Decision 82/85

Subsequently, the Executive Committee decided:

1. To note the report on cost-effective options for controlling HFC-23 by product emissions, pursuant to decision 81/68(e) contained in documents UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/82/68 and UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/82/68/Corr.1;
2. To further note the report on options for the control of HFC-23 by-product emissions in Argentina, contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/82/69;
3. To approve US $75,000 for UNIDO to enable the agency to submit, at the 83^rd meeting, on behalf of the Government of Argentina, project proposal options that would enable the Government of Argentina to comply with the HFC-23 by-product control obligations under the Kigali Amendment, taking into account the information contained in document UNEP/OzL.Pro/ExCom/82/69, including data regarding costs and benefits and covering technical feasibility, economic viability and logistical, legal, and transactional issues in relation to the following:
   1. Restarting the onsite incinerator at the HCFC-22 production swing plant FIASA, on the basis of three independent estimates of the costs of so doing, including the costs of incinerator operation, hazardous waste compliance, and cost of monitoring and verifying the destruction of the HFC-23 by-product;
   2. Compensation for closure of the HCFC-22 swing plant FIASA by 1 January 2020 or upon ratification of the Kigali Amendment by the Government of Argentina, whichever was to come first;
   3. Destroying HFC-23 by-product through irreversible transformation and other new conversion technologies and storage options for HFC-23 management;
   4. Shipping HFC-23 for offsite destruction by means of a technology approved by the Meeting of the Parties;
4. To consider each of the project proposal options, including the data provided as per sub-paragraph (c) above, and to discuss the criteria for funding the activities related to the compliance obligations of Article 5 parties;
5. To request the Secretariat to contract an independent consultant to undertake a technical audit of FIASA to determine the costs of closure;
6. To approve US $50,000 to enable the Secretariat to carry out the technical audit referred to in sub-paragraph (e) above; and
7. To consider applying the procedures set out in the present decision, and the criteria for funding the activities related to the compliance obligations of Article 5 parties, when agreed, with respect to HFC-23 controls in the other Article 5 parties.