The 2022 Inflation Reduction Act provides $38.5 million for the implementation of the American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act that phases down hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants nationwide. 

Of this funding:

• $15 million is dedicated towards new competitive grants for reclaim and innovative destruction technologies;

• $20 million is dedicated to EPA to carry out the AIM Act; and 

• $3.5 million is dedicated to EPA to deploy new implementation and compliance tools for the AIM Act.

These comments from the Carbon Containment Lab respond to three questions posed by the EPA's Office of Air Policy and Program Support:

• 1. What innovative destruction technologies listed under 40 CFR 84.29 are commercially available or under development? 

• 2. What do you see as important components of a grant program consistent with Section 60109 (a)(3) to support reclaim and innovative destruction technologies? 

• 3. What sort of new implementation and compliance tools should EPA deploy to maximize the benefits of the AIM Act?

Please see below for the Carbon Containment Lab's full response.