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Refrigerant Handling Certification Requirements Equipment Requirement: Notes

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Since Jan. 1, 1993, any technician servicing, repairing, or opening a motor vehicle air conditioning system "for consideration" - anything other than free service- must use either refrigerant recovery/recycling or recovery-only equipment approved by the EPA.

There are certification requirement for the technicians and the equipment; there are also record-keeping requirements.

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