U.S. Clean Air Act - Section 608
Regulations issued under Section 608 of the US Clean Air Act work to minimize refrigerant emissions by maximizing the recovery and recycling of refrigerant gases during the service, repair, or disposal of refrigeration contained in air-conditioning (AC) and (HVAC ) equipment .

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The U.S. Clean Air Act - Section 608 Information and Compliance Reporting

Verisae Enterprise Refrigerant Manager (ERM) is a web-based solution to monitor and report refrigerant gas usage so distributed enterprise can remain in EPA Regulatory Compliance for environmentally destructive gases covered by the U.S. Clean Air Act (Section 608).

The Clean Air Act restricts anyone from emitting, venting, or disposing of regulated gases. Many regulations and laws are included in the U.S. Clean Air act that will result in hefty fines for organizations that do not keep accurate up-to-date records on restricted substances like refrigerant gases.

The EPA has also identified the production of certain nonessential products should be limited or phased out as soon as possible and has enacted legislation to reduce the use of ozone depleting substances. The EPA auditors and inspectors can arrive at your facilities and request up-to-date records of your refrigerant usage. Fines and penalties can be the result of incomplete or missing data.

The EPA in cooperation with many US States continue to do research in laboratory studies, intensive field studies, theoretical and modeling studies, and long-term measurements. The research provides environmental policy makers and resource managers better information on;

(1) the most important processes and sources contributing to poor air quality,

(2) the impacts of poor air quality, and

(3) potential solutions, including the development of tools to support effective decision-making.

EPA developed standards for industrial categories of major sources of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) that require the application of control technology and real-time data monitoring. Section 608 compliance is an integral part of Environmental Protection Agencies (EPA) mandate. Compliance with the Clean Air Act laws is the ultimate objective of the EPA, but enforcement is a vital part of encouraging governments, businesses and other companies who are regulated to meet their environmental obligations.

EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) pursues enforcement and provides compliance assistance to areas that result in the most environmental benefit or reduced risk to human health. Enforcement and compliance actions are organized around environmental problems and broad patterns of non-compliance rather than provisions of single statutes.

EPA is moving forward with ever-increasing restrictions and rules to further reduce refrigerant emissions. EPA anticipates that over $47 billion will be invested by industry to curb emissions to achieve the requirements of the Clean Air Act.

States are also responsible for submitting maintenance plans to the EPA that detail how the state will assure the standard will continue to be met for the next 10 years. States can also restrict the use of prescribed fire outside an area of non-attainment, if such fires would contribute to the particulate load within an area of non-attainment. Most importantly though, the Clean Air Act of 1970 provided Federal enforcement when non-attainment appeared to be caused by a State's failure to enforce its State Implementation Plan.

Since there is an economic benefit to companies operating their equipment more efficiently, Verisae's Enterprise Refrigerant Management solution offers unique benefits for companies wishing to remain in compliance yet continue to grow revenue.

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