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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency now requires electronic submissions for new chemical notices under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

The recently announced U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) certified bio-based product label offers new opportunities for companies producing soy-based products.

A new ASTM International standard provides a means of determining open time for latex paint.

Members of the Green Chemistry and Commerce Council have developed a guidance document, “Meeting Customers’ Needs for Chemical Data: A Guidance Document for Suppliers.”

According to a new study published by Ceresana Research, the European paint and varnish market is expected to generate €27.7 billion by 2018.

In a newly released report, NanoMarkets, Glen Allen, VA, states that smart coatings offer solar panel makers ways to increase efficiency, lower costs and create higher value-added products.

Photopolymerization Fundamentals 2011 is taking place June 26-29, 2011, in Breckenridge, CO.

The Polymers and Coatings program at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, will offer a Polymers and Coatings Introductory Short Course during the week of July 18-22, 2011.

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has decided to no longer require submission of the annual architectural coating reporting established by local districts adopting the ARB’s 2000 architectural coatings suggested control measure (SCM).

Dean C. Webster of North Dakota State University, Department of Coatings and Polymeric Materials, will receive the Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings for 2011.