EPA 608 Certification Questions With Verified Solutions| ALREADY PASSED.

EPA 608 Certification Questions With Verified Solutions| ALREADY PASSED. What date was the sale of CFC's & HCFC's restricted to technicians certified in refrigerant recovery? - ANSWER November 14, 1994 1989- 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 - ANSWER Memorize it, ya'll. Comfort cooling appliances containing more than 50 lbs of refrigerant must be repaired when the annual leak rate exceeds _____% - ANSWER 15% Commercial and Industrial process refrigeration containing ore than 50 lbs of refrigerant must be repaired when the annual leak rate exceeds _____% - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 0 0 4 10 4 10 4 15 0 0 Section 608 of the Federal Clean Air Act requires technicians to what? - ANSWER Recover all refrigerants. The objective of the Clean Air Act is to protect what? - ANSWER The earth's stratosphere. HFC's - ANSWER HydroFlouroCarbon's CFC's - ANSWER ChloroFluoroCarbon's ODP - ANSWER Ozone Depletion Potential Which international treaty agreement was the basis for Section 608? - ANSWER The Montreal Protocol. Depletion of the ozone in the stratosphere is known 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