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[FR Doc. 2023–23093 Filed 10–18–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2021–0669; FRL–9116–04– 

OAR] 

Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: 

Notice of 2024 Allowance Allocations 

for Production and Consumption of 

Regulated Substances Under the 

American Innovation and 

Manufacturing Act of 2020, and Notice 

of Final Administrative Consequences 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) has issued calendar year 

2024 allowances for the production and 

consumption of hydrofluorocarbons in 

accordance with the Agency’s 

regulations. This issuance of allowances 

is undertaken pursuant to the American 

Innovation and Manufacturing Act, 

which directs the Environmental 

Protection Agency by October 1 of each 

calendar year to determine the quantity 

of production and consumption 

allowances for the following calendar 

year. In this notice, the Agency is also 

providing notice of separate Agency 

actions finalizing administrative 

consequences for certain entities. These 

administrative consequences were 

applied to withhold, retire, and revoke 

entities’ remaining calendar year 2023 

and newly issued calendar year 2024 

allowances in accordance with the 

administrative consequence regulatory 

provisions. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andy Chang, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Stratospheric 

Protection Division, telephone number: 

202–564–6658; email address: 

chang.andy@epa.gov. You may also visit 

EPA’s website at https://www.epa.gov/ 

climate-hfcs-reduction for further 

information. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Subsection (e)(2)(D)(i) of the American 

Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 

2020 (AIM Act) directs the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

to determine, by October 1 of each 

calendar year, the quantity of 

allowances for the production and 

consumption of regulated substances 

that may be used for the following 

calendar year. EPA has codified the 

production and consumption baselines 

and phasedown schedules for regulated 

substances in 40 CFR 84.7. Under the 

phasedown schedule, for 2024, total 

production allowances may not exceed 

229,521,263 metric tons of exchange 

value equivalent (MTEVe) and total 

consumption allowances may not 

exceed 181,522,990 MTEVe. 

EPA regulations at 40 CFR part 84, 

subpart A, outline the process by which 

the Agency determines the number of 

allowances each entity is allocated. EPA 

allocated allowances consistent with 

this process for calendar year 2024, and 

has posted entity-specific allowance 

allocations on its website at https:// 

www.epa.gov/climate-hfcs-reduction. 

An allowance allocated under the AIM 

Act does not constitute a property right 

and is a limited authorization for the 

production or consumption of a 

regulated substance. 

Note that while allowances may be 

transferred or conferred once they are 

allocated, they can only be expended to 

cover imports and production in the 

calendar year for which they are 

allocated. In other words, calendar year 

2024 allowances may only be expended 

for production and import of bulk HFCs 

between January 1, 2024, and December 

31, 2024. 

Application-Specific Allowances 

EPA established the methodology for 

issuing application-specific allowances 

in the 2021 final rule titled Phasedown 

of Hydrofluorocarbons: Establishing the 

Allowance Allocation and Trading 

Program Under the American 

Innovation and Manufacturing Act (86 

FR 55116) and codified the 

methodology for issuing allowance 

allocations in 40 CFR 84.13. Because 

application-specific allowances can be 

expended to either produce or import 

HFCs, and application-specific 

allowances must be provided from 

within the overall annual production 

and consumption caps, EPA subtracts 

the amount of application-specific 

allowances allocated from both the 

production and consumption general 

allowance pools. EPA issues 

application-specific allowances to end 

users in five applications established by 

the AIM Act: propellants in metered 

dose inhalers (MDIs), defense sprays, 

structural composite preformed 

polyurethane foam for marine use and 

trailer use, etching of semiconductor 

material or wafers and the cleaning of 

chemical vapor deposition chambers 

within the semiconductor 

manufacturing sector, and onboard 

aerospace fire suppression. 

Additionally, EPA issues applicationspecific allowances to the U.S. 

Department of Defense for missioncritical military end uses. 

EPA’s 2023 final rule titled 

Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: 

Allowance Allocation Methodology for 

2024 and Later Years (88 FR 46836), 

updated the methodology for how the 

Agency would issue production and 

consumption allowances for 2024 

through 2028. These updates are 

codified in 40 CFR 84.9 (production) 

and 40 CFR 84.11 (consumption), and 

EPA is issuing allowances to entities 

who meet the criteria in the regulations, 

including those who were previously 

issued consumption allowances as new 

market entrants pursuant to 40 CFR 

84.15. 

EPA’s final calculations for allocation 

of allowances for each entity on 

September 29, 2023, follows below. EPA 

followed the methodology from the 

applicable regulations in determining 

allocations, i.e., 40 CFR 84.13 for 

application-specific allowances, 40 CFR 

84.9 for production allowances, and 40 

CFR 84.11 for consumption allowances. 

Applying the methodology codified in 

40 CFR 84.13, EPA allocated the number 

of application-specific allowances 

shown in Table 1. 


