Title 40 published on 2012-07-01
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2013-04-03; vol. 78 # 64 - Wednesday, April 3, 2013 78 FR 20004 - Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Adjustments to the Allowance System for Controlling HCFC Production, Import, and Export
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Final rule. This final rule is effective April 3, 2013. 40 CFR Part 82 Summary EPA is adjusting the allowance system controlling U.S. consumption and production of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) as a result of a 2010 Court decision vacating a portion of the 2009 final rule titled “Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Adjustments to the Allowance System for Controlling HCFC Production, Import, and Export.” EPA interprets the Court's vacatur as applying to the part of the rule that establishes the company-by-company baselines and calendar year allowances for HCFC-22 and HCFC-142b. On August 5, 2011, EPA published an interim final rule allocating allowances for 2011. Today's action relieves the regulatory ban on production and consumption of these two chemicals following the Court's vacatur by establishing company-by-company HCFC-22 and HCFC-142b baselines and allocating production and consumption allowances for 2012-2014.
2012-12-14; vol. 77 # 241 - Friday, December 14, 2012 77 FR 74381 - Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Listing of Substitutes for Ozone Depleting Substances—Fire Suppression and Explosion Protection
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Withdrawal in part of direct final rule. Effective December 14, 2012, EPA withdraws the entire entry for “Streaming: C7 Fluoroketone as a substitute for Halon 1211” in Appendix S to Subpart G of Part 82 in the direct final rule published at 77 FR 58035, September 19, 2012. 40 CFR Part 82 Summary On September 19, 2012, the Federal Register published a direct final rule and a companion proposed rule issuing listings for three fire suppressants under EPA's Significant New Alternatives Policy program. Because EPA received adverse comment concerning C7 Fluoroketone, we are withdrawing that part of the direct final rule that listed C7 Fluoroketone acceptable subject to narrowed use limits as a substitute for halon 1211. Other listings in that direct final rule will take effect on December 18, 2012.
2012-09-19; vol. 77 # 182 - Wednesday, September 19, 2012 77 FR 58035 - Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Listing of Substitutes for Ozone-Depleting Substances—Fire Suppression and Explosion Protection
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Direct final rule. This rule is effective on December 18, 2012 without further notice, unless EPA receives adverse comment or receives a request for a public hearing on or before October 19, 2012. If EPA receives adverse comment or receives a request for a public hearing, we will publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register informing the public that all or part of this rule will not take effect. 40 CFR Part 82 Summary EPA is taking direct final action to list substitutes for ozone-depleting substances (ODSs) in the fire suppression and explosion protection sector as acceptable subject to use restrictions under the EPA's Significant New Alternatives Policy program. This program implements Section 612 of the Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990, which requires EPA to evaluate substitutes for ozone-depleting substances and find them acceptable where they pose comparable or lower overall risk to human health and the environment than other available substitutes.
2012-08-10; vol. 77 # 155 - Friday, August 10, 2012 77 FR 47768 - Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Determination 27 for Significant New Alternatives Policy Program
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Determination of Acceptability. This determination is effective on August 10, 2012. 40 CFR Part 82 Summary This Determination of Acceptability expands the list of acceptable substitutes for ozone-depleting substances under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program. This action lists as acceptable four additional substitutes for use in the refrigeration and air conditioning sector; two additional substitutes in the foam blowing sector; one additional substitute in the solvent cleaning sector; two additional substitutes in the aerosol sector; and one additional substitute in the fire suppression sector.
