Industry Steps Up Opposition To CARB’s Removal Of Chrome-6 Rule Waiver

Industry groups are stepping up their opposition to the California air board’s 11th-hour deletion of key exemptions from phaseout and other regulatory requirements that the board included in recently adopted rules governing hexavalent chromium (chrome-6) at metal-plating operations, charging the action may violate state law. “The modifications remove provisions that plating facilities have been relying upon,” states an Oct. 20 letter to California Air Resources Board (CARB) Executive Officer Steve Cliff from the Metal Finishing Association of Northern California, Metal...