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EPA ISSUES FOUNDRY SAND STATEMENT

Following a data review, EPA announced that it supports the use of ferrous and aluminum foundry sands in a number of common reuse applications. The statement is an outcome of a positive collaboration among EPA, AFS, and FIRST and is one of the Action Items requested at the 2005 Foundry Sand Stakeholders Meeting. 

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EPA Debuts State Toolkit

EPA Deputy Adminstrator Rick Otis announced the release of "State Toolkit for Developing Beneficial Reuse Programs for Foundry Sand" at the AFS EHS conference in Nashville.  To access the report, as well as others in EPA's Sector Strategies office, follow this link:

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Foundry Mapping Program Established
AFS-FIRST announces the completion of a Metalcasting Facility/Sand Locator which can be used to locate foundries and sources of foundry sands.  read more ...

EPA releases Foundry Sand Multi-Stakeholder Action Plan
US EPA has been working with the metalcasting industry and a variety of other partners on the development of a Foundry Sand Multi-Stakeholder Action Plan (MAP). This plan contains a number of specific action items that are being worked on by various subgroups.  read more ...