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TABLE 1—NUMBER OF CALENDAR YEAR 2024 APPLICATION-SPECIFIC ALLOWANCES ALLOCATED PER ENTITY

Entity Application 

Applicationspecific 

allowances 

(MTEVe) allocated 

Analog devices ......................................................................... Semiconductors ....................................................................... 18,130.0 

Applied Materials ..................................................................... Semiconductors ....................................................................... 10,666.7 

Armstrong Pharmaceuticals ..................................................... Propellants in MDIs ................................................................. 230,001.2 

ASML US ................................................................................. Semiconductors ....................................................................... 1,033.8 

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals ................................................. Propellants in MDIs ................................................................. 3,848.9 

Aurobindo Pharma USA .......................................................... Propellants in MDIs ................................................................. 28,316.9 

Broadcom ................................................................................. Semiconductors ....................................................................... 213.1 

Compsys .................................................................................. Structural Composite Preformed Polyurethane Foam ............ 19,928.6 

Defense Technology ................................................................ Defense Sprays ....................................................................... 1,537.4 

Diodes Incorporated ................................................................. Semiconductors ....................................................................... 2,584.5 

General Electric ....................................................................... Semiconductors ....................................................................... 73.9 

GlaxoSmithKline ....................................................................... Propellants in MDIs ................................................................. 523,906.9 

GlobalFoundries ....................................................................... Semiconductors ....................................................................... 152,916.2 

Guardian Protective Devices ................................................... Defense Sprays ....................................................................... 7,467.0 

Hitachi High-Tech America ...................................................... Semiconductors ....................................................................... 537.9 

IBM Corporation ....................................................................... Semiconductors ....................................................................... 369.4 

Intel Corporation ...................................................................... Semiconductors ....................................................................... 597,502.0 

Invagen Pharmaceuticals ......................................................... Propellants in MDIs ................................................................. 156,427.2 

Jireh Semiconductor ................................................................ Semiconductors ....................................................................... 1,600.2 

Keysight Technologies ............................................................. Semiconductors ....................................................................... 537.7 

Kindeva Drug Delivery ............................................................. Propellants in MDIs ................................................................. 335,693.4 

LA Semiconductor .................................................................... Semiconductors ....................................................................... 2,584.5 

Lam Research Corp ................................................................. Semiconductors ....................................................................... 182,210.4 

Lupin ........................................................................................ Propellants in MDIs ................................................................. 21,415.7 

Medtronic Tempe Campus ...................................................... Semiconductors ....................................................................... 457.1 

Microchip Technology .............................................................. Semiconductors ....................................................................... 43,757.2 

Micron Technology ................................................................... Semiconductors ....................................................................... 40,557.8 

Newport Fab DBA TowerJazz ................................................. Semiconductors ....................................................................... 6,414.4 

Northrop Grumman Corporation .............................................. Semiconductors ....................................................................... 2,116.0 

NXP Semiconductor ................................................................. Semiconductors ....................................................................... 72,169.2 

Odin Pharmaceuticals .............................................................. Propellants in MDIs ................................................................. 1,075.7 

Polar Semiconductor ................................................................ Semiconductors ....................................................................... 11,718.5 

Proteng Distribution ................................................................. Onboard Aerospace Fire Suppression ................................... 6,723.4 

Qorvo Texas ............................................................................ Semiconductors ....................................................................... 1,065.3 

Raytheon Technologies ........................................................... Onboard Aerospace Fire Suppression ................................... 1,535.4 

Renesas Electronics America .................................................. Semiconductors ....................................................................... 1,065.3 

Samsung Austin Semiconductor .............................................. Semiconductors ....................................................................... 334,439.8 

Security Equipment Corporation .............................................. Defense Sprays ....................................................................... 53,652.3 

Semiconductor Components Industries DBA ON Semiconductor.Semiconductors ....................................................................... 19,001.0 

SkyWater Technology .............................................................. Semiconductors ....................................................................... 18,718.8 

Skyworks Solutions .................................................................. Semiconductors ....................................................................... 536.8 

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Arizona 

Corporation (TSMC Arizona Corporation).

Semiconductors ....................................................................... 34,250.1 

Texas Instruments ................................................................... Semiconductors ....................................................................... 193,836.7 

The Research Foundation for The State University of New 

York OBO SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

Semiconductors ....................................................................... 1,034.4 

Tokyo Electron America ........................................................... Semiconductors ....................................................................... 558.8 

Tower Semiconductor San Antonio ......................................... Semiconductors ....................................................................... 8,502.2 

UDAP Industries ...................................................................... Defense Sprays ....................................................................... 37,629.1 

Wabash National Corporation .................................................. Structural Composite Preformed Polyurethane Foam ............ 66,340.0 

WaferTech ................................................................................ Semiconductors ....................................................................... 18,103.3 

Wolfspeed ................................................................................ Semiconductors ....................................................................... 48,648.1 

X–FAB Texas ........................................................................... Semiconductors ....................................................................... 2,432.6 

Department of Defense ............................................................ Mission-critical Military End Uses ........................................... 2,511,081.5 

Total Issued ...................................................................... All ............................................................................................ 5,836,924.3 

EPA has denied requests for 

application-specific allowances from 

Apple Inc. and Zarc International, Inc. 

because they are ineligible under 40 

CFR 84.13. The requests were ineligible 

for at least one of the following reasons: 

(1) Did not report purchases of 

regulated substances in the past three 

years; or 

(2) Failed to submit a request by the 

deadline. 

