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86778 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 231 / Thursday, December 1, 2016 / Rules and Regulations ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 3. Unacceptable Listing of Certain AGENCY through Friday, excluding legal Flammable Refrigerants for Retrofits in holidays. The telephone number for the Unitary Split AC Systems and Heat 40 CFR Part 82 Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, Pumps 4. Unacceptable Listing of Propylene and [EPA–HQ–OAR–2015–0663; FRL–9952–18– and the telephone number for the Air R-443A in New Residential and Light OAR] and Radiation Docket is (202) 566–1742. Commercial AC and Heat Pumps, Cold FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Storage Warehouses, and Centrifugal and RIN 2060–AS80 Chenise Farquharson, Stratospheric Positive Displacement Chillers Protection Division, Office of 5. Change of Listing Status for Certain HFC Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Refrigerants for New Centrifugal Chillers New Listings of Substitutes; Changes Atmospheric Programs (Mail Code 6205T), Environmental Protection and for New Positive Displacement of Listing Status; and Reinterpretation Chillers of Unacceptability for Closed Cell Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 6. Change of Listing Status for Certain HFC Foam Products Under the Significant Washington, DC 20460; telephone Refrigerants for New Cold Storage New Alternatives Policy Program; and number: 202–564–7768; email address: Warehouses Revision of Clean Air Act Section 608 [email protected]. Notices 7. Change of Listing Status for Certain HFC Venting Prohibition for Propane and rulemakings under EPA’s Refrigerants for New Retail Food Significant New Alternatives Policy Refrigeration (Refrigerated Food AGENCY: Environmental Protection program are available on EPA’s Processing and Dispensing Equipment) Agency (EPA). Stratospheric Ozone Web site at https:// 8. Change of Listing Status for Certain HFC Refrigerants for New Household ACTION: Final rule. www.epa.gov/snap/snap-regulations. Refrigerators and Freezers SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: Pursuant to the U.S. B. Motor Vehicle Air Conditioning Environmental Protection Agency’s Table of Contents 1. Background 2. What is EPA’s final decision? (EPA) Significant New Alternatives I. General Information 3. How is EPA responding to comments? Policy program, this action lists certain A. Executive Summary C. Foam Blowing Agents substances as acceptable, subject to use B. Does this action apply to me? 1. Change of Listing Status for Certain HFC conditions; lists several substances as C. What acronyms and abbreviations are Foam Blowing Agents for Rigid PU Spray unacceptable; and changes the listing used in the preamble? Foam status for certain substances from II. How does the SNAP program work? 2. Revision to Change of Status Date for acceptable to acceptable, subject to A. What are the statutory requirements and Narrowed Use Limits for Space- and authority for the SNAP program? Aeronautics-Related Foam Applications narrowed use limits, or to unacceptable. B. What are EPA’s regulations This action also exempts propane in 3. Change of Listing Status for Methylene implementing CAA section 612? Chloride in Foams certain refrigeration end-uses from the C. How do the regulations for the SNAP 4. Closed Cell Foam Products Clean Air Act section 608 prohibition program work? D. Fire Suppression and Explosion on venting, release, or disposal. In D. What are the guiding principles of the Protection addition, this action applies SNAP program? 1. Acceptable Listing of 2-BTP for Total unacceptability determinations for E. What are EPA’s criteria for evaluating Flooding and Streaming substitutes under the SNAP program? 2. Change of Listing Status for Certain foam-blowing agents to closed cell foam F. How are SNAP determinations updated? products and products containing Perfluorocarbons for Total Flooding G. What does EPA consider in deciding 3. Removal of Use Conditions for closed cell foam that are manufactured whether to add a substance to or remove or imported using these foam blowing Powdered Aerosol D a substance from one of the SNAP lists? VII. How is EPA responding to other public agents. H. Where can I get additional information comments? about the SNAP program? A. General Comments DATES: This rule is effective January 3, III. What actions and information related to 1. Proposed Status Listing Changes 2017. The incorporation by reference of greenhouse gases have bearing on this 2. Proposed Status Change Dates certain publications listed in the rule is action? B. Authority approved by the Director of the Federal IV. How does this action relate to the Climate Action Plan and petitions received 1. General Authority Register as of January 3, 2017. 