HARC Meeting June 10, 2013 Chicago, Illinois. Climate Change - International Durban Platform for Enhanced Action Adopted at COP 17 in November 2011 Calls

HARC Meeting

June 10, 2013

Chicago, Illinois

Climate Change - International

Durban Platform for Enhanced Action 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 in Bonn, June 3-14 COP 19, November 11-22 in Warsaw


“Doha climate gateway” agreed at COP 18 Second commitment period for Kyoto Protocol

signed onto by EU, Australia, Switzerland “Vague” assurances of funding for developing

countries for adaptation and technology transfer

“Loss and damage” refers to compensation to vulnerable communities for climate impacts

US strongly opposed this issue (unlimited liability), finally agreed to further discussion


US proposal for treaty structure 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

Montreal Protocol Amendments proposed in 2013 would add HFCs

to MP and slowly phase down their production Key elements:

List 19-21 specified HFCs as new Annex F to MP (NA proposal does not include two HFOs)

Make available funding under Multilateral Fund for HFC phase down

Limit HFC-23 byproduct emissions Require licensing of HFC imports and exports, and

ban imports and exports to non-Parties

Climate Change - HFCs Montreal Protocol

Micronesia:- 15% reduction in 2016 - 70% in 2028- 30% in 2019 - 85% in 2031- 45% in 2022 - 90% in 2034- 55% in 2025 Developed country baseline would be based on 2004-

2006 annual production and consumption of HFCs and HCFCs

Developing country baseline and phase down dates to be determined through negotiations by the Parties


Montreal Protocol United States, Canada, Mexico:

- 10% reduction in 2016 - 70% in 2029- 35% in 2022 - 85% in 2033

Developed country baseline would be based on 2008-2010 annual production and consumption of HFCs and 85% of 2008-2010 annual production and consumption of HCFCs

Developing country baseline would be based on 90% of 2008-2010 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


Montreal Protocol Amendments to be discussed at OEWG in

June US wants creation of a formal contact group Decision on compilation of national policies

on low-GWP alternatives by Secretariat Opposition expected from China and India Technology conference at OEWG in Bangkok

(June 29-30)


Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants International coalition formed to address

emissions of three greenhouse gases: black carbon, methane, HFCs

Hosted by UNEP, 27 countries, EU Commissions, 29 NGOs

Meeting in March in Paris HFC initiative led by State and EPA


Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) HFC Initiative

Technology Conferences Case Studies – commercial refrigeration Inventories – project future use Technology Demonstrations


European Union F-gas Regulation 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 Product bans, including:

Fire protection systems and extinguishers that contain HFC-23 – January 1, 2015

Domestic refrigerators and freezers that contain HFCs with GWP of 150 or more – January 1, 2015


EU F-gas HFC Phase Down 2015 – Freeze 2024 – 69% 2016 – 7% 2027 – 76% 2018 – 37% 2030 – 79% 2021 – 55% Baseline is HFC production and importation in 2008-

2011 Quotas allocated for free to individual producers and

importers based on quantities produced/imported during 2008-2011, can be transferred

5% set aside for new entrants


EU F-gas Containment Provisions Intentional release of F-gases is prohibited Requires training and certification for persons

installing, servicing, maintaining, repairing or decommissioning fire protection systems

Requires the recovery of fire protection systems and extinguishers

Requires labeling of fire protection systems with name (now) and quantity in weight and CO2 equivalents (January 1, 2017)


European Union F-gas Regulation European Parliament Environment

Committee scheduled to vote on proposed amendments on June 19

Amendments would tighten the phase down schedule, require an allocation fee, and include additional product bans

Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading/single reading – scheduled for October 8


Australia F-gas Destruction Program Under the Australia carbon tax legislation,

beginning July 1, 2013, incentives will be provided for destruction of waste synthetic greenhouse gases, including ODS

Details of program were announced May 14 Government will provide an additional $1.50

per kg on top of the $3.00 per kg already provided by Refrigerant Reclaim Australia for waste SGGs and ODS


Australia F-gas Destruction Program Beginning July 2015 the government will

introduce a further destruction incentive for SGGs increasing it to 70% of the equivalent carbon price

Program is clearly focused on refrigeration Appears to include halons and HFCs used for

fire protection


Super Pollutant Emissions Reduction Act Introduced in House of Representatives by Rep.

