EPA Administrator Zeldin, VP Vance Tour Alta Refrigeration, Highlight EPA Action to Lower Costs for American Families
ATLANTA – At a tour of Alta Refrigeration in Peachtree City, Georgia, with Vice President J.D. Vance, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin highlighted agency action to increase access to safe, available refrigeration inputs.
The Technology Transitions Rule, implemented by the Biden-Harris EPA, would, starting next year, require cold storage warehouses to use products like ammonia or carbon dioxide instead of more available alternatives. The rule also forces companies to use particular technologies for refrigerant systems, using substances like ammonia that are more toxic and flammable. The Technology Transitions Rule raises the cost of food at the grocery store, harms semiconductor manufacturing, and restricts Americans from being able to purchase affordable air conditioning systems for their homes.
EPA has a proposal at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under interagency review reconsidering the Technology Transitions Rule. When EPA’s reconsideration proposal clears interagency review, it will be released for public notice and comment.
“The Trump EPA is heeding the call of Alta Refrigeration, Georgians, and Americans across the country,” said EPA Administrator Zeldin. “This proposal will fix the mistakes of the Technology Transitions Rule and deliver for hardworking individuals who are sick and tired of government failing to represent them.”
Alta Refrigeration designs and installs industrial refrigeration systems and has been operating for 40 years and all their products are produced right here in the United States.
Background
On March 12, 2025, in the greatest and most consequential day of deregulation in the history of the United States, Administrator Zeldin announced the agency is reconsidering the Technology Transitions Rule.
From the campaign trail to Day One and beyond, President Trump has delivered on his promise to unleash American energy and lower the cost of living for Americans. EPA’s regulations are a large part of this equation. In reconsidering the Technology Transitions Rule related to refrigeration systems, EPA is prioritizing protecting the environment with a commonsense approach.