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HARC Meeting
June 11, 2012
Las Vegas, Nevada
Climate Change - International
Durban Platform for Enhanced Action Adopted at COP 17 in November 2011 Negotiations to begin this year on a new
legally-binding climate change accord to be signed by 2015 and come into force in 2020
New accord will include commitments for all countries, both developed and developing
EU agreed to extend the Kyoto Protocol until 2017, but Japan, Canada, and Russia did not
Climate Change - International
Durban Platform for Enhanced Action First negotiating session held May 14-25 in
Bonn – Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform (ADP)
No consensus on what the Durban outcome means for the UNFCCC negotiating process or what Durban was designed to do
Did not reach agreement on agenda until last day of the two-week meeting
Climate Change - International
Kyoto Protocol Negotiations on extending Kyoto were also
difficult Developing nations want the second
commitment period to extend until 2020 but EU only agreed to 2017
Pressure on countries that have not agreed to extend Kyoto
EU linked agreement to extend Kyoto on progress in other forums such as the ADP
Climate Change - International
Climate Technology Center & Network CTC&N is intended to be a focal point for
technology transfer Help developing countries identify and
implmement technology projects and strategies to enhance low-emission, climate-resilent development
Three proposals were considered to host the CTC&N – likely to be awarded to a UNEP led consortium
Climate Change - HFCs
Montreal Protocol Amendments proposed in 2012 would add HFCs
to MP and slowly phase down their production Key elements:
List 21 specified HFCs as new Annex F to MP Make available funding under the Multilateral Fund
for the phase down of HFC production Strictly limit HFC-23 byproduct emissions resulting
from the production of HCFCs (e.g. HCFC 22) Require licensing of HFC imports and exports, and
ban imports and exports to non-Parties
Climate Change - HFCs Montreal Protocol
Micronesia:- 15% reduction in 2015 - 70% in 2027- 30% in 2018 - 85% in 2030- 45% in 2021 - 90% in 2032- 55% in 2024
Developed country baseline would be based on 2004-2006 annual production and consumption of HFCs and HCFCs
Developing country baseline would be based on 2007-2009 annual production and consumption of HCFCs only
Developing countries would be subject to the same reduction schedule but with a six-year grace period (phase down would start in 2021 and reach 90% in 2038)
Climate Change - HFCs Montreal Protocol
United States, Canada, Mexico:- 10% reduction in 2016 - 70% in 2029- 30% in 2020 - 85% in 2033- 50% in 2025
Developed country baseline would be based on 2005-2008 annual production and consumption of HFCs and 85% of 2005-2008 annual production and consumption of HCFCs
Developing country baseline would be based on 2005-2008 annual production and consumption of HCFCs only
Developing country phase down would begin 2 years later in 2018 with a production freeze and reach the 85% reduction level 10 years later in 2043
Climate Change - HFCs
Montreal Protocol Amendments will be discussed at the OEWG
meeting in July and considered for approval at the Meeting of Parties in November
A small group of countries including India, China, and Brazil have blocked any formal progress on the amendments
Have not allowed formation of contact group to begin formal discussion of amendments
Climate Change - HFCs
Montreal Protocol Right now it seems extremely unlikely that the
amendments would be agreed to this year Proponents are looking to raise the profile of
the issue and gain support for amendments outside of MP process in order to build momentum within the MP process
Climate Change - HFCs
Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants New international coalition formed to address
emissions of three greenhouse gases: black carbon, methane, HFCs
Hosted by UNEP and currently includes following members: Bangladesh, Canada, Colombia, Ghana, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Sweden, United States, European Commission, World Bank
Climate Change - HFCs
Climate and Clean Air Coalition Held first meeting in April in Stockholm Five scaled-up initiatives were approved:
Fast action on diesel emissions Upgrading old inefficient brick kilns Accelerating reduction of methane from landfills Speeding up cuts in methane and other emissions
from the oil and gas industry Accelerating alternatives to HFCs
