HARC Meeting June 11, 2012 Las Vegas, Nevada. Climate Change - International Durban Platform for Enhanced Action Adopted at COP 17 in November 2011 Negotiations

HARC Meeting

June 11, 2012

Las Vegas, Nevada

Climate Change - International

Durban Platform for Enhanced Action Adopted at COP 17 in November 2011 Negotiations to begin this year on a new

legally-binding climate change accord to be signed by 2015 and come into force in 2020

New accord will include commitments for all countries, both developed and developing

EU agreed to extend the Kyoto Protocol until 2017, but Japan, Canada, and Russia did not


Durban Platform for Enhanced Action First negotiating session held May 14-25 in

Bonn – Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform (ADP)

No consensus on what the Durban outcome means for the UNFCCC negotiating process or what Durban was designed to do

Did not reach agreement on agenda until last day of the two-week meeting


Kyoto Protocol Negotiations on extending Kyoto were also

difficult Developing nations want the second

commitment period to extend until 2020 but EU only agreed to 2017

Pressure on countries that have not agreed to extend Kyoto

EU linked agreement to extend Kyoto on progress in other forums such as the ADP


Climate Technology Center & Network CTC&N is intended to be a focal point for

technology transfer Help developing countries identify and

implmement technology projects and strategies to enhance low-emission, climate-resilent development

Three proposals were considered to host the CTC&N – likely to be awarded to a UNEP led consortium

Climate Change - HFCs

Montreal Protocol Amendments proposed in 2012 would add HFCs

to MP and slowly phase down their production Key elements:

List 21 specified HFCs as new Annex F to MP Make available funding under the Multilateral Fund

for the phase down of HFC production Strictly limit HFC-23 byproduct emissions resulting

from the production of HCFCs (e.g. HCFC 22) Require licensing of HFC imports and exports, and

ban imports and exports to non-Parties

Climate Change - HFCs Montreal Protocol

Micronesia:- 15% reduction in 2015 - 70% in 2027- 30% in 2018 - 85% in 2030- 45% in 2021 - 90% in 2032- 55% in 2024

Developed country baseline would be based on 2004-2006 annual production and consumption of HFCs and HCFCs

Developing country baseline would be based on 2007-2009 annual production and consumption of HCFCs only

Developing countries would be subject to the same reduction schedule but with a six-year grace period (phase down would start in 2021 and reach 90% in 2038)

Climate Change - HFCs Montreal Protocol

United States, Canada, Mexico:- 10% reduction in 2016 - 70% in 2029- 30% in 2020 - 85% in 2033- 50% in 2025

Developed country baseline would be based on 2005-2008 annual production and consumption of HFCs and 85% of 2005-2008 annual production and consumption of HCFCs

Developing country baseline would be based on 2005-2008 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 will be discussed at the OEWG

meeting in July and considered for approval at the Meeting of Parties in November

A small group of countries including India, China, and Brazil have blocked any formal progress on the amendments

Have not allowed formation of contact group to begin formal discussion of amendments


Montreal Protocol Right now it seems extremely unlikely that the

amendments would be agreed to this year Proponents are looking to raise the profile of

the issue and gain support for amendments outside of MP process in order to build momentum within the MP process


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

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

Hosted by UNEP and currently includes following members: Bangladesh, Canada, Colombia, Ghana, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Sweden, United States, European Commission, World Bank


Climate and Clean Air Coalition Held first meeting in April in Stockholm Five scaled-up initiatives were approved:

Fast action on diesel emissions Upgrading old inefficient brick kilns Accelerating reduction of methane from landfills Speeding up cuts in methane and other emissions

from the oil and gas industry Accelerating alternatives to HFCs


Climate and Clean Air Coalition Draft HFC concept paper suggests a high-

level global roundtable to establish private sector and government pledges to:

Promote climate-friendly alternatives/technologies Minimize HFC leaks Encourage recovery, recycling, reclamation, and

eventual destruction of HFC supplies Draft focuses on use of HFCs in air

conditioning, refrigeration, and foam


Climate and Clean Air Coalition Draft HFC paper next steps:

Identify private sector, NGO, IGO, and government partners and hold initial planning meeting in next 2-5 months

