{"abstract":"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking direct final action on motor vehicle refrigerant recovery and recycling equipment standards. Under Clean Air Act Section 609, motor vehicle air-conditioning (MVAC) refrigerant handling equipment must be certified by the Administrator or an independent organization approved by the Administrator and, at a minimum, must be as stringent as the standards of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) that are in effect as of the date of the enactment of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. In 1997, EPA promulgated regulations that required the use of SAE Standard J2210, HFC-134a Recycling Equipment for Mobile Air Conditioning Systems for certification of MVAC refrigerant handling equipment. SAE has replaced Standard J2210 with J2788, Recovery/Recycle and Recovery/Recycle/Recharging Equipment for HFC-134a Refrigerant. To avoid confusion with an outdated reference, EPA is updating its reference to the new SAE standards. This action reflects a change in industry standard practice. This action also revises the EPA addresses to send equipment certification forms.","action":"Direct final 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/2007/11/09/E7-21943.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":82,"title":40}],"citation":"72 FR 63490","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"This rule is effective on December 31, 2007 without further notice, unless EPA receives adverse comment or a request for public hearing by December 10, 2007. If we receive adverse comment or a request for a public hearing, we will publish a timely withdrawal in the Federal Register informing the public that some or all of the amendments in this rule will not take effect.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-5065","FRL-8493-5"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"E7-21943","effective_on":"2007-12-31","end_page":63499,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2007/11/09/E7-21943.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2007/11/09/E7-21943/protection-of-stratospheric-ozone-revision-of-refrigerant-recovery-and-recycling-equipment-standards","images":{"ER09NO07.001":{"large":"https://img.federalregister.gov/ER09NO07.001/ER09NO07.001_large.png","original_size":"https://img.federalregister.gov/ER09NO07.001/ER09NO07.001_original_size.png"}},"images_metadata":{"ER09NO07.001":{"large":{"identifier":"ER09NO07.001","content_type":"image/png","size":57091,"width":807,"sha":"1443b10ccc457995212168ced0fc2baa","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/ER09NO07.001/ER09NO07.001_large.png","height":1104},"original_size":{"identifier":"ER09NO07.001","content_type":"image/png","size":3746,"width":344,"sha":"b853c097b02a57e9e1a7b457365a7d39","url":"https://img.federalregister.gov/ER09NO07.001/ER09NO07.001_original_size.png","height":471}}},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/E7-21943?publication_date=2007-11-09","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2007-11-09/E7-21943/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":10,"page_views":{"count":455,"last_updated":"2026-10-23 00:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2007-11-09/pdf/E7-21943.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2007-11-09","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2007/11/09/E7-21943.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{"2060-AO32":{"issue":"200710","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/2060-AO32/protection-of-stratospheric-ozone-revision-of-refrigerant-recycling-and-recovery-equipment-standards","title":"Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Revision of Refrigerant Recycling and Recovery Equipment Standards","xml_url":"http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eAgendaViewRule?pubId=200710&RIN=2060-AO32&operation=OPERATION_EXPORT_XML","priority_category":"Substantive, Nonsignificant"}},"regulation_id_numbers":["2060-AO32"],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2011-11-13T08:21:17Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":false,"signing_date":null,"start_page":63490,"subtype":null,"title":"Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Revision of Refrigerant Recovery and Recycling Equipment Standards","toc_doc":"Refrigerant recovery and recyling equipment standards","toc_subject":"Air programs:","topics":["Environmental protection"],"type":"Rule","volume":72}