Section 2.0 provides background information on Propylene carbonate (PC) and presents several case studies focusing on its use in depainting operations. Key human health and environmental impact categories are identified in Section 3.0 Section 4.0 discusses sources of information, physical and chemical properties, environmental rate and transport, and the toxicology of PC. Section 5.0 identifies the populations at risk of exposure and summarizes the available data on potential impacts to natural resources and ecosystems. Current environmental regulations are reviewed in Section 6.0, and a summary is provided in Section 7.0.

EPA project officer: Kenneth R. Stone. This project is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD's) Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) and led by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Research Team at the National Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL). Prepared by Research Triangle Institute and Science Applications International Corporation for Sustainable Technology Division, National Risk Management Research Laboratory. Contract Number: 68-C6-0027 "June 1998." Includes bibliographical references (pages 8.1-8.2). "EPA/600/R-98/068." "U.S. Government Printing Office: 1998 - 650-001/80201"--Page A-7.