NPCA: California Law Will Force Greater Study of New VOC Regulations
WASHINGTON - The National Paint & Coatings Association says a measure signed into law by California Gov. Gray Davis will require the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to follow more stringent guidelines in the development of future suggested control measures (SCMs) affecting VOCs in architectural and industrial maintenance coatings.
The law, which the NPCA is describing as a major victory in its campaign for technologically feasible regulations on coatings in California, requires that CARB determine that adequate data exists to establish that a suggested control measure is "commercially and technologically feasible and necessary."