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40 CFR Part 63 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Paint Stripping and Miscellaneous Surface Coating Operations at Area Sources; Final Rule
On January 9, 2008 EPA published the
Final Area Source Rule for Paint Stripping and Miscellaneous Surface Coating Operations, which includes autobody refinishing. This rule requires many important changes to these types of facilities, among them are the following requirements: Additional Resource:
View a slide show that summarizes the new rule. |
- All shop (not office) personnel need to complete training in the proper use of refinish materials and be certified by a national certification body, such as I-CAR and ASE, in order to buy and use auto refinish materials.
- All shops need to have a filtered spray booth, and all spraying of coatings would need to be done in the spray booth or in a similar filtered enclosure, such as a prep station.
- All spraying of coatings need to be done with an HVLP spray gun, or one with equivalent transfer efficiency.
- All shops need to have an enclosed spray gun cleaner.
The EPA point of contact is:
Mr. Warren Johnson, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards
Sector Policies and Programs Division, Natural Resources and Commerce Group (E143-03)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina27711,
Telephone (919) 541-5124, or e-mail at johnson.warren@epa.gov.
For more information see the EPA website: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/atw/area/auto/autobody_area.html
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