Climate Change - HFCs
Climate and Clean Air Coalition Draft HFC concept paper suggests a high-
level global roundtable to establish private sector and government pledges to:
Promote climate-friendly alternatives/technologies Minimize HFC leaks Encourage recovery, recycling, reclamation, and
eventual destruction of HFC supplies Draft focuses on use of HFCs in air
conditioning, refrigeration, and foam
Climate Change - HFCs
Climate and Clean Air Coalition Draft HFC paper next steps:
Identify private sector, NGO, IGO, and government partners and hold initial planning meeting in next 2-5 months
Establish commitments and pledges from above partners over next 6 months
Convene a high-level roundtable meeting in fall Initiative technology sector demonstration projects
in key HFC use sectors within 6 months
Climate Change - HFCs
Bangkok Technology Conference Advancing Ozone & Climate Protection
Technologies: Next Steps July 21-22, 2012 United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok Sponsored by:
United Nations Environment ProgrammeUnited Nations Development ProgrammeGovernment of the United States of AmericaAlliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy
Climate Change - HFCs
NRDC/EIA Petitions on HFC-134a Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)
and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed petitions in April requesting that EPA take actions on HFC-134a and other HFCs under the SNAP program
New petitions follow-up on a petition filed in May 2010 by NRDC and EIA on the use of HFC-134a in motor vehicle air conditioning
Climate Change - HFCs NRDC Petition
Remove HFC-134a from list of acceptable substitutes for CFC-12 in household refrigerators, freezers and stand-alone retail food refrigerators and freezers
Restrict the sales of SNAP listed refrigerants to all except certified technicians
Adopt a standardized procedure to determine speed of transition from high-GWP HFCs to next-generation alternatives and substitutes
Climate Change - HFCs
EIA Petition Remove HFC-134a and HFC-134a blends
from the list of acceptable substitutes for any ozone depleting substance (ODS) in any non-essential uses under EPA’s SNAP program, and remove HFC-134a and HFC-134a blends from such lists in every other end-use category where more benign alternatives are available
Climate Change - HFCs
NRDC/EIA Petitions on HFC-134a EPA has not yet acted on 2010 petitions Same level of information is required to delist
an alternative from SNAP as to get one listed EPA will be reviewing the NRDC and EIA
petitions for completeness
EU F-Gas Regulation Review
September report from European Commission (EC) concludes that the EU should take further action to reduce emissions of F-gases beyond the existing regulation
Presents the following options: Gradually declining limits on the quantity of F-
gases placed on the EU market Use and marketing prohibitions for new
equipment and products (bans) Voluntary environmental agreements
EU F-Gas Regulation Review
Commission launched a consultation that closed in December asking stakeholders to comment on possible options for strengthening EU measures to reduce emissions of fluorinated gases
HARC provided comments Stakeholder meeting was held in Brussels
in February with about 130 participants
EU F-Gas Regulation Review
Stakeholder Meeting Minutes A large majority of industry acknowledged the
need for further EU action and preferred or could live with a phase-down option
NGOs and a few industrial participants favored bans where alternatives overall would lead to lower greenhouse gas emissions
NGOs saw a phase-down as a complementary measure to bans
EU F-Gas Regulation Review
Stakeholder Meeting Minutes A few participants wanted to focus on
containment only Member States had no official positions, but
indicated support for a phase-down measure Many would like to see action at the global
level through the Montreal Protocol A need for a mix of policies was confirmed by
many stakeholders
EU F-Gas Regulation Review
Stakeholder Meeting Minutes Existing equipment should not be made
redundant; therefore, it would be crucial that potential bans target only the use of F-gases in new equipment
Availability of F-gases should be safeguarded for certain necessary uses in e.g. in fire protection and medical aerosols
EU F-Gas Regulation Review
Commission proposal on possible revisions to F-gas regulation is expected in October
Speculation is that it will contain some kind of phase-down approach in conjunction with some product bans
