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        DESIGN FOR THE  ENVIRONMENT
        GARMENT & TEXTILE CARE
        EPA/744/P-98/001  Cleaner .Technologies Substitutes Assessment for
                        Professional Fabricare Processes:  Response to Peer
                        Review Comments
                        (1000 pp)      June 1998  .         -     •   '.
        This document contains a list of verbatim comments  and formal  ..
       -.responses written by the EPA/OPPT' Technical workgroup responsible
        for the'.development of the fabricare CTSA.
        Web Site: http://www.epa.gdv/opptintr/dfe/garment/garment.html

        EPA/744/S-98/002  Cleaner Technologies Substitutes Assessment for
                        Professional Fabricare Processes:  Peer Review
                        Process    .                               .
                        '(130 pp)       June 1998
        This document summarizes 'the  results of the independent- technical
        peer review  of .the EPA fabricare CTSA. •              .
        Web Site:' http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/dfe/garment/garment.html

        GREEN CHEMISTRY
        EPA/744/R-98/001  Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards
                        Program: Summary of 1998 Award Entries and
                        Recipients                          .
             -           (77 ppj        November 1998
        This document provides a collection of summaries  of the entries
       -'received  for the 1998  Presidential Green  Chemistry Challenge   '
        Awards/ It 'also highlights  the  five green chemistry technologies

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   •.selected to'""receive the' 1998" Awards. '  •    '' 	    ;      •
    Web Site: http"://www"epa.gov/greenchemistry/past.htm

  '.  PRINTED WIRllG  BOARDS     " "'  "  ' '   ' '  '  "  ""'	''  ''   " "' "   '''.." 	•'';".'"
    EPA/742/F-98/024  IPC-EPA DfE Direct Metalization  Seminars Wrap Up
                 «'   in	Phoenix	             ' ' "'	[  ;     .  ;   ' .   •
                    (2 pp)	  February 1998               '    -  .
    This article  announces the completion of  a  series  of seven
    seminars presented by the Design for the  Environment Printed
    Wiring" Board	Project.  Project participants  presented the results
    of. an analysis  of the comparative risk, performance, cost, arid^
    natural resource use"of technologies that can  perform the "making
    holes conductive" function during printed wiring board
    manufacturing.  The technologies evaluated include  the standard
    electroless'"copper process "arid" six  formaldedyde-free
  "",, alternatives"^'    "          	     "'         '
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                    Saapplemental Environmental Projects
     :,:;    ,,  : ,  :	ii, ; (8 pp)          October  1998              ..
    A'	Supplemental Environmental Project  (SEP)  is an environmental  .
    project  that  a violator voluntarily agrees to perform as part of
    the settlement of an enforcement  action.  This brochure explains
    about Supplemental Environmental  Projects and the opportunities
    available for public involvement  in the SEP process.
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    Web Site: http://es.epa.gov/oeca/sep/
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    E|A/3bo/F-98/6o6
                Final EPA Supplemental Environment Projects Policy
            	,.  , (18 pp)        May 1998
This  policy	statement sets  forth the types of projects that are
permissibleas SEPs, the penalty mitigation appropriate for a
particular SEP, arid the terms and conditions under'which they may
Become partof a settlement. The primary purpose of this policy
'|;s '''to "encourage 'and "obtain  environmental and public health
protection and improvements that' may not otherwise have occurred
without thesettlement incentives provided by this policy.
Web Site: http://es.epa.gov/oeca/sep/sepfinal.html
     EPA/742/F-98/022
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                Consumer Labeling Initiative Fact Sheet
                (2pp)          December 1998
 This document will serve  as  a general information source  for the
 Consumer Labeling Initiative. It includes the objectives,
•backgroundresearch process,  and projects underway.
 f[eb Site: http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/labeling/      .  .

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PBT STRATEGY
EPA/742/D-98/001 Draft Multimedia Strategy for Priority Persistent,
               Bioaccumulative,  and Toxic (PBT)  Pollutants  .
                (29 pp)     '  ' 'November 1998     •  • •
The goal of this  strategy  is  to further reduce risks to human
health and the environment from existing and future-exposure to
priority persistent, bioaccumulative,  and toxic (PBT).pollutants.
The U. S.. Environmental  Protection "Agency .(EPA)  has developed
this draft strategy to- overcome the remaining challenges in
addressing priority PBT  pollutants.  The pollutants pose risks
because they  are  toxic,  persist .in ecosystems, and accumulate in
fish and up the food chain.                                 ;
.Web Site: http.://www. epa.gov/pbt/pb't strat.htm-.      •   •.         ;•
          http://www.epa.gov/pbt/pbtstrat.pdf               .

EPA/742/D-98/002 Draft Mercury Action Plan
           ,  ••  (23 pp.)       .  November 1998   . •' ;
The Draft Mercury Action,Plan illustrates EPA's approach to.PBT
pollutants under  the PBT.Strategy. This action plan focuses on
regulatory'and voluntary actions", enforcement and compliance/'
research, and outreach to  characterize and reduce risks     .. •   ;
associated .with mercury.- It  involves multimedia and cross-office
actions, quantitative  challenge.goals, stakeholder engagement,
international coordination,; and long-term emphasis on pollution
prevention.  In  these ways, the Draft Mercury Action Plan is-"
representative  of the  overall Ag.ency-approach to PBT pollutants.
Web Site: http://www.epa.gov/pbt/hgaction.htm             :.
    . .     http://www.epa.~gov/pbt/pbtact.pdf

EPA/742/F-98/020  Draft Multimedia Strategy for Priority Persistent,
                Bioaccumulative, and Toxic (PBT) Pollutants  Fact
                Sheet
               , (2 pp)    '      November 1998     .      ';      .  .
This  fact  sheet  describes the Agency's strategy for dealing with
PBT pollutants. -•   •    .             *     .  -.  .  '          '  "
Web Site.:  http:/'/www.epa.gov/pbt/              •

EPA/742/F-98/023  Draft EPA Action Plan for Mercury Fact Sheet
                (2 pp)          November 1998        '     ..  .
This  fact  sheet describes the Agency's action plan  for  dealing-
with  mercury as part of the overall multimedia PBT  strategy.
Web-Site:  http://www.epa.g6v/pbt/hgfacts.htm

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