The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program prohibits the use of certain chemicals that contribute to climate change and promotes safer alternatives. The latest SNAP proposal is estimated to reduce greenhouse gases by up to 42 million metric tons of carbon dioxide by 2020, equal to the annual emissions from over 5 million homes. The HFCs and blends affected are used in aerosols, vehicle air conditioning, retail food refrigeration, vending machines, and foam blowing. The SNAP program reviews substitutes for refrigeration, air conditioning, foam blowing agents, cleaning solvents, fire suppression, and other industrial sectors.

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http://www.epa.gov/ozone/snap/sectors.html
July 2014 SNAP Program
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA)
Significant New Alternatives Policy
SNAP program
prohibits the use of certain chemicals
that contribute to climate change
promotes smooth transition
to safer alternatives
by 2020
The latest proposal is estimated to
reduce greenhouse gases
by
up
to
million metric tons
of carbon dioxide42
which is equal to
the carbon dioxide emissions
from the annual electricity use
of more than
5 million homes
The HFCs and HFC-containing blends
affected by SNAP proposal are used in:
aerosols
motor vehicle air conditioning
retail food refrigeration
vending machines
foam blowing
The SNAP program has reviewed substitutes
for the following industrial sectors:
Refrigeration Air Conditioning
Foam Blowing Agents
Cleaning Solvents
Fire Suppression Explosion Protection
Aerosols
Sterilants
Tobacco Expansion
Adhesives, Coatings Inks
and
and
and
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The Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program
is EPA's program to evaluate and regulate substitutes for
the ozone-depleting chemicals that are being phased
out under the stratospheric ozone protection provisions
of the Clean Air Act (CAA).