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Memo: Recoupment Options

EPA is not proposing to provide recoupment, but is taking comment on the issue. If the agency decides to 

address 2010 allowances, it would consider providing recoupment to the following entities:

Table 1: Proposed Recoupment Allowances:

Company Chemical Consumption (kg) Production (kg)

Arkema HCFC-22 4,749,692 4,611,848

DuPont HCFC-142b 2,339 0

Honeywell HCFC-142b 58,291 107,097

Solvay Fluorides HCFC-22 1,157,895 0

Solvay Solexis HCFC-142b 0 289,800

Under Option 1:

EPA would provide recoupment in the 2013 control period in addition to the amount allocated through 

the typical process. The process for determining allowances would go as follows:

1) First, EPA would determine the percentage of baseline it would allocate to provide consumption 

allowances in 2013 absent recoupment. 

a. For HCFC-22 in 2013, EPA would divide the aggregate allocation amount by 141,865,381 

kg, the total of all company baselines for HCFC-22 consumption, to determine the 

resultant percentage of baseline allocated. For example, an aggregate allocation of 

35,900,000 kg (consumption allocation from the 2009 Final Rule without the 11-47 

percent proposed decrease) divided by the total of all baselines would create a baseline 

percentage of 25.3 percent in 2013.

2) All companies would receive the percentage of baseline established in Step 1 for calendar-year 

production and consumption allowances (recall that the two percentages could be different if EPA 

decides to decouple production and consumption allowances).

3) For companies receiving recoupment, EPA would then add the total amount listed in Table 1, 

above, to the percentage of baseline allocated in 2013 only.

The same procedure would be used to determine HCFC-142b allowances. Allowances in 2012 and 2014 

would be unaffected by recoupment.

To effectuate this option in the regulations, proposed section 82.16(a)(2) would be added to read as 

follows:

* * * * * 

(a) * * * (2) Recoupment allowances. In the control period beginning January 1, 2013 and ending 

December 31, 2013, the following companies are granted a one-time amount of HCFC consumption and 

production allowances in addition to the percentage of baseline listed in the table at paragraph (a)(1) of 

this section equal to: 4,749,692 kg of HCFC-22 consumption allowances and 4,611,848 kg of HCFC-22 

production allowances to Arkema; 2,339 kg of HCFC-142b consumption allowances to DuPont; 58,291 
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kg of HCFC-142b consumption allowances and 107,097 kg of HCFC-142b production allowances to 

Honeywell; 1,157,895 kg of HCFC-22 consumption allowances to Solvay Fluorides; and 289,800 kg of 

HCFC-142b production allowances to Solvay Solexis.

* * * * * 

Under Option 2:

EPA would provide recoupment in the 2013 and 2014 control periods in addition to the amount allocated 

through the typical process. The process for determining allowances would go as follows:

1) First, EPA would determine the percentage of baseline it would allocate to provide consumption 

allowances in 2013 and 2014 absent recoupment. 

a. For example, the aggregate HCFC-22 consumption allocation amount in each year would

be divided by 141,865,381 kg, the proposed aggregate baseline for all companies, in order 

to determine the percent of baseline issued.

2) All companies would receive the percentage of baseline established in Step 1 for calendar-year 

production and consumption allowances.

3) For companies receiving recoupment, EPA would then add half of the amount listed in Table 1, 

above, to the percentage of baseline allocated in 2013 and 2014.

a. In the case of HCFC-22 consumption allowances, Arkema and Solvay Fluorides would 

receive an additional 2,374,846 kg and 578,947 kg each year, respectively. In the case of 

HCFC-22 production allowances, Arkema would receive an additional 2,305,924 kg each 

year.

The same procedure would be used to determine HCFC-142b allowances. Allowances in 2012 would be 

unaffected by recoupment.

To effectuate this option in the regulations, proposed section 82.16(a)(2) would be added to read as 

follows:

* * * * * 

(a) * * * (2) Recoupment allowances. In the control period beginning January 1, 2013 and ending 

December 31, 2013, and the control period beginning January 1, 2014 and ending December 31, 2014, the 

following companies are granted an additional amount of HCFC consumption and production allowances 

in addition to the percentage of baseline listed in the table at paragraph (a)(1) of this section equal to:

2,374,846 kg of HCFC-22 consumption allowances and 2,305,924 kg of HCFC-22 production allowances 

to Arkema; 1,170 kg of HCFC-142b consumption allowances to DuPont; 29,146 kg of HCFC-142b 

consumption allowances and 53,549 kg of HCFC-142b production allowances to Honeywell; 578,947 kg 

of HCFC-22 consumption allowances to Solvay Fluorides; and 144,900 kg of HCFC-142b production 

allowances to Solvay Solexis.

