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The National Aerosol Association’s 32 Spray May 2014 (NAA) 28th Annual Meeting was held in Scottsdale, AZ on March 4-6. The meeting—Growth Beyond Entrepreneurial Beginnings—offered an array of networking opportunities, social activities and two days of educational sessions, highlighted below. NAA President George Buckland opened the meeting by reporting that NAA is on solid footing with increased membership and attendance at meetings. The NAA reorganized its Board with all new committee chairs: • Craig Autry, Ball Corp.—Membership • Ryun Bibro, IKI Mfg.—Communication • Doug Raymond, 3R & Greg Johnson, Sherwin-Williams— Regulatory • Mary Metzner, Executive Director, will continue in her role of facilitating the organization and supporting membership. Heidi McAuliffe, Chairperson of the Graffiti Resource Council (formerly National Council to Prevent Delinquency) and Board Member Joe Bowen explained the organization’s intended new name: Graffiti Resource Council, an organization that works to reduce graffiti vandalism, as well as help cities and communities deal with the problem. It also works with retailers seeking solutions to graffiti vandalism. The new name celebrates the 20th anniversary of NCPD, whose constituencies are retailers, manufacturers and communities with graffiti problems. The NCPD was formed in 1994 in response to several lock-up regulations that went into effect around the U.S., including in the city of Chicago. The Council’s goal was market protection through issue management. After its involvement, only three out of 25 proposed lock-ups were successful. Currently, the Graffiti Resource Council gauges success by measuring retail shelf space devoted to aerosol coatings. McAuliffe cited an example in New York City where 10 million cans have stayed on the shelf as a result of advocacy by the Council. Meg Whittaker of ToxServices LLC presented Developing Strategies to Prepare for California’s Green Chemistry Regulations. Green chemistry is “the design of products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use or generation of hazardous substances.” There is growing pressure to disclose or phase out “priority chemicals,” but the challenge is how to identify which list or which chemical to follow. Retailers and formulators can implement multiple approaches to identify and phase out priority chemicals, and this can reduce the chance of having a product that requires a Safer Consumer Product Chemical Alternative Assessment. Retailers should consider adopting one or more ecolabels, said Whittaker. On the formulator level, cost-effective solutions include using published lists or databases that identify safer chemical ingredients, such as CleanGredients or the EPA’s Design for the Environment’s (DfE) Safer Chemical Ingredients List. Regulators need to consider the environmental and human health impacts of alternatives to restricted or undesired substances to ensure that the new alternative represents a move to a safer chemical or non-chemical alternative. Don’t replace a chemical of concern with an unknown. A regrettable substitution is expensive, time-consuming and poses a risk to human health and/or the environment. Ron Rawling of Nexeo Solutions presented Consumer Products Regulation of Low Vapor Pressure (LVP) Solvents. A formulator can use a variety of LVP solvents under the current LVP regulations. There is a casual relationship between the vapor pressure and evaporation rate for glycol ethers, explained Rawling. This appears to not hold true for other LVP solvents, however there is a possible relationship between vapor pressure and Kari-butanol values for hydrocarbon solvents. Joe Basista of Brainspark Associates presented Recent Intellectual Property & Legal Developments. There are four kinds McAuliffe Bowen Whittaker Rawling Buckland Beyond Entrepreneurial Beginnings… The NAA’s annual meeting convenes in Scottsdale.


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