Small Business Assistance - Permit Primer

Volatile Organic Compounds

Chemical Substitution / Pollution Prevention

There are several ways to save money and minimize permitting paperwork depending on whether your business can substitute a process or chemical to a more environmentally-friendly alternative. If your business has any of the following operations or uses any of the following materials, please read on!

Painting or Coating

Coatings Guide (Exit DNR)

Electroplating

Finishing Guide (Exit DNR)

Graphic Arts

Solvent Alternatives Guide (Exit DNR)

Clean Printing (Exit DNR)

Open Top Vapor Degreasing Equipment

Solvent Alternatives Guide (Exit DNR)

Cold Cleaning Equipment

Solvent Alternatives Guide (Exit DNR)

Other Processes that Emit Organic Vapors

Dry Cleaners

Links to information on currently available alternatives for cleaning fabrics which are normally dry cleaned include:

1. Wet cleaning - The Professional Wetcleaning Network (Exit DNR)

2. Liquid carbon dioxide - DryWash (Raytheon) (Exit DNR)

COOL Clean (Chart Industries) (Exit DNR)

Hangers Cleaners (Exit DNR)

3. Decamethylcyclopentasiloxane - GreenEarth Cleaning (Exit DNR)

4. Dipropylene glycol tert-butyl ether - Rynex (Exit DNR)

5. DF-2000 synthetic hydrocarbon - ExxonMobil (Exit DNR)

6. "140F Petroleum Distillate" and "Drylene 800" (Exit DNR) are also listed by ExxonMobil

Certain processes at primary metal finishing or foundries

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