No person may do any of the following:

1. (1) Add refrigerant to a mobile air conditioner or trailer refrigeration equipment which is leaking refrigerant. This does not prohibit the use of a test charge in compliance with s. ATCP 136.16 (2).
2. (2) Knowingly or negligently release refrigerant into the environment.
3. (3) Use refrigerant to clean mobile air conditioners or trailer refrigeration equipment, or for other cleaning purposes.

4. (4) Charge a mobile air conditioner or trailer refrigeration equipment with used refrigerant unless one of the following applies:

   1. (a) The used refrigerant has been recycled to meet applicable purity standards under s. ATCP 136.14 (1) using equipment approved by the department under s. ATCP 136.12.
   2. (b) The used refrigerant has been reclaimed at an approved refrigerant reclamation facility, and meets purity standards under s. ATCP 136.14 (2).
5. (5) Employ any person, other than a technician, to remove refrigerant from a mobile air conditioner or trailer refrigeration equipment.

6. (6) Fail to use recovery or recycling equipment approved under s. ATCP 136.12 when removing refrigerant from a mobile air conditioner or trailer refrigeration equipment.

   Note: Violations of this chapter may result in penalties provided in ss. 93.06 (7) and 100.45 (6), Stats.

History

History: Cr. Register, February, 1996, No. 482, eff. 3-1-96; CR 15-015: am. (5) Register January 2016 No. 721, eff. 2-1-16.