EPA Launches First AIM Act Criminal Case For Illegal HFC Imports

EPA and other agencies are launching their first criminal prosecution for smuggling climate-warming hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) used in refrigeration and other sectors, offering the latest indication that the agency is taking a tough approach to enforcing the 2020 HFC control law. “This is the first time the Department of Justice [DOJ] is prosecuting someone for illegally importing greenhouse gases, and it will not be the last,” promised U.S. Attorney Tara McGrath for the Southern District of California in a March 4...