EPA 608 CERTIFICATION
1. What date was the sale of CFC's & HCFC's restricted to technicians certified in
refrigerant recovery?
Answer November 14, 1994
2. Section 608 of the Federal Clean Air Act requires technicians to what?
Answer Recover all refrigerants.
3. The objective of the Clean Air Act is to protect what?
Answer The earth's stratosphere.
4. HFC's
Answer HydroFlouroCarbon's
5. CFC's
Answer ChloroFluoroCarbon's
6. ODP
Answer Ozone Depletion Potential
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,7. Which international treaty agreement was the basis for Section 608?
Answer The Montreal Protocol.
8. Depletion of the ozone in the stratosphere is know to cause what 6 things?
Answer -
1. Crop losses
2. Increases in eye diseases
3. Skin Cancer
4. Reduced marine life
5. Deforestation
6. Increased ground level ozone
9. What happens when CFC or HCFC molecules get in the stratosphere & free
atoms of Chlorine are set free?
Answer These atoms attack Ozone Molecules causing the formation of Chlorine Monoxide (CLO), after
colliding with another Ozone Molecule, causes 2 Oxygen (O2) molecules to be made & leaving an atom of chlorine to
act as "Free Agent" starting the process over until 100,000 molecules of Ozone are destroyed by just one atom of
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, chloride.
10. What date was recovery equipment required to be certified by a lab, &
achieve higher evacuation levels, & have low loss fittings?
Answer November 15, 1993
11. On what date was technician certification required?
Answer November 14, 1994
12. What date was CFC's phased out of production?
Answer December 31, 1995
13. What is EPA 608 Type I certification?
Answer Persons who maintain, service, repair, or dispose of small appliances (containing 5 pounds of
refrigerant (or less).
14. What is EPA 608 Type II certification?
Answer Persons who maintain, service, repair, or dispose of high and very high pressure appliances.
Except small appliances and motor vehicle air conditioning systems.
15. What is EPA 608 Type III certification?
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1. What date was the sale of CFC's & HCFC's restricted to technicians certified in
refrigerant recovery?
Answer November 14, 1994
2. Section 608 of the Federal Clean Air Act requires technicians to what?
Answer Recover all refrigerants.
3. The objective of the Clean Air Act is to protect what?
Answer The earth's stratosphere.
4. HFC's
Answer HydroFlouroCarbon's
5. CFC's
Answer ChloroFluoroCarbon's
6. ODP
Answer Ozone Depletion Potential
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,7. Which international treaty agreement was the basis for Section 608?
Answer The Montreal Protocol.
8. Depletion of the ozone in the stratosphere is know to cause what 6 things?
Answer -
1. Crop losses
2. Increases in eye diseases
3. Skin Cancer
4. Reduced marine life
5. Deforestation
6. Increased ground level ozone
9. What happens when CFC or HCFC molecules get in the stratosphere & free
atoms of Chlorine are set free?
Answer These atoms attack Ozone Molecules causing the formation of Chlorine Monoxide (CLO), after
colliding with another Ozone Molecule, causes 2 Oxygen (O2) molecules to be made & leaving an atom of chlorine to
act as "Free Agent" starting the process over until 100,000 molecules of Ozone are destroyed by just one atom of
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, chloride.
10. What date was recovery equipment required to be certified by a lab, &
achieve higher evacuation levels, & have low loss fittings?
Answer November 15, 1993
11. On what date was technician certification required?
Answer November 14, 1994
12. What date was CFC's phased out of production?
Answer December 31, 1995
13. What is EPA 608 Type I certification?
Answer Persons who maintain, service, repair, or dispose of small appliances (containing 5 pounds of
refrigerant (or less).
14. What is EPA 608 Type II certification?
Answer Persons who maintain, service, repair, or dispose of high and very high pressure appliances.
Except small appliances and motor vehicle air conditioning systems.
15. What is EPA 608 Type III certification?
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