General Pool Allowances for 

Production 

Applying the methodology codified in 

40 CFR 84.9, EPA allocated the number 

of production allowances shown in 

Table 2. 


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TABLE 2—NUMBER OF CALENDAR YEAR 2024 PRODUCTION ALLOWANCES ALLOCATED PER ENTITY

Entity 

Production 

allowances 

allocated 

(MTEVe) 

Application-specific allowances ........................................................................................................................................................... a 5,836,924.3 

Arkema ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 26,990,669.0 

Chemours ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 50,038,369.2 

Honeywell International ....................................................................................................................................................................... 113,275,864.9 

Iofina Chemical .................................................................................................................................................................................... 1,160.9 

Mexichem Fluor DBA Koura ................................................................................................................................................................ 33,378,274.7 

Total Issued ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 229,521,263.0 

aSee Table 1; this value corresponds to the total number of application-specific allowances allocated. 

General Pool Allowances for 

Consumption 

Applying the methodology codified in 

40 CFR 84.11, EPA allocated the number 

of consumption allowances shown in 

Table 3. 

TABLE 3—NUMBER OF CALENDAR YEAR 2024 CONSUMPTION ALLOWANCES ALLOCATED PER ENTITY

Entity 

Consumption 

allowances 

allocated 

(MTEVe) 

Application-specific allowances ........................................................................................................................................................... a 5,836,924.3 

A.C.S. Reclamation & Recovery (Absolute Chiller Services) ............................................................................................................. 128,987.8 

Ability Refrigerants ............................................................................................................................................................................... 128,987.8 

ACT Commodities ................................................................................................................................................................................ 50.4 

Advance Auto Parts ............................................................................................................................................................................. 461,215.3 

Advanced Specialty Gases .................................................................................................................................................................. 184,102.8 

AFK & Co ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 124,689.8 

AFS Cooling ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 128,987.8 

A-Gas ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2,199,784.7 

Air Liquide USA ................................................................................................................................................................................... 321,682.9 

AllCool Refrigerant Reclaim ................................................................................................................................................................ 128,987.8 

American Air Components ................................................................................................................................................................... 128,987.8 

Arkema ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 20,051,844.9 

Artsen ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 663,053.3 

Automart Distributors DBA Refrigerant Plus ....................................................................................................................................... 128,987.8 

AutoZone Parts .................................................................................................................................................................................... 1,304,000.7 

AW Product Sales & Marketing ........................................................................................................................................................... 77,991.8 

Bluon .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 21,590.6 

CC Packaging ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 125,118.2 

Chemours ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 22,115,332.4 

Chemp Technology .............................................................................................................................................................................. 128,987.8 

ChemPenn ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 14,336.2 

ComStar International .......................................................................................................................................................................... 232,510.8 

Creative Solution ................................................................................................................................................................................. 128,987.8 

Cross World Group .............................................................................................................................................................................. 128,987.8 

Daikin America ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 2,013,820.3 

EDX Industry ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 370,884.7 

Electronic Fluorocarbons ..................................................................................................................................................................... 67,293.9 

Fireside Holdings DBA American Refrigerants ................................................................................................................................... 128,973.9 

First Continental International .............................................................................................................................................................. 496,747.8 

FluoroFusion Specialty Chemicals ...................................................................................................................................................... 1,647,053.3 

Freskoa USA ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 128,987.8 

GlaxoSmithKline .................................................................................................................................................................................. 347,339.2 

Golden Refrigerant .............................................................................................................................................................................. 128,987.8 

Harp USA ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 493,996.4 

Honeywell International ....................................................................................................................................................................... 53,136,510.9 

Hudson Technologies .......................................................................................................................................................................... 1,928,081.5 

Hungry Bear ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 128,987.8 

ICool USA ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 2,198,406.6 

IGas Holdings ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 16,846,810.7 

Iofina Chemical .................................................................................................................................................................................... 817.1 

Kidde-Fenwal ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 128,987.8 

Lenz Sales & Distribution .................................................................................................................................................................... 716,447.4 

Lina Trade ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 128,987.8 

Linde .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 343,607.9 

Matheson Tri-Gas ................................................................................................................................................................................ 22,015.7 


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1Administrative consequences that the Agency 

has finalized can be found here: https://

www.epa.gov/climate-hfcs-reduction/ 

administrative-consequences-under-hfc-allocationrule. 

TABLE 3—NUMBER OF CALENDAR YEAR 2024 CONSUMPTION ALLOWANCES ALLOCATED PER ENTITY—Continued 

Entity 

Consumption 

allowances 

allocated 

(MTEVe) 

MEK Chemical Corporation ................................................................................................................................................................. 53,572.5 

Meraki Group ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 128,987.8 

Metalcraft ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 103,835.2 

Mexichem Fluor DBA Koura ................................................................................................................................................................ 16,441,211.7 

Mondy Global ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 205,649.7 

National Refrigerants ........................................................................................................................................................................... 12,780,590.6 

Nature Gas Import and Export ............................................................................................................................................................ 528,873.0 

North American Refrigerants ............................................................................................................................................................... 128,987.8 

O23 Energy Plus ................................................................................................................................................................................. 128,987.8 

