EPA Plans To Revise HFC SNAP Rules To Respond To D.C. Circuit Vacatur

EPA is planning to launch a new rulemaking to respond to an appellate court ruling that largely vacated Obama-era rules limiting hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants that act as potent greenhouse gases, arguing the regulations do not allow the agency to easily address the ruling. In the interim, EPA says in an April 13 notice slated to be published in the Federal Register , it will not implement any of the 2015 rule's provisions that list HFCs as unacceptable for a range...