1. HARC Meeting September 12, 2013 Torrey, Utah

2. Climate Change - Science IPCC Fifth Assessment Report WG 1 report covering science scheduled to be released on September 27 Most recent assessment was in 2007 WG II (impacts) and WG III (mitigation) reports will be released in March/April 2014 Synthesis report published in October 2014 Summary for Policymakers – national governments can provide comments (1,800)

3. Climate Change - Science IPCC Fifth Assessment Report Higher level of confidence that global warming is man-made and starting to affect extreme weather events, such as flooding, drought, heat waves and wildfires "Changes are projected to occur in all regions of the globe, and include changes in land and ocean, in the water cycle, in the cryosphere, in sea level, in some extreme events and in ocean acidification”

4. Climate Change - Science IPCC Fifth Assessment Report “Many of these changes would persist for centuries” “Limiting climate change would require substantial and sustained reductions of CO 2 [carbon dioxide] emissions.”

5. 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 will continue at COP 19, November 11-22 in Warsaw

6. 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)

7. Climate Change - HFCs Montreal Protocol Amendments that would add HFCs to MP and slowly phase down their production were considered for the fifth straight year at the OEWG meeting June 24-28 in Bangkok Just prior to the OEWG meeting it was announced that the US and China had agreed to work together and with other countries to phase down the the production of HFCs under the MP

8. Climate Change - HFCs Montreal Protocol A small group of developing countries including India, Brazil, and Venezuela again blocked formation of a “contact group” Instead, a “discussion group” was formed to discuss “issues relating to the management of HFCs through the mechanisms of the MP” The discussion group met for several hours over three days and produced a report

9. Climate Change - HFCs Montreal Protocol Amendments will be discussed at the Meeting of Parties in Bangkok, October 21-25 At recent G-20 meeting two agreements were reached related to HFCs US, EU, and 23 other countries agreed to phase down HFCs under the MP US and China agreed to establish “an open- ended contact group” on HFCs

10. Climate Change - HFCs Montreal Protocol - OEWG TEAP Progress Report and Task Force Reports responding to Decisions XXIV/7 (Alternatives to ODS) and XXIV/8 (Committee succession planning, disclosures, conflict of interest) were presented Parties were invited to provide comments on the draft Decision XXIV/7 report by July 19 Report being updated, presented at MOP

11. Climate Change - HFCs Montreal Protocol – OEWG A Decision was proposed by the US and other countries for further assessment of technical and economic considerations of phasing down HFCs Formation of a contact group on this decision was blocked It will be discussed again at MOP in October

12. Climate Change - HFCs Montreal Protocol – MOP Expectations While the current draft Decision on UNEP website has a request for TEAP to provide an assessment of the technical and economic considerations in implementing a global phase down of HFCs, it would be surprising if it were approved or at least stated that plainly based on Brazil and India’s past interventions

13. Climate Change - HFCs Montreal Protocol – MOP Expectations More likely, TEAP will yet again be requested to continue to provide information on technical and economic options to avoid high GWP alternatives in ODS phase-out, likely in the request for Replenishment of the Multilateral Fund, which typically does not include the HTOC at this point

14. Climate Change - HFCs Montreal Protocol – MOP Expectations Decisions will request the EXCOM to look at ways to avoid high GWP alternatives in the phase II HCFC phase-out plans and to look where any additional demonstrations would assist in leap-frogging high GWP alternatives

15. Climate Change - HFCs Montreal Protocol – MOP Expectations Sergey Kopylov, Russian Federation will be nominated and confirmed for co-Chair of HTOC US may request an update on the ICAO General Assembly during the MOP - Three years ago, this was requested to be provided to the plenary so the HTOC co- chairs will be prepared for that request

16. Climate Change - HFCs Montreal Protocol – TEAP/HTOC 2014 HTOC meeting in Kyoto March 17 -19 2014 TEAP meeting likely Montreal in April

17. 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 Now includes 34 countries, 38 organizations Meeting in September in Oslo Agreed on 10 high-impact global initiatives

18. Climate Change - HFCs Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) HFC Alternative Technology and Standards We will continue to promote climate-friendly alternatives and make efforts to reduce emissions CCAC Partner countries will adopt domestic approaches to encourage climate-friendly HFC alternative technologies and work toward a phase down of HFCs under the Montreal Protocol We will work with international standards organizations to revise their standards to include climate-friendly HFC alternatives

19. Climate Change - HFCs EPA SNAP Stakeholder Meeting EPA met with industry and ENGOs to discuss how the SNAP program could be used to help reduce emissions of HFCs President’s Climate Action Plan directs EPA to use its authority under the SNAP program “to encourage private-sector investment in low-emissions technology by identifying and approving climate-friendly chemicals while prohibiting certain uses of the most harmful chemical alternatives”

