California Bans Some High-GWP HFCs as of January 1
Last September, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 1013, also known as the California Cooling Act, which backstops federal rollbacks of prohibitions on high GWP HFCs. The California Cooling Act adopts U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA's) Significant New Alternative Policy (SNAP) Rules 20 and 21 by reference, with the exception of motor vehicle air conditioning. The prohibitions took effect in California when the bill became law on January 1, 2019.
Under this new law, manufacturers cannot sell equipment or products that use prohibited HFCs that are manufactured after their respective prohibition dates. The compliance dates vary by end-use and for new versus retrofit equipment. A summary of the prohibitions can be found here.