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RIN: 2060-AR04

Publication ID: 2012

Title: Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Adjustments to the Allowance System for Controlling HCFC Production, Import, and Export for 2015-2019
Abstract: EPA is proposing to adjust the allowance system that controls the U.S. consumption and production of ozone-depleting substances known as hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) to lower the amount of available allowances. While much less destructive to stratospheric ozone than chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), HCFCs contribute to ozone depletion and alternatives are generally available. The HCFC allowance system is part of EPA's program to reduce the emissions of ozone depleting substances to protect the stratospheric ozone layer. Protection of the stratospheric ozone layer helps reduce rates of skin cancer and cataracts. The U.S. is obligated under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer to limit HCFC consumption and production in a stepwise fashion achieving specific levels by specific dates. Reductions occurred January 1, 2004, and January 1, 2010. This rulemaking would implement the next phasedown step, a reduction to 90% below the production and consumption baselines beginning January 1, 2015.
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Prerule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 82
Legal Authority: 42 USC 7671 to 7671(q)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
ANPRM	02/00/2013
NPRM	09/00/2013
Final Rule	07/00/2014

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: Federal
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Information URL: http://www.epa.gov/ozone/title6/phaseout/classtwo.html
Sectors Affected: 238220 Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors; 325120 Industrial Gas Manufacturing; 333415 Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing; 423620 Electrical and Electronic Appliance, Television, and Radio Set Merchant Wholesalers; 423730 Warm Air Heating and Air-Conditioning Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers; 424690 Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: Luke Hall-Jordan Environmental Protection Agency Air and Radiation 6205T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460 Phone:202 343-9591 Fax:202 343-2338 Email: hall-jordan.luke@epa.gov