of
Hydrofluorocarbons: Review and Renewal of Eligibility for Application-
Specific Allowances,\2\ 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, the EPA subtracts the
amount of application-specific allowances allocated from both the
production and consumption general allowance pools. The 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, the EPA issues
application-specific allowances to the U.S. Department of Defense for
mission-critical military end uses.
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\1\ 86 FR 55116, 55148 (October 5, 2021).
\2\ 90 FR 41676, 41707 (August 26, 2025).
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Applying the methodology codified in 40 CFR 84.13, for 2027 the EPA
allocated the number of application-specific allowances shown in Table
1.
Table 1--Number of Calendar Year 2027 Application-Specific Allowances
Allocated per Entity
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Application-specific
Entity Application allowances allocated
(MTEVe)
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Analog Devices............... Semiconductors.. 14,104.4
Applied Materials............ Semiconductors.. 5,819.3
Armstrong Pharmaceuticals.... Propellants in 200,085.6
MDIs.
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals.. Propellants in 2,677.0
MDIs.
Aurobindo Pharma USA......... Propellants in 19,441.8
MDIs.
Compsys...................... Structural 13,585.0
Composite
Preformed
Polyurethane
Foam.
Diodes Incorporated.......... Semiconductors.. 1,879.6
GlaxoSmithKline.............. Propellants in 351,567.8
MDIs.
GlobalFoundries.............. Semiconductors.. 151,208.2
Hitachi High-Tech America.... Semiconductors.. 475.9
IBM Corporation.............. Semiconductors.. 407.9
Intel Corporation............ Semiconductors.. 656,440.7
Invagen Pharmaceuticals...... Propellants in 624,808.8
MDIs.
Jireh Semiconductor.......... Semiconductors.. 2,351.8
Keysight Technologies........ Semiconductors.. 488.8
Kindeva Drug Delivery........ Propellants in 1,542,817.3
MDIs.
Lam Research Corp............ Semiconductors.. 35,459.2
Lupin........................ Propellants in 13,680.8
MDIs.
Magic Leap, Inc.............. Semiconductors.. 1,434.3
Medtronic Tempe Campus....... Semiconductors.. 177.6
Microchip Technology......... Semiconductors.. 15,475.0
Micron Technology............ Semiconductors.. 168,032.3
Newport Fab DBA TowerJazz.... Semiconductors.. 50,249.8
Northrop Grumman Corporation. Semiconductors.. 1,046.7
NXP Semiconductor............ Semiconductors.. 44,476.7
Polar Semiconductor.......... Semiconductors.. 11,628.4
Qorvo Texas.................. Semiconductors.. 516.9
Renesas Electronics America.. Semiconductors.. 1,409.7
Samsung Austin Semiconductor. Semiconductors.. 276,139.7
Seagate Technologies......... Semiconductors.. 939.9
Semiconductor Components Semiconductors.. 19,332.0
Industries DBA ON
Semiconductor.
SkyWater Technology.......... Semiconductors.. 30,478.2
Skyworks Solutions........... Semiconductors.. 939.8
Taiwan Semiconductor Semiconductors.. 241,143.5
Manufacturing Company
Arizona Corporation (TSMC
Arizona Corporation).
Texas Instruments............ Semiconductors.. 208,998.1
The Research Foundation for Semiconductors.. 4,502.8
The State University of New
York at NY CREATES.
Tokyo Electron U.S. Holdings. Semiconductors.. 1,251.4
Tower Semiconductor San Semiconductors.. 29,214.6
Antonio.
TSMC Washington.............. Semiconductors.. 11,814.5
Wolfspeed.................... Semiconductors.. 11,456.6
X-FAB Texas.................. Semiconductors.. 1,577.6
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Department of Defense........ Mission-critical 9,070,115.2
Military End
Uses.
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Total Issued............. All............. 13,839,651.2
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The 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''). The 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, 2027, to apply for these allowances. Once the
deadline passes, the EPA will evaluate such requests and expects to
issue allowances within 60 days. The 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.\3\
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\3\ For more information, see the 2025 Application-specific
Allowance Review and Renewal Rule and 40 CFR 84.15.
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General Pool Allowances
The EPA's 2023 final rule titled Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons:
Allowance Allocation Methodology for 2024 and Later Years \4\ 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 the 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.
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\4\ 88 FR 46836, 46840 (July 20, 2023).
