EPA 608 CERTIFICATION

EPA 608 CERTIFICATION What date was the sale of CFC's & HCFC's restricted to technicians certified in refrigerant recovery? - correct answer-November 14, 1994 Section 608 of the Federal Clean Air Act requires technicians to what? - correct answer-Recover all refrigerants. The objective of the Clean Air Act is to protect what? - correct answer-The earth's stratosphere. HFC's - correct answer-HydroFlouroCarbon's CFC's - correct answer-ChloroFluoroCarbon's ODP - correct answer-Ozone Depletion Potential Which international treaty agreement was the basis for Section 608? - correct answer-The Montreal Protocol. Depletion of the ozone in the stratosphere is know to cause what 6 things? - correct answer-1.Crop losses 2.Increases in eye diseases 3.Skin Cancer 4.Reduced marine life 5.Deforestation 6.Increased ground level ozone What happens when CFC or HCFC molecules get in the stratosphere & free atoms of Chlorine are set free? - correct 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