The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on July 6 withdrew a portion of a direct final rule intended to give miscellaneous coatings manufacturers new alternatives for complying with emissions limits for hazardous air pollutants.
The national Paint Product Stewardship Initiative (PPSI), which was initiated and facilitated by the Product Stewardship Initiative (PSI), reached a major milestone after only nine months of dialogue.
On June 21, the Louisville (Ky.) Metro Air Pollution Control District adopted what the NPCA reports to be the strictest air-toxics regulations in the United States. The package is known as the Strategic Toxic Air Reduction (STAR) program.
The American Chemical Society's Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) invites nominations for the 2006 Roy W. Tess Award in Coatings.
Labelexpo Asia 2005, taking place at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre on December 7-9, 2005, is set to be over twice the size of the last event in 2003.
The University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR) is offering "Basic Composition of Coatings" on September 12-16, 2005, and "Introduction to Paint Formulation" on October 10-15, 2005.
Fusion UV Systems, Inc., has been granted US patent 6,908,586 B1, "Free Radical Polymerization Method Having Reduced Premature Termination, Apparatus for Performing the Method, and Product Formed Thereby."
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