New York joins Oregon, California, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, Minnesota, Maine, Colorado, Washington, and the District of Columbia, all of which have enacted legislation to implement PaintCare.
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.
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.
Gabriel has purchased coconut, vinyl-toluene, and silicon modified specialty solutions and has stated that it will produce these products in its Harrison City, Pa. facility.
Seal For Life reported that with these acquisitions, it broadens its portfolio of protective coating technologies, expands its range of applications, and significantly grows its presence in North America.
Huntsman Corporation has completed the sale of its chemical intermediates businesses, which includes PO/MTBE, and its surfactants businesses to Indorama Ventures in a transaction valued at approximately $2 billion.
The cooperation includes the promotion of a range of partly bio-based alkyd emulsions and alkyd urethane dispersions, and covers the sales regions Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands.
The ultrafiltration membrane business had been part of BASF’s Performance Chemicals division. The division’s portfolio includes plastic additives, fuel and lubricant solutions, oilfield chemicals and mining solutions and kaolin minerals.
ICR employs approximately 180 people and sells its products in more than 70 countries across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the United States, and Latin America.