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<br />TEXTILE MANUFACTURING
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<br />INDUSTRY OVERVIEW
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<br />The following Textile Manufacturing industry segments are covered
<br />by this summary:
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<br />Broad woven fabric mills,
<br />finishing)
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<br />wool mills (including dyeing and
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<br />Knitting mills
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<br />Dyeing and finishing textiles,
<br />goods
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<br />except wool fabrics and knit
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<br />Floor covering mills.
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<br />While not all of these textile industries will produce hazardous
<br />waste, those facilities using hazardous solvents may be subject to
<br />Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) provisions from
<br />treatment, storage, disposal, and transport of small quantities of
<br />hazardous waste. Some of the solvents used in textile manufacturing
<br />which are of concern include:
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<br />Perchloroethylene or tetrachloroethylene, also known as
<br />perc, Perclene, Tetralex, Nema, Tetracap, Persec, Antisal 1,
<br />Perawin, Didakene, and other names.
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<br />Trichloroethylene, also known as TCE, Gemalgene, Lanadin,
<br />Lethurin, Nialk, Perm-a-Chlor, Triklone, Triad, Benzinol,
<br />Blacosolv, Cecolene, Trielin, Triline, Triol, Vestrol,
<br />Chlorylene, Dow-Tri, and Vitrano
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<br />Methylene Chloride or dichloromethane, also known as NCI-
<br />CS0102, Solaesthin, Aerothene MM, Narkotil, and Solmethine.
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<br />1, 1, 1-Trichloroethane, also called Aerothane TT, Chlorten,
<br />Inhibisol, Chlorothen NU, NCI-CO4626, Chlororthene,
<br />Methylchlororform, Alpha-T, and Chlorotene.
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<br />Toluene or toluol, also known as methacide,
<br />Jnethylbenzol, pheny~ethane, and Antisal lA.
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<br />methylbenzene,
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<br />Benzene or benzol.
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<br />Xylene or xylol.
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<br />Ethylene Dichloride.
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<br />Varsol or Mineral Spirits, White Spirits, and Naphtha.
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<br />These solvents are typically used in the dry-cleaning of 100 percent
<br />synthetic fiber knit fabrics and woven and wool fabrics; in specialty
<br />operations such as tricot and lace splitting or solvent scouring; in
<br />dyeing operations; and in some finishing operations for impregnation
<br />or coating of textile fibers. In addition, solvents are used to clean
<br />machinery such as rollers .and spinning machines used in textile
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