EPA Jump-Starts Major HFC Regulation Using New Statutory Authority

The Biden EPA is taking the first step toward regulating climate-warming hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) under new Clean Air Act authority it received from a bipartisan law enacted late last year, floating a data notice to inform a pending rule setting production limits for the chemicals used in refrigeration and other sectors. A prepublication copy of the notice of data availability (NODA) , scheduled to be published in the Feb. 11 Federal Register , alerts the public to EPA’s data regarding HFC...