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It’s just a card that can be used to beat someone over the head with the law harder because ‘they definitely knew better’. Eventually (seems like CA is trying?) there will be paperwork that needs to be filed with fines attached, so maybe even 50% of folks will actually do it.

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It's a certification that shows the technician is aware of the law, similar to no trespassing signs and lease agreements. If it's not enforced that a problem that needs to be fixed. If people aren't following the correct procedure because they know they most likely won't get caught and don't care then that's a problem with them.

The “starve the beast” legislators underfund the EPA to the point that there is no money for enforcement, and enforcement at the technician level is going to be really unpopular with lots of “The government fined me out of business” stories. The path I used to acquire refrigerant is a break in the chain that has been operating for years in the open and probably moved >100 tons of refrigerant. I was unreasonably disappointed that I didn’t have to provide my brand new EPA card number.

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