EPA is Proposing an Update to Section 608 of the Clean Air Act

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The EPA is proposing an update to Section 608 of the Clean Air Act that will increase the scope of Refrigerant Management Requirements to include non-ozone-depleting greenhouse gases such as HFC’s like R410A.
Stated from the Fact Sheet;

“This proposed rule would more fully implement the prohibition under section 608 of the Clean Air Act against knowingly venting, releasing or disposing of ozone-depleting and substitute refrigerants. It would accomplish this by updating the existing requirements under section 608 that currently apply to ozone-depleting (ODS) refrigerants and then extending, as appropriate, the requirements to non-ozonedepleting substitute refrigerants, such as hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), as amended.”

 

A pre-publication version of the proposal can be found at http://www2.epa.gov/snap/608-proposal .

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