The following is a list of the tools found on this site. Click on the headings to find the tools you would like to view.
- Workshops
- AESF Compliance Assistance Workshops
- Region 3 Area Source MACT Training Course
- Achieve Your Compliance & Pollution Prevention Goals: Workshops for Attleboro Area Metal Finishers on Dragout & Water Use Reduction, Hazardous Waste Determination, and Degreaser Standard
- Workshop for
Metal Finishers: Papa's Plating and Junior's Plating Composite Case
Studies
- Fact Sheets
& Guidebooks
- A Guidebook on How to Comply with the Chromium Electroplating and Anodizing Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants
- TRI Reporting
- Metal Finishing Guidance Manual
- Benchmarking Metal Finishing Report
- RCRA Compliance for Metal Finishers in the Northeast
- Online Assistance
Tools
- National Metal Finishing Resource Center
- Small Business
First Stop Homepage
- Checklists
- EPA Region 2 Multi-Media Inspector's Checklist
- Pennsylvania Multi-Media Checklist - Metal Finishing Facilities (DRAFT)
- California Environmental and Health and Safety Compliance Checklist
- An Environmental Guide for Texas Metal Finishers
- New York Strategic Goals Preliminary Air Pollution Compliance Questionnaire
- The New York Environmental Self-Audit for Small Businesses
- Colorado APCD Chrome Sources Inspection Guidance and Checklist
- Indiana Department of Environmental Management Operating Procedures for Conducting Multi-Media Screening Evaluations
- Indiana Department of Environmental Management Verification of Multi-Media Screening Evaluations Indiana Department of Environmental Management Multi-Media Screening Checklist
- Site Visit Programs
- Workshops
- Achieve Your Compliance & Pollution Prevention Goals: Workshops for Attleboro Area Metal Finishers on Dragout & Water Use Reduction, Hazardous Waste Determination, and Degreaser Standard
- Improving Your Bottom Line Through Water & Wastewater Reduction
- Metal Finishing: Pollution Prevention for Pretreatment Professionals
- Achieving the Metal Finishing Performance Goals: Save Money and Reduce Waste
- Pollution Prevention Workshops for Metal Finishers, Surface Coaters, and Degreasers
- Best Practices for Metal Finishing Line Operators Workshop
- Site Visit Programs
- New Hampshire Pollution Prevention Intern Program
- Pennsylvania Pollution Prevention/Energy Efficiency Site Assessment Program
- Texas Small Business Assistance Program Free Site Assessment
- Florida DEP Onsite Technical Assistance Program
- Michigan Retired Engineer Technical Assistance Program (RETAP)
- New Jersey Institute of Technology
- Maryland Department of the Environment Free, Onsite Technical Assistance
- Pennsylavania Department of Environmental Protection, Southwest Regional Office Intern Program
- Missouri Technical
Assistance Program
- Fact Sheets
& Guidebooks
- Water Conservation for Electroplaters: Counter-Current Rinsing
- Water Conservation for Electroplaters: Rinse Water Re-Use
- Water Conservation for Electroplaters: Rinse Tank Design
- Pollution Prevention Tips: Drag-Out Management for Electroplaters
- FMP Series: In-Tank Filtration Systems
- FMP Series: Identifying and Reducing Contamination in Metal Cleaning, Plating, and Rinsing Baths
- FMP Series: Disk In-tank Filtration Systems
- FMP Series: Bag In-tanks Filtration Systems
- FMP Series: Cartridge In-tank Filtration Systems
- Reverse Osmosis Applications for Metal Finishers
- Innovative Cooling System for Hard Chrome Electroplating
- Modifying Tank Layouts to Improve Process Efficiency Systems
- Reducing Rinse Water Use with Conductivity Control
- Reducing Dragout with Spray Rinses
- Finding an Alternative to Solvent Degreasing
- Metal Recovery and Wastewater Reduction through Electrowinning
- Extending Electroless Nickel Bath Life with Electrodialysis
- Metal Finishing Bath life Extension
- Metal Finishing Guidance Manual
- Pollution Prevention Resources
- Capsule Report: Hard Chrome Fume Suppressants and Control Technologies
- Directory of Markets for Recyclable Materials
- Benchmarking Metal Finishing Report
- Environmental
Technology Verification
- Putting Energy
Into Profits: ENERGY STAR for Small Business Guide
- Online Assistance
Tools
- EPA Region 9 Merit Partnership
- Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center (PPRC)
