Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Supplemental Rule Regarding a
Recycling Standard Under Section 608 of the Clean Air Act; Correction
[Federal Register: September 18, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 181)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 54677-54678]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 82
[FRL-7560-9]
RIN: 2060-AF36
Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Supplemental Rule Regarding a
Recycling Standard Under Section 608 of the Clean Air Act; Correction
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: Through this action, EPA is correcting the final rule
published in the Federal Register on July 24, 2003 (68 FR 43786).
Specifically, EPA is clarifying that the effective date for the rule,
as it applies to the certification of refrigerant recycling equipment
is effective 90 days after the publication date (i.e., October 22,
2003). The effective date for the remaining components of the final
rule is September 22, 2003.
EPA is also including amendments to regulations that were discussed
in the preamble to the July 24, 2003 final rule, but were inadvertently
omitted from the Federal Register.
DATES: The final rule that was published on July 24, 2003 at 68 FR
43786 is effective on September 22, 2003, except for Sec. 82.158(n)
(i.e., certification standards for refrigerant recycling only
equipment) which is effective October 22, 2003.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julius Banks; (202) 564-9870;
Stratospheric Protection Implementation Branch, Global Programs
Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, Office of Air and Radiation
(6205-J); 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. The
Stratospheric Ozone Information Hotline, 800-296-1996, and the Ozone
Web page, http://www.epa.gov/ozone/title6/608/regulations/index.html,
can also be contacted for further information concerning this
correction.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
While the final rule published in the Federal Register on July 24,
2003 (68 FR 43786) lists the effective date for the certification of
refrigerant recycling equipment, as being effective 90 days after the
publication date (i.e., October 22, 2003), the notice failed to specify
a regulatory citation associated with equipment certification.
Therefore, EPA is clarifying that the effective date for the rule, as
it applies to the certification of refrigerant recycling equipment, as
stated in 40 CFR 82.158(n), is effective 90 days after the final rule
publication date (i.e., October 22, 2003).
The final rule discussed several edits to the appendices of 40 CFR
part 82, subpart F that were omitted from the regulatory text published
in the Federal Register (i.e., reference list and standards for
particulate used in standard contaminated refrigerant samples in
Appendix B2 and the standards for becoming a certifying program for
technicians in Appendix D). EPA is adding the reference list and the
standards for particulate used in standard contaminated refrigerant
samples to Appendix B2 (based on the ARI Standard 740-1995) that was
inadvertently omitted from the Federal Register document. EPA is also
adding edits to the regulatory text of Appendix D to subpart F-
Standards for Becoming a Certifying Program for Technicians that were
omitted from the final rule published on July 24, 2003. The edits
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were discussed in the preamble to the final rule under Section D.
Technician Certification and the Sales Restriction (68 FR 43791), but
were not included in the edits to the regulatory text.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 82
Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure,
Air pollution control, Chemicals, Exports, Imports, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
Dated: September 11, 2003.
Robert Brenner,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation.
? Part 82, chapter I, title 40, of the Code of Federal Regulations, is
amended as follows:
PART 82--PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE
? 1. The authority citation for part 82 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7414, 7601, 7671-7671q.
? 2. Appendix B2 to subpart F is amended by adding Attachments 1 and 2 to
read as follows:
Attachment 1 to Appendix B2 to Subpart F of Part 82--References
Listed here are all standards, handbooks, and other publications
essential to the formation and implementation of the standard. All
references in this appendix are considered as part of this standard.
? ANSI/UL Standard 1963, Refrigerant Recovery/Recycling
Equipment, First Edition, 1989, American National Standards
Institute/Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.
? ARI Standard 110-90, Air-Conditioning and Refrigerating
Equipment Nameplate Voltages, Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration
Institute
? ARI Standard 700-95, Specifications for Fluorocarbon and
Other Refrigerants, Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute
? ASHRAE Terminology of Heating, Ventilation, Air
Conditioning, Refrigeration, & Refrigeration, American Society of
Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc., 1991
? IEC Standard Publication 38, IEC Standard Voltages,
International Electrotechnical Commission, 1983
Attachment 2 to Appendix B2 to Subpart F of Part 82-Particulate Used in
Standard Contaminated Refrigerant Sample
1. Particulate Specification
B1.1 The particulate material (pm) will be a blend of 50% coarse
air cleaner dust as received, and 50% retained on a 200-mesh screen.
The coarse air cleaner dust is available from: AC Spark Plug
Division; General Motors Corporation; Flint, Michigan.
B1.2 Preparation of Particulate Materials.
To prepare the blend of contaminant, first wet screen a quantity
of coarse air cleaner dust on a 200-mesh screen (particle retention
74 pm). This is done by placing a portion of the dust on a 200-mesh
screen and running water through the screen while stirring the dust
with the fingers. The fine contaminant particles passing through the
screen are discarded. The +200-mesh particles collected on the
screen are removed and dried for one hour at 110[deg]
C. The blend
of standard contaminant is prepared by mixing 50% by weight of
coarse air cleaner dust as received (after drying for one hour at
110[deg]
C) with 50% by weight of the +200 mesh screened dust.
B1.3 Particle Size Analysis.
The coarse air cleaner dust as received and the blend used as
the standard contaminant have the following approximate particle
size analysis:
Wt. % in various size ranges, pm.
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Size range As received Blend
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0-5............................................. 12 6
5-10............................................ 12 6
10-20........................................... 14 7
20-40........................................... 23 11
40-80........................................... 30 32
80-200.......................................... 9 38
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? 3. Appendix D to subpart F of part 82 is amended by revising section g.
to read as follows:
Appendix D to Subpart F--Standards for Becoming a Certifying Program
for Technicians
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g. Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements
1. Certifying programs must maintain records that include, but
are not limited to, the names and addresses of all individuals
taking the tests, the scores of all certification tests
administered, and the dates and locations of all testing
administered.
2. EPA must receive an activity report from all approved
certifying programs by every January 30 and June 30, the first to be
submitted following the first full six-month period for which the
program has been approved by EPA. This report will include the pass/
fail rate and testing schedules. This will allow the Agency to
determine the relative progress and success of these programs. If
the certifying program believes a test bank question needs to be
modified, information about that question should also be included.
3. Approved certifying programs will receive a letter of
approval from EPA. Each testing center must display a copy of that
letter at their place of business.
4. Approved technician certification programs that voluntarily
plan to stop providing the certification test must forward all
records required by this appendix, Sec. Sec. 82.161, and 82.166 to
another program currently approved by EPA in accordance with this
appendix and with Sec. 82.161. Approved technician certification
programs that receive records of certified technicians from a
program that no longer offers the certification test must inform EPA
in writing at the address listed in Sec. 82.160 within 30 days of
receiving these records. The notification notice must include the
name and address of the program to which the records have been
transferred. If another currently approved program willing to accept
the records cannot be located, these records must be submitted to
EPA at the address listed at Sec. 82.160.
5. Technician certification programs that have had their
certification revoked in accordance with Sec. 82.169 must forward
all records required by this appendix, Sec. Sec. 82.161, and 82.166
to EPA at the address listed in Sec. 82.160.
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[FR Doc. 03-23850 Filed 9-17-03; 8:45 am]
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