ABSTRACT
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 Environmental vs. Safety Regulations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578 Beyond the Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578 MSDS et al. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579 Known Hazards vs. the Great Unknown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Air Monitoring, Process Monitoring, Emergency Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580 Your Input Is Important. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581 Communicating with Safety Professionals and Environmental Regulators . . . . . . . . . . . 582 Additional Environmental Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583
Hazardous Air Pollutants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583 Volatile Organic Compounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583
Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584
INTRODUCTION
Components and parts manufacturing takes place in a highly regulated world. We should be maximizing process performance and process efficiency. All too often, the goal of manufacturing takes a back seat to the need to satisfy the environmental crisis du jour. By the time all the environmental controls and safety controls are in place, the efficiency of cleaning may be so compromised that orders of magnitude more cleaning agent or energy may be used. The various controls required may in fact be at odds with one another. Sometimes, manufacturing in a particular location becomes so onerous that the decision is be made to ship the process or even the entire manufacturing plant to a geographically remote location. One can only imagine the environmental impact of such a decision.1
