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Citation
(2001), "IPC. EPA proposed standard impacts PWB industry", Circuit World, Vol. 27 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/cw.2001.21727cab.003
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2001, MCB UP Limited
IPC. EPA proposed standard impacts PWB industry
IPC
EPA proposed standard impacts PWB industry
Keywords: Environmental regulations, Effluent
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently signed a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on metal products and machinery (MP&P) effluent guidelines that could force several PWB facilities to close and cause hundreds more to have difficulty financing compliance and other business investments.
The EPA has estimated that the total annualized cost (in 1996 dollars) of the MP&M rule to be about $147.1 million for the PWB industry, or over a quarter of a million dollars per facility. The current effluent guidelines regulate pollutant content in PWB facilities' wastewater discharges. The proposed new guidelines will require extensive and costly process modifications for PWB facilities.
Further information: Tel: +1 202-638-6219; IPC EHS Committee Web site: www.ipc.org/html/fslegislative.htm