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FAR 52.223-11 Ozone-Depleting Substances and High Global Warming Potential Hydrofluorocarbons.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This clause requires contractors to label products that contain or are manufactured with ozone-depleting substances, using a specific warning statement. It also directs contractors to consult EPA's SNAP program to identify alternatives to high global warming potential hydrofluorocarbons. The clause matters because it imposes labeling and alternative-identification obligations on certain products.

Applies to: Contractors supplying products that contain or are manufactured with ozone-depleting substances

What it requires

  • Label products that contain or are manufactured with ozone-depleting substances as required by 42 U.S.C. 7671j (b), (c), (d), and (e) and 40 CFR part 82, subpart E.
  • Include the specified warning statement on the label, inserting the name of the substance(s).
  • Refer to EPA's SNAP program to identify alternatives.

Key terms: Global warming potential · High global warming potential hydrofluorocarbons · Hydrofluorocarbons · Ozone-depleting substance · SNAP

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The text

As prescribed in 23.109(d)(1), insert the following clause:

Ozone-Depleting Substances and High Global Warming Potential Hydrofluorocarbons (MAY 2024)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause—

Global warming potential means how much a given mass of a chemical contributes to global warming over a given time period compared to the same mass of carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide's global warming potential is defined as 1.0.

High global warming potential hydrofluorocarbons means any hydrofluorocarbons in a particular end use for which EPA's Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program has identified other acceptable alternatives that have lower global warming potential. The SNAP list of alternatives is found at 40 CFR part 82, subpart G, with supplemental tables of alternatives available at (https://www.epa.gov/snap/).

Hydrofluorocarbons means compounds that only contain hydrogen, fluorine, and carbon.

Ozone-depleting substance means any substance the Environmental Protection Agency designates in 40 CFR part 82 as—

(1) Class I, including, but not limited to, chlorofluorocarbons, halons, carbon tetrachloride, and methyl chloroform; or

(2) Class II, including, but not limited to, hydrochlorofluorocarbons.

(b) The Contractor shall label products that contain or are manufactured with ozone-depleting substances in the manner and to the extent required by 42 U.S.C. 7671j (b), (c), (d), and (e) and 40 CFR part 82, subpart E, as follows:

Warning: Contains (or manufactured with, if applicable) *_______, a substance(s) which harm(s) public health and environment by destroying ozone in the upper atmosphere.

* The Contractor shall insert the name of the substance(s).

(c) The Contractor shall refer to EPA's SNAP program to identify alternatives. The SNAP list of alternatives is found at 40 CFR part 82, subpart G, with supplemental tables available at https://www.epa.gov/snap/.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

  • 23.109 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

Sections that refer to it

  • 23.109 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.
  • 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
  • 52.213-4 Terms and Conditions—Simplified Acquisitions (Other Than Commercial Products and Commercial Services).

← 52.223-10 Waste Reduction Program. · 52.223-12 Maintenance, Service, Repair, or Disposal of Refrigeration Equipment and Air Conditioners. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 52

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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