Auto body shops face environment reporting requirements Tuesday, June 23, 2009 By Edward Munger Jr. (Contact) Gazette Reporter
CAPITAL REGION — Auto body shops in the Capital Region will be the first in the state to face detailed reporting requirements under a new initiative targeting potential environmental hazards. The new requirements in the Auto Body Shops Environmental Results Program do not reflect a change in environmental laws, but rather a change in the way the state will regulate them, according to Maureen Wren, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Environmental Conservation. Several workshops are scheduled for this week and next to help those affected understand the requirements. Auto body repair establishments subject to the initiative include those that perform collision repair, painting, paint stripping, body work, restoration or student training, according to the DEC. One element of the program requires body shop owners to fill out an eight-page form reporting on details such as how they dispose of fluorescent light bulbs and whether there are floor drains in the shop. If there are, the drains have to be tied into a municipal sewer system and only approved fluids can be poured into them. If there is no sewer system, the drains have to be capped so there won’t be any accidental spillage. Auto body repair shops also have to report on whether they are using state-approved paint sprayers. If not, they have to fill out a “Return to Compliance” form explaining the situation and spelling out a plan to correct the issue within six months..............>>>>.......................>>>>................http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2009/jun/23/0623_autobody/
The new restrictions will drive up the cost of getting an auto repaired and eventually will also drive up the cost of auto insurance due to claims filed as a result of auto accidents.
The new restrictions will drive up the cost of getting an auto repaired and eventually will also drive up the cost of auto insurance due to claims filed as a result of auto accidents.
In which case....why fix the car? just go purchase a brandy-new government subsidized car......there are MANY forks in the fire.....
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
It will put most of the shops either out of business or at the mercy and whim of some state DEC inspector, who they better hope didn't have a fight with his wife last night. Ooops! Did I say something Nazi or low-class???? Sorry for having the nerve to chat on this matter, ladies.
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
That is what the intellectuals here call me, Senders. For having an opinion.
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
I saw the postings and the references.....I say,,,,post on,,,opinions and all....I certainly dont always agree but,,,,I'm nobody however, I am always interested......thanks for posting, that's what keeps it interesting,,,,,,
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
I just talked to a body shop who is closing because of this crap. He says he will probably do work on the side since it was the last straw in him moving south. he figures he will sell his property and move south now that the kids have grown up. He will do it down there as a side thing in early semi-retirement. There you have it. Thanks, radicals.
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
I just talked to a body shop who is closing because of this crap. .
I heard the same thing!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
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