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EPA Adds R-1233zd(E) To SNAP Program

Substitute refrigerant can now be used in ice rinks and cold storage warehouses

February 2, 2022

The EPA recently announced that it had listed low-GWP refrigerant, R-1233zd(E), as an acceptable substitute refrigerant in its Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program.

California Bans Some High-GWP HFCs as of January 1

January 2, 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.

Joanna R. Turpin

November 12, 2018

If finalized as proposed, the revised Refrigerant Management rule would, among other things, rescind the leak repair and maintenance requirements for substitute refrigerants.

EPA Approves Honeywell Solstice N40 For Use In Ice Rinks

October 26, 2018

As rink owners look to shift away from R-22 — a hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) that is widely used in ice rinks across the U.S. and Canada — they face the challenge of selecting an alternative refrigerant that delivers equivalent capacity and proven performance but without disrupting rink operations. New production of R-22 will cease at the end of 2019.

EPA Allows Increased Hydrocarbon Charge in Household Refrigerators

September 5, 2018

Last December, EPA proposed to modify the use conditions required for use of three flammable refrigerants — isobutane (R-600a), propane (R-290), and R-441A — in new household refrigerators, freezers, and combination refrigerators and freezers under the Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program to reflect an updated standard from Underwriters Laboratories (UL).

Drusilla Hufford Retires from EPA’s Stratospheric Protection Division

Former director oversaw the establishment of the SNAP program

March 1, 2017

EPA Finalizes New SNAP, Section 608 Rules

Propane OK in some uses, techs must treat HFCs the same as ozone-depleting refrigerants

October 31, 2016

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized two rules designed to reduce the projected growth and emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).

AHRI Expresses Disappointment in EPA SNAP Refrigerant Rule

Association says decision not to extend effective date dismisses impact on industry and consumers

September 27, 2016

The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) today expressed disappointment at the decision of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to decline to extend the proposed effective date of the status change of certain refrigerants used in liquid chillers under its SNAP program.

EPA Authorizes Bluon Energy TdX 20 Refrigerant under SNAP

Authorized for commercial HVAC, industrial process and retail food refrigeration uses

July 11, 2016

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has authorized the sale and import of Bluon Energy’s TdX 20 refrigerant under its Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program.

Bo Erickson, vice president of sales and commercial distribution, Manitowoc Ice

Efficiency on the Rocks

Products being redesigned in light of new efficiency standards, refrigerant changes

Ron Rajecki

July 4, 2016

The most commonly heard three-letter term in the ice machine business used to be “ice.” Now, it has been joined by “EPA” and “DOE,” which both are garnering as much attention as the actual end products.

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