The Department of Environmental Protection will hold a public hearing on proposed amendments to Chapter 125, Perchloroethylene Dry Cleaner Regulation. The proposed amendments would prohibit the installation of new dry cleaners in a building with a residence, or with a day care center, a health care facility, a prison, an elementary school, a middle or high school, a children's pre-school, a senior center, a youth center, or other facility inhabited by children or the elderly; require that co-located dry cleaners cease operations on December 21, 2020; require all dry cleaners to inspect equipment weekly with a halogenated hydrocarbon detector; and limit to seven days the amount of time dry cleaning equipment can operate while awaiting repairs. The hearing will be February 19, 2009. http://www.maine.gov/dep/air/regulations/docs/chap125mapa3b.pdf. for announcement, and http://www.maine.gov/dep/air/regulations/docs/chap1252009.pdf for text of amendments