Small appliance disposal: EPA 608 Practice Questions

Question 1

Who is responsible for making sure refrigerant is removed from a small appliance before it is scrapped?

Accepted Answer

The final processor, such as the scrap recycler

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The homeowner's insurance company

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The original manufacturer

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The EPA regional office

Question 2

A scrap yard accepts a refrigerator with a signed statement that the refrigerant was recovered. What must the statement include?

Accepted Answer

Name and address of who recovered it, and the date

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The refrigerant's purity and the reclaimer's name

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The appliance serial number only

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The technician's certification number and the weight of oil removed from the compressor

Question 3

How long must a final processor keep signed recovery statements or contracts on site?

Accepted Answer

3 years

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5 years

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1 year

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Until the appliance has been crushed and shipped to the steel mill

Question 4

A refrigerator arrives at a scrap yard with no refrigerant left because it leaked out. What does the final processor need?

Accepted Answer

A signed statement that the refrigerant leaked out

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Nothing, since there is nothing to recover

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A photo of the empty system

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An EPA permit for the appliance

Question 5

How must a final processor let suppliers know that refrigerant has to be recovered before delivery?

Accepted Answer

Through signs, letters or similar notice

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Only by verbal reminders

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By printing it on the scale ticket after the load has been weighed

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By posting the rule on EPA's website

Question 6

A supplier cut the refrigerant lines of a freezer to empty it, then signed a statement that the refrigerant leaked out. Is the statement valid?

Accepted Answer

No; cutting lines is not leaking out

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Yes, any signed statement is acceptable

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Yes, as long as the scrap yard keeps it for three years

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Yes, if the freezer held less than 5 lb

Question 7

What happens if a final processor accepts a recovery statement it knows is false?

Accepted Answer

It is a violation of the rule

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Nothing, the supplier is fully responsible

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It is allowed for small appliances

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It is allowed if the scrap yard recovers whatever is left in the appliance at a later date

Question 8

To what level must refrigerant be recovered from a small appliance before disposal?

Accepted Answer

The same 80%/90% or 4 in Hg levels as for service

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10 in Hg vacuum, measured at the recovery machine inlet

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0 psig only

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500 microns, confirmed with a micron gauge and a decay test

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