[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 181 (Thursday, September 18, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 54677-54678]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23850]


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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.

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Part 82, chapter I, title 40, of the Code of Federal Regulations, is 
amended as follows:

PART 82--PROTECTION OF STRATOSPHERIC OZONE

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1. The authority citation for part 82 continues to read as follows:

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


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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.
    [sbull] ANSI/UL Standard 1963, Refrigerant Recovery/Recycling 
Equipment, First Edition, 1989, American National Standards 
Institute/Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.
    [sbull] ARI Standard 110-90, Air-Conditioning and Refrigerating 
Equipment Nameplate Voltages, Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration 
Institute
    [sbull] ARI Standard 700-95, Specifications for Fluorocarbon and 
Other Refrigerants, Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute
    [sbull] ASHRAE Terminology of Heating, Ventilation, Air 
Conditioning, Refrigeration, & Refrigeration, American Society of 
Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc., 1991
    [sbull] 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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