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- New Chromium Electroplating Housekeeping Requirements
- Alert for Platers: Your Deadline is March 19, 2013 as EPA finalized the residual risk and technology review for the national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for hard and decorative chromium electroplating and chromium anodiz...
Article Published: 1/31/2013
- More Environmental Cases are Going Criminal
- Surface finishers and others operating in industries highly regulated by federal, state and local environmental protection agencies have seen an increase in the number of violations that have escalated from administrative notices of violations and f...
Article Published: 1/1/2013
- EPA Issues Chromium Air Rule, Despite NASF Meeting With White House Officials
- The U.S. EPA signed the final chromium electroplating air rule Aug. 15 after it was finally cleared by the White House; the NASF says it might take the matter to court to overturn the rule.
Article Published: 9/1/2012
- NASF REPORT: Is EPA Playing Dirty With Chromium Data?
- NASF’s Jeff Hannapel and Christian Richter point to major flaws, bad precedent in EPA chromium air rule. NASF leaders have submitted a 100-page package of comments to the EPA in response to the agency’s proposed rule for chromium finishing operation...
Article Published: 5/1/2012
- EPA One Step Closer to Finalizing New Emission Standards
- Attorney and environmental expert Anthony Giuliani explains the EPA's new chromium rules due in 2012, which would amend the existing National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants Emissions for hard and decorative chromium electroplating a...
Article Published: 5/1/2012
- The EPA’s Common Sense Initiative and Its Legacy on the Finishing Industry
- The Common Sense Initiative was the centerpiece of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s much-touted regulatory reinvention in 1994. Called a “bold experiment,” the EPA developed the Common Sense Initiative to address claims that its regulatory...
Article Published: 2/1/2012
- Recovery/Recycling Methods for Platers
- Over the last several years, lower business volume combined with higher material costs have increased pressure for metal finishers to reduce costs.
Article Published: 9/29/2011
- Loop ’d Loop
- Amusement park ride or industrial process?
Article Published: 6/1/2002