EPA – New Regulations
New Regulations for the New Year
Effective January 1, 2019 new regulations impacting the way refrigerants are handled and sold go into effect. This is the third, and final stage, of the three-year phase-in of regulations passed in November of 2016. The New Regulations for 2019 Include Comfort Cooling with a charge of 50 or more pounds must have a leak inspection once per calendar year until the owner/operator can demonstrate through the leak rate calculations that the leak rate has not exceeded 10% for one year. Commercial Refrigeration and Industrial Process Refrigeration (IPR) with a charge of 50 to 500 pounds must have a leak inspection once per calendar year until the owner / operator can demonstrate through the leak rate calculations that the leak rate has not exceeded 20% commercial refrigeration or 30% IPR for one year. Commercial Refrigeration and IPR with a charge of over 500 pounds must have a leak inspection conducted once every three months until the owner/operator can demonstrate through leak rate calculations that the leak rate has not exceeded 20% for commercial refrigeration or 30% IPR for four quarters in a row. All records for leak inspections, initial verification, verification tests and records of recovered refrigerant from equipment with 5 to 50 lbs. must be kept for 3 years by the owner or operator of the equipment. Free Presentation Further Changes |
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