Establish commitments and pledges from above partners over next 6 months

Convene a high-level roundtable meeting in fall Initiative technology sector demonstration projects

in key HFC use sectors within 6 months


Bangkok Technology Conference Advancing Ozone & Climate Protection

Technologies: Next Steps July 21-22, 2012 United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok Sponsored by:

United Nations Environment ProgrammeUnited Nations Development ProgrammeGovernment of the United States of AmericaAlliance for Responsible Atmospheric Policy


NRDC/EIA Petitions on HFC-134a Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)

and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed petitions in April requesting that EPA take actions on HFC-134a and other HFCs under the SNAP program

New petitions follow-up on a petition filed in May 2010 by NRDC and EIA on the use of HFC-134a in motor vehicle air conditioning

Climate Change - HFCs NRDC Petition

Remove HFC-134a from list of acceptable substitutes for CFC-12 in household refrigerators, freezers and stand-alone retail food refrigerators and freezers

Restrict the sales of SNAP listed refrigerants to all except certified technicians

Adopt a standardized procedure to determine speed of transition from high-GWP HFCs to next-generation alternatives and substitutes


EIA Petition Remove HFC-134a and HFC-134a blends

from the list of acceptable substitutes for any ozone depleting substance (ODS) in any non-essential uses under EPA’s SNAP program, and remove HFC-134a and HFC-134a blends from such lists in every other end-use category where more benign alternatives are available


NRDC/EIA Petitions on HFC-134a EPA has not yet acted on 2010 petitions Same level of information is required to delist

an alternative from SNAP as to get one listed EPA will be reviewing the NRDC and EIA

petitions for completeness

EU F-Gas Regulation Review

September report from European Commission (EC) concludes that the EU should take further action to reduce emissions of F-gases beyond the existing regulation

Presents the following options: Gradually declining limits on the quantity of F-

gases placed on the EU market Use and marketing prohibitions for new

equipment and products (bans) Voluntary environmental agreements


Commission launched a consultation that closed in December asking stakeholders to comment on possible options for strengthening EU measures to reduce emissions of fluorinated gases

HARC provided comments Stakeholder meeting was held in Brussels

in February with about 130 participants


Stakeholder Meeting Minutes A large majority of industry acknowledged the

need for further EU action and preferred or could live with a phase-down option

NGOs and a few industrial participants favored bans where alternatives overall would lead to lower greenhouse gas emissions

NGOs saw a phase-down as a complementary measure to bans


Stakeholder Meeting Minutes A few participants wanted to focus on

containment only Member States had no official positions, but

indicated support for a phase-down measure Many would like to see action at the global

level through the Montreal Protocol A need for a mix of policies was confirmed by

many stakeholders


Stakeholder Meeting Minutes Existing equipment should not be made

redundant; therefore, it would be crucial that potential bans target only the use of F-gases in new equipment

Availability of F-gases should be safeguarded for certain necessary uses in e.g. in fire protection and medical aerosols


Commission proposal on possible revisions to F-gas regulation is expected in October

Speculation is that it will contain some kind of phase-down approach in conjunction with some product bans

Ban on the use of HFC-23 in fire protection was suggested in the contractor report and is a likely candidate for inclusion in the final regulation

Climate Change - Australia

Australia Carbon Tax Clean energy plan includes carbon tax of

$23 per ton beginning July 1, 2012 Carbon price is fixed for first three years,

rising 2.5% per year On July 1, 2015 carbon price becomes

flexible under an emissions trading scheme International linking to credible markets and

emission trading schemes as of 2015


Australia Carbon Tax Carbon tax does not directly cover HFCs Equivalent carbon price applied to HFCs

under existing legislation on ODS Covers imports of bulk HFCs and pre-

charged equipment Beginning July 1, 2013, incentives would be

provided for destruction of waste synthetic greenhouse gases, including ODS


Australia Carbon Tax GWPs used for HFC tax based on SAR: HFC-227ea = 2900, HFC-125 = 2,800, HFC-

236fa = 6,300, HFC-23 = 11,700 Import one metric ton of HFC-227ea would

incur a tax of $66,700 (about $30 per pound) Plus a cost recovery levy of $165 per ton


