Arkansas HVACR NewsMagazine May 2019

demonstrate they are a certified technician or currently employ a certified technician.” Note the caveat. Anyone can pick it up but it must be purchased in the name of a company whose owner or employee has a 608 certification. So , this is the last one. (Seven by my count.) I don’t know how we came to this confusion; but, at least for me, I know my opinion and everyone has one—opinion I mean. On the other hand, I have a call into the EPA as well as an email answer request. When I get a reply, I’ll forward it to you. So , you see I lied, there was one more. What is to be learned? Don’t believe everything you hear or read unless it comes from a trusted and reliable source--one that is technically competent to speak on the subject. Even if the source is a huge company or well respected person, doubt until you get it from the horse’s mouth or other orifice. In this case, the orifice is the EPA. My conclusion is only my opinion and I would love for you to provide substantiated, documented evidence for whatever you find. As a team, we are bound to get most things right. I guess that is a pretty high goal— most things right .

refrigerants, HFCs.” ( https://www.epa.gov/section608/section- 608-technician-certification-0) The EPA ruling seems even more clear in their publication, “The EPAs Updated Refrigerant Management Requirements / What Technicians Need to Know”, located at https://www.epa.gov/sites/producti on/files/2016- 09/documents/608_fact_sheet_tech nicians_0.pdf Since 410A is a HFC, “BAM” it is included?!? So , who or what is a technician? “ EPA regulations ( 40 CFR Part 82, Subpart F ) under Section 608 of the Clean Air Act define a "technician" as an individual who performs any of the following activities: • Attaching and detaching hoses and gauges to and from an appliance to measure pressure within the appliance. • Adding refrigerant to or removing refrigerant from an appliance.” So , we are just about at the duh place in this discussion except for one thing. Purchasing a HFC does not require a license of the person making the “pick up.” Here is what the EPA says. “You or your employer can send a co- worker to purchase refrigerant, or designate somebody else to receive delivery on your behalf. The purchasing account holder is the buyer, and anyone purchasing refrigerant under that account is allowed to conduct the transaction, provided that the account holder can including

Getting it from the horse’s orifice