(Smuggling Potent Greenhouse Gases into the United States)...The first arrest under a new act has been made.

58-year-old Michael Hart was arrested Monday in San Diego. He will be the first prosecuted in the United States to include charges related to the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020. The AIM Act prohibits the importation of hydrofluorocarbons, commonly used as refrigerants, without allowances issued by the Environmental Protection Agency. Hart is being charged with smuggling the Greenhouse Gases into the United States from Mexico. Hart was arraigned on the charges Monday. He entered a plea of Not Guilty. A motion hearing will be held March 25th.