Protection of Stratospheric Ozone

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This action announces a three-month stay of certain federal rules requiring the repair and/or retrofit of appliances containing ozone-depleting substances contained in the regulations implementing the National Recycling Program. The effectiveness of 40 CFR 82.156(i), as they apply to industrial process refrigeration equipment only, including the applicable compliance dates, is stayed for three months pending reconsideration. EPA is issuing this stay pursuant to Clean Air Act section 307(d)(7)(B), 42 U.S.C. 7607(d)(7)(B), which provides the Administrator authority to stay the effectiveness of a rule during reconsideration. In the proposed rules section of today's Federal Register, EPA proposes, under Clean Air Act sections 301(a)(1), 42 U.S.C. 7601(a)(1), to temporarily stay the effectiveness of these rules and applicable compliance dates beyond the three months expressly provided in section 307(d)(7)(B), but only to the extent necessary to complete reconsideration (including any appropriate regulatory action) of the rules in question.