- Coating Alternatives Guide (CAGE)
- Solvent Alternative Guide (SAGE)
- National Metal Finishing Resource Center
- Web Site and Text Translator
- Alliance to
Save Energy
- Small Business Assistance (link to Compliance Assistance Link)
- Checklists
- Metal Finishing Facility Pollution Prevention Assessment Spreadsheet
- Texas Small Business Assistance Program Metal Finishers Compliance Checklist
- Record of Monthly VOC Emissions from a Degreaser
- California
Environmental and Health and Safety Checklist
Environmental Management Systems
- Workshops
- Environmental Management Systems (EMS): A Guide for Metal Finishers Workshop
- Fact Sheets
& Guidebooks
- Metal Finishing Guidance Manual
- Environmental Management Systems (EMS): A Guide for Metal Finishers
- Metal Finishing EMS Template - EPA Region 9
- Checklists
- California
Environmental and Health and Safety Checklist
Online Tools - U.S. EPA's
Environmental Management Systems Web Site
- California
Environmental and Health and Safety Checklist
- Workshops
- Obtaining Funding for Environmentally-Friendly and Energy Reducing Projects
- Finance Information
- EnviroLoan Summary
- Michigan Department of Environmental Quality's Small Business Pollution Prevention (P2) Loan Program
- Pennsylvania Small Business Pollution Prevention Assistance Account
- Virginia Small Business Environmental Compliance Assistance Loan Fund
- New Jersey Enviro Loan Program
- Applying Environmental Accounting to Electroplating Operations: An In-Depth Analysis
- Industry Technology Assistance Corporation (ITAC)
- Links to:
- U.S. EPA Small Business Gateway
- U.S. EPA Grants Information
- U.S. EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics: State and Local Grants
- U.S. EPA Region 4 Grants & Financial Assistance
- U.S. EPA Region 5 Grant Writing Tutorial
Environmentally Responsible Site Transition
- Environmentally Responsible Site Transition Case Studies and Recommendations
- Tier 3 Site Transition "Cookbook" Template
- The Rhode Island Handbook for Tier 3 Metal Finishers
- Tool Kit of Information Resources for Brownfields Investigation and Cleanup
- Brownfields-Related Law and Regulations
- Great Lakes Regional Online Brownfields Information Network
- Colorado's Hazardous Materials and Waste Division
- The Massachusetts Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup
- New Jersey Site Remediation Program
- Ohio's Voluntary Action Program
- Pennsylvania's Land Recycling Program
- The Texas Voluntary Cleanup Program
- The "How to" Guide
- Program
Models
- Chicago
- Pennsylvania
- Statesville,
North Carolina
- Southern
California
- Village
of Addison, IL
- Texas
- Virginia
- Michigan
- New York
- New Jersey
- Indiana
- New York City
- Chicago
- Media and Marketing
Tools
- Indiana
- North
Carolina
- Pennsylvania
- Virginia
- Texas
- Illinois
- Florida
- Indiana's SGP Program Web Site
- Pennsylvania SGP Program Web Site
- Indiana Clean Manufacturing Technology & Safe Materials Institute (CMTI)
- New Jersey SGP Web Site
- Virginia SGP Web Site
- Enforcement Response Plans (ERPs) and Opportunities for Strategic Goals Program
- Paper Presented at P2 Conference for Electroplating Industry at Purdue University
- EPA Region 6 Strategy for Metal Finishing Tier 4 Enforcement
- Rewarding Environmental Stewardship
- Citizens for a Better Environment Community Outreach Toolkit
- New Strategies
for Success Workshop Brochure
- Program
Documents
- Strategic Goals Program National Performance Goals and Action Plan
- SGP Sign Up
Forms
- Industry
- State
- POTW
- Media &
Marketing
- National Metal Finishing Strategic Goals Program Brochure
- Regulatory &
Research
- F006 Benchmarking Study
- EPA Headquarters Press Release on RCRA 180-day Accumulation Rule
- Memo from the EPA Cautioning the Use of Sodium Dimethyldithiocarbamate
- EPA's Small Business Compliance Policy and Fact Sheet
- Metal Finishing 2000
- Worksheet Assistance
- Changes to SGP worksheet
- 1999 Industry SGP worksheet
- Verifying SGP Worksheet Data
- Definitions of the Seven SGP Environmental Goals
- How to Calculate Progress Toward Meeting the Seven Goals
- Conferences
& Meetings
- SGP Summit 2000 Meeting Summary
- SGP Presentation at the American Electroplaters and Surface Finishers Society Conference, January 17, 2000
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