Perfect Score Too DBA Perfect Cycle ................................................................................................................................................ 24,427.9 

Reclamation Technologies .................................................................................................................................................................. 256,685.4 

Resonac America (formerly Showa Chemicals of America) ............................................................................................................... 42,851.2 

RGAS (formerly listed as Combs Gas) ............................................................................................................................................... 2,951,990.2 

RMS of Georgia ................................................................................................................................................................................... 1,063,455.0 

Sciarra Laboratories ............................................................................................................................................................................ 5,604.6 

SDS Refrigerant Services .................................................................................................................................................................... 128,987.8 

Solvay Fluorides .................................................................................................................................................................................. 711,375.5 

Summit Refrigerants ............................................................................................................................................................................ 128,987.8 

SynAgile Corporation ........................................................................................................................................................................... 725.8 

Technical Chemical ............................................................................................................................................................................. 2,203,622.1 

TradeQuim ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 128,987.8 

Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling ............................................................................................................................................ 11.0 

Tulstar Products ................................................................................................................................................................................... 473,694.4 

Tyco Fire Products .............................................................................................................................................................................. 128,987.8 

USA United Suppliers of America DBA USA Refrigerants ................................................................................................................. 273,401.8 

USSC Acquisition Corp ....................................................................................................................................................................... 84,777.8 

Walmart ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1,471,574.6 

Waysmos USA ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 361,839.8 

Wego Chemical Group ........................................................................................................................................................................ 36,492.6 

Weitron ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 4,089,895.7 

Wesco HMB ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 128,987.8 

Wilhelmsen Ships Service ................................................................................................................................................................... 26,063.9 

Total Issued .................................................................................................................................................................................. 181,522,990.0 

a See Table 1; this value corresponds to the total number of application-specific allowances allocated. 

Administrative Consequences 

Separate from the allocation of 

calendar year 2024 allowances, EPA 

also took administrative consequences 

against certain entities. Each 

administrative consequence is an 

independent stand-alone action, but for 

administrative efficiency EPA is 

providing notice of these independent 

actions through this notice as well. The 

requirements surrounding 

administrative consequences are 

codified in 40 CFR 84.35. Using this 

authority, EPA can retire, revoke, or 

withhold the allocation of allowances, 

or ban an entity from receiving, 

transferring, or conferring allowances. A 

retired allowance is one that must go 

unused and expire at the end of the 

year; a revoked allowance is one that 

EPA takes back from an allowance 

holder and redistributes to all the other 

allowance holders; and a withheld 

allowance is one that is retained by the 

Agency until an allowance holder that 

has failed to meet a regulatory 

requirement comes back into 

compliance, at which point EPA 

allocates it to the allowance holder. A 

withheld allowance could become a 

revoked allowance if the allowance 

holder fails to meet the regulatory 

requirement at issue within the 

timeframe specified by EPA.1 More 

information on EPA’s approach to 

administrative consequences can be 

found at 86 FR 55168. 

EPA finalized administrative 

consequences for certain entities that 

were allocated consumption allowances, 

listed in Table 3 for calendar year 2024, 

effective concurrently with the issuance 

of calendar year 2024 allowances. 

Specifically, the following entities failed 

to submit complete HFC reports as 

required in 40 CFR 84.31 and therefore 

EPA has withheld a portion of their 

consumption allowances until the 

missing reports are filed and verified by 

EPA: Air Liquide USA; Creative 

Solution; and Matheson Tri-gas, Inc. 

The following entities imported 

regulated HFCs without expending the 

requisite number of consumption 

allowances at the time of import and 

therefore EPA has retired and/or 

revoked consumption allowances 

commensurate with the quantities of 

regulated substances imported without 

allowances: American Air Components; 

AFK & Co.; Artsen; Bluon, Inc.; 

Electronic Fluorocarbons; Fluorofusion 

Specialty Chemicals; and Resonac 

America, Inc. Lastly, Honeywell 

International produced and imported 

regulated substances without expending 

the requisite number of consumption 

allowances at the time of production or 

import. 

In some of these cases, EPA finalized 

administrative consequences that 

totaled more than was allocated to an 

entity. For example, American Air 

Components, Bluon, Inc., and Resonac 

America, Inc. imported regulated HFCs 

without the necessary allowances at the 

time of import in such quantities that 

exceed their initial allocation of 

calendar year 2024 allowances. With 


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respect to one entity, the Agency 

decided to apply the administrative 

consequence across multiple years. EPA 

made this determination given the size 

of the administrative consequence and 

as a result of considerations related to 

the step reduction in 2024 and 

implications for the market as a whole 

regarding access to chemicals that are 

anticipated to be impacted by EPA HFC 

regulations. A summary of these 

administrative consequences is 

included in Table 4. 

TABLE 4—SUMMARY OF ADMINISTRATIVE CONSEQUENCES EFFECTIVE ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2023, PURSUANT TO 40 CFR 

84.35 

Entity 

Number of 

affected 

allowances 

(MTEVe) 

Applicable year(s) 

Administrative 

consequence 

action 

Reasoning 

American Air Components .................. 208,516.5 a 104,258.3 

2024 and future years as needed .....

2025 and future years as needed .....

