If the PaintCare bill passes and is enacted, New Jersey would join Oregon, California, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, Minnesota, Maine, Colorado, Washington, New York and the District of Columbia, all of enacted legislation to implement the ACA- and industry-conceived platform for the proper and effective management of post-consumer paint.
EPA’s Risk Management Program applies to all stationary sources with processes that contain more than a threshold amount of a regulated substance.
New York’s rule is based on the Northeast Ozone Transport Commission (OTC) Phase II model AIM rule limiting volatile organic compound (VOC) content; however, it deviates from the OTC model in that NYSDEC has decided to eliminate floor coatings from the small container exemption.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is proposing to amend its definition of Paint and Paint-related Waste under the regulations.
The World Coatings Council is actively participating in the evaluation of cybutryne for a possible ban under the AFS Convention.
The U.S. coatings manufacturing base exports a significant portion of its production to Mexico and Canada — approximately $1.85 billion in 2018, accounting for nearly two-thirds of the industry’s exports — and the United States benefits from a consistently strong trade surplus with both countries.
EPA is proposing two additional questions addressing reverse engineering that companies would be required to answer to substantiate CBI claims for specific chemical identities; and is proposing procedures for companies to use in amending certain previously-submitted substantiations to include responses to the additional questions.
Under the reclassification, aerosol cans, pressurized or spent — including spray paint cans — will be treated and handled as universal waste.
California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) released a proposed PCBTF cancer inhalation unit risk (IUR) factor, as well as a No Significant Risk Level (NSRL).
Survey completion is mandatory under California State Law for those companies listed on the label of an aerosol coating or aerosol adhesive product sold or supplied for use in California during 2018.
