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OAR Policy and Guidance Metarecord
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SNAP Program Subsequent Final Rule 4 -- Acceptable and Unacceptable Substitutes for Ozone-Depleting Substances Related Documents: |
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URL(s): http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-AIR/1999/April/Day-28/a10630.htm http://www.epa.gov/ozone/snap/regs/64fr22981.pdf
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| Regulatory Authority: Title 6 |
Division/Director: Stratospheric Protection Division (OAP) / Drusilla Hufford |
Submitted By: dibble.christine |
OGC Contact: Jan Tierney OGC Phone#: 202.260.5095 |
Internet Contact: Kevin Rosseel |
| Document Type: Proposed & Final Preambles & Rules, |
EPA Document Number: Federal Register: 64 FR 22981 04/28/99 |
Supersedes: |
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| Subject Category: AIR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY GOVERNMENT Ozone |
Keywords: Automobile parts Automobile repair industry Automobiles Chemical industry Ozone Ozone layer Refrigerants phaseout ODS ozone-depleting stratosphere CFC chlorofluorocarbon halons aerosol refrigerant solvent adhesive coating ink foam air-conditioning refrigeration Montreal Protocol class I class II HFC-4310mee. CFC-113 methyl choroform HCFC-225 fittings motor vehicle refrigerants quick-connect NARM-22 HCFC-22 chlorobromomethane CBM total flooding 1301 HFC-236fa C3F8 C4F10 1211 HFC-227ea |
Terms: Air pollutants Chemicals Clean Air Act CAA Environmental policy Federal government Regulations |
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| Abstract: This action imposes restrictions or prohibitions on substitutes for ozone-depleting substances (ODSs) under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program. SNAP implements section 612 of the Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990, which requires EPA to evaluate substitutes for the ODSs to reduce overall risk to human health and the environment. Though these evaluations, SNAP generates lists of acceptable and unacceptable substitutes for each of the major industrial use sectors. The intended effect of the SNAP program is to expedite movement away from ozone-depleting compounds while avoiding a shift into substitutes posing other environmental problems. On March 18, 1994, EPA promulgated a final rulemaking setting forth its plan for administering the SNAP program, and has since issued decisions on the acceptability and unacceptability of a number of substitutes. In this Final Rule (FRM), EPA is issuing its decisions on the acceptability of certa in substitutes included in a May 21, 1997 notice of proposed rulemaking. Specifically, this action clarifies the criteria for unique fittings used in motor vehicle air-conditioning systems, and addresses the acceptability of certain substitutes in the fire suppression, solvent, and aerosol sectors, and the unacceptability of substitutes in the refrigeration and air conditioning, solvents, aerosols, fire suppression, and adhesives, coatings, and inks sectors. |
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