Retire .................

Revoke. 

Imported regulated HFCs without expending 

requisite number of allowances; Will retire and 

revoke allowances until the full administrative 

consequence is covered. 

AFK & Co ............................................ 5,701.9 a 2,851.0 

2024 ...................................................

2024 ...................................................

Retire .................

Revoke. 

Imported regulated HFCs without expending 

requisite number of allowances. 

Artsen .................................................. 346.7 

a 173.4 

2024 ...................................................

2024 ...................................................

Retire .................

Revoke. 

Imported regulated HFCs without expending 

requisite number of allowances. 

Bluon ................................................... 575,800.7 a 288,855.8 

2024 and future years as needed .....

As early as 2025 and future years as 

needed.

Retire .................

Revoke. 

Imported regulated HFCs without expending 

requisite number of allowances; Will retire and 

revoke allowances until the full administrative 

consequence is covered. 

Electronic Fluorocarbons .................... 64,931.9 a 32,466.0 

2023 ...................................................

2024 ...................................................

Retire .................

Revoke. 

Imported regulated HFCs without expending 

requisite number of allowances. 

Fluorofusion Specialty Chemicals ....... a 5,505.2 2024 ................................................... Revoke .............. Imported regulated HFCs without expending 

requisite number of allowances. 

Resonac America ................................ 200,070.5 a 100,035.3 

2024 and future years as needed .....

As early as 2025 and future years as 

needed.

Retire .................

Revoke. 

Imported regulated HFCs without expending 

requisite number of allowances; Will retire and 

revoke allowances until the full administrative 

consequence is covered. 

Honeywell International ....................... a 231,334.0 

a 462,668.1 

a 925,336.2 a 1,388,004.3 

a 1,619,338.4 

2024 ...................................................

2025 ...................................................

2026 ...................................................

2027 ...................................................

2028 ...................................................

Revoke ..............

Revoke. 

Revoke. 

Revoke. 

Revoke. 

Produced and imported HFCs without expending requisite number of allowances; b Will 

spread the administrative consequence over 

five years. 

Air Liquide USA ................................... 64,336.6 2024 ................................................... Withhold ............ Failure to submit complete HFC reports as required in 40 CFR 84.31. 

Creative Solution ................................. 25,797.6 2024 ................................................... Withhold ............ Failure to submit complete HFC reports as required in 40 CFR 84.31. 

Matheson Tri-Gas ............................... 4,403.1 2024 ................................................... Withhold ............ Failure to submit complete HFC reports as required in 40 CFR 84.31. 

aAs stated in the HFC Allocation Framework Rule (86 FR 55116), EPA explained it would take a 50% premium in first instances of administrative consequences. 

These values correspond to 50% of the full amount of consumption without requisite allowances at the time of production and/or import. bEPA only finalized administrative consequences for Honeywell International that affect the company’s consumption allowances, since the company did not produce 

regulated substances in a quantity that exceeded the quantity of available production allowances that it had in its possession.

The allowance adjustments by way of 

withholding, retiring, and/or revoking a 

portion of entities’ calendar year 2024 

allowances effective September 29, 

2023, are reflected below in Table 5. 

TABLE 5—CALENDAR YEAR 2024 ALLOWANCES ADJUSTED THROUGH ADMINISTRATIVE CONSEQUENCES EFFECTIVE

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023 

Entity 

Number of withheld 

consumption 

allowances 

(MTEVe) 

Number of retired 

consumption 

allowances 

(MTEVe) 

Number of revoked 

consumption 

allowances 

(MTEVe) 

Air Liquide USA ................................................................................................... 64,336.6 ................................ ................................

Creative Solution ................................................................................................. 25,797.6 ................................ ................................

Matheson Tri-Gas ................................................................................................ 4,403.1 ................................ ................................

Electronic Fluorocarbons ..................................................................................... ................................ ................................ 32,466.0 

Honeywell International ....................................................................................... ................................ ................................ 231,334.0 

AFK & Co ............................................................................................................. ................................ 5,701.9 2,851.0 

American Air Components ................................................................................... ................................ 128,987.8 ................................

Artsen ................................................................................................................... ................................ 346.7 173.4 

Bluon .................................................................................................................... ................................ 21,590.6 ................................

Fluorofusion Specialty Chemicals ....................................................................... ................................ ................................ 5,505.2 

Resonac America ................................................................................................ ................................ 42,851.2 ................................


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Adjustments to Consumption 

Allowances 

EPA notes that entities in Table 4 who 

either imported or produced (or both) 

without expending the requisite number 

of consumption allowances at the time 

of production or import were not 

eligible to receive allowances that were 

redistributed as a result of allowances 

revoked for calendar year 2024. Further, 

an entity is not eligible to receive 

redistributed allowances if they were 

subject to administrative consequences 

that resulted in the revocation of 

allowances that contributed to the 

overall total of allowances being 

redistributed at the time. For example, 

if EPA revoked 50 MTEVe allowances 

from company A and 50 MTEVe 

allowances from company B, effective 

on the same day, EPA’s redistribution of 

that single pool of 100 MTEVe 

allowances would go to all general pool 

allowances holders except company A 

and company B. This applies regardless 

of whether the revocation happens in 

one year or over multiple years. 

