Section 136.20. Prohibited practices.

  No person may do any of the following:

(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)  Knowingly or negligently release refrigerant into the environment.

(3)  Use refrigerant to clean mobile air conditioners or trailer refrigeration equipment, or for other cleaning purposes.

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

(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 .

(b) The used refrigerant has been reclaimed at an approved refrigerant reclamation facility, and meets purity standards under s. ATCP 136.14 (2) .

(5)  Employ any person, other than a technician, to remove refrigerant from a mobile air conditioner or trailer refrigeration equipment.

(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.

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

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Violations of this chapter may result in penalties provided in ss. 93.06 (7) and 100.45 (6) , Stats. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1