{"abstract":"EPA is proposing to adjust the allowance system controlling U.S. consumption and production of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) as a result of a recent court decision vacating a portion of the rule titled \"Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Adjustments to the Allowance System for Controlling HCFC Production, Import, and Export; Final Rule.\" EPA interprets the court's vacatur as applying to the part of the rule that establishes the company-by-company baselines and calendar-year allowances for HCFC-22 and HCFC-142b. Following the August 5, 2011 interim final rule allocating allowances for 2011, this action proposes to relieve the regulatory ban on production and consumption of these two chemicals following the court's vacatur by establishing company-by-company HCFC-22 and HCFC-142b baselines and allocating production and consumption allowances for 2012-2014.","action":"Proposed rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2012/01/04/2011-33456.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":82,"title":40}],"citation":"77 FR 237","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2012-02-03","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Written comments on this proposed rule must be received by the EPA Docket on or before February 3, 2012, unless a public hearing is requested. Any party requesting a public hearing must notify the contact listed below under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on January 11, 2012. If a public hearing is requested, the hearing would be held on January 19, 2012 and commenters will have until February 21, 2012 to submit comments before the close of the comment period. If a hearing is held, it will take place at EPA headquarters in Washington, DC. EPA will post a notice on our Web site, http://www.epa.gov/ozone/strathome.html, announcing further information should a hearing take place.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0354","FRL-9614-5"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2011-33456","effective_on":null,"end_page":259,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2012/01/04/2011-33456.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2012/01/04/2011-33456/protection-of-stratospheric-ozone-adjustments-to-the-allowance-system-for-controlling-hcfc","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2011-33456?publication_date=2012-01-04","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2012-01-04/2011-33456/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":23,"page_views":{"count":1112,"last_updated":"2026-10-25 02:15:05 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2012-01-04/pdf/2011-33456.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":"https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2011-33456.pdf?1325598468","publication_date":"2012-01-04","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2012/01/04/2011-33456.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"2060-AQ98":{"issue":"201110","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/2060-AQ98/protection-of-stratospheric-ozone-adjustments-to-the-allowance-system-for-controlling-hcfc-productio","title":"Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Adjustments to the Allowance System for Controlling HCFC Production, Import, and Export for 2012-2014","xml_url":"http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=201110&RIN=2060-AQ98&operation=OPERATION_EXPORT_XML","priority_category":"Other Significant"}},"regulation_id_numbers":["2060-AQ98"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"supporting_documents":[{"title":"Interagency Review","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0354-0173"},{"title":"Memorandum: 2010-2011 Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program Data on HCFC-22 Production Byproducts","document_id":"EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0354-0172"},{"title":"Court Documents from Honeywell v. 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