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Pennsylvania DEP Paint Regulations Will Help Clean Air, Offers Loan Program

December 23, 1999 By CollisionWeek Editor

As part of Pennsylvania’s ongoing effort to reduce air pollution, the Commonwealth’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has adopted new clean-air regulations requiring new painting equipment for the state’s automobile refinishers, according to DEP Secretary James M. Seif.

“By complying with these regulations, automobile refinishers will be doing their fair share to reduce harmful air pollution that leads to ground-level ozone, or smog,” Seif said. “In the long run, they also can expect to save thousands of dollars a year in labor and materials by making an initial capital investment and complying with these new regulations.”

DEP developed the new

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