In relation to its listing of paints, the Washington State Department of Ecology's current report focuses on identification of paint products containing inadvertent Polychlorinated biphenyls (iPCBs). Read More…

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s ETS intended to take effect on Dec. 6 mandates covered employers develop, implement and enforce a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy, unless they adopt a policy requiring employees to choose to either be vaccinated or undergo regular COVID-19 testing and wear a face covering at work. The ETS covers employers with 100 or more employees – firm or company-wide – and would preempt conflicting state laws. The ETS is currently being litigated, and the Fifth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals has issued a stay of enforcement. Read More…

ACA has consistently urged EPA to amend the national VOC rule for aerosol coatings to update its table of Maximum Incremental Reactivity values to align with California’s aerosol coatings rule, adjust the default value, and add several compounds to the rule’s Table 2A. Read More…

The proposed amendments followed the mandated technology review conducted under the Clean Air Act, where EPA determined that there are no cost-effective developments that would further reduce air toxics. Read More…