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Regulatory Doug RaymonD Issues www.aeropres.com Raymond Regulatory Resources www.inhalant.org SCAQMD On Dec. 7, 2012 the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) held their www.coster.com board hearing to adopt their Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP). The AQMP included four provisions that would affect Coatings and Consumer Products: CTS-01, CTS-02, CTS-03 and CTS-04. Provision CTS-04 proposed to change the definition of the Low Vapor Pressure- Volatile Organic Compound (LVP-VOC) definition in the California Air Resources Board (CARB) www.dscontainers.com regulation. Industry argued that SCAQMD did not have jurisdiction over the Consumer Product issues, including the LVP-VOC definition. This industry has a great grassroots effort concerning this issue. At the hearing, industry had 17 people speak in favor of removing CTS-04 from the AQMP and another 20 in the audience ready to speak if needed. www.diversifiedcpc.com Additionally, numerous SCAQMD board members had been contacted on this issue. Industry was requesting that CTS-04 be removed from the AQMP and Mayor Yates, Vice Chair of the SCAQMD, made a proposal to remove CTS- 04 from the AQMP. The entire board accepted the proposal. This means that this provision will not be included into the State Implementation Plan www.gerstungaerosol.com (SIP) commitments. This is a good thing. Getting the board to remove a staff recommendation is very, very tough to accomplish. It takes hard work, long hours and persistence from many people. The combination of board member meetings, letters to the board, and showing up for the hearing all worked in our favor. Thanks to all that participated, www.ikimfg.com this was a monumental feat and we accomplished it. Not often do we have a victory of this magnitude. Again, thanks to all that assisted and congratulations! That being said, now we have more work to do. SCAQMD removed CTS-04 from the AQMP, but Dr. Burke, Chair of the www.itwsexton.com Board, will be sending a letter to the Chair of CARB requesting a study on LVP-VOCs. This means that the industry will need to work with CARB and SCAQMD to make sure the science study is done correctly. The action to remove CTS-04 from the AQMP provides the industry time to work on this study and prevents www.mbc-aerosol.com the CTS-04 from being included into the SIP. This means that there are no mandated time restrictions. However, the industry needs to continue to work to maintain this important provision for Consumer Products. SCAQMD will be sending the letter to CARB in January or February. Thus, we’ve got one win (a big one) but industry needs to stay involved in this issue. The LVP-VOC provision in the CARB rule is necessary. Any change to the LVP-VOC definition will significantly affect the industry’s ability to formulate effective www.precisepackaging.com products. The issue is now back in the CARB arena, which is where it belongs. Again, congrats to all who assisted in this win. Nice way to start 2013. www.terco.com continued on page 22 10 Spray January 2013


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