Petition to review overreach in final allocation rule
WASHINGTON —Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) has filed
a petition for judicial review in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia against the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA). The petition asks the court to overturn the ban on single-use cylinders and cylinder tracking
requirements contained in the recently finalized rule, Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Establishing the Allowance
Allocation and Trading Program under the AIM Act. HARDI is joined in the petition by Air Conditioning Contractors of
America (ACCA), and Plumbing-Heating Cooling Contractors National Association (PHCC).
HARDI believes EPA exceeded their authority granted by the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act (AIM Ac, which empowers EPA to create a program to phase-down the use of HFC refrigerants through limits on production and
consumption. By exceeding their authority, EPA has finalized a rule that will increase costs on the HVACR wholesale
distribution and contracting industries and could potentially cause major disruptions that will affect consumers. HARDI
and the rest of the HVACR industry supported passage of the AIM Act and a majority of the finalized rule including the
allocation of allowances for companies to continue to produce and import HFC refrigerants in compliance with the
phase-down.