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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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! […]
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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 […]
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CARB The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is still working on finalizing the 2021 amendments to its Consumer Products volatile organic compound (VOC) rule. This is the longest that it has taken for CARB to finalize amendments through the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) that I personally can remember. It will be an unprecedented event […]
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CARB Last month, I shared a reminder about the California Air Resources Board (CARB) amendments to the Consumer Product volatile organic compound (VOC) regulation. However, a small wrinkle in the regulation has occurred. In the middle of May, Industry was notified that the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) in California is reviewing the CARB Consumer […]
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CARB As a reminder, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has new future effective limits that will become effective on Jan. 1, 2023. Your company has seven months before these new limits become effective. There is also a three-year sell-through for products made before the effective date of Jan. 1, 2023. The categories, volatile organic […]