Court decision overturns Honeywell, Chemours appeal, determines the EPA doesn’t have the authority to require manufacturers to utilize low-GWP replacement refrigerants
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cannot require HVACR manufacturers to replace so-called high-GWP (global warming potential) refrigerants with lower-GWP replacements.
That was the opinion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Jan. 27. Kavanaugh’s decision determines the court will not reconsider an Aug. 8, 2017, opinion that established the EPA cannot ban HFCs under Section 612 of the Clean Air Act.