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40 CFR § 98.433 - Calculating GHG contained in pre-charged equipment or closed-cell foams.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s98.433"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 98.433 - Calculating GHG contained in pre-charged equipment or closed-cell foams."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "98.433"
section_name: "Calculating GHG contained in pre-charged equipment or closed-cell foams."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "AIR PROGRAMS"
part_number: "98"
part_name: "MANDATORY GREENHOUSE GAS REPORTING"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q."
regulatory_source: "74 FR 56374, Oct. 30, 2009, unless otherwise noted."
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# 98.433 Calculating GHG contained in pre-charged equipment or closed-cell foams.

(a) The total mass of each fluorinated GHG imported and exported inside equipment or foams must be estimated using Equation QQ-1 of this section:

where:

I = Total mass of the fluorinated GHG imported or exported annually (metric tons).

t = Equipment/foam type containing the fluorinated GHG.

S<sub>t</sub> = Mass of fluorinated GHG per unit of equipment type t or foam type t (charge per piece of equipment, kg) or density of fluorinated GHG in foam (charge per cubic foot of foam, kg per cubic foot).

N<sub>t</sub> = Number of units of equipment type t or foam type t imported or exported annually (pieces of equipment or cubic feet of foam).

0.001 = Factor converting kg to metric tons.

(b) When the identity and mass of fluorinated GHGs in a closed-cell foam is unknown to the importer or exporter, the total mass in CO<sub>2</sub>e for the fluorinated GHGs imported and exported inside closed-cell foams must be estimated using Equation QQ-2 of this section:

where:

I = Total mass in CO<sub>2</sub>e of the fluorinated GHGs imported or exported in close-cell foams annually (metric tons).

t = Equipment/foam type containing the fluorinated GHG.

S<sub>t</sub> = Mass in CO<sub>2</sub>e of the fluorinated GHGs per unit of equipment type t or foam type t (charge per piece of equipment, kg) or density of fluorinated GHG in foam (CO<sub>2</sub>e per cubic foot of foam, kg CO<sub>2</sub>e per cubic foot).

N<sub>t</sub> = Number of units of equipment type t or foam type t imported or exported annually (pieces of equipment or cubic feet of foam).

0.001 = Factor converting kg to metric tons.

[74 FR 56374, Oct. 30, 2009, as amended at 78 FR 71978, Nov. 29, 2013]