| Résumé : |
In contrast to the direction of the domestic tanning industry over the past decade, environmental regulation in the mid-1980's is a growth industry. Until recently, industry environmental concerns have been limited to a few major issues. During the decade of the 1970's, for example, the primary issue was development of industry effluent guidelines. After almost fifteen years of difficult negotiation and litigation, these have finally been proposed in what is likely to become their final form. During the early 1980's, attention turned to the disposal of hazardous solid waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Through a major effort in this area, the industry was successful in obtaining an interim exclusion for trivalent chromium-containing waste. This exclusion, unfortunately, has never been finalized, and may never be. Today, we have a proliferation of regulatory developments of potential concern to the leather tanning industry. These cover all areas of environmental management, and reflect as well growing concerning with occupational health and safety. It is the purpose of this paper to summarize those regulatory developments most likely to have major impact on the leather tanning industry through the balance of this decade. As with any forecast, it must be remembered that what we have to offer, although possibly well-informed, is by no means infallible. |
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Future environmental regulation - what can be expected ? in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN LEATHER CHEMISTS ASSOCIATION (JALCA), Vol. LXXXII (Année 1987)
