On August 6, 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA or the agency”) published a proposed rule titled “Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Change of Listing Status for Certain Substitutes Under the Significant New Alternatives Policy Program ” (“proposed rule”) in the Federal Register. The proposed rule would change the status of a number of substitutes that were previously listed as acceptable and modify the listings for certain hydrofluorocarbons (“HFCs”) in various end-uses in aerosols, refrigeration and air conditioning, and foam blowing sectors. 

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