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Refrigerant
Management Program
Regulation for Non-Residential Refrigeration Systems
What's
New?
Refrigerant Registration and Reporting tool (R3) is now available online at www.arb.ca.gov/rmp-r3 for registering companies and facilities, filing annual reports, and entering service records.
Please
Note!
The registration, reporting, and fee payment provisions of the
Refrigerant Management Program apply only to systems used wholly
or in part for refrigeration and process cooling, it does not apply to
systems used solely
for comfort cooling, i.e. air conditioning. Do not register
systems used exclusively for comfort cooling.
Training Video Module! The first module of the RMP Training Video series is available. It is available in a high resolution version or a low resolution version for quicker download.
Reminder!
Registration and reporting for facilities with large
refrigeration systems and reporting for distributors, wholesalers, and
reclaimers are due by March 1, 2012. See the Reporting Requirements page
for additional information.
Training! On
January
17th and 18th, 2012 web based training was conducted to
familiarize users with use of the R3 tool. The
class on January 17th
concentrated on information that industry stakeholders and facilities
with affected refrigeration systems will need to know and the class
on January 18th concentrated on information for staff and inspectors at
the Air Districts and ARB.
The presentations for the
industry stakeholder training session and the Air
District and ARB training session are available.
Recordings of the webcasts have been posted on the RMP FAQ
and Other Documents
web page (link on the left bar).
Also available is the User
Manual for the R3 tool.
On Jan. 1, 2011, a new Air Resources Board regulation to minimize leaks of environmentally harmful refrigerants took effect. The regulation, known as the Refrigerant Management Program (RMP), applies to the larger industrial and commercial systems that use high global warming potential refrigerants – those typically used in supermarkets, cold storage warehouses, food processing plants and process cooling operations. The program builds on long established federal rules on refrigeration systems.
The Board adopted the regulation in December 2009 under California's
Global Warming Solutions Act. Leaking refrigeration systems are
California’s single largest source of high-Global Warming
Potential gases – compounds such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs),
hydrochlorofluorocarbons
(HCFCs), hydrofluorocarbons
(HFCs) that are hundreds to thousands of times more efficient at
trapping
the Earth’s heat than carbon dioxide. Fixing refrigerant leaks is one
of the most cost-effective ways to clean California’s air while saving
businesses money in costly refrigerants.
Among other provisions, under the RMP regulation facilities with one or
more refrigeration system that has a
refrigerant capacity of more than 50 pounds must fix leaks within 14
days of
detection. These businesses must also keep records on site of all leak
repair
work and other servicing of refrigeration systems, including receipts
of refrigerant
purchases. The regulation also affects any person who installs, services,
or disposes any appliance
using a high-GWP refrigerant or sells,
distributes
and/or reclaims
high-GWP refrigerants. Facilities whose systems use only
ammonia
or carbon dioxide as refrigerants are not subject to the rule.
The Refrigerant Management Program also affects
wholesalers, distributors and reclaimers of refrigerants.
Join
the Refrigerant Management Program email list for updates.
For questions or to provide feedback, on the rule,
please contact Refrigerant
Management Program Staff at (916) 324-2517
