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EPA/AR RIN: 2060-AM09 Publication ID: Fall 2010 
Title: Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Amendments to the Section 608 Leak Repair Regulations 
Abstract: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing changes to the leak repair regulations promulgated under section 608 of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (CAA or Act). EPA is proposing to lower the leak repair trigger rates for comfort cooling, commercial refrigeration, and industrial process refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment (i.e., appliances) with ozone-depleting refrigerant charges greater than 50 pounds. This action proposes to streamline existing required practices and associated reporting and recordkeeping requirements by establishing similar leak repair requirements for owners or operators of comfort cooling, commercial refrigeration, and industrial process refrigeration appliances. This action also proposes to reduce the use and emissions of ozone-depleting refrigerants by requiring the following: verification and documentation of all repairs, retrofit or retirement of appliances that cannot be sufficiently repaired, mandatory replacement of appliance components that have a history of failures, and mandatory recordkeeping of the determination of the full charge and the fate of recovered refrigerant. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82.150 to 82.169   
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7671 et seq   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  12/00/2010    
Final Action  05/00/2011    
Additional Information: EPA Docket information: EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0167
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: www.epa.gov/ozone/title6/608  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Julius Banks
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
6205J,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 343-9870
Fax:202 565-2155
Email: banks.julius@epamail.epa.gov

Cindy Newberg
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 6205T,
Washington, DC 20460
Phone:202 343-9729
Fax:202 343-2338
Email: newberg.cindy@epa.gov