Scott Peters (D-CA) Addresses HFCs as well as other short-lived

climate gases such as black carbon and methane

Coordinate and optimize the Federal government’s existing efforts by creating a Task Force on Super Pollutants

Made up of representatives from Federal, State, and local governments, industry, academia, and NGOs


Super Pollutant Emissions Reduction Act Task Force would review existing and potential

policies to reduce overlap and maximize effectiveness

Task Force would produce a report with the findings from the review and develop best practices for reducing short-lived climate gases across a variety of sectors

Bill was referred to the Energy and Commerce Committee, although it seems unlikely to gain much traction in the House

Climate Change – HEEP 2011 data collection complete Represents 10-years of HEEP data HEEP presentation at FSSA annual meeting HEEP 2011 final report distributed and online 2011 data was about 10% lower than 2010 and

consistent with past data and the level trend 69% of recharge sales reported by recyclers 2012 data collection underway Pending Issue: How much HFC is being

recycled by distributors that HEEP is missing?

HEEP

Year 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

2011 14 0.527

HEEP vs. EPA Emissions Model

• The HEEP data are shown with error bars of one standard deviation, 0.063 MMT/yr. • The ten-year HEEP data trend line suggests stable emissions of HFCs used in fire protection• The EPA Vintaging Model reflects an expectation that fire protection emissions will rise by about 0.074

MMT per year, or about 13% per year which is 50 times the observed emissions growth rate.

Emission Rate Summary

Avg 0.543StDev 0.063

2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 20120.0

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Fire Protection Emissions of HFCs & PFCs

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ASTM D26.09 Subcommittee Negatives received for D7325, D7324, and

D7323, Standard Practices for Handling, Transportation, and Storage of IG-541, IG-55, and IG-10 respectively, were withdrawn, thus the standards passed through the balloting process

D6268, Standard Practices for Handling, Transportation, and Storage of HFC-125, is up for review and has been assigned to Mark Robin to coordinate

Next virtual meeting will be held June 19, 2013

NFPA Standards NFPA 2001, 12, and 12a are on the 2014 NFPA

Revision Cycle Technical Committee for Gaseous Fire

Extinguishing Systems (Jeff Harrington, Chair) held 1st Draft Meeting on April 23-25 in Florida

Public Input was addressed for three standards: NFPA 2001 108 proposals NFPA 12 40 proposals NFPA 12a 6 proposals

NFPA Standards Barry Chase (NFPA Staff) offered 80 editorial

revisions to update references As part of the new NFPA process, PDF versions

of 1st Draft documents made available to committee shortly after meeting

Post First Draft Report for Public Comment by September 6

Public Comment Closing date on 1st Draft documents is November 15 by e-PC (Oct 11 for paper submittals)

HTOC

TEAP Moscow Meeting Meeting primarily concerned with responses

to Decisions XXIV/7 (Alternatives to ODS) and XXIV/8 (Committee succession planning, disclosures, conflict of interest), 2013 TEAP & TOC Progress Reports, and 2014 Assessment Report

HTOC

TEAP Moscow Meeting TEAP has also established an internal “Road

Map” group to provide guidelines on TEAP operating procedures, bias, conflict of interest, the roles of TEAP/TOC/TSB co-chairs, disclaimers, disclosures of interest, conflicts of interest, member conduct, communication with the ozone secretariat and correspondence with Parties

HTOC TEAP Moscow Meeting

Updated requirements for member disclosure statements discussed

Working on a Series of Internal Guidelines Consensus/minority views Role of TEAP co-chair, Senior Expert Member,

TOC/TSB co-chairs: Professional and acceptable conduct Correspondence w/Parties Common disclaimer language, DOIs, and COIs

HTOC

TEAP Moscow Meeting Proposed UNEP Ozone Secretariat include

some travel funding for TEAP and TOCs

HTOC

TEAP – Decision XXIV/7 Updated data from the 2010 HTOC

Assessment report used as the basis for describing commercially available, technically proven alternatives to ODS

HCFC-based alternatives not included

HTOC

TEAP – Decision XXIV/7 Cost comparison data that is objectively

better than that assembled by Bob Wickham in 2003 not available

For the response, numbers normalized against CO2 systems for total flooding, and a CO2 portable extinguisher that has a UL 10B rating for local application

HTOC

TEAP – Decision XXIV/7 The agents used are produced by very few

manufacturers, all of whom treat the information on their historical, present and projected production as proprietary

