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Title 40 - Protection of Environment last revised: Nov 08, 2025
Appendix Appendix G -

Refrigerants Unacceptable Substitutes

End-use Substitute Decision Comments
CFC-12, R-502, and HCFC-22 Household Refrigeration, Transport Refrigeration, Vending Machines, Cold Storage Warehouses, and Retail Food Refrigeration, Retrofit and NewSelf-Chilling Cans-Using HFC-134a or HFC-152aUnacceptableUnacceptably high greenhouse gas emissions from direct release of refrigerant to the atmosphere.
[64 FR 10378, Mar. 3, 1999]
authority: 42 U.S.C. 7414,7601,7671
source: 57 FR 33787, July 30, 1992, unless otherwise noted.