{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-8-108.03","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 8-108.03","heading":"Restrictions on the use of perchloroethylene and n-propyl bromide in dry cleaning.","body":"(a)\nAfter January 1, 2014, no person or legal entity shall install a machine designed to use perchloroethylene or n-propyl bromide as a cleaning agent for clothes or other fabrics.\n\n(b)\nAfter January 1, 2029, no person or legal entity shall use perchloroethylene or n-propyl bromide as a cleaning agent for clothes or other fabrics.\n\n(c)\nFor the purposes of this section, the term a “child-occupied facility” means a building, or portion of a building, which, as part of its function, receives children under 6 years of age on a regular basis and is required to obtain a certificate of occupancy as a precondition to performing that function. The term “child-occupied facility” includes a daycare center, nursery, preschool center, kindergarten classroom, child development center, child development home, child development facility, child-placing agency, infant care center, or similar entity. The location of a child-occupied facility as part of a larger structure does not make the entire structure a child-occupied facility. Only the portion of the facility occupied or regularly visited by children 6 years of age shall be considered the Child-occupied facility.\n\n(d)\nBeginning 12 months after April 20, 2013:\n(1)\nA dry cleaning establishment shall use perchloroethylene or n-propyl bromide as a cleaning agent for clothes or other fabrics only after obtaining a source category permit from the District Department of the Environment in accordance with Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (20 DCMR § 200 et seq.).\n(2)\nNo permit shall be issued to a dry cleaning establishment to use perchloroethlyene or n-propyl bromide as a cleaning agent for clothes or other fabrics that is located within 200 feet of an existing child-occupied facility. The 200-foot restriction shall not apply at a location where a dry cleaning establishment has used perchloroethylene or n-propyl bromide within 90 days before April 20, 2013.","path":["Title 8. Environmental and Animal Control and Protection.","Chapter 1. Environmental Controls.","Subchapter IV-A. Restrictions on Bisphenol-A, Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers, and Perchloroethylene."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/8-108.03","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"e3deceec62217818ee712612ba77dfc3bc2f3d511b4be81dfe3152a89d4c4714","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-8-108.02b","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-8-108.04"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}