Solvent Application Guidance
Aerospace Industry
- National emissions standards for aerospace manufacturing and rework facilities (zipped Word Perfect file)
- Link to USEPA site
Cosmetics
Drycleaning
- “Reducing Worker Exposure to Perchloroethylene (PERC) in Dry Cleaning” – OSHA guidance
- The Safe Handling of Perchloroethylene Drycleaning Solvent (HSIA brochure)
- Consumer Information (link to Better Business Bureau) (link to National Cleaners Association’s consumer page)
- National emissions standards for perchloroethylene drycleaning (link to EPA web site)
- RCRA in Focus: Dry Cleaning – summary of waste disposal requirements (June 1999 EPA Publication)
Flexible Foam Fabrication
Flexible Polyurethane Foam Manufacture
- National emission standards for polyurethane foam manufacture (Plain Language Guide)
- Link to USEPA site
Labeling
Paint Stripping
- Safe Use and Handling of Methylene Chloride- Based Paint Strippers
- Code of Practice for the Reduction of Dichloromethane Emissions from the Use of Paint Strippers in Commercial Furniture Refinishing and Other Stripping Applications, Environment Canada (July 2003)
- “Stripping Paint from Wood” brochure for do-it-yourselfers
- Ventilation research on commercial furniture refinishing operations
- OSHA standard for occupational exposure to methylene chloride( HSIA summary)
- OSHA website
Pharmaceutical
Solvent Cleaning/Degreasing
- Vapor Degreasing Equipment Manufacturers and Distributors
- Chlorinated Solvents – The Key to Surface Cleaning Performance (HSIA brochure)
- National emission standards for halogenated solvent cleaning
- Q & A on the national standards
- EPA report, “The U.S. Solvent Cleaning Industry and the Transition to Non-Ozone Depleting Substances”
- Link to USEPA site
Wood Furniture