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The 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, Iofina Chemical is allocated production for
export allowances in the amount of 3,000.0 MTEVe on an annual basis for
a five-year period starting calendar year 2026, to calendar year 2030.
These allowances were set aside and allocated, respectively, prior to
issuing general pool production allowances.
For 2027, the EPA allocated the number of production allowances
shown in Table 2.
Table 2--Number of Calendar Year 2027 Production Allowances Allocated
per Entity
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Production allowances allocated
Entity (MTEVe)
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Arkema.............................. 25,904,001.0
Chemours............................ 48,023,780.9
Iofina Chemical..................... 1,113.9
Mexichem Fluor...................... 32,034,436.3
Solstice Advanced Materials US 108,715,279.7
(formerly known as Honeywell
International).....................
Application-specific allowances \a\. 13,839,651.2
Application-specific allowances: MDI 1,000,000.0
set-aside..........................
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, 2026.
For 2027, the EPA allocated the number of consumption allowances
shown in Table 3.
Table 3--Number of Calendar Year 2027 Consumption Allowances Allocated
per Entity
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Consumption allowances allocated
Entity (MTEVe)
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A.C.S. Reclamation & Recovery 122,398.2
(Absolute Chiller Services)........
Ability Refrigerants................ 122,398.2
ACT Commodities..................... 47.6
Advance Auto Parts.................. 437,653.6
Advanced Specialty Gases............ 174,697.7
AFK & Co............................ 118,319.8
AFS Cooling......................... 122,398.2
A-Gas............................... 2,087,407.3
Air Liquide USA..................... 305,249.5
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American Air Components............. 122,398.2
Arkema.............................. 19,027,484.4
Artsen.............................. 629,180.6
Automart Distributors DBA 122,398.2
Refrigerant Plus...................
AutoZone Parts...................... 1,237,384.9
AW Product Sales & Marketing........ 74,007.4
Bluon............................... 20,487.5
CC Packaging........................ 118,726.2
Chemours............................ 20,985,557.4
Chemp Technology.................... 122,398.2
ChemPenn............................ 13,610.2
ComStar International............... 220,632.8
Cross World Group................... 122,398.2
Daikin America...................... 1,910,943.0
EDX Industry........................ 351,937.6
Electronic Fluorocarbons............ 63,856.0
Fireside Holdings DBA American 122,385.0
Refrigerants.......................
First Continental International..... 471,370.9
FluoroFusion Specialty Chemicals.... 1,562,912.5
Freskoa USA......................... 122,398.2
GlaxoSmithKline..................... 329,595.0
Golden Refrigerant.................. 122,398.2
Harp USA............................ 468,760.1
Hudson Technologies................. 2,061,319.1
Hungry Bear......................... 122,398.2
ICool USA........................... 2,086,099.5
IGas Holdings....................... 15,986,181.2
Iofina Chemical..................... 774.6
Kidde-Fenwal........................ 122,398.2
Lenz Sales & Distribution........... 679,847.1
Lina Trade.......................... 122,398.2
Linde............................... 326,054.4
Matheson Tri-Gas.................... 20,890.9
MEK Chemical Corporation............ 50,835.6
Meraki Group........................ 122,398.2
Metalcraft.......................... 98,530.5
Mexichem Fluor...................... 15,601,302.5
Mondy Global........................ 195,143.8
National Refrigerants............... 12,127,686.5
Nature Gas Import and Export........ 501,855.1
North American Refrigerants......... 122,398.2
O23 Energy Plus..................... 122,398.2
Perfect Score Too DBA Perfect Cycle. 23,179.8
Reclamation Technologies............ 365,970.6
Resonac America..................... 40,662.0
RGAS................................ 2,923,584.1
RMS of Georgia...................... 1,009,127.6
Sciarra Laboratories................ 5,324.3
SDS Refrigerant Services............ 122,398.2
Solstice Advanced Materials US 50,422,000.5
(formerly known as Honeywell
International).....................
Solvay Fluorides.................... 675,034.4
Summit Refrigerants................. 122,398.2
SynAgile Corporation................ 688.6
Technical Chemical.................. 2,091,048.5
TradeQuim........................... 122,398.2
Transocean Offshore Deepwater 10.3
Drilling...........................
