HARC Meeting September 12, 2013 Torrey, Utah. Climate Change - Science IPCC Fifth Assessment Report WG 1 report covering science scheduled to be released.

HARC Meeting

September 12, 2013

Torrey, Utah

Climate Change - Science

IPCC Fifth Assessment Report WG 1 report covering science scheduled to

be released on September 27 Most recent assessment was in 2007 WG II (impacts) and WG III (mitigation)

reports will be released in March/April 2014 Synthesis report published in October 2014 Summary for Policymakers – national

governments can provide comments (1,800)


IPCC Fifth Assessment Report Higher level of confidence that global

warming is man-made and starting to affect extreme weather events, such as flooding, drought, heat waves and wildfires

"Changes are projected to occur in all regions of the globe, and include changes in land and ocean, in the water cycle, in the cryosphere, in sea level, in some extreme events and in ocean acidification”


IPCC Fifth Assessment Report “Many of these changes would persist for

centuries” “Limiting climate change would require

substantial and sustained reductions of CO2 [carbon dioxide] emissions.”

Climate Change - International

Durban Platform for Enhanced Action Adopted at COP 17 in November 2011 Calls for new legally-binding climate change

accord to be signed by 2015 and come into force in 2020

Ongoing negotiations taking place in Ad Hoc Working Group on Durban Platform (ADP)

Meetings of ADP will continue at COP 19, November 11-22 in Warsaw

Climate Change - International

US proposal for treaty structure Focused on mitigation (reducing emissions) Applicable to all countries (developed and

developing) Nationally Defined Contributions (NDC) Clarity of effort General public scrutiny Single system for measurement, reporting

and verification (MRV)

Climate Change - HFCs

Montreal Protocol Amendments that would add HFCs to MP

and slowly phase down their production were considered for the fifth straight year at the OEWG meeting June 24-28 in Bangkok

Just prior to the OEWG meeting it was announced that the US and China had agreed to work together and with other countries to phase down the the production of HFCs under the MP


Montreal Protocol A small group of developing countries

including India, Brazil, and Venezuela again blocked formation of a “contact group”

Instead, a “discussion group” was formed to discuss “issues relating to the management of HFCs through the mechanisms of the MP”

The discussion group met for several hours over three days and produced a report


Montreal Protocol Amendments will be discussed at the Meeting

of Parties in Bangkok, October 21-25 At recent G-20 meeting two agreements were

reached related to HFCs US, EU, and 23 other countries agreed to

phase down HFCs under the MP US and China agreed to establish “an open-

ended contact group” on HFCs


Montreal Protocol - OEWG TEAP Progress Report and Task Force

Reports responding to Decisions XXIV/7 (Alternatives to ODS) and XXIV/8 (Committee succession planning, disclosures, conflict of interest) were presented

Parties were invited to provide comments on the draft Decision XXIV/7 report by July 19

Report being updated, presented at MOP


Montreal Protocol – OEWG A Decision was proposed by the US and

other countries for further assessment of technical and economic considerations of phasing down HFCs

Formation of a contact group on this decision was blocked

It will be discussed again at MOP in October


Montreal Protocol – MOP Expectations While the current draft Decision on UNEP

website has a request for TEAP to provide an assessment of the technical and economic considerations in implementing a global phase down of HFCs, it would be surprising if it were approved or at least stated that plainly based on Brazil and India’s past interventions


Montreal Protocol – MOP Expectations More likely, TEAP will yet again be

requested to continue to provide information on technical and economic options to avoid high GWP alternatives in ODS phase-out, likely in the request for Replenishment of the Multilateral Fund, which typically does not include the HTOC at this point


Montreal Protocol – MOP Expectations Decisions will request the EXCOM to look at

ways to avoid high GWP alternatives in the phase II HCFC phase-out plans and to look where any additional demonstrations would assist in leap-frogging high GWP alternatives


Montreal Protocol – MOP Expectations Sergey Kopylov, Russian Federation will be

nominated and confirmed for co-Chair of HTOC

US may request an update on the ICAO General Assembly during the MOP - Three years ago, this was requested to be provided to the plenary so the HTOC co-chairs will be prepared for that request


Montreal Protocol – TEAP/HTOC

2014 HTOC meeting in Kyoto March 17 -19

2014 TEAP meeting likely Montreal in April


Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants International coalition formed to address

emissions of three greenhouse gases: black carbon, methane, HFCs

Hosted by UNEP Now includes 34 countries, 38 organizations Meeting in September in Oslo Agreed on 10 high-impact global initiatives

Climate Change - HFCs Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC)

HFC Alternative Technology and Standards We will continue to promote climate-friendly

alternatives and make efforts to reduce emissions CCAC Partner countries will adopt domestic

approaches to encourage climate-friendly HFC alternative technologies and work toward a phase down of HFCs under the Montreal Protocol

We will work with international standards organizations to revise their standards to include climate-friendly HFC alternatives

Climate Change - HFCs EPA SNAP Stakeholder Meeting

EPA met with industry and ENGOs to discuss how the SNAP program could be used to help reduce emissions of HFCs

President’s Climate Action Plan directs EPA to use its authority under the SNAP program

“to encourage private-sector investment in low-emissions technology by identifying and approving climate-friendly chemicals

while prohibiting certain uses of the most harmful chemical alternatives”


