Member DashboardNAFEM and members petition EPA for a three-year extension for ACIM AIM Act compliance
Several challenges make it impossible for automatic commercial ice machine (ACIM) manufacturers to modify their product portfolios to new refrigerants by current deadlines, so NAFEM and members Follett and Hoshizaki America petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a three-year extension for current American Innovation and Manufacturing Act (AIM) requirements to adopt these new refrigerants, from 2026 or 2027 to 2029 or 2030.
Current challenges are multi-fold:
- A transition to new, flammable refrigerants.
- Concurrent energy-conservation standards and EPCA test procedure updates.
- Sizable backlogs at independent, nationally recognized testing labs that are required to test products under the AIM Act.
Manufacturers may be required to report HFC-containing products in New York
New York’s Part 494 HFC Standards and Reporting regulation, adopted in January 2025, included prohibitions on new products and equipment that contain HFCs and controls on HFC leaks in commercial equipment. Suppliers, including manufacturers, of products that contain HFCs are subject to reporting and record-keeping requirements. The state recently updated its Fact Sheet and FAQs.
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) updates
NAFEM joined others in encouraging the California Department of Natural Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) to not classify wooden pallets as single-use packaging material subject to the state’s Producer Responsibility Organization (PRO).