Clean Air Act
The EPA Stands for this
What is the Environment Protection Agency?
Define the Montreal Protocol:
What is a treaty among nations designed to protect the environment.
What or who is the primary arbiter for the depletion of the ozone
What is man and man mades gases
Define ODP
What is Ozone Depletion Potential
What is ASHRAE
What is American Society of Heating Refrigeration Air Condition Engineers
The CAA is an acronym which means
What is the Clean Air Act?
When was the Montreal Protocol originally signed and when was it amended
What is 1987 and amended in 1990 (or 1992)
When CFC's and HCFC's break apart in air what do they release
What is Chlorine atoms
Ozone is a naturally occurring gas made of ______
What is three oxygen atoms (o3)
CFC's where phased out on this date
What is December 31, 1995
The CAA placed these three efforts in place to limit CFC's
What are:
Phase out dates
Prohibition of venting
Disposal requirements
What does the Montreal Protocol stipulate
What is the production and consumption of compounds that deplete ozone in the stratosphere
What is the rise in the amount of chlorine measured in the stratosphere over the past two decades matching the rise in florine
The rise in chlorine amounts of the past two decades math the rise in CFC emissions of the same period
The Ozone Layer protects us from
What is the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays (UV Rays)
As of this date, knowingly venting any refrigerant is a violation of the clean air act
What is November 15, 1995
As of this date, a person may not service, maintain, or dispose of appliances designed to contain refrigerants without being properly certified.
What is: November 14, 1994
What compounds were phased out by the Montreal Protocol?
What is CFC's, HCFC's, (halons, Caron tetrachloride and methyl chlororform.
Name two refrigerant examples of a CFC
What is R-11 & R-12
(R-500)
Describe four effects of ODP
What is:
Increased temperature on the earth
Increased cases of skin cancer
Increased numbers of cataracts in the eyes
Increased ground level ozone
Crop, vegetation and reduced marine life
What is from recovering and recycling of older appliances and equipment.
The purpose of the CAA is
What is to limit how much of a pollutant can be in the air anywhere in the US.
What is, there are no stated punishments for violating the Montreal Protocol.
Name two HCFC refrigerant types
What is R-22 & R-123
(R-124)
One single chlorine atom can destroy______
What is 100,000 ozone molecules
What must occur for all CFC's and HCFC's prior to opening a system for service or disposing of appliances
What is all refrigerant must be recovered.