Ban on the use of HFC-23 in fire protection was suggested in the contractor report and is a likely candidate for inclusion in the final regulation
Climate Change - Australia
Australia Carbon Tax Clean energy plan includes carbon tax of
$23 per ton beginning July 1, 2012 Carbon price is fixed for first three years,
rising 2.5% per year On July 1, 2015 carbon price becomes
flexible under an emissions trading scheme International linking to credible markets and
emission trading schemes as of 2015
Climate Change - Australia
Australia Carbon Tax Carbon tax does not directly cover HFCs Equivalent carbon price applied to HFCs
under existing legislation on ODS Covers imports of bulk HFCs and pre-
charged equipment Beginning July 1, 2013, incentives would be
provided for destruction of waste synthetic greenhouse gases, including ODS
Climate Change - Australia
Australia Carbon Tax GWPs used for HFC tax based on SAR: HFC-227ea = 2900, HFC-125 = 2,800, HFC-
236fa = 6,300, HFC-23 = 11,700 Import one metric ton of HFC-227ea would
incur a tax of $66,700 (about $30 per pound) Plus a cost recovery levy of $165 per ton
Climate Change - Australia
Australia Carbon Tax Legislation allows for exemptions where it is
impractical to apply or where synthetic gases are used for medical, veterinary, health or safety purpose
Metered dose inhalers and imported foam products are exempt as of July 1, 2012
Exemptions for other products will be considered on a case-by-case basis
Climate Change - HEEP
2010 data collection complete Due to consolidations and company changes
we are down to 14 reporting parties 2010 data about 38% higher than 2009 data More in line with past data and with the level
trend we have seen since 2004 For 2010 about 68% of HFCs sold for re-
charge came from recyclers
Climate Change – HEEPYear Companies Reporting MMTCO2
2002 16 0.484
2003 16 0.490
2004 15 0.559
2005 15 0.618
2006 15 0.559
2007 15 0.622
2008 15 0.573
2009 15 0.421
2010 14 0.580
HEEP Statistics and Trend
• The data are shown with error bars of one standard deviation, 0.067 MMT/yr. • The nine-year trend line suggests a slight increase in reported emissions of 0.0035 MMT CO2 Equiv/yr. This value, however, is only 5% of the standard deviation, so the better conclusion is that reported emissions have been stable over the measurement period. • The reported emissions value for 2009 appears to be aberrant, possibly reflecting an effect of the economic downturn of the period.
Average 0.545St Dev 0.067
St Dev, % 12.3%
Statistical Summary
Climate Change - HEEP
2011 data collection will begin in July 2011 will represent 10 years of HEEP data How should HARC recognize 10 years of
HEEP? Press Release Newsletter Conference presentation – NFPA or FSSA Possible activities in conjunction with EPA Ways to further recognize participating companies
Recycling Clean Agents
HARC/HRC Leadership Code of Practice for Sale of Halons Code of Practice for Halon Reclaiming
Companies Voluntary Code of Practice for the
Reduction of Emissions of HFC and PFC Fire Protection Agents (VCOP)
HFC/PFC Emissions Estimating Project (HEEP)
Recycling Clean Agents
Sampling by recyclers shows that a significant percentage of used clean agents do not meet specification
Best practice would be for this agent to be reclaimed to specification and tested prior to being reinstalled in a fire protection system
Proposal that HARC take action on this issue Code of Practice for Clean Agent Reclaiming Possible Proposal for Revision to NFPA Standards
DOD Activities
USMC released a pre-solicitation for Fire Suppression System - Extinguishing Subsystem (FSS-ES)
FSS-ES is a twin agent system to be mounted in cargo bed of a High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV)
FSS-ES should be able to extinguish Class A fires, 2,500 square foot static pool hydrocarbon Class B fires, and three-dimensional Class B fires
Performance spec and other information at fbo.gov under solicitation number M67854-12-R-5063
Formal solicitation should be released very soon
DOD Activities
As mentioned at past meetings, the Army is working to reduce the number of extinguisher configurations that it has to support for its ground vehicles
Looking for extinguishers that have lower life-cycle cost, higher reliability, and are backward compatible with current equipment
Both rechargeable and single-use designs will be considered
Synopsis should be released in late June and the solicitation later in July via FedBizOpps
Will provide solicitation number as soon as available.
