epa 608 universal questions and answers graded A

Refrigeration technicians who violate the Clean Air Act can: - Lose their EPA certification, be fined, be required to appear in Federal court. After 1995, any supplies of CFC refrigerants to service existing units in the USA can only come from: - recovery and recycling. Refrigerant that is recovered can be returned to: - the same system or other systems owned by the same person without restriction. Refrigerant can not be called "reclaimed" unless it: - . has been chemically analyzed and the refrigerant meets the ARI-700 standard. The EPA can require a technician to demonstrate their ability to perform proper procedures for recovering and/or recycling refrigerant. Failure to demonstrate competency can result in: - revocation of the technicians certification. What characteristic(s) of CFCs make them more likely to reach the stratosphere than most other compounds containing chlorine? - Refrigerants that contain chlorine but not hydrogen are so stable that they do not break down in the lower atmosphere after being released. The chlorine or bromine reacts with the ozone, causing it to change back to oxygen, thus destroying the ozone layer.