2010 New York Code
ENV - Environmental Conservation
Article 38 - (38-0101 - 38-0111) CHLOROFLUOROCARBON COMPOUNDS
38-0103 - Definitions.

§ 38-0103. Definitions.
    The  following  terms,  whenever  used or referred to in this article,
  shall have the following meaning  unless  a  different  meaning  clearly
  appears from the context:
    1.  "Chlorofluorocarbon  compounds"  shall  mean  one  or  more of the
  following substances used alone or in combination with other  compounds:
  CFC-11, CFC-12, CFC-113, CFC-114, or CFC-115.
    2.  "Ozone"  means an allotropic, triatomic form of oxygen, chemically
  described as O3.
    3.  "Halon  compounds"  shall  mean  one  or  more  of  the  following
  substances: halon-1211, halon-1301 and halon-2402.
    4.  "Person"  shall  mean  any  person,  business  enterprise or state
  authority, locality or municipality.
    5. "Motor vehicle" shall mean motor vehicle as defined by section  one
  hundred  twenty-five  and  omnibus  as  defined  by  section one hundred
  twenty-six of the vehicle and traffic law.
    6. "Motor vehicle air conditioner" means mechanical vapor  compression
  refrigeration   equipment   used   to  cool  the  drivers  or  passenger
  compartment of any motor vehicle.
    7. "Approved motor vehicle refrigerant  recapturing  equipment"  means
  equipment  that  is  certified  by Underwriters Laboratories (or another
  independent standards testing organization acceptable to the department)
  to meet the Underwriters Laboratories standard applicable  to  equipment
  for  the removal and storage of used CFC refrigerants from motor vehicle
  air conditioners (Underwriters Laboratories standards 1963,  October  2,
  1989)  unless  such  standard  is  modified  by the commissioner through
  regulation. Equipment purchased before the date  of  such  certification
  shall be considered approved if the manufacturer provides proof that the
  model  is  functionally identical to a model which is certified pursuant
  to this section.
    8. "Approved motor  vehicle  refrigerant  recycling  equipment"  means
  equipment  that  is  certified  by Underwriters Laboratories (or another
  independent standards testing organization acceptable to the department)
  to meet the society  of  automotive  engineers  standard  applicable  to
  equipment  for  the extraction and reclamation of refrigerant from motor
  vehicle air conditioners (SAE standard J-1990,  October,  1989),  unless
  such  standard  is  modified  by  the  commissioner  through regulation.
  Equipment purchased before the  date  of  such  certification  shall  be
  considered approved if the manufacturer provides proof that the model is
  functionally  identical to the model which is certified pursuant to this
  section.
    9. "Properly  using"  approved  motor  vehicle  refrigerant  recycling
  equipment  means  using such equipment in conformity with the Society of
  Automotive  Engineers  standard  establishing  the  recommended  service
  procedure  for containment of CFC-12 refrigerant (SAE standard J-1989 or
  revisions thereof).
    10. "Recycle"  means  to  decontaminate,  reclaim,  or  reprocess  CFC
  refrigerants   captured   from   a  motor  vehicle  air  conditioner  or
  refrigeration system for reuse, or to destroy such compounds by  methods
  approved  by either the United States Environmental Protection Agency or
  the commissioner.
    11. "Refrigeration  system"  shall  mean  and  shall  be  limited  to:
  refrigerators   used   in   retail   stores,   cold   storage  warehouse
  refrigeration systems, and air conditioning systems in large  buildings,
  including  but  not  limited  to,  those systems commonly referred to as
  chillers.