HARDI establishes Legal Defence Fund for HVACR legislative concerns
HARDI board of directors approved the restriction of up to $500,000 of HARDI’s reserve funds to establish a new “Legal Defense Fund” in case litigation is necessary to overturn policies that can have a negative impact on HVACR wholesale-distribution.
Increased federal and state regulations have always affected the HVACR industry and specifically the wholesale-distribution channel, however HARDI has growing concerns about regulators exceeding the statutory authority granted to them by lawmakers. These new legal defense funds may be used in an anticipated lawsuit against the federal government on the new EPA HFC allocation rule that bans single use cylinders and imposes a mandate for QR code tracking on cylinders. The new rule will have an especially adverse impact on HVACR wholesaler-distributors and their customers. The US Department of Energy also recently signaled potential intent to initiate new standards on residential gas furnaces beyond their current statutory authority.