Rules and Compliance Standards Flashcards

Under Section 608 rules, how long must technicians and owners keep required service and leak-repair records?

Answer: 3 years

EPA requires Section 608 records, such as leak repair, refrigerant added, and disposal records, to be kept for at least 3 years.

A commercial refrigeration system holding 75 lbs of an ozone-depleting refrigerant leaks above its threshold. How many days does the owner have to repair it?

Answer: 30 days

Owners must repair leaks within 30 days of finding a leak rate above the applicable threshold.

What is the leak rate threshold that triggers mandatory repair for a comfort cooling appliance holding 50 lbs or more of refrigerant?

Answer: 10%

Under the 2016 Section 608 update, comfort cooling appliances must be repaired when leak rates exceed 10%.

Which situation is a permitted de minimis release under the Clean Air Act?

Answer: Small releases that happen while connecting or disconnecting hoses during good-faith recovery

Small releases that happen during good-faith efforts to recover, recycle, or reclaim refrigerant, such as hose connections, are de minimis and allowed.

Recovered refrigerant is going to be sold to a new owner. What standard must it meet first?

Answer: AHRI 700

Refrigerant sold to a new owner must be reclaimed to the AHRI 700 purity standard by an EPA-certified reclaimer.

After a technician earns Section 608 certification, when does the certification expire?

Answer: It does not expire

Section 608 technician certification is valid for life and does not need to be renewed.

Recovered refrigerant has not been reclaimed. Where may it be charged?

Answer: Back into the same appliance or another appliance owned by the same owner

Recovered or recycled refrigerant can go back into the same system or another system owned by the same owner without being reclaimed.