Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Notice of Revocation of Certification for Refrigerant Reclaimers, Under Section 608 of the Clean Air Act

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In accordance with 40 CFR 82.154, no person may sell or offer for sale for use as a refrigerant any class I or class II ozone- depleting substance consisting wholly or in part of used refrigerant unless the substance has been reclaimed by a certified reclaimer. All persons reclaiming used refrigerant for sale to a new owner are required to certify to the EPA Administrator in accordance with 40 CFR 82.164. Through this action, EPA is announcing the revocation of refrigerant reclaimer certifications of Atlantic Refrigerants of Beaver, PA; C.F.C. Reclamation and Recycling Service, Inc. of Abilene, TX; CFC Technologies, Inc. of Chester, CT; Full Circle Refrigerant Reclaim Services of Fort Worth, TX; Purification Technologies, Inc. of Chester, CT; and Trane Systems and Sales of Charlotte, NC. This action means that these companies are no longer authorized to reclaim and sell used refrigerant in accordance with the regulations promulgated at 40 CFR part 82, subpart F. On March 6, 2002 the U.S. Department of Justice announced that the certification holder for CFC Technologies, Inc. pled guilty to conspiring to smuggle ozone-depleting substances into the United States by means of false sta