Tulstar Products.................... 449,495.3
Tyco Fire Products.................. 122,398.2
USSC Acquisition Corp............... 80,446.8
Walmart............................. 1,396,398.2
Waysmos USA......................... 343,354.8
Wego Chemical Group................. 34,628.2
Weitron............................. 3,880,960.7
Wesco HMB........................... 122,398.2
Wilhelmsen Ships Service............ 24,732.3
Application-specific allowances \a\. 13,839,651.2
Application-specific allowances: MDI 1,000,000.0
set-aside..........................
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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 2027 allowances, the
EPA hereby provides notice that it also took final actions establishing
administrative consequences for specific entities. Each action, which
the 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, the 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 the
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 the EPA allocates it to the allowance holder.\5\
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\5\ More information on the EPA's approach to administrative
consequences can be found at 86 FR 55168 (October 23, 2024).
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The EPA finalized administrative consequences for two entities that
were allocated application-specific allowances, listed in Table 1 for
calendar year 2027. These entities failed to submit their auditing
reports as required in 40 CFR 84.33 and therefore the 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 the Agency:
University of California (UC) San Diego and Wolfspeed. These final
actions became effective on September 30, 2026, and are summarized
below in Table 4.
Table 4--Summary of Administrative Consequences Taken Pursuant to 40 CFR 84.35 for Calendar Year 2027
Application-Specific Allowances, Effective September 30, 2026
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Number of
affected Administrative consequence
Entity allowances action Reasoning
(MTEVe)
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UC San Diego \a\........................ 0.0 Withhold.................. Failure to submit auditing
report as required in 40
CFR 84.33.
Wolfspeed............................... 2,291.3 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 2027 application-specific allowances and as a result no
allowances could be withheld.
The EPA finalized administrative consequences for certain entities
that were allocated consumption allowances, as listed in Table 5 for
calendar year 2027. These final actions affecting calendar year 2027
allowances became effective on either August 7, 2026, or September 30,
2026. The following entities imported regulated HFCs without expending
the requisite number of consumption allowances at the time of import
and therefore the EPA has revoked consumption allowances commensurate
with the quantities of regulated substances imported without
allowances: Solstice Advanced Materials US and FluoroFusion Specialty
Chemicals. 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 2027 Consumption
Allowances, Effective August 7, 2026, or September 30, 2026
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Number of
affected Administrative
Entity Effective date allowances consequence action Reasoning
(MTEVe) and effective date
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FluoroFusion Specialty Chemicals September 30, 2026. \a\ 1,841.2 Revoke............ Imported regulated
HFCs without
expending
requisite number
of allowances.
Solstice Advanced Materials US.. August 7, 2026..... \b\ 1,144,200.0 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), the EPA explained it can take a
20 to 200 percent premium for repeat instances of administrative consequences. This value corresponds to 100
percent of the full amount of consumption without requisite allowances at the time of import given this is the
second administrative consequence issued to FluoroFusion Specialty Chemicals.
\b\ As stated in the HFC Allocation Framework Rule (86 FR 55116, Oct. 5, 2021), the EPA explained it would take
a 50 percent premium in first instances of administrative consequences. This value corresponds to 50 percent
of the full amount of consumption without requisite allowances at the time of import.
In addition to the administrative consequences listed in Tables 4
and 5 that were finalized in the past year, 61,751.9 MTEVe of 2027
consumption allowances were retired and 1,388,004.3 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,\6\ hereafter referred
to as the 2024 Notice of HFC Allowance Allocations. The entities
subject to those prior year actions include Bluon, Honeywell
International (now known as Solstice
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Advanced Materials US), and Resonac America.
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Adjustments to Application-Specific Allowances
As described above, certain entities listed in Table 1 have had a
portion of their calendar year 2027 allowances withheld for not
submitting the auditing report required in 40 CFR 84.33. These
allowances will be withheld until the missing reports are submitted and
subsequently verified by the 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 2027 Application-Specific Allowances
Available to Each Entity as of October 1, 2026, 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.... 14,104.4
Applied Materials................. Semiconductors.... 5,819.3
Armstrong Pharmaceuticals......... Propellants in 200,085.6
MDIs.
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals....... Propellants in 2,677.0
MDIs.
Aurobindo Pharma USA.............. Propellants in 19,441.8
MDIs.
Compsys........................... Structural 13,585.0
Composite
Preformed
Polyurethane Foam.
