EPA 608 Certification Questions and Answers Rated A

What date was the sale of CFC's & HCFC's restricted to technicians certified in refrigerant recovery? November 14, 1994 1987- Montreal Protocol July 1 1992- Violation to vent CFCs or HCFCs Nov 15 1993- Recovery/Recycling equipment must be certified and labeled by EPA AND Before this date recovery equipment needed to be capable of removing 80% of the refrigerant, w or wo compressor, or 4 in Hg After this date recovery equipment needs to be capable of removing 90%, or 80% without working compressor, or 4 in Hg AND Required level of evacuation for Low Pressure appliances before this date was 25 inches Hg, after this date 25 mm Hg Nov 14 1994-Certification needed to service, maintain, or dispose of appliances with refrigerants AND Sale of CFC and HCFC refrigerants restricted to certified techs Nov 15 1995- Violation to vent HFCs Dec 31 1995- CFCs no longer produced Memorize it, ya'll. Comfort cooling appliances containing more than 50 lbs of refrigerant must be repaired when the annual leak rate exceeds _____% 15% Commercial and Industrial process refrigeration containing ore than 50 lbs of refrigerant must be repaired when the annual leak rate exceeds _____% 35% Required Recovery Levels for Type II appliances, before and after 11/15/93: HCFC22 less than 200 lbs = B4-0 After-0 HCFC22 more than 200 lbs= B4-4 After-10 NonHCFC22 less than 200 lbs= B4-4 After 10 NonHCFC22 more than 200 lbs= B4 4 After 15 Very high pressure appliances= B4-0 After-0 0 0 4 104 10 4 15 0 0 Section 608 of the Federal Clean Air Act requires technicians to what? Recover all refrigerants. The objective of the Clean Air Act is to protect what? The earth's stratosphere. HFC's HydroFlouroCarbon's CFC's ChloroFluoroCarbon's ODP Ozone Depletion Potential Which international treaty agreement was the basis for Section 608? The Montreal Protocol. Depletion of the ozone in the stratosphere is known to cause what 6 things? 1.Crop losses 2.Increases in eye diseases 3.Skin Cancer 4.Reduced marine life 5.Deforestation