View Information Collection Request (ICR) Package

OMB Control No: 2060-0734	ICR Reference No: 202401-2060-001
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202110-2060-001
Agency/Subagency: EPA/OAR	Agency Tracking No: 2685.04
Title: Hydrofluorocarbon Allowance Allocation and Trading Program (Final Rule)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 11/07/2024
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 01/05/2024
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, this information collection is approved.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	11/30/2027	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2024
Responses	9,637	0	12,776
Time Burden (Hours)	36,086	0	83,598
Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,028,100	0	2,737,392

Abstract: The AIM Act mandates that on a periodic basis, to be determined by the Administrator, but not less frequently than annually, each person who, within the applicable reporting period, produces, imports, exports, destroys, transforms, uses as a process agent, or reclaims a regulated substance shall submit to the Administrator a report that describes, as applicable, the quantity of the regulated substance that the person produced, imported, and exported; reclaimed; destroyed by a technology approved by the Administrator; used and entirely consumed (except for trace quantities) in the manufacture of another chemical; or used as a process agent.

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 116 - 260 103 Name of Law: American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
2060-AV45	Final or interim final rulemaking	88 FR 46836	07/20/2023

Federal Register Notices & Comments
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	9,637	12,776	-3,139
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	36,086	83,598	-47,512
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	1,028,100	2,737,392	-1,709,292

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Changing Regulations

Short Statement: Relative to the ICR approved shortly after the finalization of the HFC Allocation Framework Rule in 2021, EPAs burden estimate has decreased. The requirements described herein are consistent with the final rule Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Allowance Allocation Methodology for 2024 and Later Years (88 FR 46836, July 20, 2023) (2024 HFC Allocation Rule). While in the 2024 HFC Allocation Rule, EPA estimated that, starting in 2024, recordkeeping and reporting costs would increase by approximately $370,570 annually relative to the previous estimates from the HFC Allocation Framework Rule, the primary reason for the change in burden in this Supporting Statement is the removal of certain reporting and recordkeeping requirements associated with tracking the movement of containers of bulk HFCs in response to a court decision. On June 20, 2023, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated the QR code and refillable cylinder parts of EPAs HFC Allocation Framework Rule. While EPA intends to remove these provisions from the Code of Federal Regulations via rulemaking, in the interim the Agency is acting consistent with the decision and is not implementing or enforcing these provisions.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,258,460

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Luke Hall-Jordan 2023439591 hall-jordan.luke@epa.gov

View ICR - OIRA Conclusion