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Ozone publications and resources

Latest releases

  • Quarantine and Pre-shipment uses of methyl bromide, 2017-2020 - 2022
  • Cold Hard Facts 2021 - 2022
  • Phasing out and phasing down substances controlled by the Montreal Protocol - 2021
  • Leaks, maintenance and emissions: Refrigeration and air conditioning equipment - 2021

Import and export licence information and forms

  • Application and reporting forms
  • Methyl bromide forms
  • Ozone depleting substances and synthetic greenhouse gases used in science
  • Import arrangements for synthetic greenhouse gases have changed - 2019
  • Records to be kept by licensees under the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Act 1989 - 2013

Resources for students and teachers

  • The ozone layer - Fact sheet - 2018
  • Ozone depleting substances - Fact sheet - 2018
  • Synthetic Greenhouse Gases - Fact sheet - 2018
  • Montreal Protocol - Fact sheet - 2018
  • Quiz - Test your knowledge on ozone protection, ozone depleting substances and synthetic greenhouse gases - 2018

The Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Program

  • Outcomes of the Review of the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Program - 2016
  • Government Statement - Improvements to the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Program to achieve emissions reductions and streamline its operation - 2016
  • Measures to achieve Emissions Reduction and Efficiency and Effectiveness gains in the Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Management Program - 2016
  • Emissions reduction options for synthetic greenhouse gases - Regulation Impact Statement - 2016
  • Assessment of environmental impacts from the OPSGG Act - 2015
  • Australia's HFC phase-down - 2018
  • Quick Facts - HCFC gas and HCFC equipment - 2019
  • R22 Quick Facts - 2019
  • HFC Quick Facts - 2019
  • The phase out of R22 - 2019

Reports and analysis

Strategies

  • Ozone Science Strategy - 2012
  • Australia’s Strategy for Managing Ozone Depleting Substances and Synthetic Greenhouse Gases - 2009
  • Australian Chlorofluorocarbon Management Strategy - 2001

The ozone layer and ozone hole

  • Antarctic Ozone Hole Summary Reports
  • Protecting the ozone layer: 25 years of the Montreal Protocol - 2012
  • The Hole Truth: The role of ozone depletion in Australia's changing climate - 2008

Use of ozone depleting substances and synthetic greenhouse gases

  • HFC Consumption in Australia in 2013 and an Assessment of the Capacity of Industry to Transition to Nil and Lower GWP alternatives - 2014
  • Departmental Response to the Baseline Analysis of Work Health and Safety Data and Information for the use of Synthetic Greenhouse Gases and Substitutes in the Australian Gas Industry Sector - 2013
  • Baseline Analysis of Work Health and Safety Data and Information for the use of Synthetic Greenhouse Gases and Substitutes in the Australian Gas Industry Sector - Final Report - 2012
  • The use of alternatives to synthetic greenhouse gases in industries regulated by the Montreal Protocol - 2003
  • Inventories and projections of ozone depleting and synthetic greenhouse gases used in Montreal Protocol industries - 2002
  • Synthetic gas use in non-Montreal Protocol industries - 2000

Emissions

  • CSIRO report on Australian and Global Synthetic Greenhouse Gas Emissions - 2021
  • CSIRO report on Australian and Global Emissions of Ozone Depleting Substances - 2021
  • CSIRO report on Australian and Global Emissions of Ozone Depleting Substances - 2020
  • CSIRO report on Australian and Global Emissions of Ozone Depleting Substances - 2019
  • CSIRO report on Australian and Global Emissions of Ozone Depleting Substances - 2018
  • CSIRO report on Australian and global HFC, PFC, sulfur Hexafluoride, nitrogen trifluoride and sulfuryl fluoride emissions - 2020
  • CSIRO report on Australian and global HFC, PFC, sulfur Hexafluoride, nitrogen trifluoride and sulfuryl fluoride emissions - 2019
  • CSIRO report on Australian and global HFC, PFC, sulfur Hexafluoride, nitrogen trifluoride and sulfuryl fluoride emissions - 2018
  • Australian and global HFC, PFC, Sulfur Hexafluoride, Nitrogen Trifluoride and Sulfuryl Fluoride Emissions - June 2015
  • Australian HFC, PFC, Sulfur Hexafluoride & Sulfuryl Fluoride emissions - 2014
  • Australian atmospheric measurements and emissions estimates of ozone depleting substances and synthetic greenhouse gases - 2014
  • Global and Australian emissions of ozone depleting substances - 2015
  • Global and Australian emissions of ozone depleting substances - 2014
  • Global and Australian emissions of ozone depleting substances - 2011
  • Ozone depleting substances and synthetic greenhouse gases in Australia: A study of end uses, emissions and opportunities for reclamation - 2008

Refrigeration and air conditioning

  • A study of waste in the cold food chain and opportunities for improvement - 2020
  • Analysis of Work Health and Safety Data for the Use of Synthetic Greenhouse Gases and Substitutes in the Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Industry - 2015 Review
  • Assessing the need for an advisory body for the refrigeration and air-conditioning industry - 2005
  • Cold hard facts 2021 - 2022
  • Cold hard facts 2020 - 2020
  • Cold hard facts 2019 - 2019
  • Cold hard facts 3 - Review of the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry in Australia - 2018
  • Cold hard facts 2: the refrigeration and air conditioning industry in Australia - 2013
  • Cold hard facts: the refrigeration and air conditioning industry in Australia - 2008
  • Considerations for the development and introduction of an issue-specific Environmental Improvement Plan for the Australian foam industry - 2004
  • Environmental Impacts of Refrigerant gas in End of Life Vehicles in Australia - 2015
  • Leaks, maintenance and emissions: Refrigeration and air conditioning equipment - 2021
  • Natural refrigerants case studies - 2007
  • Refrigerant emissions in Australia: sources, causes and remedies, 2010 - 2010

Fire protection

  • Gaseous Fire Suppression Systems in Australia (Stage 1) - 2018
  • Proposed regulations to manage ozone depleting substances and synthetic greenhouse gases used in the fire protection industry - 2004

Montreal Protocol

  • Phasing out and phasing down substances controlled by the Montreal Protocol - 2021
  • Australia’s progress towards meeting its commitments under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer - 2019 report - 2020
  • Register of Montreal Protocol Countries - Imports and Exports of Ozone Depleting Substances
  • Universal ratification of the Montreal Protocol brochure - 2009

Methyl bromide

  • Legal use of methyl bromide - 2020
  • Quarantine and Pre-shipment uses of methyl bromide 2013-2016 and the potential for its replacement - 2018
  • Quarantine and Pre-shipment uses of methyl bromide, 2017-2020 - 2022

Halons

  • Review of Australia’s Non-Defence Requirements - 2020
  • National Halon Bank Environmental Policy - 2019
  • Australian Halon Management Strategy - 2019
  • Australian Halon Management Strategy - 2000
  • Review of Australia’s Halon Essential Uses Requirements - 2012
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