• The Chromium National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants (chrome NESHAP) regulates emissions of hexavalent and trivalent forms of chromium because hexavalent chromium is highly toxic and strongly suspected of causing lung cancer; trivalent chromium, also toxic, may cause decreased lung function after prolonged exposure. Facilities involved in chromium electroplating include hard, decorative and anodizing plating.

Read the 2003 Clean Air News for Chrome/Degreasers (pdf) for more helpful information.

Click here to see a listing of all the Clean Air News developed by SBEAP.

• How to Handle Various Waste Streams at Your Business

• Initial Performance Testing Under the NESHAP (pdf)
  A general overview of the initial performance testing that chromium electroplating and anodizing operations must perform under federal requirements.
• NESHAP Emission Limits  (pdf)
  A general overview of the federal emission limits that affect chromium electroplating and anodizing operations.
• NESHAP Work Practice Standards (pdf)
  A general overview of the federal work practice standards with which chromium electroplating and anodizing operations must comply.
• New York State Air Permits (pdf)
  A general overview of the New York State Air Emissions Permits that chromium electroplating and anodizing operations are required to obtain.
• Ongoing Monitoring Under the NESHAP (pdf)
  A general overview of the ongoing monitoring that chromium electroplating and anodizing operations must perform under federal requirements.
• Recordkeeping Under the NESHAP (pdf)
  A general overview of the recordkeeping operations must perform under federal requirements.
• Reporting Requirements for New Facilities Under the NESHAP (pdf)
  A general overview of the federal reporting that new chromium electroplating and anodizing operations must perform.
• Reporting Under the NESHAP  (pdf)
  A general overview of the reporting operations must perform under federal requirements.

• Measuring Surface Tension of Chrome Plating Baths
• Federal Chromium Electroplating Regulations

• Subpart N - National Emission Standards for Chromium Emissions for Hard and Decorative Chromium Electroplating...
• National Metal Finishing Resource Center
• Pollution Prevention Manual for the Metal Finishing Industry  
• www.finishing.com