However, entities who only had 

allowances withheld by the Agency as 

a result of failure to comply with certain 

HFC reporting requirements as 

contained in 40 CFR 84.31 were eligible 

to receive allowances that were 

redistributed as a result of allowances 

revoked for calendar year 2024. For 

2024, the total number of revoked and 

redistributed allowances is 272,329.6 

MTEVe, which are being apportioned to 

eligible consumption allowance holders 

based on their relative market share, and 

the total number of retired allowances 

in 2024 is 199,478.2 MTEVe. 

Table 6 reflects consumption 

allowance totals available to each entity 

as of September 29, 2023, after taking 

into account the administrative 

consequences shown in Table 5. 

TABLE 6—TOTAL NUMBER OF CALENDAR YEAR 2024 CONSUMPTION ALLOWANCES AVAILABLE TO EACH ENTITY AS OF

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023, ADJUSTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE CONSEQUENCES

Entity 

Available consumption allowances, adjusted 

for administrative 

consequences 

(MTEVe) 

Application-specific allowances ..................................................................................................................................................... a 5,836,924.3 

A.C.S. Reclamation & Recovery (Absolute Chiller Services) ....................................................................................................... 129,280.9 

Ability Refrigerants ......................................................................................................................................................................... 129,280.9 

ACT Commodities .......................................................................................................................................................................... 50.5 

Advance Auto Parts ....................................................................................................................................................................... 462,263.3 

Advanced Specialty Gases ............................................................................................................................................................ 184,521.1 

AFK & Co. ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 116,136.9 

AFS Cooling ................................................................................................................................................................................... 129,280.9 

A-Gas ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 2,204,783.0 

Air Liquide USA ............................................................................................................................................................................. 258,077.2 

AllCool Refrigerant Reclaim .......................................................................................................................................................... 129,280.9 

American Air Components ............................................................................................................................................................. 0.0 

Arkema ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 20,097,406.2 

Artsen ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 662,533.2 

Automart Distributors DBA Refrigerant Plus ................................................................................................................................. 129,280.9 

AutoZone Parts .............................................................................................................................................................................. 1,306,963.6 

AW Product Sales & Marketing ..................................................................................................................................................... 78,169.0 

Bluon .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 0.0 

CC Packaging ................................................................................................................................................................................ 125,402.5 

Chemours ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 22,165,582.4 

Chemp Technology ........................................................................................................................................................................ 129,280.9 

ChemPenn ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 14,368.8 

ComStar International .................................................................................................................................................................... 233,039.1 

Creative Solution ........................................................................................................................................................................... 103,483.3 

Cross World Group ........................................................................................................................................................................ 129,280.9 

Daikin America ............................................................................................................................................................................... 2,018,396.1 

EDX Industry .................................................................................................................................................................................. 371,727.4 

Electronic Fluorocarbons ............................................................................................................................................................... 34,827.9 

Fireside Holdings DBA American Refrigerants ............................................................................................................................. 129,266.9 

First Continental International ........................................................................................................................................................ 497,876.5 

FluoroFusion Specialty Chemicals ................................................................................................................................................ 1,641,548.1 

Freskoa USA ................................................................................................................................................................................. 129,280.9 

GlaxoSmithKline ............................................................................................................................................................................ 348,128.4 

Golden Refrigerant ........................................................................................................................................................................ 129,280.9 

Harp USA ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 495,118.8 

Honeywell International ................................................................................................................................................................. 52,905,176.9 

Hudson Technologies .................................................................................................................................................................... 1,932,462.4 

Hungry Bear ................................................................................................................................................................................... 129,280.9 

ICool USA ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 2,203,401.8 

IGas Holdings ................................................................................................................................................................................ 16,885,089.6 

Iofina Chemical .............................................................................................................................................................................. 819.0 

Kidde-Fenwal ................................................................................................................................................................................. 129,280.9 

Lenz Sales & Distribution .............................................................................................................................................................. 718,075.3 

Lina Trade ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 129,280.9 

Linde .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 344,388.6 

Matheson Tri-Gas .......................................................................................................................................................................... 17,662.6 

MEK Chemical Corporation ........................................................................................................................................................... 53,694.2 

Meraki Group ................................................................................................................................................................................. 129,280.9 


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2 In the report on the 1977 Amendments that 

revised section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, Congress 

noted that the Administrator’s determination that 

the ‘‘nationwide scope or effect’’ exception applies 

would be appropriate for any action that has a 

scope or effect beyond a single judicial circuit. See 

H.R. Rep. No. 95–294 at 323, 324, reprinted in 1977 

U.S.C.C.A.N. 1402–03. 