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Under Option 3: 

EPA would provide recoupment from the total allocation level spread over the 2013 and 2014 control 

periods. The process for determining consumption allowances would go as follows:

1) First, EPA would determine the percentage of baseline it would allocate to provide consumption 

allowances in 2013 and 2014 absent recoupment. 

2) Second, for the companies receiving recoupment allowances, EPA would determine what the 

initial allocation would be absent recoupment by multiplying their baseline by the determined 

baseline percentage for 2013 and 2014.

3) EPA would then add half of these companies’ recoupment allowances to their initial allocation for 

2013 and 2014.

a. In the case of HCFC-22 consumption allowances, Arkema would receive an additional

2,374,846 kg in 2013 and 2014; Solvay Fluorides would receive an additional 578,947 kg 

in 2013 and 2014

4) EPA would then subtract the number of allowances provided to the companies receiving 

recoupment from the total number of allowances allocated for 2013 and 2014. 

a. Assuming that there is no decrease in HCFC-22 consumption allowances from the 2009 

Final Rule, the 2013 allocation provided to Arkema and Solvay Fluorides would be

16,215,885 kg of the 35,900,000 kg overall allowance, leaving 19,676,056 kg for all other 

allowance holders.

5) To determine the percent of baseline allocated to all other allowance holders, EPA would divide 

the remaining allowances calculated in step 4 by the number of baseline allowances held by all 

companies not receiving recoupment.

a. In the case of 2013 HCFC-22 consumption allowances, the remaining number of 

allowances would be divided by the remaining baseline 89,446,048 kg (141,865,381 kg –

48,637,642 kg for Arkema – 3,781,691 kg for Solvay Fluorides = 89,446,048 kg). The 

resulting percentage for every company beside Arkema and Solvay Fluorides is 3.3

percentage points lower than what would be allocated absent recoupment.

The same process would be used for HCFC-142b consumption allowances in both 2013 and 2014. 

Allowances in 2012 would be unaffected by recoupment. 

For HCFC-22 production allowances in 2013 and 2014, the following process would be used:

1) For the companies receiving recoupment allowances, EPA would determine what the initial 

allocation would be absent recoupment in both 2013 and 2014.

a. For example, if EPA chooses to provide 25.3 percent of baseline for HCFC-22 in 2013, 

EPA would first provide Arkema with 11,813,161 kg (or 25.3 percent of its baseline) of 

HCFC-22 production allowances.

2) EPA would then add half of these companies’ recoupment allowances to their initial allocation in 

2013 and 2014.

a. Continuing the example, in the case of 2013 HCFC-22 production allowances, Arkema 

would receive 11,813,161 kg plus 2,305,924 kg for a total of 14,119,085 kg in 2013.

3) EPA would then subtract the number of allowances provided to the companies receiving 

recoupment from the total number of allowances allocated for 2013 and 2014. 
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a. Continuing the example, 14,119,085 kg of the resulting 32,660,395 kg overall allowance 

would be provided to Arkema, leaving 18,541,310 kg for all other allowance holders.

4) To determine the percent of baseline allocated to all other allowance holders, EPA would divide 

the remaining allowances calculated in step 3 by the number of baseline allowances held by all 

companies not receiving recoupment.

a. Continuing the example, 18,541,310 kg would be divided by the remaining baseline of 

82,400,136 kg (129,092,472 kg – 46,692,336 kg for Arkema = 82,400,136 kg). The 

resulting percentage is 22.5 percent: 2.8 percentage points lower than what would be 

allocated absent recoupment. All entities not receiving recoupment would be allowed to 

produce 22.5 percent of their baseline.

