ARB MAY RESIST DRY CLEANING PERC PHASEOUT BASED ON VOC EMISSIONS

Air board staff may avoid proposing a phaseout of the chemical perchloroethylene (perc) when floating later this month changes to its dry cleaning air toxic control measure (ATCM), based in part on concerns that replacement chemicals will increase volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions, according to sources. Such a decision would mark a weaker stance on perc than the one taken by the South Coast air district, which in 2002 became the first regulatory agency in the nation to approve a...