EPA Allocates Additional ‘Set Aside’ HFC Credits In Phasedown Program

EPA has allocated a collection of “set aside” credits for hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) production to new companies and those that make certain statutorily defined products such as asthma inhalers, supplementing its first-year allocation of allowances under a new agency program to sharply phase down the chemicals that act as a potent greenhouse gas. An EPA notice describing the set-aside credits, published April 5, signals continued implementation efforts for EPA’s HFC program, even as some industry groups are pursuing court challenges over...