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March 10, 2011
EPA Approves Calif. Perc Phaseout Plan

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved California’s regulations banning the use of perchloroethylene in drycleaning operations by 2023. As a result, the agency will enforce the regulation ahead of its own, less-stringent federal rules.

“We applaud California’s efforts to rid its drycleaning industry of this dangerous toxin,” says Jared Blumenfeld, administrator for the EPA’s Pacific Southwest region. “The state’s approach gives consumers healthier drycleaning alternatives.”

March 23, 2010
EPA Outlines New Drinking-Water Strategy, Targets Perc

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) outlined a new strategy to protect the public from chemical contaminants in drinking water yesterday, as well as plans to revise its drinking-water standard for four chemical contaminants, including perchloroethylene.

January 8, 2010
EPA Proposes Stricter Clean-Air Regs

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed tougher clean-air regulations yesterday in an effort to limit smog nationwide. The move would cost heavy industry up to $90 billion, but save a comparable amount on healthcare, the agency says.

April 28, 2008
EPA Clarifies Clean-Air Regulations

WASHINGTON, D.C. —  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving to clarify its regulations covering airborne percholorethylene emissions from drycleaning plants. The changes will relax some of the responsibilities mandated by EPA in its NESHAP revisions of 2006.

April 25, 2007
Industry Wins NESHAP Clarification from EPA

WASHINGTON, D.C. — 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.