1. (1) Approval required. No person may recover or recycle used refrigerant from a mobile air conditioner or trailer refrigeration equipment unless the department first approves the equipment used to recover or recycle that refrigerant. The department shall approve recovery or recycling equipment if one of the following conditions is met:

   1. (a) An approved independent testing organization under sub. (2) tests the equipment and certifies that it complies with applicable standards under sub. (3).

   2. (b) The equipment manufacturer demonstrates that the United States environmental protection agency has designated the equipment as substantially identical to equipment approved under par. (a).

      Note: You may obtain a list of approved recovery and recycling equipment by writing to Weights and Measures Bureau, P.O. Box 8911, Madison, WI 53708-8911.

2. (2) Independent testing organizations; approval. The department shall approve an independent testing organization to test and certify recovery and recycling equipment for compliance with sub. (3) if the organization provides evidence that the United States environmental protection agency has approved the organization under s. 40 CFR 82.38. If the United States environmental protection agency withdraws its approval, the department shall withdraw its approval.

   Note: You may obtain a list of approved independent testing organizations by writing to Weights and Measures Bureau, P.O. Box 8911, Madison, WI 53708-8911.

3. (3) Certification standards. To be certified under sub. (1) (a), refrigerant recovery or recycling equipment shall meet all of the following standards which apply to that equipment:

   1. (a) Equipment used to recover but not recycle R-12 refrigerant shall meet or exceed standards specified by the society of automotive engineers in “CFC-12 Extraction Equipment for Mobile Automotive Air-Conditioning Equipment,” SAE J2209, August 2011, including the secondary standards incorporated by reference in SAE J2209.
   2. (b) Equipment used to recover but not recycle R134a refrigerant shall meet or exceed the standards specified by the society of automotive engineers in “HFC-134a (R134a) Extraction Equipment for Mobile Automotive Air Conditioning Systems,” SAE J1732, November 2011, including the secondary standards incorporated by reference in SAE J1732.
   3. (c) Equipment used to recycle R-12 refrigerant shall meet or exceed the standards specified by the society of automotive engineers in “Extraction and Recycle Equipment for Mobile Automotive Air-Conditioning Systems,” SAE J1990, May 2011, including the secondary standards incorporated by reference in SAE J1990.
   4. (d) Equipment manufactured prior to January 1, 2008 used to recycle R-134a refrigerant shall meet or exceed the standards specified by the society of automotive engineers in “HFC-R134a Recycling Equipment for Mobile Air Conditioning Systems,” SAE J2210, November 2010, including the secondary standards incorporated by reference in SAE J2210. Equipment manufactured on or after January 1, 2008 shall meet or exceed the standards specified in SAE J2788, January 2013.
   5. (e) Equipment used to recover refrigerant other than R-12, R-134a, or HFO-1234yf shall meet or exceed the standards specified by the air conditioning heating and refrigeration institute in AHRI 740-1998: Refrigerant Recover/Recycling Equipment.
   6. (f) Equipment used to recycle HFO-1234yf refrigerant shall meet or exceed the standards specified by the society of automotive engineers in “R-1234fy (HFO-1234yf) Recovery/Recycling/Recharging Equipment for Flammable Refrigerants for Mobile Air-Conditioning Systems,” SAE J2843-2013.

   7. (g) Equipment used to recover but not recycle HFO-1234yf refrigerant shall meet or exceed the standards specified by the society of automotive engineers in “Recovery Equipment for Contaminated Refrigerant from Mobile Automotive Air-Conditioning Systems,” SAE J2851-2012.

      Note: Standards incorporated by reference under sub. (3) are on file with the department and the legislative reference bureau. You may obtain copies of the SAE standards by contacting the Society of Automotive Engineers, 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrandale, PA 15096-0001. You may obtain a copy of standard 740-1993 from the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute, 4301 North Fairfax Dr., Suite 425, Arlington, VA 22203.

History

History: Cr. Register, February, 1996, No. 482, eff. 3-1-96; CR 08-075: am. (3) (d) Register April 2009 No. 640, eff. 5-1-09; CR 13-043: am. (3) (e), cr. (3) (f), (g) Register February 2014 No. 698, eff. 5-1-14; CR 15-015: am. (3) (a) to (d) Register January 2016 No. 721, eff. 2-1-16.