For HCFC-142b production allowances, the only way to provide recoupment is to increase the amount of 

allowed production in both 2013 and 2014. There are three companies with HCFC-142b production 

allowances: Arkema, Honeywell and Solvay Solexis. Using the same formula as above, Honeywell and 

Solvay Solexis (the two companies who would receive recoupment under option 3) would receive 

118,459 kg and 320,546 kg as their initial allocation (or 4.9 percent of their baseline), followed by 53,548 

kg and 144,900 kg, respectively, in recoupment allowances. The result is 637,454 kg in total HCFC-142b 

production allowances. While the goal of this option is to keep total production allowances at 4.9 percent 

of the aggregate baseline (for a total calendar-year allocation of 462,740 kg) in each year, this is 

impossible if full recoupment is provided and would result in an additional allocation of 174,414 kg of 

allowed HCFC-142b production. Even though Arkema has an HCFC-142b baseline, once recoupment is 

provided, there are no additional HCFC-142b allowances remaining like in the HCFC-22 scenarios, 

leaving Arkema with zero HCFC-142b production allowances in 2013 and 2014.

To effectuate option three in the regulations, proposed section 82.16(a)(2) would be added to read as 

follows:

* * * * * 

(a) * * * (2) Recoupment allowances. (A) In the control period beginning January 1, 2013 and ending 

December 31, 2013, and the control period beginning January 1, 2014 and ending December 31, 2014, the 

following companies are granted an additional amount of HCFC consumption and production allowances 

in addition to the percentage of baseline listed in the table at paragraph (a)(1) of this section equal to: 

2,374,846 kg of HCFC-22 consumption allowances and 2,305,924 kg of HCFC-22 production allowances 

to Arkema; 1,170 kg of HCFC-142b consumption allowances to DuPont; 29,146 kg of HCFC-142b 

consumption allowances and 53,549 kg of production allowances to Honeywell; 578,947 kg of HCFC-22 

consumption allowances to Solvay Fluorides; and 144,900 kg of HCFC-142b production allowances to 

Solvay Solexis.

(B) In the control period beginning January 1, 2013 and ending December 31, 2013, and the control 

period beginning January 1, 2014 and ending December 31, 2014, ABCO Refrigeration Supply, Altair 

Partners, Carrier, Coolgas Investment Property, DuPont, H.G. Refrigeration Supply, Honeywell, 

Mexichem Fluor Inc., Kivlan & Company, MDA Manufacturing, Mondy Global, National Refrigerants, 
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Refricenter of Miami, Refricentro, R-Lines, Saez Distributors, and USA Refrigerants must subtract 3.3

percentage points from the percentage of baseline allocated at 82.16(a)(1) for HCFC-22 consumption 

allowances and 2.8 percentage points from the percentage of baseline allocated at 82.16(a)(1) for HCFC22 production allowances to determine their annual allocation of allowances. 

(C) In the control period beginning January 1, 2013 and ending December 31, 2013, and the control 

period beginning January 1, 2014 and ending December 31, 2014, Arkema and Solvay Solexis must 

subtract 4.4 percentage points from the percentage of baseline allocated at 82.16(a)(1) for HCFC-142b

consumption allowances. In the control period beginning January 1, 2013 and ending December 31, 2013, 

and the control period beginning January 1, 2014 and ending December 31, 2014, Arkema must subtract 

4.9 percentage points from the percentage of baseline allocated at 82.16(a)(1) for HCFC-142b production 

allowances.

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EPA would also need to footnote the table(s) at 82.16(a)(1) to indicate the instances in which (a)(2) 

adjustments reduce the percentage set forth in the table.

Under Option 4:

EPA would not provide recoupment allowances as described in section III.B.4. of the preamble of the 

proposed rule. EPA would not need to change the regulatory text if it chooses this option.

Summary

The tables below shows how each of these options would impact HCFC-22 and HCFC-142b allocations 

in 2012-2014:

HCFC-22 Allocation in Metric Tons with Recoupment Options 1-4*

2012 2013 2014

Consumption Production Consumption Production Consumption Production

Option 1 40,715 37,050 41,800 37,272 31,069 28,271

Option 2 40,715 37,050 38,846 34,966 34,022 30,577

Option 3 40,715 37,050 35,894 32,659 31,071 28,270

Option 4 40,715 37,050 35,892 32,660 31,069 28,271

*All options assume the amount of allowed production does not increase and the amount of allowed 

consumption does not decrease as compared to the 2009 Final Rule.

HCFC-142b Allocation in Metric Tons with Recoupment Options 1-4

2012 2013 2014

Consumption Production Consumption Production Consumption Production

Option 1 100 463 161 860 100 463

Option 2 100 463 131 661 131 661

Option 3 100 463 100 637 100 637

Option 4 100 463 100 463 100 463