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Residential Air Conditioning and the Phaseout of HCFC-22: What You Need to Know

Fact sheet with information homeowners need to know about having a home air conditioning serviced or replaced, in light of the HCFC phaseout.

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Residential Air Conditioning and the Phaseout of HCFC-22 What You Need to Know (PDF)(2 pp, 616 K, February 2020, EPA-430-FR-20001)