The Refrigerant Compliance Glossary

A formal EPA finding that a facility has violated a Clean Air Act requirement, typically opening a negotiation over corrective action and penalty. Often follows an inspection or a records request.

Monetary penalties EPA may assess under the Clean Air Act, currently up to $59,114 per day per violation and adjusted for inflation annually. Knowing violations can also carry criminal exposure.

EPA’s public database of inspections, violations, and enforcement actions by facility. Refrigerant cases appear here alongside other Clean Air Act matters.

The continuously updated online version of the Code of Federal Regulations, and the authoritative public source for Section 608 and AIM Act text. Sections can be linked directly, and historical versions retrieved by date.

A New York requirement for grocery chains with 20 or more in-state or 100 or more nationwide facilities to hit a defined refrigerant or emissions target by 2035, with a transition plan due January 1, 2027.

Colorado’s ODS registration rule (Regulation 15) and HFC prohibition rule (Regulation 22, Part B). Colorado has no state leak-rate program and defers to federal requirements for refrigerant management.

New Jersey’s greenhouse gas monitoring and reporting rule, which requires registration and annual reporting for facilities with 50 pounds or more but sets no state leak-rate thresholds, repair timelines, or prohibitions.

Washington’s refrigerant management rule, in effect since January 1, 2024, with leak-rate thresholds of 8% for comfort cooling, 16% for commercial refrigeration, and 24% for industrial process refrigeration — stricter than the federal 10/20/30. Registration and annual reporting run through the state Department of Ecology.

New York’s refrigerant rule, covering prohibitions, registration phased in by charge size, a full management program with 14-day repair, and a dedicated supermarket chain program. It defines high-GWP using a 20-year global warming potential rather than the 100-year figure everyone else uses.

California legislation restricting the sale and distribution of high-GWP refrigerants on a declining schedule, tightening supply beyond the federal phasedown.