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Environmental Protection Agency ,. Prevention, and Toxics Winter 1998
Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse (PPIC)
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PREVENTION
'WINTER 1998 NEW PUBLICATIONS
Mail, call, fax, or e-mail requests to the .address and numbers above. -EPA documents
and fact sheets are'provided at.no cost based on availability. Please allow ,2 weeks
for delivery and limit, your request to a total of 10 item's. .
DESIGN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT , . . '
PRINTED WIRING BOARDS ,'",.'-
981-008 Printed Wiring Board Case Study #7: Identifying Objectives
for Your Environmental Management System
EPA/744'/F-97/009 , '/ .
(4pp) :- . DeGember-1997 .
This case.study describes the benefits of initiating.an environmental
management system (EMS) ,: 'and describes the process by which accompany
can -identify, the environmental aspects of its operations and-determine
'their significance, based on tne' experiences, of H-R Industries,. Inc. ,
a PWB manufacturer. ''"; '' ' . -'
981-009 Printed Wiring Board Case Study #8: Building an Environmental
Management System: H-R Industries' Experience
' EPA/744/F-97/010: ' ,
(4pp) December 1997 ._ , -
This case study describes the. initial, steps 'taken by a PWB manufacturer
(H-R Industries, Inc.) to develop an environmental management system
(EMS)-, shows the similarity -between the requirements for ,ISO 1400'0 and .-
ISO .9000, and demonstrates how the ISO 90QO quality system may, be used
to .begin building an ISO 14000 EMS. , , ' .
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PRINTING
En Espanol
981-002 Caso de Estudio #1 del Proyecto de Flexografia: Reduccion
de VOC en la Flexografia
EPA/744/F-96/013a - .
(4pp) March 1997 .
This case' study highlights the. experience, of one wide-.web- flexographic
printer that successfully reduced VOC emissions and hazardous waste by
switching inks. In particular, this case study shows how a water-based
ink system and a water-based cleaning procedure can reduce VOC
emissions, hazardous waste, operating costs, and worker health risks,
and how the printer overcame challenges to print successfully with
water-based inks. ... ' . . .
981-003 Caso de Estudio #2 del Proyecto de Flexografiat Aprendiendo
de tres companias que redujeron las emisiones de VOC
EPA/744/F-96/016a
(4pp) ' May 1997 ..' . "
This case study presents the steps, that three wide-web flexographic
printers took to reduce their VOC emissions. In particular, it presents
the factors considered in managerial decisions- and how the decisions
were implemented; and the two methods tried: switching to water-based
inks, and installing an oxidizer.
ENFORCEMENT
PERMITTING ' .
981-007 Multimedia Pollution Prevention Permitting Report: Project
Report
EPA/902/RT97/003 ... ' .
(65pp) August 1997
As one of the reinvention projects, EPA is-working with-several states
to examine -the feasibility of developing multimedia pollution .
prevention-based permits for industrial facilities. A multimedia .
permit, broadly defined, is a single enforceable agreement that controls
releases to multiple environmental media with permitted releases to each
medium determined in a coordinated manner; as distinct from the usual
practice of writing' separate permits for each'medium (air,, water, and
soil/land.) , . - ' ' . .
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ENVIRONMENTALLY PREFERABLE PRODUCTS
981-004 EPP Update #2 ,
EPA/742/97/002. , . '_' ,; .- -.
'.» (12pp) November 1997
The EPP.Update'is a semi-annual document produced to advise-readers of
current'procurement-related activities'within the Environmentally
Preferable Purchasing (EPP) program. Update #2 includes articles, related
to Department of Defense's parking lot renovations, National Association
of Counties' EPP pilot project efforts, the new BEE'S software, and the
EPP program's Pioneer Project.,. ; . - . ' ' - _ ' ,
981-005 ^Leading by Example - ;
EPA/742/R-96/006 " ; . - ; ;' ;"-
' .(75pp) December 1997 ' .' ' . ,
One of a pair of case studies documenting how the EPA minimized adverse
environmental impacts "in two of ifcs' new facilities. The facilities
discussed are EPA's new Headquarters in DC {including the RonaldReagan
Building) and "the new lab/office complex in Research Triangle Park
(RTP) , NC. '.. , ' ; ' ' ' , - '-..
981-006 Paving the Road to Success ...
EPA/742/R-96/007 - ".
(40pp) '. December 1997
A case'study of the Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Pilot Project
that examines'how-EPP's can be used in parking lot renovation and
repair. . ;. - : -''.' . . - '
GRANTS -.,... - . ' . ,
981-001 Pollution Prevention incentives for States (PPIS) FY 1998
Grant Guidance ,
: '. (13pp) October- 1997 -.'. ....
This guidance ^.describes- the process by which EPA will award the grants
under the Pollution Prevention Incentives for States (PPIS)'grant
program. EPA is continuing to focus this grant program to foster ^
"sustainability of pollution .prevention programs and ensure that
pollution prevention (P2) is a critical component in how states deliver,
'environmental-protection ;in the -future. - This .document provides an
overview of the program, -description of the .evaluation criteria, and
-time lines for submissions and final" awards. ' .
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