The regulatory ballpark… The experts weigh in on regulatory issues and concerns, both in the U.S. and abroad. consumer products. He says the association supports continuous improvement in effective product chemistries and its members have been working with retailers for several years to make ingredient information available to consumers. What presents challenges to CSPA members is differing requirements from various retailers and states. State Air Quality Air quality issues will become more challenging for consumer products, especially aerosols, led by action in California. “There will be a significant Low Vapor Pressure (LVP) research effort initiated by California Air Resources Board (CARB), and a parallel industryfunded research effort on LVPs and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs),” according to CSPA Aerosol Products Division Staff Executive D. Douglas Fratz. “These programs will determine the future of consumer product LVPs and VOCs as we work toward a California State Implementation Plan Update in early 2016.” In addition, CARB plans to begin in 2014 a BY AVA CARIDAD, EDITOR 12 Spray January 2014 As 2014 looms large, many questions arise as to what the regulatory playing field will look like. In an effort to bring readers a variety of perspectives, Spray surveyed regulatory experts and researched various sources to bring together a comprehensive look at what lies ahead in aerosols and other industries. The Consumer Specialty Products Association (CSPA) The Consumer Specialty Products Association (CSPA) expects Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) reauthorization, air quality issues, state efforts to restrict chemicals and regulation by retailers to drive the industry’s regulatory response efforts in 2014. “Sustainability is the driver that continues to move this industry forward,” said Chris Cathcart, President & CEO of CSPA, “and we are working with Congress to get a modernized TSCA that will support those efforts.” In the absence of a reauthorized TSCA, Cathcart expects increased efforts on the part of retailers to create or adopt “chemicals of concern lists” that could lead to limits on the use of certain chemicals in formulated Cathcart Fratz Yost
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