# Industrial process refrigeration products, other than chillers — US AIM Act sector-specific refrigerant GWP limits and compliance dates (40 CFR 84.54)

For Industrial process refrigeration products, other than chillers, restriction type is manufacture/import; effective date is January 1, 2030; conditions is with a refrigerant charge capacity of 100 pounds or less that are used in the manufacture of semiconductors; cfr paragraph is § 84.54(a)(12)(iv), recorded from its source on 2026-08-06.

- **Sector/subsector:** Industrial process refrigeration products, other than chillers _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Restriction type:** manufacture/import _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Effective date:** January 1, 2030 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Conditions:** with a refrigerant charge capacity of 100 pounds or less that are used in the manufacture of semiconductors _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CFR paragraph:** § 84.54(a)(12)(iv) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> ( 12 ) Industrial process refrigeration products, other than chillers, as follows: ( i ) Effective January 1, 2026, products with a refrigerant charge capacity of 200 pounds or greater and with the refrigerant temperature entering the evaporator higher than −30 °C (−22 °F) using a regulated substance, or a blend containing a regulated substance, with a global warming potential of 150 or greater; ( ii ) Effective January 1, 2026, products with a refrigerant charge capacity less than 200 pounds and with the refrigerant temperature entering the evaporator higher than −30 °C (−22 °F), using a regulated substance, or a blend containing a regulated substance, with a global warming potential of 300 or greater; ( iii ) Effective January 1, 2028, where the temperature of the refrigerant entering the evaporator is greater than or equal to −50 °C (−58 °F) and is less than or equal to −30 °C (−22 °F), using a regulated substance, or a blend containing a regulated substance, with a global warming potential of 700 or greater; ( iv ) Products subject to <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/section-84.54#p-84.54(a)(12)(ii)> paragraph (a)(12)(ii) or <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/section-84.54#p-84.54(a)(12)(iii)> (iii) of this section with a refrigerant charge capacity of 100 pounds or less that are used in the manufacture of semiconductors must comply with the restrictions of <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/section-84.54#p-84.54(a)(12)(ii)> paragraph (a)(12)(ii) or <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/section-84.54#p-84.54(a)(12)(iii)> (iii) of this section by January 1, 2030; and

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/chapter-I/subchapter-C/part-84

Last verified: 2026-08-06. Review by: 2027-02-02.
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