Diodes Incorporated............... Semiconductors.... 1,879.6
GlaxoSmithKline................... Propellants in 351,567.8
MDIs.
GlobalFoundries................... Semiconductors.... 151,208.2
Hitachi High-Tech America......... Semiconductors.... 475.9
IBM Corporation................... Semiconductors.... 407.9
Intel Corporation................. Semiconductors.... 656,440.7
Invagen Pharmaceuticals........... Propellants in 624,808.8
MDIs.
Jireh Semiconductor............... Semiconductors.... 2,351.8
Keysight Technologies............. Semiconductors.... 488.8
Kindeva Drug Delivery............. Propellants in 1,542,817.3
MDIs.
Lam Research Corp................. Semiconductors.... 35,459.2
Lupin............................. Propellants in 13,680.8
MDIs.
Magic Leap, Inc................... Semiconductors.... 1,434.3
Medtronic Tempe Campus............ Semiconductors.... 177.6
Microchip Technology.............. Semiconductors.... 15,475.0
Micron Technology................. Semiconductors.... 168,032.3
Newport Fab DBA TowerJazz......... Semiconductors.... 50,249.8
Northrop Grumman Corporation...... Semiconductors.... 1,046.7
NXP Semiconductor................. Semiconductors.... 44,476.7
Polar Semiconductor............... Semiconductors.... 11,628.4
Qorvo Texas....................... Semiconductors.... 516.9
Renesas Electronics America....... Semiconductors.... 1,409.7
Samsung Austin Semiconductor...... Semiconductors.... 276,139.7
Seagate Technologies.............. Semiconductors.... 939.9
Semiconductor Components Semiconductors.... 19,332.0
Industries DBA ON Semiconductor.
SkyWater Technology............... Semiconductors.... 30,478.2
Skyworks Solutions................ Semiconductors.... 939.8
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Semiconductors.... 241,143.5
Company Arizona Corporation (TSMC
Arizona Corporation).
Texas Instruments................. Semiconductors.... 208,998.1
The Research Foundation for The Semiconductors.... 4,502.8
State University of New York at
NY CREATES.
Tokyo Electron U.S. Holdings, Inc. Semiconductors.... 1,251.4
Tower Semiconductor San Antonio... Semiconductors.... 29,214.6
TSMC Washington................... Semiconductors.... 11,814.5
Wolfspeed......................... Semiconductors.... 9,165.3
X-FAB Texas....................... Semiconductors.... 1,577.6
Department of Defense............. Mission-critical 9,070,115.2
Military End Uses.
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Total Available............... All............... 13,837,359.9
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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 the EPA revoked 50 MTEVe allowances from company A and 50 MTEVe
allowances from company B, effective on the same day, the 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
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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 2027, the total number of revoked and redistributed allowances
is 2,534,045.5 MTEVe, which are being apportioned to eligible
consumption allowance holders based on their relative market share, and
the total number of retired allowances in 2027 is 61,751.9 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 2027
consumption allowances, see the 2024 Notice of HFC Allowance
Allocations.
Table 8 reflects the 2027 consumption allowance totals available to
each entity as of October 1, 2026, after taking into account the
administrative consequences and eligibility described elsewhere in this
notice.
Table 8--Total Number of Calendar Year 2027 Consumption Allowances
Available to Each Entity as of October 1, 2026, Adjusted for
Administrative Consequences
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Available
consumption
allowances,
Entity adjusted for all
administrative
consequences
(MTEVe)
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A.C.S. Reclamation & Recovery (Absolute Chiller 125,098.3
Services)..........................................
