Publications

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• Recent additions are in red; recent updates in green.
• Case Studies
• Fact Sheets
• Booklets and Manuals

Ask EnviroMike

EnviroMike answers questions about the environment, specifically pollution prevention as it relates to small businesses.

Case Studies

Short reviews of how these Kansas companies identified and addressed pollution prevention issues in their production processes.

• Recycling and P2 help Cobalt save money (Web or 8 1/2 x 11 format)
• Hay and Forage Industries' returnables return savings (PDF)
• Midland Brake (PDF)

Fact sheets

These brochures provide in-depth information on the topics they cover.

• Ammonia handlers: Is your RMP ready? (PDF)
• Ammonia fertilizer retail facilities and EPA's Accident and Preparedness Rule (PDF) (HTML)
• Answers to common questions asked of Kansas SBEAP (PDF) (HTML)
• Chlorine handlers: Is your RMP ready? (PDF)
• Chrome platers apply new MACT standards (PDF)
• Complying with the new used oil regulations (PDF)
• Do's and Don'ts of CFCs (PDF)
• EPA finalizes rule for rotogravure and wide-web flexographic printers (PDF)
• Evaporative solvents users: Do you need an air permit? (PDF)
• Facts on storm water for salvage yards (PDF)
• Farmers must be certified to buy R-12 refrigerant (PDF)
• Here's how to figure your potential to emit (PDF)
• Here's how to handle auto repair shop hazardous waste (PDF)
• Here's what you need to know about RMP*Submit (PDF)
• Hospitals prescribe P2 measures for the environment (PDF)
• Increase your bottom line: Manage cleaning solvents better (PDF)
• Material Safety Data Sheets: Pollution prevention and you! (PDF)
• Mercury in the environment: Coming from your business? (PDF)
• Metal finishing -- Eight fact sheets on various topics
• Methylene chloride: Pollution prevention and the new standard
• New USDOT regulation changes affect more companies, cost more (PDF)
• P2 you can do in your finishing shop (PDF)
• Permit requirements under the degreaser MACT standard (PDF)
• Plan now to contain your oil spills (PDF)
• Pollution Prevention for auto maintenance and repair shops (PDF)
• Preventing accidental releases under the Clean Air Act (PDF) (HTML)
• Reducing wood wastes from wood shops (PDF)
• Stormwater Permits: Questions and Answers (HTML)
• Upcoming MACT standard targets POTW (PDF)
• What is the Kansas Air Quality Act (PDF)

Booklets and Manuals

These publications provide thorough discussions of pollution prevention methods appropriate for the industries and processes they cover.

• Environmentally conscious painting (PDF)
• Kansas dry cleaners: Complying with Kansas environmental regulations (PDF) (HTML)
• Medical facilities: A primer on environmental regulation and pollution prevention (PDF) (HTML)
• Pollution prevention for the electroplating and metal finishing Industry
• Pollution prevention for the automotive maintenance and repair industry (PDF)
• Pollution prevention for the wood manufacturing and finishing industry (PDF)
• Regulatory requirements for metal finishers and electroplaters (PDF)
• Wood furniture makers: Compliance options and regulatory requirements under the Clean Air Act: A guide for small businesses (PDF) (HTML)