Subsection (h) of the A.I.M. ACT directs the EPA to establish regulations to control, where appropriate, practices, processes, or activities regarding the servicing, repair, disposal, or installation of equipment for purposes of
🌍 Ensuring the safety of technicians and consumers🌍

EPA requests advance comment on whether the Agency should establish requirements for RACHP(Refrigeration Air Conditioning Heat Pump) technician training and/or certification to address servicing equipment using ASHRAE 2, 2L, and 3 refrigerants, and if so, potential approaches for doing so. EPA is particularly seeking advance comment on whether through a separate rulemaking, EPA should propose to establish training and/or certification requirements for technicians under subsection (h), and, if so, how such a training and/or certification program might be managed, and to what extent or for which types of HFCs and/or their substitutes such requirements should apply.

EPA is also requesting advance comment on whether technicians who are currently trained and certified under CAA sections 608 (for servicing of stationary refrigeration appliances) and/or CAA section 609 (for servicing of MVAC systems) should be required to be certified under subsection (h) of the AIM Act, and whether any future technician training requirements should also be incorporated into the proposed RCRA 40 CFR part 266, subpart Q requirements for ignitable spent refrigerants being recycled for reuse, or if the Agency should provide grandfathering for technicians certified by an approved CAA section 608 or 609 certifier. EPA will consider those comments as part of a potential future notice and comment rulemaking to establish a training and/or certification program.

The EPA will take these comments into account for potential future rulemaking on technician training and certification. The request for input began 10/19/2023 and will expire 12/18/2023. We encourage you to voice your professional opinion on best practices for educating our workforce for the safe handling of flammable refrigerants. The ESCO Institute has led the industry forward with our Low-GWP training course that provides a solution to training as well as certification for these next generation refrigerants.

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