EPA Refrigerant System Service

Regulations Worksheet Web Addresses

Go to the EPA website [http://www.epa.gov/ozone/title6/609/609.html] and research the answers to the following questions.

  1. Is it legal to "top off" a leaking A/C system?

    2. http://www.epa.gov/ozone/title6/609/wantknow.html#q15

  2. Does a shop need recovery equipment just to "top off" an A/C system?

    3. http://www.epa.gov/ozone/title6/609/subsumm.html Look for "Other Service Practices".

  3. As a shop owner, do I need to be CFC certified to purchase R-12 or R-134a?

    4. http://www.epa.gov/ozone/title6/609/justfax.html

  4. Who must be CFC certified?

    5. http://www.epa.gov/ozone/title6/609/justfax.html

  5. What actions involving refrigerants were made illegal by the 1990 Clean Air Act?

    6. http://www.epa.gov/ozone/title6/608/608fact.html#noventing

  6. How is CFC certification obtained?

    7. http://www.epa.gov/ozone/title6/609/justfax.html

  7. Which refrigerants must be recycled before re-use?

    8. http://www.epa.gov/ozone/title6/609/justfax.html

    http://www.epa.gov/ozone/title6/609/subfrm.html

  8. What is the difference between recovery and recycling?

    9. http://www.epa.gov/ozone/title6/609/justfax.html

  9. Which "alternative" refrigerants have been approved by the EPA? Which have not?

http://www.epa.gov/ozone/title6/snap/lists/reflist.pdf