Integrating Flammable Refrigerants Under Environmental Protection Requirements

摘要

As a follow-up to its Clean Air Act of 1990, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) created the Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP), to identify and evaluate substitutes for ozone-depleting substances. The program evaluates overall risks to human health and the environment of existing and new substances and substitutes. Under the policy, the EPA generates lists of acceptable and unacceptable substitutes for major industrial use sectors. SNAP also promotes a smooth transition to safer alternatives for the affected industries and provides the public with valuable information about the substances, substitutes and products.