[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 5228]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2716]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPPTS-00203; FRL-5579-5]


Cleaner Technologies Substitutes Assessment, A Methodology and 
Resource Guide; Notice of Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

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SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the availability of a document entitled 
``Cleaner Technologies Substitutes Assessment: A Methodology and 
Resources Guide.'' This document is a guide for conducting comparative 
substitute assessments examining performance, cost, human health and 
environmental risk and conservation. The approach described is used by 
the Design for the Environment (DfE) Program's Industry Projects.

ADDRESSES: The complete report is available by document number EPA 
(744-R-95-002). For a limited time, free copies can be obtained by 
contacting EPA's Pollution Prevention Information Clearing House 
(PPIC), Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., (3404), 
Washington, DC 20460. Telephone (202) 260-1023; Fax (202) 260-0178, e-
mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2353534a40634653424e424a4f0d4653420d444c55"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6212120b01220712030f030b0e4c0712034c050d14">[email protected]</span></a>. The guide will also be available on the DfE 
home page at http://es.inel.gov/dfe.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATI0N CONTACT: Jed Meline, Economics, Exposure, and 
Technology Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, (7401), 
Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460, 
telephone (202) 260-1678, e-mail: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1b767e7772757e35717e7f5b7e6b7a767a7277357e6b7a357c746d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="93fef6fffafdf6bdf9f6f7d3f6e3f2fef2faffbdf6e3f2bdf4fce5">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA's Design for the Environment (DfE) 
Program is working with several industries to identify cost-effective 
pollution prevention strategies that reduce risks to workers and the 
environment. The DfE Program has projects on-going with the 
flexography, lithography, printed wiring board and screen-printing 
industries evaluating cleaner products, processes and technologies. 
This publication presents the methods and resources needed to conduct a 
Cleaner Technologies Substitutes Assessment, a methodology for 
evaluating the comparative risk, performance, cost and conservation of 
alternatives to chemicals currently used by specific industry sectors. 
The overall goal of these projects is to encourage industry to 
incorporate environmental concerns into the traditional business 
decision-making process of cost and performance. With this notice, EPA 
is announcing the availability of the draft document entitled ``Cleaner 
Technologies Substitutes Assessment: A Methodology and Resources 
Guide,'' detailing the methods and resources used to conduct substitute 
assessments by EPA's DfE Program.

List of Subjects

    Environmental protection.

    Dated: January 21, 1997.

Mary Ellen Weber,

Director, Economics, Exposure and Technology Division, Office of 
Pollution Prevention and Toxics.

[FR Doc. 97-2716 Filed 2-3-97; 8:45 am]
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