Gristedes has agreed to pay a $400,000 civil penalty to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act's chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) regulations. CFCs are ozone-depleting substances (ODS). Gristedes has replaced its commercial refrigeration appliances that use Class II ODS with non-ODS refrigerants. The cost was approximately $13,500,000. Over the course of the decree's four Effective Years, Gristedes is required to reduced its company-wide average leak rate to 26%, 23%, 19%, and 16% for each of the first, second, third, and fourth Effective Years, respectively.