TABLE 6—TOTAL NUMBER OF CALENDAR YEAR 2024 CONSUMPTION ALLOWANCES AVAILABLE TO EACH ENTITY AS OF

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023, ADJUSTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE CONSEQUENCES—Continued 

Entity 

Available consumption allowances, adjusted 

for administrative 

consequences 

(MTEVe) 

Metalcraft ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 104,071.1 

Mexichem Fluor DBA Koura .......................................................................................................................................................... 16,478,569.0 

Mondy Global ................................................................................................................................................................................. 206,117.0 

National Refrigerants ..................................................................................................................................................................... 12,809,630.4 

Nature Gas Import and Export ...................................................................................................................................................... 530,074.7 

North American Refrigerants ......................................................................................................................................................... 129,280.9 

O23 Energy Plus ........................................................................................................................................................................... 129,280.9 

Perfect Score Too DBA Perfect Cycle .......................................................................................................................................... 24,483.4 

Reclamation Technologies ............................................................................................................................................................ 257,268.6 

Resonac America (formerly Showa Chemicals of America) ......................................................................................................... 0.0 

RGAS (formerly listed as Combs Gas) ......................................................................................................................................... 2,958,697.6 

RMS of Georgia ............................................................................................................................................................................. 1,065,871.4 

Sciarra Laboratories ...................................................................................................................................................................... 5,617.3 

SDS Refrigerant Services .............................................................................................................................................................. 129,280.9 

Solvay Fluorides ............................................................................................................................................................................ 712,991.9 

Summit Refrigerants ...................................................................................................................................................................... 129,280.9 

SynAgile Corporation ..................................................................................................................................................................... 727.4 

Technical Chemical ....................................................................................................................................................................... 2,208,629.1 

TradeQuim ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 129,280.9 

Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling ...................................................................................................................................... 11.0 

Tulstar Products ............................................................................................................................................................................. 474,770.7 

Tyco Fire Products ........................................................................................................................................................................ 129,280.9 

USA United Suppliers of America DBA USA Refrigerants ........................................................................................................... 274,023.0 

USSC Acquisition Corp ................................................................................................................................................................. 84,970.4 

Walmart .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 1,474,918.3 

Waysmos USA ............................................................................................................................................................................... 362,662.0 

Wego Chemical Group .................................................................................................................................................................. 36,575.5 

Weitron ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 4,099,188.7 

Wesco HMB ................................................................................................................................................................................... 129,280.9 

Wilhelmsen Ships Service ............................................................................................................................................................. 26,123.1 

Total Available ........................................................................................................................................................................ 181,228,974.5 

Judicial Review 

The AIM Act provides that certain 

sections of the Clean Air Act (CAA) 

‘‘shall apply to’’ the AIM Act and 

actions ‘‘promulgated by the 

Administrator of [EPA] pursuant to [the 

AIM Act] as though [the AIM Act] were 

expressly included in title VI of [the 

CAA].’’ 42 U.S.C. 7675(k)(1)(C). Among 

the applicable sections of the CAA is 

section 307, which includes provisions 

on judicial review. Section 307(b)(1) 

provides, in part, that petitions for 

review must only be filed in the United 

States Court of Appeals for the District 

of Columbia Circuit: (i) When the 

agency action consists of ‘‘nationally 

applicable regulations promulgated, or 

final actions taken, by the 

Administrator,’’ or (ii) when such action 

is locally or regionally applicable, but 

‘‘such action is based on a 

determination of nationwide scope or 

effect and if in taking such action the 

Administrator finds and publishes that 

such action is based on such a 

determination.’’ For locally or regionally 

applicable final actions, the CAA 

reserves to the EPA complete discretion 

whether to invoke the exception in (ii). 

The issuance of calendar year 2024 

allowances for the production and 

consumption of hydrofluorocarbons 

herein noticed is ‘‘nationally 

applicable’’ within the meaning of CAA 

section 307(b)(1). The AIM Act imposes 

a national cap on the total number of 

allowances available for each year for all 

entities nationwide. 42 U.S.C. 

7675(e)(2)(B)–(D). For 2024, there was a 

national pool of 229,521,263 production 

allowances and 181,522,990 

consumption allowances available to 

distribute. The allocation action noticed 

herein distributed that finite set of 

allowances consistent with the 

methodology EPA established in the 

nationally applicable framework rule. 

As such, the allowance allocation is the 

division and assignment of a single, 

nationwide pool of HFC allowances to 

entities across the country according to 

the uniform, national methodology 

established in EPA’s regulations. Each 

entity’s allowance allocation is a 

relative share of that pool; thus, any 

additional allowances awarded to one 

entity directly affects the allocations to 

others. 

In the alternative, to the extent a court 

finds the final action to be locally or 

regionally applicable, the Administrator 

is exercising the complete discretion 

afforded to him under the CAA to make 

and publish a finding that the allocation 

action is based on a determination of 

‘‘nationwide scope or effect’’ within the 

meaning of CAA section 307(b)(1).2 In 

deciding to invoke this exception, the 

Administrator has taken into account a 

number of policy considerations, 

including his judgment regarding the 

benefit of obtaining the D.C. Circuit’s 

authoritative centralized review, rather 

than allowing development of the issue 

in other contexts, in order to ensure 

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allocation of allowances in accordance 

with EPA’s national regulations in 40 

CFR part 84. The final action treats all 

affected entities consistently in how the 

40 CFR part 84 regulations are applied. 

The allowance allocation is the division 

and assignment of a single, nationwide 

pool of HFC allowances to entities 

across the country according to the 

uniform, national methodology 

established in EPA’s regulations, and 

each entity’s allowance allocation is a 

relative share of that pool; thus, any 

additional allowances awarded to one 

entity directly affect the allocations to 

others. The Administrator finds that this 

is a matter on which national uniformity 

is desirable to take advantage of the D.C. 

