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Department of Public Safety

Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission

LOUISIANA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
TITLE 55. PUBLIC SAFETY

Subchapter I. Adoption of Standards

§ 183. Use of Liquefied Petroleum Gas as a Refrigerant Prohibited
A. No person, firm, or corporation shall use, sell, or distribute liquefied petroleum gas for use in mobile air conditioning systems.

B. Mobile Air Conditioning System—mechanized vapor compression equipment which is used to cool the driver's or passenger's compartment of any motor vehicle.

C. To determine if a refrigerant is liquefied petroleum gas, the proper shipping name shall be used. Proper shipping names with a U.N. number and a hazard class and division number of liquefied petroleum gas per the U.S. Department of Transportation hazardous materials tables shall be prima facie evidence that the refrigerant is liquefied petroleum gas and is prohibited.

D. Any advertising or other literature published by the manufacturer of a refrigerant promoting it as a replacement or drop-in for CFR-12 or HFC 134a, or both, shall be prima facie evidence that it is being sold for mobile air conditioning systems and is prohibited.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:1846.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission, LR 23:990 (August 1997), amended LR 29:2511 (November 2003).


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