Industry gets NESHAP clarification from EPA.(ALLIED TRADE NEWS)

American Drycleaner, May, 2007

Representatives of the International Fabricare Institute (IFI) and Halogenated Solvents Industry Alliance (HSIA) met recently with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials to get clarifications on the revised National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) regulations for perchloroethylene drycleaning published last July.

The clarifications will save drycleaners $300 to $400 per year by eliminating a requirement to purchase equipment for measuring perc vapors inside drycleaning machines' drums, IFI says. EPA will issue formal clarifications soon; in the mean time, state environmental agencies may not be fully aware of the changes, IFI says.

The clarifications apply to "area source" facilities--those not colocated...

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