20. Climate Change - HFCs EPA SNAP Stakeholder Meeting General agreement on the first goal of encouraging investment and approving climate-friendly chemicals Suggestions that EPA prioritize the SNAP review of alternatives that are safer for the climate and focus resources to complete those reviews faster Strong support for this from manufacturers of non-HFC refrigerant technology

21. Climate Change - HFCs EPA SNAP Stakeholder Meeting Strong disagreement among the participants on the second goal of prohibiting certain uses of HFCs Environmental NGOs such as NRDC and EIA asked EPA to begin a process of delisting HFCs from SNAP for specific uses, beginning with HFC-134a in auto air conditioning, if there are more climate- friendly alternatives commercially available

22. Climate Change - HFCs EPA SNAP Stakeholder Meeting Industry associations representing fluorocarbon and appliance manufacturers (Alliance, AHAM) objected to EPA using SNAP to prohibit specific HFC uses They questioned the appropriateness and legality of such an action by EPA EPA listed applications where they might consider changing SNAP listings and fire protection applications were not included

23. Climate Change - HFCs EPA SNAP Stakeholder Meeting Broad support expressed by most participants for global phase down of HFCs EPA stated that working towards a Montreal Protocol amendment on HFCs remained their first priority for action on this issue Likely to be additional EPA SNAP stakeholder meetings this year

24. Climate Change - HFCs EPA SNAP Stakeholder Meeting EPA has been holding meetings with different industry sectors such as air conditioning, refrigeration, foam, etc. to discuss the HFC issue EPA has discussed with HARC the possibility of hosting a fire protection industry meeting on December 4, the day before the regular HARC meeting

25. 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 beginning with a freeze in 2015 and reaching a 79% reduction by 2030 Product bans, including: Fire protection systems and extinguishers that contain HFC-23 – January 1, 2015

26. Climate Change - HFCs European Union F-gas Regulation European Parliament Environment Committee adopted proposed amendments on June 19, report released June 27 Amendments would tighten the phase down schedule, require an allocation fee, and include additional product bans Ban on HFCs in fire protection as of January 1, 2020 except for applications listed as critical uses of halons in (EC) No 1005/2009

27. Climate Change - HFCs Australia Carbon Tax Conservative party (Liberal) won recent elections in Australia Tony Abbott will be the new Prime Minister He has vowed to eliminate the carbon tax starting in July 2014 and replace it with incentives for polluters to operate cleaner Unclear if he will be able to pass the necessary law changes through Parliament

28. Climate Change - HFCs HEEP 2012 data collection underway Responses received from 8 of 14 companies Issues raised at June meeting Amount of clean agents recycled at the distributor level that would not be counted by HEEP System that are decommissioned after a release, those emissions not counted by HEEP

29. ASTM D26.09 Subcommittee Standards recently issued: D7327 Standard Specification for HFC Blend B D7325 Standard Practice for Handling, Transportation, and Storage of IG-541 (Inergen) Standards overdue: D6268, Standard Practices for Handling, Transportation, and Storage of HFC-125. Assigned to Mark Robin to co-ordinate The next meeting will be a face-to-face meeting January 29, 2014 in Houston, Texas

30. UL 1093 Meeting July 17 meeting at UL Canada to discuss withdrawal of CAN/ULC S512 standard and plan to discontinue listings for halon portable fire extinguishers under UL 1093 standard in 2014 HRC and HARC members pushed UL to extend the current listings under the 1093 standard until 2025, which is the European Union end date for the use of halon fire extinguishers on aircraft

31. UL 1093 Meeting George Laverick stated that UL would evaluate the input provided during the meeting and consider extending the date to discontinue the listings If UL does agree to extend the listings, there are some technical issues related to changes in the Class A rating that need to be addressed by manufacturers

32. Recycling Code of Practice At the June meeting members requested that detail be added to the current draft about test methods for determining the composition of agents removed from service and guidance be provided as to where the required testing could be done We asked for help from recyclers and so far we have received information on ASTM testing methods and AHRI listings of certified labs

33. Recycling Code of Practice We need to find a way to put this information in a simple and practical format Not sure this information fully answers the question of providing simple guidance on the initial testing of used agent prior to reclaim Still need to address completion of code of practice, peer review, final design and distribution

34. Aviation Issues Industry Consortium on Engines/APU ICCAIA CCHRWG (Cargo) ICAO Resolution/General Assembly Meeting EASA Halon NPA/Rulemaking Group FAA Halon Replacement Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) FAA Triennial Fire & Cabin Safety Research Conference, December 2-5, Philadelphia

35. Aviation Issues FAA Halon ARC Co-chairs Tom Cortina (Industry), Rob Rottman (FAA) Issues Incorporating ICAO timelines into national regulations Status of halon reserves for aviation Halon recycling process and impediments Intentional release during testing and training

36. Aviation Issues FAA Halon ARC Members AIA, GAMA, ARSA, Boeing, Kidde, Meggitt IATA, Airlines 4 America, SAE HARC, HRC, FSSA, UNEP/HTOC Observers EASA, ICAO Government FAA, EPA, State, DOT