New HFC Import And Use Controls Are In Effect In Venezuela

As of July 1, 2015, new HFC import and use controls are in effect in Venezuela.

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The Ministry of Ecosocialism and Water has issued new rules on the control, management and import of HFCs.
 The rule includes the following:
  • Importers of pure HFCs or blends must have an up-to-date hazardous substances importer’s permit, which is to be renewed annually.
  • The rule contains provisions to prevent the refilling of disposable cylinders.
  • It requires distributors and servicing contractors to be registered with the named Ministry.  Those entities are required to maintain records of purchases and sales.
  • Servicing contractors are required to use proper equipment to recover, recycle and prevent leaks of HFCs and be trained in proper refrigerant management.
The rule concludes with an annex listing the compounds which are affected by its provisions.
Here is the attached notice from the Official Gazette… It is in Spanish but we wanted to make sure we made it available to you.
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HFC Anti-dumping Lawsuit Creates Market Risk

AC UnitThe American HFC Coalition has filed suit against a group of Chinese HFC gas suppliers to the US. If the market reacts in a similar manner to the R134a anti-dumping lawsuit filed in 2014, The market price for R410A, and other refrigerant blends containing R125, will see short-term price increases and sales outages or limited product allocations that lead to pricing risk and inventory imbalances.  It is unfortunate that this suit was filed during the height of the A/C season when market disruptions can harm the wholesale distributors and their service technician customers. Dynatemp will keep you informed as additional information becomes available.

 

Here is more information for you to give a deeper understanding:

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Pope Speaks On Environmental Issues

Pope FrancisHere at Dynatemp International We fully support environmental stewardship by offering our DynaCycle program to encourage contractors to recover the gas rather than expelling it into the atmosphere… doing harm to our environment. We have added financial incentives for the participating contractors to encourage them to not only help the environment but also to help with the reclamation of a depleting supply of gases that are being quickly phased out.

In Pope Francis’ much-anticipated encyclical on the environmental and climate change, the Pope outlines how a significant scientific consensus has concluded that climate change has been mostly cased by humans. Although he doesn’t not directly name HFC’s, but he refers to “other” greenhouse gases beyond carbon dioxide, methane and nitrogen oxides.

The Pope calls for a coordinated international response to climate change.

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EPA Sends SNAP Change of Listing Status Rule to Office of Management and Budget

OMBWASHINGTON, D.C., April 24, 2015 – The SNAP change of listing status (de-listing) rule proposed in July 2014 was submitted by EPA to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on April 22 and received by OMB on April 24.  This initiates an Executive Order 12866 review by OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, which can last up to 90 days.