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Doug Raymond

Doug Raymond is owner of Raymond Regulatory Resources (3R), consulting in the regulatory and governmental arena concerning consumer products. He has worked in the aerosol industry for the past twenty-two years. Doug has extensive experience interfacing with regulatory agencies, legislative bodies, corporations and trade associations. He has been a critical leader for the aerosol industry in dealing with regulations that affect the industry. Doug has been successful in building coalitions and effective compliance strategies for the consumer products industry. Currently Doug is Consultant for the National Aerosol Association (NAA) and a regular monthly contributor of “Regulatory Issues” for Spray Technology.

Regulatory Issues

Michigan On April 18, the Air Quality Division of the Michigan Dept. of Environment, Great Lakes & Energy finally promulgated its Final Rule for both Consumer Products and Architectural Coatings. Having gone through the legislative process, this ruling is now complete. Please remember that Michigan had placed a Jan. 1, 2023, compliance date on both […]

Regulatory Issues

California Industry is preparing to provide the California Air Resources Board (CARB) with some training. The National Aerosol Association (NAA), Western Aerosol Information Bureau (WAIB), Household & Commercial Products Association (HCPA) and Personal Care Product Council (PCPC) will be in Sacramento on May 16–17 to present information to CARB staff on our products. On May […]

Regulatory Issues

CARB As discussed in the March issue, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) was working on the Innovative Product Exemption (IPE) Guidelines for the compressed and liquefied products provision. This provision was added to the CARB regulation during the last rule development. I predicted the guidelines would be out by the end of the first […]

Regulatory Issues

CARB Currently, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is working on developing a survey for product categories, due out this year. I believe the survey will concern cleaning products, disinfectants, sanitizers and possibly hand sanitizer, as well. We will need to wait and see which product categories CARB decides to target. CARB staff is also […]

Regulatory Issues

AIM The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) enacted the American Innovation & Manufacturing Act (AIM) on Dec. 27, 2020. On Dec. 15, 2022, EPA released its next installment of the proposed rulemaking that restricts the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs); comments were due by Jan. 30, 2023. For the aerosol industry, the concern is the use […]

Regulatory Issues

Welcome to the New Year! Just like other years, this year will be full of exciting regulatory activities. States will likely be busy in 2023 with volatile organic compound (VOC) regulations. As always, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) will continue to have issues to keep us busy. As well, the American Innovation & Manufacturing […]

Regulatory Issues

CARB As a final reminder, new amendments to the Consumer Product volatile organic compound (VOC) regulation from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) become effective Jan. 1, 2023. Below are the VOC limits and effective dates for each product category. Category                              […]

Regulatory Issues

CARB The new amendments to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Consumer Product Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) regulation will become effective Jan. 1, 2023 for certain product categories. This means there are only two months (60 days) to have new formulations ready to be manufactured. Time is counting down. SIP As predicted in the last […]

Regulatory Issues

CARB Detailed last month were the amendments to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Consumer Products volatile organic compound (VOC) regulation. These amendments become effective on Jan. 1, 2023 for certain product categories. Make sure your company is up-to-date on these changes and complies by the effective date, as there are only three months left! […]

Regulatory Issues

California Air Resources Board The Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Consumer Product Regulation in California was amended in March 2021. On Aug. 1, 2022, the Amendments were approved by the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) and filed with the California Secretary of State. Therefore, the Amendment became effective on Aug. 1, 2022. The following is a […]