§342C-2 Prohibited acts. (a) Effective January 1, 1991, no person in this State shall sell or offer for sale any CFC refrigerant suitable for use in air conditioners or mobile air conditioners in containers that are smaller than fifteen pounds net.
(b) No person in this State shall wilfully cause or allow CFCs to be released into the air from any source or process regulated by this chapter, other than through common use of a product, or in the course of attempting to recover, recycle, or safely dispose of CFCs while exercising due care to prevent unnecessary releases of CFCs into the air to the extent practicable and in compliance with applicable rules.
(c) Effective July 1, 1993, no person in this State shall:
(1) Purchase, distribute, manufacture, import, sell, or offer for sale, any portable fire extinguisher that contains a halon or other ozone-depleting compound; or
(2) Repair, service, or perform maintenance on any portable fire extinguishing system or unit without using a reclamation system to recapture, recycle, or properly dispose of unspent halons or other ozone-depleting compounds.
Exempted from this prohibition is the sale of portable halon fire extinguishers for use in aircraft, which may be sold to purchasing agents of airline companies, or to private individuals upon presentation of a pilots license. [L 1990, c 316, pt of §2; am L 1992, c 264, §3]
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