EPA scrutinizing scrapyard CFC lapses

Nov 03, 2009 | 08:06 AM | Paul Schaffer

Midwest recyclers handling appliances and vehicles face stiffer environmental enforcement of their handling of refrigerant chemicals.

"We've found significant non-compliance with the CFC (chlorofluorocarbon) regulations at scrapyards, which has caused us to take a closer look at the sector," a representative in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's regional office in Chicago told AMM.....





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