Halogenated Solvents Industry Alliance, Inc.
1530 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 690
Arlington, Virginia 22209

T 703-875-0683
F 703-875-0675
info@hsia.org

Solvent Application Guidance

Aerospace Industry

• National emissions standards for aerospace manufacturing and rework facilities (zipped Word Perfect file)
• Link to USEPA site

Cosmetics

• FDA Ban on the Use of Methylene Chloride as an Ingredient in Cosmetic Products

Drycleaning

• "Reducing Worker Exposure to Perchloroethylene (PERC) in Dry Cleaning" - OSHA guidance
• The Safe Handling of Perchloroethylene Drycleaning Solvent  (HSIA brochure)
• Consumer Information (link to Better Business Bureau)    (link to National Cleaners Association's consumer page)
• National emissions standards for perchloroethylene drycleaning  (link to EPA web site)
• RCRA in Focus:  Dry Cleaning  - summary of waste disposal requirements (June 1999 EPA Publication)

Flexible Foam Fabrication

• National emission standards for loop slitting operations  (link to EPA web site)

Flexible Polyurethane Foam Manufacture

• National emission standards for polyurethane foam manufacture (Plain Language Guide)
• Link to USEPA site

Labeling

• CPSC Labeling of Household Products containing Methylene Chloride

Paint Stripping

• Code of Practice for the Reduction of Dichloromethane Emissions from the Use of Paint Strippers in Commercial Furniture Refinishing and Other Stripping Applications, Environment Canada (July 2003)
• "Stripping Paint from Wood" brochure for do-it-yourselfers
• Consumer brochure from CPSC and EPA
• Ventilation research on commercial furniture refinishing operations
• OSHA standard for occupational exposure to methylene chloride( HSIA summary)  
• OSHA website

Pharmaceutical

• National emission standards for pharmaceutical manufacture (link to USEPA site)

Solvent Cleaning/Degreasing

• List of Vapor Degreasing Equipment Manufacturers
• Chlorinated Solvents - The Key to Surface Cleaning Performance  (HSIA brochure)
• National emission standards for halogenated solvent cleaning
• Q & A on the national standards
• EPA report, "The U.S. Solvent Cleaning Industry and the Transition to Non-Ozone Depleting Substances"
• Link to USEPA site

Wood Furniture

• National emission standards for wood furniture manufacture (link to USEPA site)
• December 1998 amendments to standards clarifying USEPA position on the chlorinated solvents