Epa 608 Certificatio1

EPA 608 CERTIFICATION



WhatsodatesowassothesosalesoofsoCFC'sso&soHCFC'ssorestrictedsotosotechnicianssocertified
soinsorefrigerantsorecovery?so-soans--✔✔Novemberso14,so1994


Sectionso608soofsothesoFederalsoCleansoAirsoActsorequiressotechnicianssotosowhat?so-
soans--✔✔Recoversoallsorefrigerants.


ThesoobjectivesoofsothesoCleansoAirsoActsoissotosoprotectsowhat?so-soans--
✔✔Thesoearth'ssostratosphere.

HFC'sso-soans--✔✔HydroFlouroCarbon's

CFC'sso-soans--✔✔ChloroFluoroCarbon's

ODPso-soans--✔✔OzonesoDepletionsoPotential

WhichsointernationalsotreatysoagreementsowassothesobasissoforsoSectionso608?so-soans--
✔✔ThesoMontrealsoProtocol.

Depletionsoofsothesoozonesoinsothesostratospheresoissoknowsotosocausesowhatso6sothings?
so-soans--✔✔1.Cropsolosses
2.Increasessoinsoeyesodiseases
3.SkinsoCancer
4.Reducedsomarinesolife
5.Deforestation
6.Increasedsogroundsolevelsoozone

WhatsohappenssowhensoCFCsoorsoHCFCsomoleculessogetsoinsothesostratosphereso&sofree
soatomssoofsoChlorinesoaresosetsofree?so-soans--
✔✔ThesesoatomssoattacksoOzonesoMoleculessocausingsothesoformationsoofsoChlorinesoM
onoxideso(CLO),soaftersocollidingsowithsoanothersoOzonesoMolecule,socausesso2soOxygen
so(O2)somoleculessotosobesomadeso&soleavingsoansoatomsoofsochlorinesotosoactsoasso"Frees
oAgent"sostartingsothesoprocesssooversountilso100,000somoleculessoofsoOzonesoaresodestr
oyedsobysojustsoonesoatomsoofsochloride.

Whatsodatesowassorecoverysoequipmentsorequiredsotosobesocertifiedsobysoasolab,so&soachi
evesohighersoevacuationsolevels,so&sohavesolowsolosssofittings?so-soans--
✔✔Novemberso15,so1993

, Onsowhatsodatesowassotechniciansocertificationsorequired?so-soans--
✔✔Novemberso14,so1994

WhatsodatesowassoCFC'ssophasedsooutsoofsoproduction?so-soans--
✔✔Decemberso31,so1995

WhatsoissoEPAso608soTypesoIsocertification?so-soans--
✔✔Personssowhosomaintain,soservice,sorepair,soorsodisposesoofsosmallsoappliancesso(con
tainingso5sopoundssoofsorefrigerantso(orsoless).

WhatsoissoEPAso608soTypesoIIsocertification?so-soans--
✔✔Personssowhosomaintain,soservice,sorepair,soorsodisposesoofsohighsoandsoverysohighso
pressuresoappliances.soExceptsosmallsoappliancessoandsomotorsovehiclesoairsoconditionin
gsosystems.

WhatsoissoEPAso608soTypesoIIIsocertification?so-soans--
✔✔Personssowhosomaintain,soservice,sorepair,soorsodisposesoofsolowsopressuresoapplianc
es.

WhatsoissoEPAso608soUniversalsocertification?so-soans--
✔✔Personssowhosomaintain,soservice,sorepair,soorsodisposesoofsobothsolowsoandsohighsop
ressuresoequipment,soassowellsoassoappliances.

HCFC'sso-soans--✔✔HydroChloroFluoroCarbons

WhatsoaresoHydroChloroFluoroCarbons?so-soans--
✔✔CommonlysoknownsoassoHCFC's,sotheysoaresoasogroupsoofsoman-
madesocompundssocontainingsohydrogen,sochlorine,sofluorine,soandsocarbon.

Asorecoverysocylindersomustsonotsobesofilledsomoresothanso___so
%soofsoit'ssocapacitysobysoweight?so-soans--✔✔80%

Howsoshouldsorefrigerantsocylinderssobesoshipped?so-soans--✔✔Up-
rightsowithsopropersoDOTsoclassificationsotags.

WhatsooilsoMUSTsobesousedsowithsoALLsoHFC'ssoforsoHVAC/
RefrigerationsobutsowillsoalsosoworksowithsoCFC'ssoandsoHCFC's.so-soans--✔✔Polyolester

HCFC'ssohavesoverysolowsoatmosphericsoconcentrationssomeasuredsoinsopartssoper?so-
soans--✔✔Trillion


Allsocoolingsosystemssocontainingsomoresothanso50solbs.soofsorefrigerantsomustsobesorepai
redsowhensothesoannualsoleaksoratesoexceeds___?so-soans--✔✔15%

MineralsoOilssoaresousedsowith?so-soans--✔✔AllsoCFC's