| SPCC (Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure) Resources
Here is an updated list of resources available from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the SPCC rule:
(March 2010)
2008 SPCC rule amendment - Federal Register notice (73 FR 74236; December 5, 2008)
Complete Oil Pollution Prevention regulation (40 CFR part 112)
EPA Emergency Management Web Site
Superfund, TRI, EPCRA, RMP, and Oil Information Center
Check Out CCAR's "Paint Rule" Resource Page
The CCAR-GreenLink Environmental Compliance Assistance Centers continues to compile information and resources on the U.S. EPA's "Paint Rule," in order to provide compliance and pollution prevention information to auto body shops. Information is updated regularly at www.ccar-greenlink.org/paintrule.html.
Among the resources are three recent articles by Sue Schauls, CCAR Technical Advisor:
(February 2010)
CCAR Introduces "GreenLink Shop" Program
CCAR introduces its “GreenLink Shop” recognition program to promote consumer confidence and reward excellence in environmental, health and safety stewardship throughout the automotive repair industry.
Click here for more information.
CCAR and GEICO to Promote "GreenLink Shop" Program to ARX Facilities
CCAR and GEICO Insurance Company will partner to promote CCAR’s new “GreenLink Shop” recognition to shops that participate in GEICO’s Auto Repair Xpress® program.
Click here for more information.
(January 2010)
EPA Announces Funding Awards for UST Assessment and Clean-up
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently announced a series of funding awards under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to assess and clean up underground storage tank petroleum leaks.
Click here for more information.
(July 2009)
WSPPN Announces Updated Auto Repair Topic Hub
The Western Sustainability and Pollution Prevention Network (WSPPN) is proud to announce the release of the newly-updated Auto Repair Topic Hub Resource. The purpose of this resource is to allow for individuals, programs or agencies to familiarize themselves with the various operations (and associated green practices) in the auto repair industry.
The WSPPN also features an Auto Body Topic Hub Resource.
The WSPPN, serving Arizona, California, Hawaii and Nevada, is a cooperative alliance of pollution prevention (P2) programs throughout the region. The network focuses on regional P2 issues through researching, consolidating, and disseminating P2 information. The network increases P2 effectiveness by providing P2 programs with timely, accurate and useful information and resources.
(June 2009)
CCAR Releases Safety “Quick Card” on Hexavalent Chromium for Automotive Collision Repair
As part of its ongoing Alliance with the U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), CCAR announces the publication of a Quick Card dealing with Hexavalent Chromium [Cr(VI)] safety in the automotive collision industry.
Click here to read more.
Access the Quick Card here. (PDF document)
Go to the CCAR-OSHA Alliance page.
(January 2009)
"Balancing Wheels and the Enrivonment"
The U.S. EPA is teaming up with auto manufacturers, distributors, retailers, recyclers, and consumers to put the brakes on the use of lead wheel weights in tires. EPA’s new National Lead-Free Wheel Weight Initiative (NLFWWI) is working to reduce the amount of hazardous lead in the manufacture, use, and sale of wheel weights.
Visit the NLFWWI web site.
(December 2008)
EPA Collision Repair Campaign
The U.S. EPA developed the Collision Repair Campaign to focus on meaningful risk reduction in the Collision Repair source sector to complement our ongoing community air toxics work and attain reductions at a faster rate. The Campaign will also serve as an opportunity for shops to work towards early compliance with the Auto Body Rule.
The Collision Repair Campaign is an effort to address health threats through a two-year campaign to drastically reduce auto body emissions at the national level. Each EPA regional office involved in the Campaign will work with their respective partners (e.g. community, industry, small businesses, etc.) to significantly reduce human and environmental exposure to air toxics from auto body shops. While similar work has been done in the past in pockets around the country, the Campaign represents a unique, unprecedented nationwide effort to accomplish bold goals in toxic reductions. The community campaign aimed at reducing toxic exposures from collision repair shops is voluntary.
Click here to learn more about the Campaign
(November 2008)
EPA Publishes Final Rule on Air Emissions Standards for Gasoline Dispensing Facilities
The U.S. EPA has released a new document detailing its final rule on regulations controlling air emissions from gasoline dispensing facilities.Copies of the rule and other materials are located at: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/area/arearules.html
For more information on state requirements, please contact your state representatives at:
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/area/table_state_contacts.doc or,
http://www.4cleanair.org/contactUsaLevel.asp.
(September 2008)
Final EPA Paint Rule is Published in Federal Register
The U.S. EPA has published the final
version of its new automobile refinish regulation in the January 9, 2008, Federal
Register.
The new rule includes emissions standards for auto body refinish operations, along with other area sources of hazardous air pollutants.
Click here for a fact sheet on the new rule.
Click here to see the complete document as published in the Federal Register.
Click here for a Summary of Regulations on the new rule.
Click here to download slides provided by the EPA on the new rule.
Click here to download form for "Information Needed for Initial Notification - Paint Stripping and Miscellaneous Surface Coating Area Source Rule" (All Facilities must submit an initial notification that the facility is using HAP's)
(March 2008)
CCAR-GreenLink Releases Update on Airbag Disposal/Deployment
CCAR-GreenLink , the National Environmental Compliance Assistance Center for Auto Repair and a service of the Coordinating Committee For Automotive Repair, has surveyed environmental regulatory agencies in all fifty states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, to determine their policies in place regarding airbags and related issues.
Because of changes in the way in which some state regulatory agencies now view the pre-disposal deployment of airbag and seatbelt pre-tensioner assemblies, it may be time for you to take a new look at the subject.
(February 2008)
EPA Introduces New Self-Evaluation Checklist of Best Practices for Auto Refinish Shops and Schools
EPA's Design for the Environment (DfE) Program developed this tool to help collision repair businesses and career/technical schools evaluate current practices and technologies and identify areas where improvements can be made to protect workers and students from exposure to isocyanates and other hazardous air pollutants during refinish operations.
(January 2008)
Waste Tire Disposal Resources
CCAR-GreenLink is compiling a list of resources for identifying waste tire disposal information and resources throughout the U.S.
(December 2007)
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