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The Printers' National Environmental Assistance Center (PNEAC) is one of the national compliance assistance centers established by U.S. EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. WMRC has received funding from the U.S. EPA to coordinate PNEAC since 1995. PNEAC maintains services to industry and government agency staff including
- on-line, direct technical and compliance assistance to printers;
- a comprehensive web site that provides environmental compliance, safety and technical resources specific to the commercial printing industry.
Over the last year, the EPA implemented new regulations that streamline the use of hazardous waste manifests and modify the key information that is required to be included on the manifest that must accompany every shipment of hazardous waste within the U.S. PNEAC developed an on-line tutorial that explains the new manifest requirements and explains details of the new manifest while displaying an image of the actual document on the computer screen. This tool has been a resource for all industries and sources that generate hazardous wastes, not just printers. It has been widely used and feedback on this resource has been extremely positive. In the coming year, PNEAC will be developing a similar resource to assist industry to comply with EPA's storm water regulations.
Fact sheets and case studies are perennially a key resource provided on the PNEAC web site. Over the last year, the navigation and layout of the PNEAC fact sheets was redesigned to be more user friendly. Thirty-eight (38) fact sheets from U.S. EPA and various state agencies were added to the collection. A number of EPA fact sheets include those translated into the Spanish language.
PNEAC served as a co-sponsor of the Printers National Environmental Health & Safety Conference held in Indianapolis, Indiana in March 2006. PNEAC has co-sponsored the program for eleven years. PNEAC presented the third annual "PNEAC Partner of the Year" award at this conference. The Partner of the Year award honors an individual who has made significant contributions to PNEAC.
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