ENVIRONMENTAL FINAL GOVERNING STANDARDS ITALY

ITALY - 2 Air Emissions
C2.3.6.5.2. ODS contained in domestic refrigerators and freezers shall be recovered
per DoD 4160.21-M, Defense Materiel Disposition Manual, Chapter 10.
C2.3.6.5.3. ODS contained in products, installations, and equipment other than those
mentioned above shall be recovered, if practicable, per DoD 4160.21-M, Defense Materiel
Disposition Manual, Chapter 10.
C2.3.6.5.4. ODS recovered for destruction may only be subject to destruction
technologies listed in Table 2.7.
C2.3.6.6. Refrigerant Venting Prohibition. Any class I or class II ODS, HFC, and PFC
refrigerant shall not be intentionally released in the course of maintaining, servicing, repairing, or
disposing of appliances, industrial process refrigeration units, air conditioning units, or motor
vehicle air conditioners. De minimis releases associated with good faith attempts to recycle or
recover ODS, HFC, and PFC refrigerants are not subject to this prohibition.
C2.3.6.7. Refrigerant Leak Monitoring and Repair. Monitor and repair refrigeration
equipment for ODS leakage in accordance with the following criteria and repair, if found to be
leaking.
C2.3.6.7.1. Equipment containing a quantity of ODS > 3 kg (6.6 lbs) shall be
monitored for leaks as follows:
to 66 lbs);
C2.3.6.7.1.1. Yearly, for equipment with an ODS quantity of 3 to 30 kg (6.6 lbs
C2.3.6.7.1.2. Every six months for equipment with an ODS quantity 30 kg (66
lbs to 660 lbs) to 300 kg;
C2.3.6.7.1.3. Every three months > 300 kg (660 lbs).
C2.3.6.7.2. Monitoring shall be conducted using a leak detector with a sensitivity >
5g/year. The monitoring shall be conducted both on the high pressure side with the equipment
operating, and on the low pressure side with the equipment turned off.
C2.3.6.7.3. Any detected leak shall be repaired as soon as possible and in any event
within 14 days. The equipment or system shall be checked for leakage within 1 month after a
leak has been repaired to ensure that the repair has been effective. The equipment or system can
be turned on only after the repair.
C2.3.6.8. Halons shall not be intentionally released into the environment while testing,
maintaining, servicing, repairing, or disposing of halon-containing equipment or using such
equipment for technician training. This venting prohibition does NOT apply to the following
halon releases:
C2.3.6.8.1. De minimis releases associated with good faith attempts to recycle or
recover halons (i.e., release of residual halon contained in fully discharged total flooding fire
extinguishing systems).
September 2012 Italy FGS 2-9
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