Environmental Results & P2 for Dry Cleaners

Parfait Cleaners of Northbridge, Wonderland Cleaners of Revere, and Royal Cleaners of Worcester are enrolled in a new state-wide project called the Environmental Results Program (ERP). Under ERP, DEP relieves regulated businesses of the need to obtain prescriptive permits, but holds them accountable for their environmental performance. Once a year, they must certify to DEP that they are in compliance with regulatory standards. In return, the agency concentrates on setting strict but achievable environmental standards tailored to each industrial and commercial sector, and doing more inspections and audits to verify that the standards are being met.

According to DEP Deputy Commissioner, Edward Kunce, "This program holds company officials accountable for meeting environmental standards. Before ERP, small companies like these frequently slipped through the cracks because we didn't have enough time or staff to inspect them regularly."