TEGA GA Update

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TEGA GA Update

• Thomas Werkema
• ASHRAE Meetings
• Nashville, TN

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TEGA GA Update

• Climate Change International
• Putin has indicated Russia will make rapid
  moves to sign KP
• IPCC published first draft of special report
  Safeguarding the Ozone Layer and the Global
  Climate System
• ISO Working Group on GHG reporting completed
  facility and auditing sections
• Still need projects

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TEGA GA Update

• Climate Change national
• CARB continues to move ahead with vehicle
  regulation
• US NY Appeals Court affirmed SEER 13 over SEER 12
  for a/c.
• No ARI appeal
• Senators McCain Lieberman reintroduced climate
  change bill
• Comparable House version

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TEGA GA Update

• Climate Change national (cont)
• Many States taking action
• 9 EU original countries filed Emissions Trading
  plan
• 6 of new 10 filed
• EU split F gas regulation into two parts
• MAC now part of vehicle Regulation p/o 134a in
  2018
• All other applications part of Directive, w/ many
  p/os

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TEGA GA Update

• Ozone Depletion International
• MP Special meeting, Parties gave US 90 of MeBr
  CUN
• Averted crises in US
• Issue up again in July

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TEGA GA Update

• Ozone Depletion Country
• US still working of changing rules to allow HCFC
  exports to Mexico
• Temporary non-enforcement letters being issued
• EPA may ban HCFC-141b in reimported formulated
  systems from Mexico
• May be legal, NAFTA issues
• First use of SNAP to ban a previously approved
  product in application
• SNAP celebrated 10 year anniversary
• 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled an individual
  can sue CAA violators for ozone degradation

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TEGA GA Update

• Other
• Senators initiated comprehensive toxics laws
  review
• EU plans extensive economic review of REACH
• DHS now allows company submission of confidential
  info., not subject to FOIA
• EP approved non-retroactive bill requiring
  companies to cover full cost of environmental
  cleanup projects