Alliance of Regulatory Officials Unveils Proposal to Slash AIM Coatings VOC Limits
WASHINGTON — An alliance of air-quality regulatory officials has issued a suggested “model rule” for control of VOC emissions from architectural and industrial-maintenance (AIM) coatings that, if adopted by state or regional regulatory agencies, would set sharply lower VOC limits than a national VOC rule that went into effect in 1999.
The suggested model rule is undergoing consideration by air-quality regulatory officials in the northeastern United States, following the proposal’s development by an alliance of two organizations — the State and Territorial Air Pollution Program Administrators (STAPPA) and the Association of Local Air Pollution Control Officials (ALAPCO). The groups are commonly referred to as STAPPA-ALAPCO.