£ < 3> \ c^'° S'"** o w PRO"^0 ro Z LLI o SNAP SIGNIFICANT NEW ALTERNATIVES POLICY July 21, 2017 www.epa.gov/ozone/snap FACT SHEET Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: New Listings for the Significant New Alternatives Policy Program in Refrigeration & Air Conditioning and Solvent Cleaning Sectors Action Listing New Acceptable Substitutes Section 612 of the Clean Air Act requires EPA to evaluate alternatives to ozone-depleting substances. EPA's Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program reviews substitutes in a comparative risk framework, using the same risk criteria for all SNAP decisions. Section 612 requires EPA to list as acceptable those substitutes that do not present a significantly greater risk to human health and the environment as compared with other substitutes that are currently or potentially available. This determination of acceptability (Notice 33) expands EPA's SNAP list of acceptable substitutes, providing industry with more options in the refrigeration and air conditioning and cleaning solvents sectors. SUMMARY OF ACCEPTABLE SUBSTITUTES Notice 33 What is included in the Notice? • Twelve additional acceptable substitutes that reduce overall risk to human health and environment Which industrial sectors are included? • Refrigeration & Air Conditioning • Cleaning Solvents What health and environmental impacts of substitutes does EPA evaluate? • Atmospheric effects, toxicity, flammability, occupational and consumer health/safety, local air quality, and ecosystem effects End-Use Substitutes Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Cold Storage Warehouses (New & Retrofit) R-448A, R-449A, R-449B, R-453A Industrial Process Refrigeration (New & Retrofit) R-448A, R-449A, R-449B, R-453A, R-458A Non-Mechanical Heat Transfer Systems (New & Retrofit) HFE-7300 (l,l,l,2,2,3,4,5,5,5-decafluoro-3- methoxy-4-(trifluoromethyl)pentane) Refrigerated Transport- Refrigerated Trucks and Trailers (New & Retrofit) R-452A, R-452C Retail Food Refrigeration - Remote Condensing Units (New & Retrofit) R-407H, R-442A, R-452A, R-452C, R-453A, R-458A Residential Dehumidifiers (New & Retrofit) R-513A Residential and Light Commercial Air Conditioning and Heat Pumps (Retrofit) HFC-134a, R-458A Cleaning Solvents Electronics Cleaning, Metals Cleaning, Precision Cleaning HFE-7300 (1,1,1,2,2,3,4,5,5,5-decafluoro-3- methoxy-4-(trifluoromethyl)pentane) ------- |