Australia Carbon Tax Legislation allows for exemptions where it is

impractical to apply or where synthetic gases are used for medical, veterinary, health or safety purpose

Metered dose inhalers and imported foam products are exempt as of July 1, 2012

Exemptions for other products will be considered on a case-by-case basis

Climate Change - HEEP

2010 data collection complete Due to consolidations and company changes

we are down to 14 reporting parties 2010 data about 38% higher than 2009 data More in line with past data and with the level

trend we have seen since 2004 For 2010 about 68% of HFCs sold for re-

charge came from recyclers

Climate Change – HEEPYear 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

HEEP Statistics and Trend

• The data are shown with error bars of one standard deviation, 0.067 MMT/yr. • The nine-year trend line suggests a slight increase in reported emissions of 0.0035 MMT CO2 Equiv/yr. This value, however, is only 5% of the standard deviation, so the better conclusion is that reported emissions have been stable over the measurement period. • The reported emissions value for 2009 appears to be aberrant, possibly reflecting an effect of the economic downturn of the period.

Average 0.545St Dev 0.067

St Dev, % 12.3%

Statistical Summary

Climate Change - HEEP

2011 data collection will begin in July 2011 will represent 10 years of HEEP data How should HARC recognize 10 years of

HEEP? Press Release Newsletter Conference presentation – NFPA or FSSA Possible activities in conjunction with EPA Ways to further recognize participating companies

Recycling Clean Agents

HARC/HRC Leadership Code of Practice for Sale of Halons Code of Practice for Halon Reclaiming

Companies Voluntary Code of Practice for the

Reduction of Emissions of HFC and PFC Fire Protection Agents (VCOP)

HFC/PFC Emissions Estimating Project (HEEP)

Recycling Clean Agents

Sampling by recyclers shows that a significant percentage of used clean agents do not meet specification

Best practice would be for this agent to be reclaimed to specification and tested prior to being reinstalled in a fire protection system

Proposal that HARC take action on this issue Code of Practice for Clean Agent Reclaiming Possible Proposal for Revision to NFPA Standards

DOD Activities

USMC released a pre-solicitation for Fire Suppression System - Extinguishing Subsystem (FSS-ES)

FSS-ES is a twin agent system to be mounted in cargo bed of a High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV)

FSS-ES should be able to extinguish Class A fires, 2,500 square foot static pool hydrocarbon Class B fires, and three-dimensional Class B fires

Performance spec and other information at fbo.gov under solicitation number M67854-12-R-5063

Formal solicitation should be released very soon

DOD Activities

As mentioned at past meetings, the Army is working to reduce the number of extinguisher configurations that it has to support for its ground vehicles

Looking for extinguishers that have lower life-cycle cost, higher reliability, and are backward compatible with current equipment

Both rechargeable and single-use designs will be considered

Synopsis should be released in late June and the solicitation later in July via FedBizOpps

Will provide solicitation number as soon as available.

ASTM D26.09 Subcommittee

D5632 (Halon 1301 Specification) has been published and is available from ASTM

Next meeting will be a virtual meeting at 1pm EST on July 26, 2012

NFPA - GFE

NFPA has instituted a new online process for submission of proposals

The system is available to anyone, NFPA members and nonmembers

Access to the online toll requires login name and password

Nonmembers, who do not have a member login profile must “register,” at no cost, to create a login account

NFPA - GFE

NFPA has revamped its document management process

What was called the “Proposal” stage is now called the “1st Draft” stage

The ”ROP Meeting” is the “1st Draft” meeting The “Report on Comments” stage is the “2nd

Draft” stage There are a number of other detailed changes

governing committee revision process that make meetings more productive

NFPA - GFE

NFPA 12 and NFPA 2001 are in the Fall 2014 revision cycle

The deadline for proposals is January 4, 2013

ISO TC 21 SC 8

Next meeting is September 11-12, 2012 in Milan

ISO 14520 revision process continues Working Groups have been meeting over the

past year on ISO 14520, Annex B – Cup-Burner - Goal is to

harmonize the NFPA and ISO versions ISO 14520, Annex E – Enclosure Integrity /

Door Fan Procedure - Working to make improvements

ICAO/EU Aviation Regulations

European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issued rulemaking proposals to make their regulations compliant with EU legislation on the progressive phasing out of halons, and to deal with the issue of preventing the use of contaminated halon

