§342C-2  Prohibited acts.  (a) Effective January 1, 1991, no person in this State shall sell or offer forsale any CFC refrigerant suitable for use in air conditioners or mobile airconditioners in containers that are smaller than fifteen pounds net.

(b)  No person in this State shall wilfullycause or allow CFCs to be released into the air from any source or processregulated by this chapter, other than through common use of a product, or inthe course of attempting to recover, recycle, or safely dispose of CFCs whileexercising due care to prevent unnecessary releases of CFCs into the air to theextent practicable and in compliance with applicable rules.

(c)  Effective July 1, 1993, no person inthis State shall:

(1)  Purchase, distribute, manufacture, import, sell,or offer for sale, any portable fire extinguisher that contains a halon orother ozone-depleting compound; or

(2)  Repair, service, or perform maintenance on anyportable fire extinguishing system or unit without using a reclamation system torecapture, recycle, or properly dispose of unspent halons or otherozone-depleting compounds.

Exempted from this prohibition is the sale ofportable halon fire extinguishers for use in aircraft, which may be sold topurchasing agents of airline companies, or to private individuals uponpresentation of a pilots license. [L 1990, c 316, pt of §2; am L 1992, c 264,§3]