EPA Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What date was the sale of CFC's & HCFC's restricted to technicians certified in refrigerant recovery? - ANSWERS November 14, 1994 Section 608 of the Federal Clean Air Act requires technicians to what? - ANSWERS Recover all refrigerants. The objective of the Clean Air Act is to protect what? - ANSWERS The earth's stratosphere. HFC's - ANSWERS HydroFlouroCarbon's CFC's - ANSWERS ChloroFluoroCarbon's ODP - ANSWERS Ozone Depletion Potential Which international treaty agreement was...

November 14, 1994 - ANSWERS What date was the sale of CFC's & HCFC's restricted to technicians certified in refrigerant recovery? Memorize it, ya'll. - ANSWERS 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 ...

Ozone depletion is caused by _ in HCFC refrigerants - ANSWERS Chlorine CFCs and HCFCs _ making them capable of reaching the stratospheric ozone - ANSWERS do not dissolve in water or easily break down in the atmosphere How many ozone molecules are destroyed by one chlorine atom - ANSWERS 100,000 ozone molecules The stratospheric ozone layer protects us from _ - ANSWERS ultraviolet radiation from the sun Which health effect increases from loss of the stratospheric ozone layer - ANSWERS ...

Mandatory use of certified recycling equipment when servicing automotive - ANSWERS January 1, 1992 Clean air act calls for phase-out of CFC/HCFC, prohibits CFC/HCFC venting, and set standards for the three R's - ANSWERS July 1, 1992 All persons opening appliances ( besides small and auto) and disposing of appliances must have at least 1 piece of self contained recovery equipment at shop - ANSWERS July 13, 1993 required low loss fittings - ANSWERS Since November 15, 1993 Recovery equ...

Lead-based paint (LBP) : Any varnish, shallac, or coating that contains either- 1.0 mg/cm2 - 0.5 % by weight - 5000 ppm - Older instruments could not read accurately at 0.7, so the lead standard was updated to 1.0 Dust sample clearance values : - Floors: 40 μg/ft2 > 10 μg/ft2 (10 μg/ft2 in NY) - Windows: 250 μg/ft2 > 100 μg/ft2 (50 μg/ft2 in NY) - Window wells (troughs): 400 μg/ft2 (100 μg/ft2 in NY) - Samples must be at 1 sq ft > 2 sq ft (can be reduced to 1 sq ft if ...

lead based paint : 1mg/cm^2 or .5% by weight title X : aka Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 -shifted focus of federal legislation from acting on existing lead-based paint hazards to preventing new hazards from occurring -has regs governing the training and certifcation of lead professionals -Fed regs DO NOT require LBP inspections; risk assessments, or abatement in target housing or child-occupied facilities -congress passed in order to protect families from ...