ASTM D26.09 Subcommittee
D5632 (Halon 1301 Specification) has been published and is available from ASTM
Next meeting will be a virtual meeting at 1pm EST on July 26, 2012
NFPA - GFE
NFPA has instituted a new online process for submission of proposals
The system is available to anyone, NFPA members and nonmembers
Access to the online toll requires login name and password
Nonmembers, who do not have a member login profile must “register,” at no cost, to create a login account
NFPA - GFE
NFPA has revamped its document management process
What was called the “Proposal” stage is now called the “1st Draft” stage
The ”ROP Meeting” is the “1st Draft” meeting The “Report on Comments” stage is the “2nd
Draft” stage There are a number of other detailed changes
governing committee revision process that make meetings more productive
NFPA - GFE
NFPA 12 and NFPA 2001 are in the Fall 2014 revision cycle
The deadline for proposals is January 4, 2013
ISO TC 21 SC 8
Next meeting is September 11-12, 2012 in Milan
ISO 14520 revision process continues Working Groups have been meeting over the
past year on ISO 14520, Annex B – Cup-Burner - Goal is to
harmonize the NFPA and ISO versions ISO 14520, Annex E – Enclosure Integrity /
Door Fan Procedure - Working to make improvements
ICAO/EU Aviation Regulations
European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issued rulemaking proposals to make their regulations compliant with EU legislation on the progressive phasing out of halons, and to deal with the issue of preventing the use of contaminated halon
Generally, stakeholders agreed with the recommended amendments in order to be compliant with EU legislation and with ICAO Annex 8
ICAO/EU Aviation Regulations
Also they believed the EU legislation implies compliance with recent amendments (i.e., December 2011) to ICAO Annex 6 (i.e., newly produced aircraft based on Type Certificate)
However, many stated that the “end dates” in the EU regulation may neither be feasible, nor justified comparing the cost of retrofit with the very small quantities of halon released
HTOC – Decision XXIII/9
Report used available information from previous reports of HCFCs and HFCs as well as information from HCFC alternatives manufacturers
Only HCFC Blend A is still produced for the total flood market and is primarily used for recharge, and even this is diminishing because of changes to national regulations where it is accepted
HTOC – Decision XXIII/9
Alternatives to HCFCs for total flood available but cost comparison table is out of date (received no input)
However, relatively the ratios haven’t changed much (according to data T. Cortina recently obtained), although FK 5-1-12 now appears to be a less expensive option than inert gases for the Class B example
Could update in HTOC Assessment report
HTOC – Decision XXIII/9
Only HCFC Blend B is marketed in both non-A5 and A5 countries for steaming applications
Limited quantities of HCFC-123 and HCFC Blend E still marketed in A5 countries such as India and Indonesia, performance unknown
HTOC – Decision XXIII/9
Alternatives to HCFC-123 based streaming agents available
Traditional (e.g., multipurpose dry powder, water, and CO2), cheaper and more environmentally friendly
Where cleanliness a necessity, HFC-236fa currently the only alternative, however GWP a problem and some studies indicate HCFC-123 based may be environmentally preferable
HTOC – Decision XXIII/9
Unsaturated HBFC, 2-BTP, has completed fire testing and many of the toxicity tests required for commercialization
Should it receive final approvals , it would be an effective substitute for HCFC Blend B, although it may be more expensive
HTOC – Decision XXIII/9
With the exception of aircraft cargo bays, fire extinguishing agent alternatives to ODS, in the form of non-ozone depleting gases, gas-powder blends, powders and other not-in-kind technologies (i.e., non-gaseous agents) are now available for virtually every fire and explosion protection application once served by ODS
HTOC Manchester Meeting Meeting primarily concerned with response to
Decisions XXIII/9 (HCFC replacements) and XXIII/10 (Committee organization and succession planning), 2012 Progress Report, and 2014 Assessment Report
HTOC will seek re-nomination of one co-chair in 2012 and two in 2013
It will also seek re-nomination or replacement of one third of Committee members in 2012, 2013 and 2014
HTOC Manchester Meeting
New members also being sought to broaden expertise – military and A5 aviation
2012 Progress Report covered status of halon alternatives development, continued feedstock production, halon recovery and recycling in A5 countries, an update on resolution of the contaminated halon issue, and ICAO status
Report has been published as part of the 2012 TEAP Progress Report
HTOC Manchester Meeting 2014 HTOC Assessment Report will be
organized along the lines of the 2010 report, as a consequence, presentations were given and discussion focused on:
General overview of halons and the alternatives Aviation issues and alternatives Military issues and alternatives China, Japan and SE Asia issues (banks & recycling) India, South America, and Middle East issues (banks &
recycling) Impact of European Union critical uses legislation
HTOC Manchester Meeting
Updated requirements for member disclosure statements
Next meeting likely March 2013
TEAP Berlin Meeting March 26 to 30, 2012 Decision XXIII/9 - Discussed and worked on
Task Force first draft report Decision XXIII/10 - Discussed and worked on
Task Force first draft report, in particular TEAP & TOC re-nomination process and conflict of interest / disclosure statements
Discussed TOC 2012 Progress reports, particularly MBTOC minority report and TEAP response
TEAP Berlin Meeting
TEAP 2012 Progress report – content, format etc.
All TEAP reports now available on the Ozone Secretariat website: http://ozone.unep.org/new_site/en/index.php
OEWG meeting, Bangkok, July 23 to 27, 2012