Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 3.12.1996

Protection of Stratospheric Ozone

This action notifies the public that the Agency received a petition pursuant to section 612(d) of the Clean Air Act, under the Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program, and that EPA has responded to the petition. The petition requested that EPA take several specific actions. EPA had already implemented certain requests prior to receipt of the petition, and will not take the other requested actions. SNAP implements section 612 of the amended Clean Air Act of 1990, which requires EPA to evaluate substitutes for ozone-depleting Substances (ODS) and to regulate the use of substitutes where other alternatives exist that reduce overall risk to human health and the environment. Through these evaluations, EPA generates lists of acceptable and unacceptable substitutes for each of the major industrial use sectors. EPA has listed several refrigerants as acceptable substitutes for CFC-12 in motor vehicle air conditioning (MVAC), provided they are used in accordance with several requirements. We have worked with the MVAC industry to minimize the mixing of refrigerants and to ensure that the recycled supply of CFC-12 is protected from contamination. Contaminated refrigerant poses numer