Phase-out Schedule for HCFCs Including R22

 

January 1, 2004:  The Montreal Protocol required the U.S. to reduce its consumption by 35 percent below the baseline cap by January 1, 2004.  As of January 1, 2003, EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) banned production and import of HCFC-141b, the HCFC with the highest ODP.  This action allowed the United States to meet its obligations under the Montreal Protocol.  EPA also issued baseline allowances for production of the U.S. consumption and production caps by allocating both consumption and production allowances to individual companies for HCFC-141b, HCFC-22, and HCFC-142b.

 

January 1, 2010:  After 2010, chemical manufacturers may still produce R-22 to service existing equipment, but not for use in new equipment.  As a result, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system manufacturers will only be able to use pre-existing supplies of R-22 to produce new air conditioners and heat pumps.  These existing supplies would include R-22 recovered from existing equipment and recycled.

 

January 1, 2020:  Use of existing refrigerant, including refrigerant that has been recovered and recycled, will be allowed beyond 2020 to service existing systems, but chemical manufacturers will no longer be able to produce R-22 to service existing air conditioners and heat pumps.

 

 

 

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