ATCP 136.01(14)(14)“Reclaimed refrigerant” means used refrigerant that is purified at an approved refrigerant reclamation facility to meet applicable purity standards under s. ATCP 136.14 (2).
ATCP 136.01(15)(15)“Recovered refrigerant” means used refrigerant, other than reclaimed or recycled refrigerant.
ATCP 136.01(16)(16)“Recovery equipment” means equipment used to remove refrigerant from a mobile air conditioner or trailer refrigeration equipment without recycling that refrigerant.
ATCP 136.01(17)(17)“Recycling equipment” means equipment used to recycle used refrigerant for sale or use as recycled refrigerant.
ATCP 136.01(18)(18)“Recycled refrigerant” means used refrigerant that is recycled to meet applicable purity standards under s. ATCP 136.14 (1).
ATCP 136.01(19)(19)“Refrigerant” means any substance used, sold for use, or designed or intended for use in a mobile air conditioner or trailer refrigeration equipment to transfer heat out of the space being cooled. “Refrigerant” includes a class I substance as defined in 42 USC 7671(3), a class II substance as defined in 42 USC 7671(4), and any substance used, sold for use, or designed or intended for use as a substitute for a refrigerant.
ATCP 136.01(20)(20)“Sell” means to transfer ownership rights. “Sell” includes selling for another on consignment.
ATCP 136.01(21)(21)“Technician” means an individual who is properly trained and certified in appropriate programs, as specified by the federal environmental protection agency under 42 USC 7671h.
ATCP 136.01(22)(22)“Trailer refrigeration equipment” has the meaning given under s. 100.45 (1) (e), Stats.
ATCP 136.01(23)(23)“Used refrigerant” means refrigerant that is removed from a mobile air conditioner or trailer refrigeration equipment.
ATCP 136.01 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, February, 1996, No. 482, eff. 3-1-96; r. (2), am. (19), Register, January, 2001, No. 541, eff. 2-1-01; CR 13-043: cr. (11m) Register February 2014 No. 698, eff. 5-1-14; CR 15-015: r. (3), (4), am. (21) Register January 2016 No. 721, eff. 2-1-16.
ATCP 136.08ATCP 136.08Technician training. No person may perform motor vehicle repair that releases or may release refrigerant from a mobile air conditioner or trailer refrigeration equipment or may install or service a mobile air conditioner or trailer refrigeration equipment that contains refrigerant unless that person is properly trained and certified in appropriate programs, as specified by the federal environmental protection agency under 42 USC 7671h.
ATCP 136.08 NoteNote: A list of currently authorized Mobile Air Conditioning Technician Training and Certification programs can be found here: https://www.epa.gov/section608/section-608-technician-certification-programs and here: https://www.epa.gov/mvac/section-609-technician-training-and-certification-programs
ATCP 136.08 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, February, 1996, No. 482, eff. 3-1-96; r. and recr. (1), r. (4), am. (5), Register, January, 2001, No. 541, eff. 2-1-01; CR 15-015: r. and recr. Register January 2016 No. 721, eff. 2-1-16.
ATCP 136.10ATCP 136.10Buying and selling refrigerant.
ATCP 136.10(1)(1)Container size; general. No person may buy, sell or consign refrigerant in a container holding less than 15 pounds of ozone-depleting refrigerant.
ATCP 136.10(2)(2)Selling new or reclaimed refrigerant. No person may sell or consign new or reclaimed refrigerant, except to one of the following:
ATCP 136.10(2)(a)(a) A person who sells or resells that refrigerant in its original container, to persons identified under par. (b). A sale or consignment does not violate this paragraph if the seller or con-signor relies in good faith on a written statement from the buyer or consignee that does all the following:
ATCP 136.10(2)(a)1.1. Contains the legal name and business address of the buyer or consignee.
ATCP 136.10(2)(a)2.2. Guarantees that the buyer or consignee will sell or resell the refrigerant only in its original container.
ATCP 136.10(2)(a)3.3. Guarantees that the buyer or consignee will sell or resell the refrigerant only to persons identified in par. (b).
ATCP 136.10(2)(b)(b) A technician.
ATCP 136.10(3)(3)Buying and selling recovered refrigerant.
ATCP 136.10(3)(a)(a) No person may sell or consign recovered refrigerant, except to one of the following:
ATCP 136.10(3)(a)1.1. A technician who sells or consigns the recovered refrigerant to the operator of an approved reclamation facility for reclamation at that facility, or who uses approved recycling equipment under s. ATCP 136.12 (3) to recycle the refrigerant for reuse in mobile air conditioners.
ATCP 136.10(3)(a)3.3. An approved refrigerant reclamation facility.
ATCP 136.10(3)(b)(b) Only the following persons may sell or consign recovered refrigerant to a person in this state:
ATCP 136.10(3)(b)1.1. A technician.
ATCP 136.10(3)(b)3.3. A person registered with the state of Wisconsin, department of natural resources under ch. NR 488.