Is Recycling Solvents
Legal?
To the Editor:
I just completed reading "New Ways
to Deal with Old Paint Solvents,"
(JLC Eight-Penny News, 6/89) and
must say the writer, Steve Carlson, did
a fine job defining what can be a big
problem for a lot of solvent users.
There were two points of particular
interest to me, however, that should
be clarified.
First, Richard Molyneaux, of Dickson
Painting in Endicott, N.Y., admits
that he attempts to make his solvent
recycling more cost-effective by recycling
solvents from other contractors.
He should be aware that a Commercial
Treatment Facility Permit is
required for performing this service.
Second, there is no mention of how
the bags of sludge are disposed. These
bags of sludge are also