Want to Learn More? Attend the MP&M Forum at IPC Printed Circuits EXPO! During the MP&M Forum, EPA Assistant Project Manager Michael Ebner will present an overview of the proposed rule and answer your questions. Following the EPA presentation, our expert industry panel will talk about flaws in the proposed rule, how it could affect your facility, and what you can do to help fix the rule. The MP&M Forum will be presented as part of IPC Printed Circuits EXPO held in Anaheim, California April 1-5. The MP&M Free Forum will be held on Tuesday, April 3rd from 10 am to 12 noon and is free to all who pre-register. For information on IPC Printed Circuits EXPO visit our website at www.ipcprintedcircuitexpo.org. EPA has estimated that 7 PWB Facilities that will be forced to close under proposed EPA Effluent Guidelines for Metal Products and Machinery (MP&M). An additional 301 facilities are expected to have difficulty financing compliance investments or on-going business investments as a result of the rule. EPA has estimated the total annualized cost (in 1996 dollars) of the recently proposed effluent guidelines for PWB facilities to be $147.1 million for the PWB industry or slightly over a quarter million per-facility. For more information about the MP&M rule, visit the ipc website at www.ipc.org/html/MPMwebsite.htm. Fern Abrams Director of Environmental Policy IPC - The Association Connecting Electronic Industries 1400 Eye Street NW, Suite 540 Washington, DC 20005 202-638-6219 fax 202-638-0145