* § 37-0119. Prohibition against certain uses of trichloroethylene.\n 1. No person shall use trichloroethylene as a vapor degreaser, an\nintermediate chemical to produce other chemicals, a refrigerant, or an\nextraction solvent or in any other manufacturing or industrial cleaning\nprocess or use.\n 2. For purposes of this section:\n (a) "Extraction solvent" means a solvent used to separate a specific\nsubstance from a mixture.\n (b) "Refrigerant" means a chemical that is used as a heat carrier in a\ncooling mechanism and that changes from liquid to gas and back again in\nthe refrigeration cycle.\n (c) "Trichloroethylene" means a chemical with the Chemical Registry\nAbstract Services Number of 79-01-6.\n (d) "Vapor degreaser" means a substance boiled to a vapor that\ncondenses onto metal parts, causing beading and dripping, and that\nremoves contaminants from the parts.\n 3. Severability. The provisions of this section shall be severable and\nif any portion thereof or the applicability thereof to any person or\ncircumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this section and the\napplication thereof shall not be affected thereby.\n * NB There are 2 § 37-0119's\n
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