--- title: Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog | STP | Montreal Protocol description: Montreal Protocol | STP's blog giving insight into audit, compliance and risk issues for EHS, business and accounting. --- [![Specialty Technical Publishers](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/STP-logo-white-orange.png)](http://www.stpub.com/) - [My Account](http://stponline.stpub.com) - 1-800-251-0381 # Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog ## [EPA finalizing HFC phase-down rules](https://blog.stpub.com/epa-finalizing-hfc-phase-down-rules) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Wed, Oct 06, 2021 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/AdobeStock_311582767.jpeg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/epa-finalizing-hfc-phase-down-rules) On September 23, 2021, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced final rules to phase down production and consumption of specified hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HFCs) (I wrote about the proposal [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/us-joins-the-world-in-hfc-phasedown)). These HFCs are used in refrigeration and air conditioning and fire suppression, and as foam blowing agents and solvents. These rules are consistent with directives included in the 2016 Kigali Amendment to the United Nations-sponsored Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (which I wrote about [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/the-world-decides-to-help-the-climate-by-helping-the-ozone-layer)). The US finally enacted statutory support for Kigali-like requirements in the December 2020 coronavirus relief bill (American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020 (AIM Act)), which included dozens of unrelated provisions within its 5,593 pages. [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/epa-finalizing-hfc-phase-down-rules) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/epa-finalizing-hfc-phase-down-rules#comments-listing) Tags: [EPA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/epa), [climate change](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/climate-change), [Environment](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/environment), [HFCs](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/hfcs), [Montreal Protocol](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/montreal-protocol), [Ozone Layer](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/ozone-layer) ## [US joins the world in HFC phasedown](https://blog.stpub.com/us-joins-the-world-in-hfc-phasedown) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Tue, May 11, 2021 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/scientific-bg.png) ](https://blog.stpub.com/us-joins-the-world-in-hfc-phasedown) On April 30, 2021, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed rules to phase down production and consumption of specified hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HFCs), consistent with directives included in the 2016 Kigali Amendment to the United Nations-sponsored Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. These rules were authorized by the massive coronavirus relief bill (American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020 (AIM Act)) enacted in December 2020, which included dozens of unrelated provisions within its 5,593 pages. 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