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Electroplating

Two Plating Shops Hit With Fines

Van Nuys, CA plater hit with $100K; Arizona firm ponys up $125K for violations.

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Liquid Coating

Army Reducing HAP and VOC Ouput

New program wins DOD award, saves $1B

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Powder Coating

EPA Sets New Timeline on Oven Regulations

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has set a schedule for issuing updated air toxics standards for boilers and certain solid waste incinerators as part of a filing with the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.

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Liquid Coating

New software helps designers pick "eco-friendly' finishes

Granta Design software helps products designers look at considerations of finishing processes such as painting, electroplating, and powder coating.

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regulation

Sherwin-Williams wins U.S. EPA award

Reduces 800,000 pounds of VOCs by using soybean oil and recycled plastic

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Of Mice and Culligan Men

The relationship between the EWG hex chrome water study and a Culligan PR campaign raises some questions

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Metals Recovery from Wastewater Treatment Sludge

The sludge is green in color so we think it contains significant amount of nickel. Could we plate out the nickel?

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Electroplating

Putting a Lid on Tanks

KCH Engineered Systems says tank covers reduce overall exhaust requirements, fugitive emissions, heat loss and evaporation rates, energy consumption and calculated surface area for exhaust rates.

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Caustic Piping Remedies

When I reviewed our operations, I was struck by how many of our PVC and CPVC piping joints that carried either caustic for wastewater pretreatment or alkaline cleaner exhibited a crusty scale, apparently dried caustic residue.

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sustainability

EPA may require “financial assurances” in plating industry

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is currently mulling what industries to invoke new clean-up rules as part of the Comprehensive Environmental Recovery and Liability Act.

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