[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 172 (Friday, September 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 47290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23895]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6130-7]


Availability of Cleaner Technologies Substitutes Assessment for 
Professional Fabricare Processes

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: This is a public notice of availability of the US 
Environmental Protection Agency's Cleaner Technologies Substitutes 
Assessment for Professional Fabricare Processes (CTSA). This CTSA is a 
technical report that summarizes a range of information on professional 
clothes cleaning methods; the goal is to provide comparative 
information on professional clothes cleaning technologies. This report 
includes information on the cost, risk, and performance of cleaning 
technologies. It is intended as a resource for technically-informed 
fabricare professionals and to be used as the basis of future 
information products that will assist the cleaning industry in making 
technology choices that incorporate environmental concerns along with 
more typical considerations of cost and performance. The primary 
audience for the CTSA is technically informed and might consist of 
individuals such as environmental health and safety personnel, 
technically informed owners, equipment manufacturers in the clothes 
cleaning industry, and other decision makers.
    The CTSA is a part of the Design for the Environment's Garment and 
Textile Care Program under the Office of Pollution Prevention and 
Toxics. The CTSA is not a rigorous risk assessment of chemicals used in 
the fabricare industry. It should not be used to describe the absolute 
level of risk associated with a particular clothes cleaning operation 
to specific populations or individuals.
    The CTSA is a lengthy and dense document with a lot of technical 
information. A shorter ``SUMMARY'' version of the CTSA will also be 
published. The SUMMARY CTSA will contain summaries of the primary 
information and conclusions from the full CTSA. The SUMMARY CTSA is 
expected to be of broader interest to the general public.

DATES: The Cleaner Technologies Substitutes Assessment for Professional 
Fabricare Processes, and the SUMMARY CTSA will be available in July 
1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Individual copies of either of these 
documents is available free of charge for a limited time from the 
Pollution Prevention Information Clearinghouse at (202)260-1023, 
through E-mail at [email protected] or the National Center for 
Environmental Publications and Information at 1-800-490-9198. Copies 
can be purchased by contacting the National Technical Information 
Service at 1-800-553-NTIS.

    Dated: August 17, 1998.
Cindy Stroup,
Manager, Garment and Textile Care Program.

    Dated: August 17, 1998.
Larry Longanecker,
Acting Division Director, Economics, Exposure and Technology Division.
[FR Doc. 98-23895 Filed 9-3-98; 8:45 am]
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