WASHINGTON - At it spring meeting in Arizona, NPCA's board of directors and executive committee took action on several initiatives, including the association's Architectural and Industrial Maintenance (AIM) Coatings - Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) policy, a federal legislative strategy to address childhood lead poisoning and further study of a possible national system for the management of post-consumer paint.

The board endorsed the strategic effort and activities currently under way, which encourage the South Coast Air Quality Management District and the California Air Resources Board to replace the current hostile regulatory environment with a constructive dialogue based on the dissemination of complete and accurate data. Simultaneous efforts are being made to revive discussion with the U.S. EPA to ensure the national AIM rules have the intended strength of uniformity among the states.