The required factual data is thus unavailable

HTOC

TEAP – Decision XXIV/7 Without a clear understanding of the

production levels of alternatives without negative environmental impacts as well as HFCs and PFCs, there is no basis for making a sound judgment about the overall utility of any alternatives in replacing PFCs and HFCs

HTOC

TEAP – Decision XXIV/7 Availability of several HFCs that collectively

could perform as well as PFCs in certain applications led to PFC use phase out

If environmentally-sound alternatives will protect against a hazard, there are no barriers to their adoption other than economic in some regions

HTOC

TEAP – Decision XXIV/7 HCFC use declining except for HCFC-123

use in portables The only total flood agent is being provided

for the maintenance of legacy systems that themselves are being phased out

Extinguishers without a recognized performance rating a problem

HTOC

TEAP – Decision XXIV/7 Need for chemical agents remains as inert

gases, water mist and other agents are not suitable for many fire protection applications

HFCs have filled that role and since about 2005 a FK has become more accepted

No evidence to suggest the FK is or isn’t living up to expectations

HTOC

TEAP – Decision XXIV/7 Alternatives under development include an

undisclosed chemical for total flood use, a fluoroketone blend and 2-BTP for local application

See TEAP May 2013 Report (vol. 2)

HTOC

Other Montreal Protocol Meetings OEWG meeting: June 24 to 28, 2013 in

Bangkok, Thailand Meeting of the Parties: October 21 to 25,

2013 in Bangkok, Thailand 2014 HTOC meeting likely Kyoto in March 2014 TEAP meeting likely Montreal in April

Decision XXIV/8

• Requests the TEAP to “…make recommendations on the future configuration of its technical options committees to the Open-Ended Working Group at its thirty-third meeting, bearing in mind anticipated workloads;” and requests the TEAP and its TOCs to “…make available to the parties their standard operating procedures;”

• Task Force (TF) Co-chairs – Bella Maranion TEAP co-chair (non-A5)– Marta Pizano MBTOC (and TEAP co-chair) (A5)

• TF Members– Paul Ashford FTOC (non-A5)– Alistair McGlone TF member (non-A5)– Roberto Peixoto RTOC (A5)– Helen Tope MTOC (non-A5) – Dan Verdonik HTOC (non-A5)– Masaaki Yamabe TEAP Senior Expert, previously CTOC (non-A5) – Shiqiu Zhang TEAP Senior Expert (A5)

Decision XXIV/8Executive Summary

• Historical membership in TOCs spike reflecting critical decision periods (i.e., amendments but have remained essentially unchanged since 2006

• Co-chairs of each TOC continually strive to maintain and strengthen the relevant expertise while striving for geographical, A5/non-A5 and gender balance

• For 2014-2018, TOC membership numbers anticipated to remain the same or decrease due to attrition during the 2014 reappointment process and some anticipated decrease in workload in this period;– the exception is RTOC which is likely to retain its previous membership

numbers based on anticipated, continuing work• Beyond 2018, significant uncertainty exists in likely TOC membership numbers

– Significant reductions anticipated for CTOC and MTOC based on the anticipated workload after 2018;

– Retention of the necessary expertise from these TOCs must be considered • Recommendations for TOC configurations are made under the current

Protocol phase out – Any significant changes would necessitate a re-evaluation – The challenge remains in ensuring that the TOCs are structured in size and

expertise to continue supporting the future efforts of the Parties.

A5/CEIT NA5 A5/CEIT NA5 A5/CEIT NA5 A5/CEIT NA5 A5/CEIT NA5 A5/CEIT NA5 A5/CEIT NA5 A5/CEIT NA5STOC/CTOC* 0 17 5 30 8 34 10 21 7 17 9 12 8 8 7 8

Subtotal

FTOC 15 2 26 4 24 6 15 5 19 6 14 5 13 7 11Subtotal

HTOC 7 12 4 22 9 24 7 12 5 13 9 10 8 12 10 11Subtotal

ATOC/MTOC** 3 10 5 16 4 28 10 24 9 23 7 17 11 17 11 18Subtotal

MBTOC 11 56 13 26 11 22 15 30 12 27 13 18Subtotal

RTOC 5 43 12 94 15 95 12 36 12 25 13 20 7 20 13 25Subtotal

EOC*** 6 10 6 7 6 8Subtotal

TOTAL*Solvents, Coatings, and Adhesives TOC (STOC) then in 2005 became the Chemicals TOC (CTOC)

