Legislature(2023 - 2024)BARNES 124
02/10/2023 03:15 PM House LABOR & COMMERCE
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| Audio | Topic |
|---|---|
| Start | |
| HB29 | |
| HB51 | |
| HB13 | |
| HB46 | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| *+ | HB 29 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 46 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 13 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | TELECONFERENCED | ||
| += | HB 51 | TELECONFERENCED | |
HB 51-USE OF DESIGNATED REFRIGERANTS
3:39:21 PM
CHAIR SUMNER announced that the next order of business would be
HOUSE BILL NO. 51, HOUSE BILL NO. 51, "An Act relating to
refrigerants designated as acceptable for use under federal
law."
3:39:42 PM
CHAIR SUMNER opened public testimony on HB 51.
3:40:10 PM
MIKE NEROZZI, Director, Air-Conditioning, Heating, and
Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), stated that AHRI supports HB 51,
as it gives the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
industry the tools it needs to comply with upcoming federal
regulations on hydrofluorocarbons. He stated the economic
impact of AHRI in the U.S. and Alaska. He stated that the
American Innovation and Manufacturing Act was signed into law in
December 2020 by then President Donald Trump, directing the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to restrict the use of
certain refrigerants in commercial refrigeration. He continued
that building codes need to be updated in order to allow the
usage of new refrigerants that would comply with the new
regulations put in place by the EPA. He stated that HB 51
eliminates the timing barrier for the new regulations,
preventing the possibility of a time period in which Alaska
would not have access to refrigerants.
3:43:20 PM
REPRESENTATIVE PRAX asked if the new EPA regulations would also
apply to firefighting agents.
HELEN WALTER-TERRINONI, VP of Regulatory Affairs and Policy,
Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute, answered
that they would not.
3:45:10 PM
REPRESENTATIVE PRAX asked if the legislature would need to
consider firefighting agents in the building codes in the
future.
MS. WALTER-TERRONI answered that firefighting suppressants are
protected from the regulations.
3:46:23 PM
CHAIR SUMNER, after ascertaining that no one else wished to
testify, closed public testimony on HB 51.
3:46:36 PM
REPRESENTATIVE RUFFRIDGE moved to report HB 51 out of committee
with individual recommendations and the accompanying fiscal
notes. There being no objection, HB 51 was reported out of the
House Labor and Commerce Standing Committee.