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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 55 / Wednesday, March 24, 2021 / Rules and Regulations K. Executive Order 12898: Federal Actions To Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations This action does not have disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects on minority populations, low-income populations and/or indigenous peoples, as specified in Executive Order 12898
59 FR 7629, February 16, 1994. This action adopts and incorporate by reference three technical standards for equipment that recovers, recycles, and/
or recharges R1234yf in MVACs. The proper use of servicing equipment prevents the intentional release of refrigerant to the environment and decreases the amount of such emissions to which all affected populations are exposed.
L. Congressional Review Act CRA
This action is subject to the CRA, and the EPA will submit a rule report to each House of the Congress and to the Comptroller General of the United States. This action is not a major rule as defined by 5 U.S.C. 8042.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 82
Environmental protection, Administrative practice and procedure, Air pollution control, Incorporation by reference, Recycling, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Stratospheric ozone layer.
Jane Nishida, Acting Administrator.

For the reasons set out in the preamble, 40 CFR part 82 is amended as follows:
PART 82PROTECTION OF
STRATOSPHERIC OZONE
1. The authority citation for part 82
continues to read as follows:

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7414, 7601, 7671
7671q.

Subpart BServicing of Motor Vehicle Air Conditioners

2. Add 82.31 to read as follows:

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82.31

Incorporation by reference.

a Certain material is incorporated by reference into this subpart part with the approval of the Director of the Federal Register under 5 U.S.C. 552a and 1
CFR part 51. You can obtain the material from the sources listed in paragraph b of this section. You may inspect a copy of the approved material at U.S. EPAs Air and Radiation Docket;
EPA West Building, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC,
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or at the National Archives and Records Administration NARA. For information on the availability of this material at NARA, email fedreg.legal@
nara.gov or go to www.archives.gov/
federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.
b SAE International. SAE Customer Service, 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA 150960001 USA;
Email: CustomerService@sae.org;
Telephone: 18776067323 U.S. and Canada only or 17247764970
outside the U.S. and Canada; internet address: http store.sae.org/
dlabout.htm.
1 SAE J2843TM. R1234yf HFO
1234yf Recovery/Recycling/Recharging Equipment for Flammable Refrigerants for Mobile Air-Conditioning Systems.
Revised July 2019; IBR approved for 82.36a.
2 SAE J2851. Recovery Equipment for Contaminated R134a or R1234yf Refrigerant from Mobile Automotive Air Conditioning Systems. Revised February 2015; IBR approved for 82.36a.
3 SAE J3030. Automotive Refrigerant Recovery/Recycling/Recharging Equipment Intended for use with Both R1234yf and R134a. Issued July 2015
Note: SAE J3030 heading says revised; IBR approved for 82.36a.
3. Amend 82.32 by revising paragraph e1 to read as follows:
82.32

Definitions.

e
1 Properly using means using equipment in conformity with the regulations set forth in this subpart, including but not limited to the prohibitions and required practices set forth in 82.34, and the recommended service procedures and practices for the containment of refrigerant set forth in 82.36a and appendices A, B, C, D, E, and F to this subpart, as applicable. In addition, this term includes operating the equipment in accordance with the manufacturers guide to operation and maintenance and using the equipment only for the controlled substance for which the machine is designed. For equipment that extracts and recycles refrigerant, properly using also means to recycle refrigerant before it is returned to a motor vehicle air conditioner or MVAC-like appliance, including to the motor vehicle air conditioner or MVAClike appliance from which the refrigerant was extracted. For equipment that only recovers refrigerant, properly using includes the requirement to recycle the refrigerant on-site or send the refrigerant off-site for reclamation.

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4. Amend 82.36 by revising paragraph a7 and adding paragraphs a8 through 10 to read as follows:

82.36 Approved refrigerant handling equipment.

a
7 Equipment that recovers but does not recycle refrigerants other than CFC
12, HFC134a, and HFO1234yf must meet the standards set forth in appendix F of this subpart Recover-Only Equipment that Extracts a Single, Specific Refrigerant Other Than CFC
12, HFC134a, or HFO1234yf.
8 Equipment that recovers and recycles HFO1234yf refrigerant from MVACs and recharges MVAC systems with HFO1234yf refrigerant must meet the standards set forth in SAE J2843
incorporated by reference, see 82.31.
9 Equipment that recovers but does not recycle contaminated HFC134a and/or HFO1234yf refrigerant from MVACs must meet the standards set forth in SAE J2851 incorporated by reference, see 82.31.
10 Equipment that recovers, recycles, and recharges both HFO
1234yf and R134a from MVACs must meet the standards set forth in SAE
J3030 incorporated by reference, see 82.31.

5. Amend 82.38 by revising paragraph a to read as follows:
82.38 Approved independent standards testing organizations.

a Any independent standards testing organization may apply for approval by the Administrator to certify equipment as meeting the standards in 82.36a and appendices A, B, C, D, E, and F to this subpart, as applicable. The application shall be sent to: MVACs Recycling Program Manager, Stratospheric Protection Division 6205T, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460.

6. Amend 82.40 by revising paragraph a2i to read as follows:
82.40 Technician training and certification.

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i The standards established for the service and repair of MVACs and MVAC-like appliances as set forth in 82.36a and appendices A, B, C, D, E, and F to this subpart. These standards relate to the recommended service procedures for the containment of refrigerant, extraction equipment, extraction and recycle equipment, and
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