**Aerosols, Sterilants and Miscellaneous Uses TOC renamed in 1991 to Aerosols, Sterilants, Miscellaneous Uses and

Carbon Tetrachloride TOC (ATOC), then in 2004-5 became the Medical TOC (MTOC)

***Economics Options Committee (EOC) dissolved in 2001 and expertise since represented on TEAP through a Senior Expert Member

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48 110 48 37 33 27 38

4567 39 33

19 33 19 18

13 32 34 32

18 18

20 21

28 29

15 28 21 24 20

17 42 16

TOCsTOC Membership per Assessment

1989 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

2131 24 15

Historic TOC Memberships

Geographical and Gender Balance

Non-A5 A5/CEIT*Regional Distribution**

NAM LAM E AF MEA EE A O

CTOC 8 7 3 1 2 1 1 1 5 1

FTOC 11 7 4 2 5 1 1 1 2 2

HTOC 11 10 4 2 6 1 3 1 4 0

MTOC 18 11 7 3 8 1 1 0 7 2

MBTOC 18 13 7 4 6 4 1 1 5 3

RTOC 25 13 8 4 17 1 2 0 6 0

Total 90 61 33 16 43 9 9 4 29 8

CTOC (27%)

FTOC (6%)

HTOC (10%)

MTOC (14%)

MBTOC (16%)

RTOC (0%)

Total members 15 18 21 29 31 38

Female 4 1 2 4 5 0

Male 11 17 19 25 26 38

Corresponding Members and Consulting Experts• Corresponding Member is a member, nominated in full consultation with the

national focal point of the relevant party and appointed by the TOC co‑chairs for up to 4 years)– participates by electronic/telephonic means and does not attend physical

meetings – Does not diminish role in comparison with members who attend physical

meetings– A means to maintain needed expertise while minimizing time/travel – Increasing difficulty for non-Article 5 TOC members to get support to attend

meetings of the TOCs• Workload of some TOCs expected to decrease, e.g., CUNs & EUNs• Alternatives means of member participation to ensure needed expertise

• An important consideration is to ensure that they are able to participate fully in deliberations. – Full participation is a prerequisite in order to participate in developing or

blocking a consensus – Necessary for co-chairs to ensure each Corresponding Member is both able

to fully participate and is fully participating in the discussions/deliberations.– Decisions on full participation to be made by consensus of the co-chairs

Corresponding Members and Consulting Experts

• A Consulting Expert, on the other hand, is not a full member of the committee– Generally available or called upon to participate in

committee discussions or activities as needed.– May participate in physical meetings or through

electronic/telephonic means only– Do not participate in decision-making / cannot block

consensus– As much as possible, TOC co-chairs strive to recruit and

retain the needed expertise as members of the committee but when that is not possible, they may supplement the expertise with Consulting Experts

• Nominated and appointed by the co-chairs annually• Must submit an annual Disclosure of Interest Statement the

same as for full members

HTOC Future Configuration• Current composition

• Mission and general scope of work– HTOC evaluated the first set of EUNs submitted – Recommended not approving any of them owing to the existence of

sufficient quantity and quality of recycled halons– HTOC remains dedicated to the goal of avoiding EUNs of halon– HTOC believes that there remains a need to retain a co-chair with specific

halon 2402 knowledge and contacts • Expected workload – 2013/2014

– Both low GWP alternatives to halon in engine /auxiliary power unit applications failed low temperature testing.

– No alternative in sight for cargo bays– HTOC will need to continue to work with the International Civil Aviation

Organization (ICAO) to monitor and affect civil aviation

Non-A5 A5* Gender Regional Distribution**M F NAM LAM E AF MEA EE A O

HTOC 11 10 19 2 4 2 6 1 3 1 4 0

HTOC Future Configuration - continued• Expected workload – 2013/2014 (continued)

– Growing evidence that significant amounts of halon may be too contaminated to use economically locally

– May require expensive, sophisticated distillation process, which is very limited in geographic availability

– The committee plans to continue to monitor and report on these issues• Expected workload – 2014- 2018... similar as to 2013/2014; size 15 – 20

– Continue to assess three new low GWP agents; two as streaming agents (replace halon 1211) and one total flooding agent (replace halon 1301)

– Continue working with ICAO: 1) 2016 General Assembly mandates on further halon phase-out and 2) and its stakeholders to reduce the likelihood of a shortage of halon for the civil aviation fleet