EPA SNAP Stakeholder Meeting General agreement on the first goal of

encouraging investment and approving climate-friendly chemicals

Suggestions that EPA prioritize the SNAP review of alternatives that are safer for the climate and focus resources to complete those reviews faster

Strong support for this from manufacturers of non-HFC refrigerant technology


EPA SNAP Stakeholder Meeting Strong disagreement among the

participants on the second goal of prohibiting certain uses of HFCs

Environmental NGOs such as NRDC and EIA asked EPA to begin a process of delisting HFCs from SNAP for specific uses, beginning with HFC-134a in auto air conditioning, if there are more climate-friendly alternatives commercially available


EPA SNAP Stakeholder Meeting Industry associations representing

fluorocarbon and appliance manufacturers (Alliance, AHAM) objected to EPA using SNAP to prohibit specific HFC uses

They questioned the appropriateness and legality of such an action by EPA

EPA listed applications where they might consider changing SNAP listings and fire protection applications were not included


EPA SNAP Stakeholder Meeting Broad support expressed by most

participants for global phase down of HFCs EPA stated that working towards a Montreal

Protocol amendment on HFCs remained their first priority for action on this issue

Likely to be additional EPA SNAP stakeholder meetings this year


EPA SNAP Stakeholder Meeting EPA has been holding meetings with

different industry sectors such as air conditioning, refrigeration, foam, etc. to discuss the HFC issue

EPA has discussed with HARC the possibility of hosting a fire protection industry meeting on December 4, the day before the regular HARC meeting


European Union F-gas Regulation Proposal for revised F-gas regulation

released in November 2012 Gradual phase down in amount of bulk HFCs

(CO2 equivalent) produced or imported in EU beginning with a freeze in 2015 and reaching a 79% reduction by 2030

Product bans, including: Fire protection systems and extinguishers that

contain HFC-23 – January 1, 2015


European Union F-gas Regulation European Parliament Environment

Committee adopted proposed amendments on June 19, report released June 27

Amendments would tighten the phase down schedule, require an allocation fee, and include additional product bans

Ban on HFCs in fire protection as of January 1, 2020 except for applications listed as critical uses of halons in (EC) No 1005/2009


Australia Carbon Tax Conservative party (Liberal) won recent

elections in Australia Tony Abbott will be the new Prime Minister He has vowed to eliminate the carbon tax

starting in July 2014 and replace it with incentives for polluters to operate cleaner

Unclear if he will be able to pass the necessary law changes through Parliament


HEEP 2012 data collection underway Responses received from 8 of 14

companies Issues raised at June meeting

Amount of clean agents recycled at the distributor level that would not be counted by HEEP

System that are decommissioned after a release, those emissions not counted by HEEP

ASTM D26.09 Subcommittee Standards recently issued:

D7327 Standard Specification for HFC Blend B D7325 Standard Practice for Handling,

Transportation, and Storage of IG-541 (Inergen) Standards overdue:

D6268, Standard Practices for Handling, Transportation, and Storage of HFC-125. Assigned to Mark Robin to co-ordinate

The next meeting will be a face-to-face meeting January 29, 2014 in Houston, Texas

UL 1093 Meeting

July 17 meeting at UL Canada to discuss withdrawal of CAN/ULC S512 standard and plan to discontinue listings for halon portable fire extinguishers under UL 1093 standard in 2014

HRC and HARC members pushed UL to extend the current listings under the 1093 standard until 2025, which is the European Union end date for the use of halon fire extinguishers on aircraft

UL 1093 Meeting

George Laverick stated that UL would evaluate the input provided during the meeting and consider extending the date to discontinue the listings

If UL does agree to extend the listings, there are some technical issues related to changes in the Class A rating that need to be addressed by manufacturers

Recycling Code of Practice

At the June meeting members requested that detail be added to the current draft about test methods for determining the composition of agents removed from service and guidance be provided as to where the required testing could be done

We asked for help from recyclers and so far we have received information on ASTM testing methods and AHRI listings of certified labs

Recycling Code of Practice

We need to find a way to put this information in a simple and practical format

Not sure this information fully answers the question of providing simple guidance on the initial testing of used agent prior to reclaim

Still need to address completion of code of practice, peer review, final design and distribution

Aviation Issues

Industry Consortium on Engines/APU ICCAIA CCHRWG (Cargo) ICAO Resolution/General Assembly Meeting EASA Halon NPA/Rulemaking Group FAA Halon Replacement Aviation Rulemaking

Committee (ARC) FAA Triennial Fire & Cabin Safety Research

Conference, December 2-5, Philadelphia

Aviation Issues

FAA Halon ARC Co-chairs

Tom Cortina (Industry), Rob Rottman (FAA) Issues

Incorporating ICAO timelines into national regulations

Status of halon reserves for aviation Halon recycling process and impediments Intentional release during testing and training

Aviation Issues

FAA Halon ARC Members

AIA, GAMA, ARSA, Boeing, Kidde, Meggitt IATA, Airlines 4 America, SAE HARC, HRC, FSSA, UNEP/HTOC

Observers EASA, ICAO

Government FAA, EPA, State, DOT

HARC Meeting September 12, 2013 Torrey, Utah. Climate Change - Science IPCC Fifth Assessment Report WG 1 report covering science scheduled to be released.

Documents

hfcs slide

mp slide

climate change science

hfcs us

binding climate change

production of hfcs

utah slide

warsaw slide