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Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Revisions to the Refrigerant Management Program's Extension to Substitutes

air-emissions · Rule · Published 2020-03-11 · Effective 2020-04-10 · 85 FR 14150

Document

Document number
2020-04773
Federal Register citation
85 FR 14150
CFR reference
40 CFR 82
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
air-emissions
Publication date
2020-03-11
Effective date
2020-04-10
EPA docket
EPA-HQ-OAR-2017-0629

Abstract

The Clean Air Act prohibits knowingly venting or releasing ozone-depleting and substitute refrigerants in the course of maintaining, servicing, repairing, or disposing of appliances or industrial process refrigeration. In 2016, the EPA amended the regulatory refrigerant management requirements and extended requirements that previously applied only to refrigerants containing an ozone-depleting substance to substitute refrigerants that are subject to the venting prohibition (i.e., those that have not been exempted from that prohibition) such as hydrofluorocarbons. Based on changes to the legal interpretation that supported that 2016 rule, this action revises some of those requirements--specifically, the appliance maintenance and leak repair provisions--so they apply only to equipment using refrigerant containing an ozone-depleting substance.

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