01/12/2010 Looking Beyond 2014: What Are the Next Steps in the Phaseout of HCFCs? From your Refrigeration Systems Council Chart: Courtesy of Ted Gartland, presenter HARDI 2007 Orlando Conference Participants in the September 17, 2007 week-long series of meeting in Montreal, Canada agreed to some modification in the HCFC phase out schedule for both developed and developing countries. For developed countries only one part of the existing schedule was changed – a reduction in 2010 from 65% to 75% based on the original production/consumption cap of 1989. The year 2010 also limits the production and importation of HCFC-22 and HCFC 142b for use in new equipment. Exemptions and servicing needs may be revisited in 2015. (Note tighter European Union schedule in dotted lines.) For developing countries, they will push forward setting their baseline for production/consumption caps and will freeze production and consumption of HCFCs in 2013 rather than 2016. Developing countries will phase out HCFCS in 2030, allowing for a “service tail” from 2030 to 2040. For more information visit the following links: Click Here for the EPA’s HCFC Phase-out Schedule Click Here for the EPA’s Phase-out of HCFC-22 and HCFC-142b in the United States Click Here for ASHRAE’s article on Montreal Protocol Parties Agree to Reduction of HCFC Production, Consumption Click Here to read about Accelerated Phase-Out of Ozone-Depleting HCFCs For a graphical comparison between the phase out for developed and developing countries Click Here for a newsletter overview of the new phase-out schedule for the Montreal Protocol from the 20th anniversary Meeting of the Parties in Montreal on September 21, 2007. Click Here for Phaseout of Class II Ozone-Depleting Substances Powered by Association Web Suite tm (c)2010 TCS Software