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Focus on metal finishing and P2 by Mary Werner
Metal finishing wastes: why are we concerned? by SA Rehder, PE
NY's Strategic Goals Program for Metal Finishers by DJ Lucia, PE
Anoplate: stewardship, involvement, success by MF Stevenson, ME Florczykowski
SGP—a municipal perspective by P Heckler PE and R LaGrotta PE
Governor's awards for pollution prevention by C Montes
Direct discharge of treated metal finishing wastewater by JM Harrington PE
Metal products and machinery, proposed rule by V Wong
Pollution Prevention Unit works with metal finishers by C O'Brien
P2 info for metal finishers by M Gampel
Partnering by A Zabinski
Executive director's message by P Cerro-Rehill
Winter 2000 — Vol. 30, No. 4by Mindy Gampel
The National Metal Finishing Strategic Goals Program
(SGP) is a voluntary program that encourages companies
to go beyond environmental compliance. SGP member
companies are offered incentives, resources, and a
means for removing regulatory and policy barriers as
they work to achieve specific environmental goals. The
program was started in 1998 as a unique cooperative
effort between the USEPA and the metal finishing
industry, represented by the National Association of
Metal Finishers (NAMF), American Electroplaters and
Surface Finishers Society (AESF), Metal Finishing
Suppliers Association (MFSA), and Surface Finishing
Industry Council (SFIC). The SGP web site is a great
resource for pollution prevention tips, tools, and web
links. These resources are collected from across the
nation, and will help facilities to meet the SGP
environmental goals.
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Metal Finishing Guidance Manual —
A comprehensive guide on compliance, pollution
prevention, and environmental management systems,
written in plain language. Contains both federal and
state regulatory information and a compliance
calendar. To order, contact the American
Electroplaters and Surface Finishers Society at
407-281-6441.
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Benchmarking Metal Finishing Report — This study will allow metal finishers to gain a better understanding of their overall performance on a process-by-process basis and gain a better idea of how they compare to other finishers using similar process lines. Additionally, the study provides data on best practices for specific processes. To order contact Cindi Bousley at 734-995-3075.
The National Metal Finishing Resource Center (NMFRC)
is an Internet-based
organization that was established in 1995 under a
program jointly funded by the Commerce Department's
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
and USEPA. Industry partners include AESF, NAMF, and
MFSA. The NMFRC is a comprehensive environmental,
technical, and pollution prevention metal finishing
resource available worldwide.
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Key NMFRC features include:
- A searchable technical database containing over 5000 articles, papers, and reports covering metal finishing process and pollution control topics
- Environmental compliance assistance tools, including full-text regulations
- Late-breaking directives and interpretations from USEPA and states
- Specifications (with index) used in metal finishing
- Shop, supplier, and people directories containing over 6000 entries
- Interactive features where users can quickly obtain reliable information from industry experts
- On-line calculators designed for finishing needs.
USEPA has instituted a new program, the Environmental Technology Verification Program (ETV) to confirm the performance of innovative technical solutions to problems that threaten human health or the environment. ETV was created to accelerate the entrance of new environmental technologies to the domestic and international marketplace. ETV verifies commercial-ready private sector technologies through twelve pilots.
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Mindy Gampel
is the National Program Manager for the Metal Finishing Strategic Goals Program, located in USEPA's Office of Policy, Economics and Innovation in Washington, DC. Phone 202-260-2748.