2. GWP Considerations ADDRESSES: EPA has established a requesting a change in listing status for HFCs? 3. SNAP Review Criteria and Guiding docket for this action under Docket ID A. Climate Action Plan Principles No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2015–0663. All B. Summary of Petitions 4. Petitions documents in the docket are listed on V. How does EPA regulate substitute 5. Application of Criteria for Review of the http://www.regulations.gov Web refrigerants under CAA section 608? Alternatives site. Although listed in the index, some A. What are the statutory requirements C. Cost and Economic Impacts information is not publicly available, concerning venting, release, or disposal 1. Costs of Rule of refrigerants and refrigerant substitutes 2. EPA’s Cost Analysis and Small Business e.g., confidential business information Impacts Screening Analysis (CBI) or other information whose under CAA section 608? B. What are EPA’s regulations concerning D. Environmental Impacts of Status disclosure is restricted by statute. venting, release, or disposal of refrigerant Changes Certain other material, such as substitutes? 1. General Comments copyrighted material, is not placed on VI. What is EPA finalizing in this action? 2. EPA’s Climate Benefits Analysis the Internet and will be publicly A. Refrigeration and Stationary Air 3. Energy Efficiency available only in hard copy form. Conditioning E. Interactions With Other Rules Publicly available docket materials are 1. Acceptable Listing of Propane in New F. Other Suggestions or Requests available electronically through http:// Commercial Ice Machines, Water VIII. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at Coolers, and Very Low Temperature Refrigeration Equipment Planning and Review and Executive the Air and Radiation Docket, EPA/DC, 2. Exemption for Propane From the Order 13563: Improving Regulation and EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Venting Prohibition Under CAA Section Regulatory Review Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 608 for the End-Uses in the New SNAP B. Paperwork Reduction Act DC The Public Reading Room is open Listing C. Regulatory Flexibility Act VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:53 Nov 30, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4701 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\01DER2.SGM 01DER2 mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with RULES2 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 231 / Thursday, December 1, 2016 / Rules and Regulations 86779 D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act industrial uses, the SNAP program has EPA is also applying unacceptability E. Executive Order 13132: Federalism ensured that businesses and consumers determinations for foam blowing agents F. Executive Order 13175: Consultation have access to information about to closed cell foam products and and Coordination With Indian Tribal suitable alternatives. The SNAP products containing closed cell foam. Governments G. Executive Order 13045: Protection of program works with many stakeholders, See section VI.C.4 for the details of this Children From Environmental Health domestically and abroad, to action. Additionally, EPA is exempting and Safety Risks continuously evaluate and provide propane as a refrigerant in new self- H. Executive Order 13211: Actions updates on safer alternatives and new contained commercial ice machines, in Concerning Regulations That technologies. Thanks to these efforts new water coolers, and in new very low Significantly Affect Energy Supply, and the work of individuals, businesses, temperature refrigeration equipment Distribution, or Use and organizations, the transitions from the venting prohibition under CAA I. National Technology Transfer and generally have been successful. section 608(c)(2). See section VI.A.2.c Advancement Act (NTTAA) and 1 CFR Part 51 When reviewing a substitute, EPA for the details of this action. J. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions compares the risk posed by that Per the guiding principles of the To Address Environmental Justice in substitute to the risks posed by other SNAP program, this action does not Minority Populations and Low-Income alternatives and determines whether specify that any alternative is acceptable Populations that specific substitute under review or unacceptable across all sectors and K. Congressional Review Act poses significantly more risk than other end-uses. Instead, in all cases, EPA IX. References available or potentially available considered the intersection between the I. General Information alternatives for the same use. EPA specific alternative and the particular recently has begun to review the lists in end-use and the availability of A. Executive Summary a broader manner to determine whether substitutes for those particular end-uses. Under section 612 of the Clean Air substitutes added to the lists early in the In the case of refrigeration and AC, we Act (CAA), EPA is required