• Expected workload – post 2018; size 10 - 15– Final assessment of the three new agents mentioned above– Continue working with ICAO and stakeholders to reduce need for EUN and

affect any additional progress for their 2019 General Assembly

Decision XXIV/19: Membership changes on the Technology and Economic Assessment Panel

1. To thank the Technology and Assessment Panel....2. To thank Mr. Stephen O. Andersen for his long and outstanding service

as Co-Chair of the TEAP as he transitions to a role as a Senior Expert of the Panel;

3. To endorse the selection of Mr. Andersen as a Senior Expert of TEAP for a term of one year...;

4. To endorse the selection of Ms. Bella Maranion as Co-Chair of TEAP for a term of four years...;

5. To endorse the reappointment of Mr. Lambert J. M. Kuijpers as Co-Chair of the TEAP and Co-Chair of the RTOC for a term of two years.....

6. To endorse the reappointment of Mr. Daniel P. Verdonik to the TEAP as Co-Chair of the HTOC for a term of four years....;

7. To endorse the reappointment of Mr. Ashley Woodcock to the TEAP as Co-Chair of the MTOC for a term of four years...;

8. To endorse the reappointment of Mr. David Catchpole to TEAP as Co-Chair of the HTOC for a term of four years...;

9. To endorse the reappointment of Mr. Paul Ashford to the TEAP as Co-Chair of the FTOC for a term of four years....

HTOC co-Chair Issues

• Sergey Kopylov expected to be appointed to a four year term at 25th Meeting of the Parties (MOP)

• Dave Catchpole anticipates retiring as HTOC co-chair after the 2014 Assessment– Last meeting likely the TEAP meeting in spring 2015– (Probably no need for an HTOC meeting in 2015)

• Not sure if Parties will nominate and appoint a 3rd HTOC co-Chair as requested by HTOC in Dec XXIV/8 Report

• With DOD budgets, Army sponsors attempting to fund Dan Verdonik for HTOC/TEAP work plus travel for 3 meetings through March/April 2014.– Includes funding through two Army organizations– Does not include DLA– Not sure after that period – some questions on SecDef/OSD allowing

DOD funding of contractor travel.

HTOC Re-fresh Post 2014

• Keep A5/CEIT to non-A5 Balance• Increase Female to Male Ratio• Replace/reduce 7 members

– 1 – NAM– 1 – LAM– 2 – E– 0 – AF– 0 – MEA– 0 – EE– 3 - A

Non-A5 A5 / CEIT

Gender Regional DistributionM F NAM LAM E AF MEA EE A O

HTOC 11 10 19 2 4 2 6 1 3 1 4 0

Draft Resolution for ICAO General Assembly September, 2013

• Intensify development and implementation of acceptable halon alternatives and to continue improving halon alternative choices for hand-held fire extinguishers

• Determine and monitor their halon reserve and quality of halon• Continue collaboration with the IASFPWG and the HTOC on the

topic of halon alternatives for civil aviation; • Inform ICAO regularly of their halon reserves and report results

to the Council• The Council shall report to the 2016 General Assembly a

timeframe for the replacement of halon in cargo compartments• This new resolution supersedes Resolution A37-9.

IASFPWG

May 22-23 Meeting in Koln, Germany Halon Contamination Study – interviews

complete, summary in work Cabin fire protection – 3 topics

Agent stratification Extinguisher optimization Status of halon alternative – 2BTP

IASFPWG

May 22-23 Meeting in Koln, Germany Industry collaboration on halon replacements

– 2 topics ICCAIA CCHRWG to recommend cargo deadline

to ICAO Proposed research consortium for a common

industry solution for propulsion

IASFPWG

May 22-23 Meeting in Koln, Germany NIST study – comparing over pressurization

and possible HCFC-123 as surrogate for chlorinated agents

HFC-125 in Nacelle Tests – reports still pending

IASFPWG

May 22-23 Meeting in Koln, Germany Other Topics

Lithium batteries – ~8 topics Freighter/Cargo Fires & Containers -- ~4 topics Smoke penetration & detection – ~3 topics Powerplant/Next Gen Burners – ~3 topics Fire, Smoke, Fume Events – Database proposed

to be established Triennial Fire Safety Conference – Dec 2-5, 2013

in Philadelphia

Documents

HARC Meeting June 10, 2013 Chicago, Illinois. Climate Change - International Durban Platform for Enhanced Action Adopted at COP 17 in November 2011 Calls