EPA Continues to Tweak HCFC Process

摘要

Phaseout of HCFCs such as R-22 continues, but the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) also continues to tweak and fine-tune certain aspects of the process. The agency held a one-half-day summit of sorts for who it called stakeholders in the phaseout. So that brought manufacturers and trade associations effected by refrigerant changes to Washington, D.C. on June 16 to hear what's planned and offer input before a final ruling. The objective of cutting back HCFC production by 75 percent in 2010 from the baseline year of 1996 remains on track. (The current production cutback from the baseline is 35 percent.) A 90 percent phase down remains earmarked for 2015 with a 99.5 percent phase down by 2020.