Generally, stakeholders agreed with the recommended amendments in order to be compliant with EU legislation and with ICAO Annex 8

ICAO/EU Aviation Regulations

Also they believed the EU legislation implies compliance with recent amendments (i.e., December 2011) to ICAO Annex 6 (i.e., newly produced aircraft based on Type Certificate)

However, many stated that the “end dates” in the EU regulation may neither be feasible, nor justified comparing the cost of retrofit with the very small quantities of halon released

HTOC – Decision XXIII/9

Report used available information from previous reports of HCFCs and HFCs as well as information from HCFC alternatives manufacturers

Only HCFC Blend A is still produced for the total flood market and is primarily used for recharge, and even this is diminishing because of changes to national regulations where it is accepted


Alternatives to HCFCs for total flood available but cost comparison table is out of date (received no input)

However, relatively the ratios haven’t changed much (according to data T. Cortina recently obtained), although FK 5-1-12 now appears to be a less expensive option than inert gases for the Class B example

Could update in HTOC Assessment report


Only HCFC Blend B is marketed in both non-A5 and A5 countries for steaming applications

Limited quantities of HCFC-123 and HCFC Blend E still marketed in A5 countries such as India and Indonesia, performance unknown


Alternatives to HCFC-123 based streaming agents available

Traditional (e.g., multipurpose dry powder, water, and CO2), cheaper and more environmentally friendly

Where cleanliness a necessity, HFC-236fa currently the only alternative, however GWP a problem and some studies indicate HCFC-123 based may be environmentally preferable


Unsaturated HBFC, 2-BTP, has completed fire testing and many of the toxicity tests required for commercialization

Should it receive final approvals , it would be an effective substitute for HCFC Blend B, although it may be more expensive


With the exception of aircraft cargo bays, fire extinguishing agent alternatives to ODS, in the form of non-ozone depleting gases, gas-powder blends, powders and other not-in-kind technologies (i.e., non-gaseous agents) are now available for virtually every fire and explosion protection application once served by ODS

HTOC Manchester Meeting Meeting primarily concerned with response to

Decisions XXIII/9 (HCFC replacements) and XXIII/10 (Committee organization and succession planning), 2012 Progress Report, and 2014 Assessment Report

HTOC will seek re-nomination of one co-chair in 2012 and two in 2013

It will also seek re-nomination or replacement of one third of Committee members in 2012, 2013 and 2014

HTOC Manchester Meeting

New members also being sought to broaden expertise – military and A5 aviation

2012 Progress Report covered status of halon alternatives development, continued feedstock production, halon recovery and recycling in A5 countries, an update on resolution of the contaminated halon issue, and ICAO status

Report has been published as part of the 2012 TEAP Progress Report

HTOC Manchester Meeting 2014 HTOC Assessment Report will be

organized along the lines of the 2010 report, as a consequence, presentations were given and discussion focused on:

General overview of halons and the alternatives Aviation issues and alternatives Military issues and alternatives China, Japan and SE Asia issues (banks & recycling) India, South America, and Middle East issues (banks &

recycling) Impact of European Union critical uses legislation

HTOC Manchester Meeting

Updated requirements for member disclosure statements

Next meeting likely March 2013

TEAP Berlin Meeting March 26 to 30, 2012 Decision XXIII/9 - Discussed and worked on

Task Force first draft report Decision XXIII/10 - Discussed and worked on

Task Force first draft report, in particular TEAP & TOC re-nomination process and conflict of interest / disclosure statements

Discussed TOC 2012 Progress reports, particularly MBTOC minority report and TEAP response

TEAP Berlin Meeting

TEAP 2012 Progress report – content, format etc.

All TEAP reports now available on the Ozone Secretariat website: http://ozone.unep.org/new_site/en/index.php

OEWG meeting, Bangkok, July 23 to 27, 2012

Documents

HARC Meeting June 11, 2012 Las Vegas, Nevada. Climate Change - International Durban Platform for Enhanced Action Adopted at COP 17 in November 2011 Negotiations