As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires.
APPROVED REFRIGERANT RECYCLING EQUIPMENT
Refrigerant recovery and recycling equipment models which meet the
standards of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) or a similar institution.
Additional models must be approved by the Director of the Environmental Department
of Community Health.
AUTHORIZED AIR CONDITIONING SERVICE CENTER
Any establishment authorized by the Director of the Environmental
Department of Community Health to extract ozone-depleting compounds from motor
vehicle air conditioners or refrigerators, that will be disposed of at the
Nashua landfill, by using approved refrigerant recycling equipment.
CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS or CFCs
The family of substances containing carbon fluorine and chlorine,
and having no hydrogen atoms and no double bonds, and which includes, without
limitation, CFC-11 (trichlorofluoromethane, CCl3F),
CFC-12 (dichlorodifluoromethane, CF2Cl2),
CFC-113 (trichlorotrifluoroethane, CFCl2CF2Cl),
CFC-114 (dichlorotetrafluorothane, CClF2CCIF2),
CFC-115 [(mono)chloropentafluoroethane, CF3CF2Cl].
Examples of products containing or utilizing CFCs are Freon used in air-conditioning
and refrigeration units, degreasers and solvents used in the cleaning of metals
and electronic components, rigid and flexible foam used as building insulating
material and propellants or source of energy for aerosol containers.
CITY
All territory within the corporate limits of the City of Nashua,
County of Hillsborough, State of New Hampshire.
ESTABLISHMENT
Any individual domestic or foreign corporation, government agency,
charitable organization, firm, association, syndicate, joint-stock company,
partnership of any kind, corporation, joint venture, club, common law trust,
school, society or individual engaged in any business or providing a service
in the City.
HALON
Any full halogenated carbon compound containing bromine and chlorine
and/or fluorine, including halon-1211 (bromochlorodiflurormethane, CF2BrC1),
halon 1301 (bromotrifluoromethane, CF3Br), halon-2402
(dibromotetrafluoroethane, C2F4Br2).
Examples of products containing or utilizing halons are portable fire extinguishers.
OZONE-DEPLETING COMPOUND
Any chlorofluorocarbon, halon, the chemical compounds of HC-140 a
(methylchloroform, 1,1, 1-trichloroethane, CH3CCI3)
and FC-14 (tetrachloroethane, carbon tetrachloride, CCI4)
or any other chemical compound hereafter designated by the City Aldermen by
amendment to the article as being an ozone-depleting compound.
All establishments that manufacture, install, repair, service, maintain,
remove or destroy any refrigeration or air-conditioning unit or system using
ozone-depleting compounds shall adopt and implement a program to prevent the
intentional venting or avoidable release of refrigerants from such systems
by implementing a recovery and recycling program whereby the ozone-depleting
compound used as a refrigerant is recaptured and recycled by using approved
refrigerant recycling equipment.
No establishment or scrap yard which recycles or disposes of any motor
vehicle refrigeration or air-conditioning system containing an ozone-depleting
compound, either in conjunction with disposal of another product, or in any
other manner, shall do so without first recapturing and recycling any ozone-depleting
compound used as a refrigerant in such unit. Any such unit, being accepted
for permanent disposal at the City landfill, must have refrigerant removed
by an authorized air-conditioning service center prior to acceptance and before
crushing, selling, shredding or otherwise destroying such unit.
No establishment shall sell, offer for sale, trade or transfer any ozone-depleting
compound for use as a refrigerant in a motor vehicle refrigeration or air-conditioning
unit or system in a container designed to hold less than 20 pounds.
No establishment shall manufacture or sell any aerosol container that
uses an ozone-depleting compound as a propellant or source of energy including
plastic party streamers and novelties, propelled noise horns, cleaning solutions,
drain plungers, consumer electronics or photographic equipment. The sale of
medical products may be exempted from this section, as stipulated by the Director
of the Environmental Health Department.
Effective January 1, 1995, in the new construction or renovation of
any building or structure (commercial, industrial, residential, or other),
no establishment shall install any building insulation which contains an ozone-depleting
compound. Simultaneous with the filing of a building permit application, the
applicant shall submit a written verification to the Director of the Code
Enforcement Department or his or her designee, certifying that the building
insulation to be installed does not contain an ozone-depleting compound.
Except as required by statute, rule or regulation mandating the release
of halon, no establishment shall release halon from a fire-extinguishing system
in the training of personnel or in the testing of any fire-extinguishing system.
No establishment shall sell, offer for sale, install, distribute, trade
or transfer any fire extinguisher which contain halons or other ozone-depleting
compounds without being presented by the customer with a permit from the Chief
of the Fire Department or his or her designee. Permits will be available for
aviation uses, for protection of electrical equipment, or when the applicant
can demonstrate to the Chief of the Fire Department that no technically feasible,
economically sound, or environmentally safe alternative exists.
All establishments that repair, service or perform maintenance on any
fire-extinguishing system containing halons shall adopt and implement a reclamation
system whereby any halons used as the extinguishing agent shall not be released
into the environment, but shall be recaptured and recycled or properly disposed
of in accordance with a reclamation system approved by the Chief of the Fire
Department or his or her designee.
Any establishment or person found guilty of violating any provision of this chapter shall be punishable as provided in §
1-12 of the City Code or as otherwise authorized by law or in equity.