Regulatory Updates

For your convenience, we offer several quick links to U.S. EPA and Canadian regulatory information and requirements, including compliance guidelines, refrigerant leak and full charge calculations, checklists, and timelines, as well as updates from Supermarket Industry Associations.

• U.S. EPA Regulatory - Ozone Depletion Rules and Regulations

• Stratospheric Ozone Protection rules and regulations for commercial refrigeration:
  
  • Definitions of leak rate, commercial refrigeration appliance, and full charge at 40 CFR 82.152
  • Prohibition against venting at 40 CFR 82.154(a)
  • Required leak repair practice at 40 CFR 82.156(i)
  • Recordkeeping requirements at 40 CFR 82.166(k)

• Stratospheric Ozone Information Hotline (800) 296-1996

• HCFC Phaseout
  On September 21, 2007, parties to the Montreal Protocol overwhelmingly agreed to accelerate the phaseout of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) to protect the ozone layer and combat climate change with adjustments beginning in 2010 to production and consumption allowances for developed and developing countries. The new schedule for Article 2 (Developed) countries is:
  
  

  Year to be Implemented	Reduction from Baseline	Change
  2010	75%	65% original reduction from baseline
  2015	90%	No change from original
  2020	0.5% for service only until 2030	Original did not limit to service only

  • U.S. R-22 Outlook: The time to act is now to transition from R-22 [.pdf]
  • Phaseout Chart
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  • U.S. Clean Air Act  [.pdf]
  • F-Gas Regulations Summary
  
  
  
  • Canadian Regulatory Links 
  
  
  
  • Supermarket Industry 
    • Food Marketing Institute (FMI)
    • FMI-EPA Updates 2006 [.pdf]
  
  
  
  • Refrigerant Management
    • U.S. Industrial Process Refrigeration Compliance Guidelines
      Although this document relates to industrial process refrigeration systems, the EPA recommends it as a useful summary for owners and operators of commercial refrigeration and comfort-cooling systems with charges of 50 pounds of refrigarant or greater.
      • Main Body of Compliance Document [.pdf]
      • Facts: Complying with The Section 608 Refrigerant Recycling Rule
      • Repair Timeline [.pdf]
      • Full Charge Calculation Go to Section C Pages 16-17 of Compliance Guidelines [.pdf]
      • Refrigerant Leaks
      • Leak Repair and Trigger Rates
      • Recovery/Reclamation Requirements
      • Recordkeeping Requirements
  
  
  
  • Refrigerant Records Management Systems
    • ERM - Enterprise Refrigerant Manager™ by Verisae
    • Refrigerant Compliance Management Software: Environ