Capitol Insights: Refrigerant Transition Update, ACCA Opposes Troubling Department of Labor Nomination

The EPA’s Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program is a regulatory program that evaluates alternatives to ozone-depleting substances (ODSs). As it relates to the phasedown of HFC refrigerants under the AIM Act, the SNAP program has identified a number of alternative refrigerants that have a lower GWP than traditional HFC refrigerants. These alternative refrigerants are being used to replace HFC refrigerants in a variety of applications, including refrigeration, air conditioning, and heat pumps. EPA recently published a finalized SNAP 25 rule and proposed a new SNAP 26 rule, summarized below.