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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 55 / Wednesday, March 24, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
Regarding the definition of properly using at 40 CFR 82.32e, this final rule updates the definition of properly using to add the three standards being incorporated by reference at 40 CFR
82.36a810 to the list of recommended service procedures and practices for the containment of refrigerant. As mentioned above, the agency is not mandating in this final rule that service shops purchase or use R1234yf MVAC servicing equipment.
VI. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews Additional information about these statutes and Executive orders can be found at https www.epa.gov/lawsregulations/laws-and-executive-orders.
A. Executive Order 12866: Regulatory Planning and Review and Executive Order 13563: Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review This action is not a significant regulatory action and was therefore not submitted to the Office of Management and Budget OMB for review.
B. Executive Order 13771: Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs This action is not an Executive Order 13771 regulatory action because this action is not significant under Executive Order 12866.

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C. Paperwork Reduction Act PRA
This action does not impose any new information collection burden under the PRA. OMB has previously approved the information collection activities contained in the existing regulations and has assigned OMB control number 20600247. This rule contains no new requirements for reporting or recordkeeping.
D. Regulatory Flexibility Act RFA
I certify that this action will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities under the RFA. In making this determination, the impact of concern is any significant adverse economic impact on small entities. An agency may certify that a rule will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities if the rule relieves regulatory burden, has no net burden or otherwise has a positive economic effect on the small entities subject to the rule. This action adopts and incorporates by reference three existing technical standards developed by SAE for equipment that recovers, recycles, and/or recharges R
1234yf in MVACs. We have therefore concluded that this action will have no
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net regulatory burden for all directly regulated small entities.
E. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act UMRA
This action does not contain any Federal mandates or unfunded mandates as described in UMRA, 2
U.S.C. 15311538, and does not significantly or uniquely affect small governments. The action imposes no enforceable duty on any state, local, or tribal governments or the private sector.
F. Executive Order 13132: Federalism This action does not have federalism implications. It will not have substantial direct effects on the states, on the relationship between the National Government and the states, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the various levels of government.
G. Executive Order 13175: Consultation and Coordination With Indian Tribal Governments This action does not have tribal implications as specified in Executive Order 13175. It will not have substantial direct effects on tribal governments, on the relationship between the Federal Government and Indian tribes, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities between the Federal Government and Indian tribes, as specified in Executive Order 13175.
Thus, Executive Order 13175 does not apply to this action.
H. Executive Order 13045: Protection of Children From Environmental Health and Safety Risks This action is not subject to Executive Order 13045 because it is not economically significant as defined in Executive Order 12866, and because the EPA does not believe the environmental health or safety risks addressed by this action present a disproportionate risk to children. The EPA has not conducted a separate analysis of risks to infants and children associated with this final rule.
I. Executive Order 13211: Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use This action is not subject to Executive Order 13211, because it is not a significant regulatory action under Executive Order 12866.
J. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act NTTAA
This action involves technical standards for the servicing of MVACs that use R1234yf. The EPA is incorporating by reference three
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industry consensus standards: SAE
J2843 R1234yf HFO1234yf Recovery/Recycling/Recharging Equipment for Flammable Refrigerants for Mobile Air-Conditioning Systems;
SAE J2851 Recovery Equipment for Contaminated R134a or R1234yf Refrigerant from Mobile Automotive Air-Conditioning Systems; and SAE
J3030 Automotive Refrigerant Recovery/Recycling/Recharging Equipment Intended for use with Both R1234yf and R134a. Specifically, these standards are:
1. SAE J2843: R1234yf HFO1234yf Recovery/Recycling/Recharging Equipment for Flammable Refrigerants for Mobile Air-Conditioning Systems revised July 2019. This standard applies to refrigerant handling equipment intended for use with R
1234yf refrigerant from MVACs only. It establishes requirements for equipment used to recover, recycle, and/or recharge R1234yf. This standard is available at https www.sae.org/standards/content/
j2843_201907.
2. SAE J2851: Recovery Equipment for Contaminated R134a or R1234yf Refrigerant from Mobile Automotive AirConditioning Systems revised February 2015. This standard applies to recovery equipment that removes contaminated R134a and/or R1234yf from MVACs.
This standard is available at https
www.sae.org/standards/content/j2851_
201502.
3. SAE J3030: Automotive Refrigerant Recovery/Recycling/Recharging Equipment Intended for use with Both R1234yf and R134a revised July 2015. This standard establishes the minimum equipment requirements for recovery/recycling/recharging equipment intended for use with both R1234yf and R134a in a common refrigerant circuit that has been directly removed from, and is intended for reuse, in MVACs. This standard is available at https www.sae.org/
standards/content/j3030_201507.
These standards may be purchased by mail at: SAE Customer Service, 400
Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA
150960001; by telephone: 1877606
7323 in the United States or 1724776
4970 outside the United States or in Canada. The cost of SAE J2843, SAE
J2851, and SAE J3030 is $81 each for an electronic or hard copy. The cost of obtaining these standards is not a significant financial burden for manufacturers of MVACs and purchase is not required for those selling, installing, or servicing MVACs.
Therefore, the EPA concludes that SAE
J2843, SAE J2851, and SAE J3030 are reasonably available.

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