Transcript HARC Meeting Slides September 2013

HARC Meeting
September 12, 2013
Torrey, Utah
Climate Change - Science
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IPCC Fifth Assessment Report
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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)
Climate Change - Science
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IPCC Fifth Assessment Report
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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”
Climate Change - Science
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IPCC Fifth Assessment Report
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“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
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Durban Platform for Enhanced Action
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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
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US proposal for treaty structure
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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
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Montreal Protocol
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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
Climate Change - HFCs
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Montreal Protocol
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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
Climate Change - HFCs
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Montreal Protocol
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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 openended contact group” on HFCs
Climate Change - HFCs
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Montreal Protocol - OEWG
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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
Climate Change - HFCs
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Montreal Protocol – OEWG
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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
Climate Change - HFCs
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Montreal Protocol – MOP Expectations
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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
Climate Change - HFCs
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Montreal Protocol – MOP Expectations
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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
Climate Change - HFCs
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Montreal Protocol – MOP Expectations
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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
Climate Change - HFCs
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Montreal Protocol – MOP Expectations
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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 cochairs will be prepared for that request
Climate Change - HFCs
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Montreal Protocol – TEAP/HTOC
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2014 HTOC meeting in Kyoto March 17 -19
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2014 TEAP meeting likely Montreal in April
Climate Change - HFCs
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Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce
Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
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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
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Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC)
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HFC Alternative Technology and Standards
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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
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EPA SNAP Stakeholder Meeting
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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
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“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”
Climate Change - HFCs
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EPA SNAP Stakeholder Meeting
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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
Climate Change - HFCs
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EPA SNAP Stakeholder Meeting
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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 climatefriendly alternatives commercially available
Climate Change - HFCs
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EPA SNAP Stakeholder Meeting
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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
Climate Change - HFCs
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EPA SNAP Stakeholder Meeting
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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
Climate Change - HFCs
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EPA SNAP Stakeholder Meeting
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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
Climate Change - HFCs
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European Union F-gas Regulation
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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:
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Fire protection systems and extinguishers that
contain HFC-23 – January 1, 2015
Climate Change - HFCs
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European Union F-gas Regulation
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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
Climate Change - HFCs
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Australia Carbon Tax
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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
Climate Change - HFCs
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HEEP
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2012 data collection underway
Responses received from 8 of 14
companies
Issues raised at June meeting
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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
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Standards recently issued:
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Standards overdue:
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D7327 Standard Specification for HFC Blend B
D7325 Standard Practice for Handling,
Transportation, and Storage of IG-541 (Inergen)
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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FAA Halon ARC
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Co-chairs
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Tom Cortina (Industry), Rob Rottman (FAA)
Issues
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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
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FAA Halon ARC
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Members
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Observers
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AIA, GAMA, ARSA, Boeing, Kidde, Meggitt
IATA, Airlines 4 America, SAE
HARC, HRC, FSSA, UNEP/HTOC
EASA, ICAO
Government
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FAA, EPA, State, DOT