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Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Revision of the Venting Prohibition for Specific Refrigerant Substitutes

air-emissions · Rule · Published 2014-05-23 · Effective 2014-06-23 · 79 FR 29682

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Document number
2014-12028
Federal Register citation
79 FR 29682
CFR reference
40 CFR 82
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
air-emissions
Publication date
2014-05-23
Effective date
2014-06-23
EPA docket
EPA-HQ-OAR-2012-0580

Abstract

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, the Agency) is amending the regulations promulgated as part of the National Recycling and Emission Reduction Program under section 608 of the Clean Air Act. EPA is amending those regulations to exempt certain refrigerant substitutes, listed as acceptable subject to use conditions in regulations promulgated as part of EPA's Significant New Alternative Policy program under section 612 of the Act, from the prohibition under section 608 on venting, release or disposal on the basis of current evidence that their venting, release or disposal does not pose a threat to the environment. Specifically, EPA is exempting from the venting prohibition isobutane (R-600a) and R-441A, as refrigerant substitutes in household refrigerators, freezers, and combination refrigerators and freezers, and propane (R-290), as a refrigerant substitute in retail food refrigerators and freezers (stand-alone units only).

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