R-22 Phaseout

The EPA Announces its Final Schedule for the R-22 Phaseout

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced its final schedule for the R-22 phaseout, which it has described as an “aggressive linear reduction.” Beginning in 2010, manufacturers of heat pumps and air conditioning units were prohibited from producing new equipment using R-22. And starting next year, the EPA will limit new and imported