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What are National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs)?
NESHAPs are regulations that regulate specific processes, like dry cleaners, that use specific chemicals, like perchloroethylene, called a hazardous air pollutant. If you can change your chemicals to a chemical that is not one on the list of HAPs you can avoid the rule.
Below are the most commonly used small business NESHAPs with customized information for Utah. For a list of 25 common manufacturing processes and the chemicals regulated visit EPA's National Environmental Compliance Assistance Clearing House. A complete list of all NESHAPs, there are almost 100, can be found at EPA's Air Toxics Website.
A tip on how to use the EPA websites: Look for the guidance documents or implementation information, these documents explain the rules and will save you time understanding the rules. There are often example reporting and recordkeeping forms and these will help you meet the requirements of the rules.
Utah Site - Rule, Guidance Documents and Forms for use in Utah
EPA Chromium Plating Site - Rule and Guidance Documents
Summer 2004: Hard chromium platers can now met the emission standard with wetting agents - See Federal Register Volume 69, Number 137, Monday July 19, 2004 page 42895 (HTML or PDF)
Guidance to Complying with the Chrome NESHAP 
Surface Tension Monitoring Log (Word) (PDF)
EPA Dry Cleaning Site - Rule and Guidance Documents
On July 13, 2006, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized amendments to its 1993 regulations for perchloroethylene drycleaners - Rule and Guidance Documents
Notification of Compliance - Compliance Report and Notification Form
This notification is to be submitted to the Utah Division of Air Quality on or before 30 days after start-up of new, used, or if additional dry cleaning machines are added to a facility which has previously filed.
Recordkeeping Forms:
• 2008 Compliance Calendar (includes equipment inspection, repair log and perc log)
• 2007 Compliance Calendar (includes equipment inspection, repair log and perc log)
• Equipment Inspection and Repair Log
• Perchloroethylene Log (First 12 months)
• Perchloroethylene Log (Month 13 and beyond)
• Monitoring Log for Refrigerated Condenser
• Monitoring Log for Carbon Adsorbers
All recordkeeping is to start when a perc dry cleaning machine has been started-up.
General Operators Manual:
Dry Cleaners Operating and Maintenance Manual
The NESHAP requires all dry cleaners to have an operators manual at the business. If you no longer have the original copy of the manufacturers manual, use this copy to comply with the rule.
Compliance Check Lists:
Dry Cleaners Multimedia - Air, Water, Land
Existing Small Dry Cleaners - Detailed Air-Neshap
Existing Large Dry Cleaners - Detailed Air-Neshap
New Small Dry Cleaners - Detailed Air-Neshap
New Large Dry Cleaners - Detailed Air-Neshap
"Existing" Dry Cleaning Machines installed before 12-9-91
"New" Dry Cleaning Machines installed after 12-9-91
Small Dry Cleaners use 0 - 140 gallons of perc per year
Large Dry Cleaners use 140 - 2,100 gallons of perc per year
EPA Solvent Degreasers Site - Rule and Guidance Documents
EPA Reinforced Plastic Composites Production - Rule and Guidance Documents
EPA Wood Furniture Site - Rule and Guidance Documents
Utah Wood Furniture Guidance
If you have any questions, call Eileen Brennan at 536-4176 or 1-800-270-4440 or send an email to Eileen Brennan.
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