PART 1: What you MUST do Required practices for Dry Cleaners

Best Practice Guidelines for Dry Cleaning

PART 1: What you MUST do Required practices for Dry Cleaners

Under the Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds from Organic Solvents

Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 543 of 2002)

PART 2: What you SHOULD consider doing

Excellent Practices for Dry Cleaning

Note: These 2008 guidelines replace the earlier 2004 Best Practice Guidelines for Dry Cleaning with some minor amendments.

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Best Practice Guidelines for Dry Cleaning Overall Summary of the Guidelines' Requirements To find out if the guidelines are relevant to you, answer the following:

Do you carry out dry cleaning on a commercial or industrial basis?

(see Section 2 for definition)

No

Yes

These Guidelines are relevant to you.

You are legally obliged to meet the requirements of the Solvents

Regulations.

The requirements of these Guidelines are not relevant to you

Here is a summary list of what you must do:

- Determine if you are a new or existing installation

(see Section 1.3)

- Register with your Local Authority:

(see Section 1.5)

- annually for continued operation

- before commencement of a new or substantially changed installation and annually thereafter

- Meet an Emission Limit Value (ELV)

(see Section 1.6)

- for continued operation - from date of commencement for a new or substantially changed installation - since 31 October 2007 for an existing installation

- Demonstrate compliance with the ELV to your Local Authority by drawing up a solvent management plan and getting an Accredited Inspection Contractor (AIC) to inspect your operation; and meet the requirements of section 1.9 as appropriate: (see Section 1.5)

- before commencement and by the anniversary annually thereafter for a new or substantially changed installation

- since 31 October 2007 and annually thereafter for an existing installation

- Obtain a Certificate of Compliance from your Local Authority:

(see Section 1.5)

- annually for continued operation

- before commencement of a new or substantially changed installation and annually thereafter

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CONTENTS

Part 1

Mandatory Requirements

1.1: Introduction 1.1.1 What are solvents and VOCs? 1.1.2 What will the Directive mean for me?

1.2: Sector Covered by the Guidelines 1.3: Types of Installation 1.4: Summary of Legal Requirements 1.5: AIC Inspection, Registration, & Certificates of Compliance

1.5.1 Dates for registration and obtaining a certificate of compliance 1.5.2 How do I register? 1.5.3 What is the AIC report? 1.5.4 Where can I find an accredited inspection contractor? 1.5.5 How often must an AIC report be submitted? 1.5.6 What is the certificate of compliance? 1.5.7 How long is the certificate of compliance valid? 1.5.8 Enforcement 1.5.9 What must I do before getting an accredited inspection contractor? 1.5.10 What will the AIC inspector look for on the day of inspection? 1.5.11 What if I am starting up a new installation? 1.6: Emission Limit Value (ELV) 1.6.1 The Emission Limit Value ? what is it? 1.6.2 How do I find out if I am meeting the Emission Limit Value? 1.6.3 What do I do if I am above the Emission Limit Value? 1.6.4 Emissions to Sewer/Water 1.7: Solvent Management Plan 1.7.1 Solvent Management Plan - What is it? 1.7.2 Solvent Management Plan terms for Dry Cleaning 1.7.3 Keeping Records ? the Excel Spreadsheet 1.7.4 Getting Information for the Solvent Management Plan Terms 1.7.5 The Solvent Management Plan Calculation 1.7.6 Comparing Actual Emissions with the Emission Limit Value 1.8: Emissions and Sources 1.8.1 Air 1.8.2 Water 1.8.3 Waste 1.9: Other Mandatory Requirements 1.9.1 Solvent Containment 1.9.2 Safe Disposal of Solvent Containing Waste 1.9.3 Training 1.9.4 Documented Maintenance Records Appendix 1-1: Glossary Appendix 1-2: Registration Details Appendix 1-3: Summary list of information to be gathered by dry cleaners Appendix 1-4: Accurate Waste Sampling

1-1 1-1 1-1 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5 1-5 1-5 1-5 1-6 1-6 1-6 1-6 1-6 1-6 1-7 1-7 1-8 1-8 1-8 1-8 1-8 1-10 1-10 1-10 1-12 1-12 1-13 1-14 1-15 1-15 1-15 1-15 1-16 1-16 1-16 1-17 1-18 1-19 1-21 1-22 1-23

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Part 2

Excellent Practices

2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Appendix 2-1:

Introduction Load Minimisation or Source Reduction Containment Recovery and Recycling Abatement A Typical Maintenance Checklist

Further Reading and References

2-1

2-1 2-1 2-5 2-7 2-9 2-10

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Guidelines:

These guidelines have been published by the Environmental Protection Agency under the National Waste Prevention Programme

to support the enforcement of the Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds from Organic Solvents Regulations 20021 henceforth

referred to as the "2002 Regulations" or "Regulations" in this document. They provide a description of the mandatory

requirements (Part 1) against which a Dry Cleaning installation will be assessed in the course of an AIC inspection.

The guidelines are technical in nature having regard to current Best Environmental Options. Legal compliance in any given instance of dispute can only be definitively determined

by due legal processes.

1 Statutory Instrument number 543 of 2002.

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