1. HARC Meeting June 10, 2013 Chicago, Illinois

2. 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

3. Climate Change - International “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

4. Climate Change - International 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)

5. 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

6. 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

7. Climate Change - HFCs 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

8. Climate Change - HFCs 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)

9. Climate Change - HFCs 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

10. Climate Change - HFCs Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) HFC Initiative Technology Conferences Case Studies – commercial refrigeration Inventories – project future use Technology Demonstrations

11. Climate Change - HFCs 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

12. Climate Change - HFCs EU F-gas HFC Phase Down 2015 – Freeze2024 – 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

13. Climate Change - HFCs 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 CO 2 equivalents (January 1, 2017)

14. Climate Change - HFCs 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

15. Climate Change - HFCs 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

16. Climate Change - HFCs 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

17. Climate Change - HFCs 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

18. Climate Change - HFCs 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

19. 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?

20. HEEP YearCompanies ReportingMMTCO2 2002160.484 2003160.490 2004150.559 2005150.618 2006150.559 2007150.622 2008150.573 2009150.421 2010140.580 2011140.527

21. 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 Avg0.543 StDev0.063

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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)

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. HTOC TEAP Moscow Meeting Proposed UNEP Ozone Secretariat include some travel funding for TEAP and TOCs

29. 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

30. 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 CO 2 systems for total flooding, and a CO 2 portable extinguisher that has a UL 10B rating for local application

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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

36. 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)

37. 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

38. 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 MaranionTEAP co-chair (non-A5) – Marta PizanoMBTOC (and TEAP co-chair) (A5) TF Members – Paul AshfordFTOC (non-A5) – Alistair McGloneTF member (non-A5) – Roberto PeixotoRTOC (A5) – Helen TopeMTOC (non-A5) – Dan VerdonikHTOC (non-A5) – Masaaki YamabeTEAP Senior Expert, previously CTOC (non-A5) – Shiqiu ZhangTEAP Senior Expert (A5)

39. Decision XXIV/8 Executive 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.

40. Historic TOC Memberships

41. Geographical and Gender Balance Non-A5A5/CEIT* Regional Distribution** NAMLAMEAFMEAEEAO CTOC8731211151 FTOC11742511122 HTOC111042613140 MTOC181173811072 MBTOC181374641153 RTOC2513841712060 Total9061331643994298 CTOC (27%) FTOC (6%) HTOC (10%) MTOC (14%) MBTOC (16%) RTOC (0%) Total members151821293138 Female412450 Male111719252638

42. 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

43. 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

44. 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-A5A5*GenderRegional Distribution** MFNAMLAMEAFMEAEEAO HTOC111019242613140

45. 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

46. 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....

47. 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 3 rd 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.

48. 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-A5A5 / CEIT GenderRegional Distribution MFNAMLAMEAFMEAEEAO HTOC111019242613140

49. 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.

50. 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

51. 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

52. 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

53. 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