Circuit’s administrative law expertise 

and facilitate the orderly development 

of the basic law under the AIM Act and 

EPA’s implementing regulations. The 

Administrator also finds that 

consolidated review of the action in the 

D.C. Circuit will avoid piecemeal 

litigation in the regional circuits, further 

judicial economy, and eliminate the risk 

of inconsistent results for different 

regulated entities. The Administrator 

also finds that a nationally consistent 

approach to the allocation of allowances 

constitutes the best use of agency 

resources. The Administrator is 

publishing his finding that the 

allocation action is based on a 

determination of nationwide scope or 

effect in the Federal Register as part of 

this notice in addition to inclusion on 

the website announcing allocations. 

For these reasons, the final action of 

the Agency allocating 

hydrofluorocarbon allowances to 

entities located throughout the country 

is nationally applicable or, alternatively, 

the Administrator is exercising the 

complete discretion afforded to him by 

the CAA and finds that the final action 

is based on a determination of 

nationwide scope or effect for purposes 

of CAA section 307(b)(1) and is hereby 

publishing that finding in the Federal 

Register. 

Under section 307(b)(1) of the CAA, 

petitions for judicial review of this 

allocation action must be filed in the 

United States Court of Appeals for the 

District of Columbia Circuit by 

December 18, 2023. Under section 

307(b)(1) of the CAA, petitions for 

judicial review of the administrative 

consequence actions noticed herein 

must be filed in the United States Court 

of Appeals for the appropriate circuit by 

December 18, 2023. Filing a petition for 

reconsideration by the Administrator of 

this final rule does not affect the finality 

of this action for purposes of judicial 

review nor does it extend the time 

within which a petition for judicial 

review may be filed and shall not 

postpone the effectiveness of such rule 

or action. This action may not be 

challenged later in proceedings to 

enforce its requirements. See CAA 

section 307(b)(2). 

Paul Gunning, 

Director, Office of Atmospheric Protection. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22163 Filed 10–18–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OGC–2023–0500; FRL–11447–01– 

OGC] 

Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air 

Act Citizen Suit 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed consent 

decree; request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Clean 

Air Act, as amended (CAA or the Act), 

notice is given of a proposed consent 

decree in Center for Biological Diversity 

v. United States Environmental 

Protection Agency, et al., No. 2:23–cv– 

01843 (E.D. Pa.). On May 16, 2023, 

Plaintiff Center for Biological Diversity 

filed a complaint in the Unites States 

District Court for the Eastern District of 

Pennsylvania. Plaintiff alleged that the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA 

or the Agency) has unreasonably 

delayed taking action following the 

United States Court of Appeals for the 

Third Circuit’s September 3, 2021, order 

in Case No. 21–1279. That order granted 

EPA’s request to remand to EPA for 

reconsideration a final rule titled ‘‘Air 

Plan Approval; Pennsylvania; 

Reasonably Available Control 

Technology (RACT) for Volatile Organic 

Compounds (VOC) Under the 2008 

Ozone National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards (NAAQS),’’ published in the 

Federal Register on December 14, 2020). 

The proposed consent decree would 

establish a deadline for EPA to complete 

its reconsideration of that final rule. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed consent decree must be 

received by November 20, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OGC–2023–0500, online at https://

www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred 

method). Follow the online instructions 

for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the Docket ID number for 

this action. Comments received may be 

posted without change to https://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. For 

detailed instructions on sending 

comments and additional information 

on the rulemaking process, see the 

‘‘Additional Information about 

Commenting on the Proposed Consent 

Decree’’ heading under the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Derek Mills, Air and Radiation Law 

Office, Office of General Counsel, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency; 

telephone (202) 564–3341; email 

address mills.derek@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining a Copy of the Proposed 

Consent Decree 

The official public docket for this 

action (identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OGC–2023–0500) contains a 

copy of the proposed consent decree. 

The official public docket is available 

for public viewing at the Office of 

Environmental Information (OEI) Docket 

in the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center Public Reading Room is open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the OEI 

Docket is (202) 566–1752. 

The electronic version of the public 

docket for this action contains a copy of 

the proposed consent decree and is 

available through https://

www.regulations.gov. You may use 

https://www.regulations.gov to submit 

or view public comments, access the 

index listing of the contents of the 

official public docket, and access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, key in the appropriate docket 

identification number then select 

‘‘search.’’ 

II. Additional Information About the 

Proposed Consent Decree 

On December 14, 2020, EPA issued a 

final rule approving two revisions to 

Pennsylvania’s state implementation 

plan (SIP) to address certain reasonably 

available control technology 

requirements, specifically those related 

to control techniques guidelines for 

volatile organic compounds and the 

addition of regulations controlling 

volatile organic compounds emissions 

from industrial cleaning solvents. That 

final rule was titled ‘‘Air Plan Approval; 

Pennsylvania; Reasonably Available 

Control Technology (RACT) for Volatile 

Organic Compounds (VOC) Under the 


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