{"id":"21a12283-4cba-4569-a663-e5b1477786cf","task":"Understand the EPA AIM Act HFC phasedown and R-410A to R-454B/R-32 refrigerant transition","domain":"epa.gov/climate-hfcs-reduction","steps":["Understand the trigger: under the AIM Act Technology Transitions rule, new residential/light-commercial AC and heat pump equipment manufactured in the US on or after January 1, 2025 must use a refrigerant with GWP below 700, effectively ending new R-410A (GWP ~2088) equipment manufacture.","Identify the two dominant replacements: R-454B (an A2L HFO/HFC blend, GWP ~466, used by Carrier/Bryant/Payne/ICP) and R-32 (a single-component A2L, GWP ~675, widely used in Daikin/Mitsubishi/Fujitsu/LG mini-splits) — both are mildly flammable (A2L), requiring updated handling, leak-detection, and installation practices versus A1 R-410A.","Check the 2025 EPA reconsideration action (Federal Register, October 2025) proposing to remove the strict installation deadline for residential/light-commercial systems whose components were manufactured/imported before January 1, 2025, to relieve A2L supply-chain bottlenecks — confirm current final-rule status before assuming a hard install cutoff applies.","Update technician training/certification and field tools (leak detectors, recovery machines, brazing procedures) for A2L-rated equipment before servicing R-454B/R-32 systems.","Confirm state/local building and fire code adoption of A2L handling requirements, since local code adoption timing can lag the federal manufacturing deadline."],"gotchas":["The GWP<700 rule governs new equipment manufacture starting Jan 1, 2025, not a ban on servicing or reselling existing R-410A systems already in the field.","EPA proposed regulatory relief in 2025 around installation deadlines for pre-2025-manufactured inventory — verify current Federal Register status before telling a contractor a hard install cutoff applies to existing stock.","This refrigerant-transition rule (technician safety/equipment listing) is a separate regulatory track from the leak-repair reporting rule (40 CFR Part 84 Subpart C) — don't conflate the two."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-12T18:39:45.191Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/21a12283-4cba-4569-a663-e5b1477786cf"}