# Motor Vehicle Air Conditioners and Protection of Stratospheric Ozone
> **Rule** · Supplemental final rule. · Published 1995-05-02 · Effective 1995-06-01 · 60 FR 21682
## Document
- **Document number:** 95-10622
- **Category:** air-emissions
- **Federal Register citation:** 60 FR 21682
- **CFR reference:** 40 CFR 82
- **Publication date:** 1995-05-02
- **Effective date:** 1995-06-01
- **EPA docket:** FRL-5199-4
## Abstract

On July 14, 1992, EPA published a final rule in the Federal Register establishing the standards and requirements regarding the servicing of motor vehicle air conditioners and restrictions on the sale of small containers of class I or class II substances pursuant to section 609 of the Clean Air Act as amended (Act). The rule requires that only approved refrigerant recovery/recycling equipment be used to perform service for consideration on motor vehicle air conditioners. Two types of equipment could be approved: Equipment that recovers refrigerant and recycles it on-site, and equipment that only recovers refrigerant. The refrigerant from recover-only equipment may be recycled on-site or sent off-site for reclamation. The Agency established a standard for recover/recycle equipment (appendix A), but reserved finalizing the standard for recover-only equipment. Today's final rule establishes a standard for approval of recover- only equipment that extracts CFC-12 from motor vehicle air conditioners. This standard follows closely the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Standards J1989: Recommended Service Procedure for the Containment of R-12, and J2209: CFC-12 (R-12) Extraction Equipment for Mobile Automotive Air-conditioning Systems. Because automotive technicians have previously been required to use only recover/recycle equipment for which an Agency standard had been established, today's rule permits these technicians additional flexibility in determining how to meet Section 609 requirements. This final rule also updates the purity standard for off-site reclamation, by changing the standard from ARI 700-88 to ARI 700-93. By promoting the reclamation of refrigerants from motor vehicle air conditioners, this final rule will help to lower the risk of depletion of the stratospheric ozone layer, thus diminishing potentially harmful effects to human health and the environment, including increased incidences of certain skin cancers and cataracts.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1995/05/02/95-10622/motor-vehicle-air-conditioners-and-protection-of-stratospheric-ozone)
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