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Greetings!
Our goal at CCAR is to provide consistently exceptional customer service and quality products to our users. This is our goal with every interaction, every day, all year. By continuing to administer tests at a record-breaking pace each month, we are confident that we are delivering value to our customers, but we also understand that there is always room for improvement.
To that end, we encourage your feedback on our products and our service, as this information will position us to better serve you. The CCAR staff thanks you for your time and interest in reviewing our newsletter this month, and we hope to hear from you.
As you will read below, the GreenLink Shop program
continues to expand, now exceeding 80 recognized year-to-date. Also, Sue Schauls' informative series regarding the Paint Rule and the requirement for "Hands-On" training continues to generate welcome discussion. We appreciate the opportunity to service your needs regarding compliance questions.
Don't hesitate to check out our website or contact us directly!
Regards,
DAREN FRISTOE
CCAR President & Chief Operating Officer |
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 CCAR Recognizes 17 Additional Locations as "GreenLink Shops"
The Coordinating Committee For Automotive Repair
(CCAR) announces 17 new recipients of the organization's "GreenLink
Shop" recognition.
The GreenLink Shop status, an extension
of CCAR's CCAR-GreenLink Environmental Compliance Assistance
Center and S/P2 Safety
and Pollution Prevention E-learning Program, is designed to promote consumer
confidence in local automotive repair facilities' environmental/safety
awareness and stewardship.
The new GreenLink Shops are:
AutoBody America, Antioch, Tenn. AutoBody America, Chattanooga, Tenn. AutoBody America, Clarksville, Tenn. AutoBody America, Jackson, Miss. AutoBody America, Jackson, Tenn. - AutoBody America-Bartlett, Memphis, Tenn.
AutoBody America-Covington Pike, Memphis, Tenn. AutoBody America-Germantown, Memphis, Tenn. AutoBody America-Mount Moriah, Memphis, Tenn. AutoBody America, Murfreesboro, Tenn. AutoBody America, Southaven, Miss. Blue Hen Collision Express, Dover, Del. Cimino's Collision Express, Feasterville, Pa. Jim & Jack's Collision Center, El Segundo,
Calif. Rick's Paint & Body Shop, Augusta, Ga. Rick's Paint & Body Shop, Martinez, Ga. Viverette's Paint & Body Shop, Jacksonville,
Fla.
Read more...
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 Paint Rule: Provide Hands-On Training for Spray Technique, Part 2
by Sue Schauls
CCAR Technical Advisor
Paint training opportunities are becoming more available since the Paint Rule governing the collision repair industry (NESHAP 6H) requires it. All collision repair technicians engaged in spraying have until January 2011 to meet the training requirement. Some training courses cover the basics but do not have the resources to provide the hands-on component required by EPA.
If the training program your painters took did not include a hands-on exercise, that portion of the training can be accomplished back at the shop under the supervision of a competent painter by practicing the spray techniques in this article and the previous Part 1 downloadable at http://www.ccar-greenlink.org/paintrule.html.
Read more...
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 Identifying Safety & Health Hazards: Self Inspection
Article 5 of 8 in a Series
This series of articles has been adapted by CCAR from information contained in the "Small Business Handbook," published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
To view or download copy of the complete handbook, click here.
SELF-INSPECTION
Conducting safety and health inspections at a business is the most widely accepted method to identify hazards. Why? The only way to be certain of an actual situation is to look at it directly from time to time. Begin a program of self-inspection in your own workplace. Self-inspection is essential if you are to know where probable hazards exist and whether they are under control. This month's article focuses on the following areas: - Welding, Cutting and Brazing
- Compressors and Compressed Air
- Compressors/Air Receivers
- Compressed Gas Cylinders
- Hoist and Auxiliary Equipment
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S/P2 Meeting Topic: No Trespassing!
Courtesy of AutoInc. Online Edition
 Should customers be welcome in the work area? The answer to that question is obvious if operating a coal mine or hazardous chemical plant. This same question - "Should customers be allowed into the shop?" - is often asked in the automotive industry, but the answer is a little more complicated. Why? Consider these factors common to many in the automotive industry: A customer loves his car and wants to know what will be done to it; A customer wants the technician to provide proof that a part really needs to be replaced; A technician or other employee wants to "show and tell" what should be done to properly repair the vehicle; A customer needs to retrieve an item from the vehicle after it's already in the shop; Waiting customers want to walk out into the shop to see how the work is progressing; and There are customers who merely "wander" into the service area to "look around."
Read more...
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 EPA/DfE/Auto Refinish Partnership:
Spray Booth Filters - The Key to Quality Jobs and Clean Emissions
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Design for the Environment (DfE) works in partnership with industry, environmental groups, and academia to reduce risk to people and the environment by finding ways to prevent pollution. For more than 15 years, through partnership projects, DfE has evaluated human health and environmental concerns associated with traditional and alternative chemicals and processes in a range of industries. These analyses have empowered hundreds of businesses to select safer chemicals and technologies. DfE focuses on industries that combine the potential for chemical risk reduction with a strong motivation to make lasting, positive changes. DfE works in partnership with the auto refinishing (collision repair) industry and career/technical schools to encourage best practices and cost-effective technologies that reduce air toxics in the workplace and surrounding community. DfE has developed numerous tools to enhance the awareness of health and safety issues associated with automotive refinishing and reduce air toxics. Among these tools is a fact sheet titled "Spray Booth Filters: The Key to Quality Jobs and Clean Emissions," which highlights key factors regarding the need to use and maintain paint booth filters to achieve a quality job and protect the painter, others in the shop, and the environment.
Read more...
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 Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs (CFLs): Cleanup and Disposal Guidelines
With America's growing use of compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs), both in homes and businesses, it's important to keep in mind the special concerns when it comes to disposing of burned-out CFLs and cleaning up when a bulb is broken. Because CFLs contain a small amount of mercury, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has prepared a document with cleanup and disposal guidelines for CFLs. Read more... |
Wind Power for Collision Repair Shops?
 Does your collision repair shop currently use a wind turbine to generate energy for your business? CCAR wants to hear about it. If your shop is harnessing wind power for part of your energy needs, please let us know and send your contact information to ccarinfo@ccar-greenlink.org.
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Follow CCAR-GreenLink® on Twitter 
The Coordinating Committee For Automotive Repair is utilizing the "Twitter" online social networking service to notify interested individuals as new or updated information is posted on the CCAR-GreenLink® web site, or as environmental news items of interest to the automotive industry, including compliance and enforcement actions, are posted.
To receive updates via Twitter, users may click on the following link:
http://twitter.com/CCARGreenLink
Users may also receive RSS feeds of the CCAR-GreenLink updates at:
http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/26807262.rss |
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