Ability Refrigerants................................ 125,098.3
ACT Commodities..................................... 48.7
Advance Auto Parts.................................. 447,308.2
Advanced Specialty Gases............................ 178,551.5
AFK & Co............................................ 119,485.6
AFS Cooling......................................... 125,098.3
A-Gas............................................... 2,133,455.6
Air Liquide USA..................................... 311,983.3
American Air Components............................. 123,604.2
Arkema.............................................. 19,447,230.6
Artsen.............................................. 635,379.8
Automart Distributors DBA Refrigerant Plus.......... 125,098.3
AutoZone Parts...................................... 1,264,681.7
AW Product Sales & Marketing........................ 75,640.0
Bluon \a\........................................... 0.0
CC Packaging........................................ 121,345.3
Chemours............................................ 21,448,498.7
Chemp Technology.................................... 125,098.3
ChemPenn............................................ 13,910.4
ComStar International............................... 225,499.9
Cross World Group................................... 125,098.3
Daikin America...................................... 1,953,098.4
EDX Industry........................................ 359,701.3
Electronic Fluorocarbons............................ 64,485.1
Fireside Holdings DBA American Refrigerants......... 125,084.9
First Continental International..................... 481,769.3
FluoroFusion Specialty Chemicals.................... 1,576,452.9
Freskoa USA......................................... 125,098.3
GlaxoSmithKline..................................... 336,865.9
Golden Refrigerant.................................. 125,098.3
Harp USA............................................ 479,101.0
Hudson Technologies................................. 2,106,791.8
Hungry Bear......................................... 125,098.3
ICool USA........................................... 2,132,118.8
IGas Holdings....................................... 16,338,836.2
Iofina Chemical..................................... 791.7
Kidde-Fenwal........................................ 125,098.3
Lenz Sales & Distribution........................... 694,844.6
Lina Trade.......................................... 125,098.3
Linde............................................... 333,247.1
Matheson Tri-Gas.................................... 21,351.7
MEK Chemical Corporation............................ 51,957.0
Meraki Group........................................ 125,098.3
Metalcraft.......................................... 100,704.1
Mexichem Fluor...................................... 15,945,467.1
Mondy Global........................................ 199,448.7
National Refrigerants............................... 12,395,223.2
Nature Gas Import and Export........................ 512,926.1
North American Refrigerants......................... 125,098.3
O23 Energy Plus..................................... 125,098.3
Perfect Score Too DBA Perfect Cycle................. 23,691.2
Reclamation Technologies............................ 374,043.9
Resonac America \a\................................. 0.0
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RGAS................................................ 2,988,078.4
RMS of Georgia...................................... 1,031,388.9
Sciarra Laboratories................................ 5,441.8
SDS Refrigerant Services............................ 125,098.3
Solstice Advanced Materials (formerly known as 47,890,358.4
Honeywell International) \a\.......................
Solvay Fluorides.................................... 689,925.6
Summit Refrigerants................................. 125,098.3
SynAgile Corporation................................ 703.8
Technical Chemical.................................. 2,137,177.0
TradeQuim........................................... 125,098.3
Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling.............. 10.5
Tulstar Products.................................... 459,411.2
Tyco Fire Products.................................. 125,098.3
USSC Acquisition Corp............................... 82,221.4
Walmart............................................. 1,427,202.8
Waysmos USA......................................... 350,929.2
Wego Chemical Group................................. 35,392.1
Weitron............................................. 3,966,574.7
Wesco HMB........................................... 125,098.3
Wilhelmsen Ships Service............................ 25,277.9
Application-specific allowances \b\................. 13,837,359.9
Application-specific allowances: MDI set-aside...... 1,000,000.0
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Total Available................................. 181,458,946.8
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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 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, 2026, 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 [the EPA] pursuant to [the AIM Act] as though [the AIM
Act] were expressly included in title VI of [the CAA].'' \7\ Among the
applicable sections of the CAA is section 307, which includes
provisions governing judicial review.\8\ CAA 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.''
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\7\ 42 U.S.C. 7675(k)(1)(C).
\8\ 42 U.S.C. 7607(b)(1).
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The issuance of calendar year 2027 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.\9\ For 2027, there was a
national pool of 229,521,263 MTEVe production allowances and
181,522,990 MTEVe consumption allowances available to distribute. The
allocation action noticed herein distributed that finite set of
allowances consistent with the methodology the EPA established in the
nationally applicable HFC Allowance framework rule and updated in the
Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Allowance Allocation Methodology for
2024 and Later Years 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.
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\9\ 42 U.S.C. 7675(e)(2)(B)-(D).
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Under CAA section 307(b)(1), 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 December 7, 2026.
As described, in this notice the EPA is also publishing notice of
adjudicatory actions establishing administrative consequences that took
effect August 7, 2026, and September 30, 2026. Under CAA section
307(b)(1), 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 December 7, 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.\10\
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\10\ 42 U.S.C. 7607(b)(2).
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(Authority: 40 CFR Part 84.)
Cynthia Newberg,
Director, Chemicals, Coatings, and Products Division.
[FR Doc. 2026-20389 Filed 10-5-26; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
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