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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <NAME>Office of Air and Radiation</NAME>
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            <NAME>Environmental Protection Agency</NAME>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Allowance Allocation Methodology for 2024 and Later Years</RULE_TITLE>
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<p>This rule continues to implement the hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) phasedown under the American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act. A prior rulemaking established a framework for the allowance allocation and trading program to phase down HFC production and consumption over time, and also established the production and consumption baselines, codified the list of controlled substances that will be covered by those baselines, determined an approach to allocating annual allowances for 2022 and 2023 and allowing for trading of those allowances, established recordkeeping and reporting requirements, introduced a robust, agile, and innovative compliance and enforcement system, and addressed other related elements. To continue phasing down the production and consumption of listed HFCs on the schedule listed in the AIM Act, this rulemaking determined an approach to allocating annual production and consumption allowances for calendar years 2024 through 2028, revised provisions related to the allocation methodology, amended the consumption baseline to reflect updated data, and made adjustments based on the lessons learned from implementation of the framework rule.</p>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Section 3(f)(1) Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Completed Actions</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>Yes</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>40 CFR 84</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 7675</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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                <DLINE_TYPE>Statutory</DLINE_TYPE>
                <DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>Final</DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>
                <DLINE_DATE>10/01/2021</DLINE_DATE>
                <DLINE_DESC>Rule must be signed and in part effective no later than September 2023 so EPA can issue allowances for 2024 by October 1, 2023.</DLINE_DESC>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>11/03/2022</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>87 FR 66372</FR_CITATION>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>07/20/2023</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>88 FR 46836</FR_CITATION>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Rule Effective</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>09/18/2023</TTBL_DATE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
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        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <FIRST_NAME>Wei-An</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Chang</LAST_NAME>
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                    <CODE>2060</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Air and Radiation</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OAR</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 564-6658</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>chang.andy@epa.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20460</ZIP>
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