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August 26, 2004

EPA announces the availability of funds and solicits applications to undertake efforts to develop and implement new technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the use of motor vehicle air conditioning. RFIP# OAR-CPPD-04-10 - Closing Date: October 15, 2004 Technology to Reduce Refrigerant and Fuel Combustion Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Vehicle Air Conditioning (PDF, 103 K)

August 12, 2004

February 17, 2004

EPA Administrator signs rule sustaining the Clean Air Act prohibition against venting hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) and perfluorocarbon (PFC) refrigerants. This rulemaking finds that the knowing venting of HFC and PFC refrigerants during the maintenance, service, repair, and disposal of air-conditioning and refrigeration equipment (i.e., appliances ) remains illegal under Section 608 of the Clean Air Act. The ruling also restricts the sale of HFC refrigerants that consist of an ozone-depleting substance (ODS) to EPA-certified technicians. However, HFC refrigerants and HFC refrigerant blends that do not consist of an ODS are not covered under “ The Refrigerant Sales Restriction.”
Questions concerning this rulemaking may be left at the Stratospheric Ozone Information Hotline at (800) 296-1996.

October, 2003

2003 Ozone 'Hole' Approaches, But Falls Short Of Record. See NASA and NOAA press releases.

April 22, 2003

EPA announces the 2003 Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award winners. Information on the Award program is also available.

March 28, 2003

NASA Finds Wide Annual Fluctuations in Arctic Ozone Loss. See NASA press release.

January 21, 2003

December 6, 2002

Additional analysis of the unusually small Anarctic ozone hole observed during September, 2002. See NASA press release.

October 1, 2002

Unusually small Anarctic ozone hole this year attributed to exceptionally strong stratospheric weather systems. See NASA press release.

September 13, 2002

Letter from the United Nations Environment Programme to Governor Whitman commemorating the 15th Anniversary of the Montreal Protocol.

August 26, 2002

The Executive Summary of the Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2002 (PDF, 66K) has been released by the World Meteorological Organization and United Nations Environmental Programme.

April 29, 2002

EPA promulgated a direct final rule extending methyl bromide Article 5 allowances through 2005.

March 26, 2002

EPA announces the 2002 Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award winners. Information on the Award program is also available.

February 21, 2002

The Bakery Partnership Program web page is now available in the Office of Enforcement and Complaince Assurance web area.

February 11, 2002

EPA invites baking companies to participate in a voluntary compliance incentive program intended to reduce environmental and public health threats to the ozone layer. EPA investigations suggest that some large commercial bakeries are emitting ozone-depleting chemicals from their equipment in in amounts greater than those allowed under the Clean Air Act.

January 30, 2002

EPA and the Methyl Bromide Technical Options Committee released the Methyl Bromide Alternatives Matrix. The matrix lists alternatives to methyl bromide in both pre-plant and post-harvest applications, and provides citations to various United Nations Environment Programme reports in which alternatives are described.

January 29, 2002

EPA promulgated direct final and concurrent proposed rules rescinding restrictions on the use of specific substitutes in fire suppression and explosion inertion applications.

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