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SCAQMD Offers $5 Million in Funding to Replace Hexavalent Chrome

Provides incentive funds for hexavalent chromium facilities to switch to trivalent chromium plating technologies or other less toxic alternatives.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

The California, South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) announced $5,040,000 in new funding for projects that reduce emissions from hexavalent chromium facilities. The incentive program was launched in anticipation of a regulatory proposal by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) that includes a future ban of hexavalent chromium for metal plating and chromic acid anodizing operations.   According to SCAQMD staff, the new funding and accompanying solicitation would provide i...

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