Industry Details Arguments In Litigation Over EPA HFC Phasedown Rules

February 1, 2024
Industry groups and their supporters are detailing arguments in two cases challenging EPA’s phasedown program for climate-warning hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), renewing claims that Congress unconstitutionally delegated authority to EPA in the 2020 HFC control law and outlining complaints about the agency’s restrictions on various specific sectors. In the first case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, HFC manufacturer RMS of Georgia and importer iGas are raising separate claims about EPA’s most recent rule distributing HFC...


Not a subscriber? Sign up for 30 days free access to exclusive environmental policy reporting.