LAC 22:I.717. Freon Recovery―Certification of Technicians and Recovery Equipment [Formerly §703]

A. Purpose. To provide for procedures to comply with the refrigerant recycling requirements of the Clean Air Act (CAA). B. Applicability: deputy secretary, undersecretary or designee, deputy assistant secretaries, youth facility directors, probation and parole program director and regional managers. C. Definitions Regional Managers―the managers of the Division of Youth Services field offices located throughout the state. Unit Head―youth facility directors, probation and parole director, and the deputy secretary or designee for Youth Services. YS Central Office―offices of the deputy secretary, deputy assistant secretaries, and undersecretary or designee of the Office of Management and Finance, of the Office of Youth Development and their support staff. D. Policy. It is the deputy secretary's policy to comply with Section 608 of the CAA, Refrigerant Recycling and Technician Certification. E. Procedures. Each unit head shall ensure compliance with the following: 1. utilize service practices that maximize recycling of ozone-depleting compounds during the servicing and disposal of air conditioning and refrigeration equipment; 2. either: a. certify to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that recycling or recovery equipment has been acquired and that persons are adequately trained in the use of appropriate equipment, servicing or disposing of air conditioning or refrigeration equipment (including automobile air conditioners); or b. utilize outside vendors with approved equipment and practices to provide this service.