California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 3 - Air Resources › Chapter 1 - Air Resources Board › Subchapter 10 - Climate Change › Article 4 - Regulations to Achieve Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions › Subarticle 5.1 - Management of High Global Warming Potential Refrigerants for Stationary Sources › Section 95390 - Required Service Practices for Stationary High-GWP Appliances

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
Required Service
						Practices.
A person performing any installation, maintenance, service,
						repair, or disposal of a stationary appliance that could reasonably be expected
						to release refrigerant from the appliance into the environment must satisfy all
						of the following requirements:
(1) In
						preparing an appliance for recycling or disposal, the person must not
						intentionally disrupt the refrigerant circuit of the appliance resulting in a
						discharge of refrigerant into the atmosphere, unless an attempt to recover the
						refrigerant is made using certified refrigerant recovery or recycling
						equipment; and
(2) The person must
						make a recovery attempt using certified refrigerant recovery or recycling
						equipment for that type of appliance before opening the appliance to
						atmospheric conditions. Attempts to recover refrigerant must be made even if
						the person believes that all refrigerant has been removed or has previously
						leaked from the appliance. Refrigerant may be returned to the appliance from
						which it is recovered or to another appliance owned by the same person without
						being recycled or reclaimed; and
(3) The person must not add any additional
						refrigerant to a refrigeration or air-conditioning appliance during manufacture
						or service, unless such refrigerant:
(A)
						consists wholly of a class I or class II substance, as identified by section
						602 of the federal Clean Air Act;
						or
(B) is an alternative that has
						been found acceptable, under the Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP)
						program pursuant to section
						612 of the federal Clean Air Act,
						for the specific refrigeration or air-conditioning end-use in which it is being
						employed; or
(C) has been approved
						by the Executive Officer for the specific refrigeration or air-conditioning
						end-use in which it is being employed; and
(4) The person must not add an additional
						refrigerant charge to any appliance known to have a refrigerant leak, except
						that it is permissible to add an additional refrigerant charge for seasonal
						adjustment or an additional refrigerant charge required to maintain operations
						while preparing or conducting a leak repair pursuant to and in compliance with
						section 95386; and
(5) The person must hold a current, valid,
						and applicable certificate issued in accordance with Title 40 of the Code of
						Federal Regulations, Part 82, §
													82.161; and
(6) The person must employ procedures for
						which the certified refrigerant recovery or recycling equipment was approved by
						the U.S. EPA or Executive Officer; and
(7) The person must use certified refrigerant
						recovery or recycling equipment as specified by the certified refrigerant
						recovery or recycling equipment manufacturer, unless the manufacturer's
						specifications conflict with the procedures approved by the U.S. EPA or the
						Executive Officer for the certified refrigerant recovery or recycling
						equipment; and
(8) The person must
						evacuate refrigerant from a non-refillable cylinder to a vacuum of 15 inches of
						mercury, relative to standard atmospheric pressure of 29.9 inches of mercury,
						before recycling or disposal; and
(9) The person must satisfy job site
						evacuation of refrigerants during recycling, recovering, reclaiming, or
						disposing in accordance with Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part
						82, §
													82.156 (as amended January 11,
						2005).