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Information for Businesses
This page contains links to information most likely of interest to companies that use or manufacture ozone-depleting substances ( ODS) and their substitutes.
- Agreement with the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) on Recommended Practices for Minimizing HFC Emissions from Refrigerator-Freezer Factories
- Press Release
- Recommended Practices (PDF, 7 pp., 75 KB, about PDF)
Recordkeeping and Reporting Guidance
- Benefits of the CFC Phaseout
- This fact sheet describes specific benefits and also includes some case studies of successful use of alternatives
- Lists of Ozone-Depleting Substances
- For each chemical, this list provides the ozone-depletion potential ( ODP), global warming potential ( GWP), and CAS numbers.
- Alternatives to Ozone-Depleting Substances
- EPA reviews alternatives in a variety of industrial sectors. There are lists of alternatives and fact sheets for each sector.
- US Regulations
- View all regulations related to ozone layer protection, with links to fact sheets, according to sections of the Clean Air Act.
- Compliance Guidance For Industrial Process Refrigeration Leak Repair Regulations
- This document provides guidance to users of industrial process refrigeration on how to comply with the regulations issued under section 608 of the Clean Air Act.
- USEPA/ICEL Manuals
- EPA and the International Cooperative for Environmental Leadership (formerly known as ICOLP) cowrote these manuals to give information on reducing solvent use in a variety of applications.
- OzoneAction Information Clearinghouse
- This database can be downloaded and contains numerous references and contacts.