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AIM Act

by 브룡 2023. 3. 18.
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AIM Act

In December 2020, Congress enacted the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020 (the “AIM Act”) in the United States that will require the phasedown of virgin production and consumption of HFCs, which will also increase opportunities for reclamation of HFCs.

 

On September 23, 2021, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued the final rule establishing the framework to allocate allowances for virgin production and consumption of HFCs. The EPA is responsible for the administration of the HFC phase down enacted by Congress under the AIM Act.

The AIM Act directs the EPA to address the reduction in virgin HFCs and provides authority to do so in three respects:

1) phase down the production and consumption of listed HFCs,
2) manage these HFCs and their substitutes, and
3) facilitate the transition to next-generation technologies.


Congress also required that EPA shall consider ways to promote reclamation in all phases of its implementation of the AIM Act. The final rule introduces a stepdown of 10% from baseline levels and a subsequent allowance rule must establish a cumulative 40% reduction in the baseline for 2024

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