Rhode Island Superior Court Judge Michael A. Silverstein has scheduled the state's second public-nuisance lawsuit against former suppliers of lead paint and pigments for the week of April 5, 2004.
The Nova Paint Club, an international organization that encourages the sharing of technical and other expertise among independent paint companies around the world, celebrated its 20th anniversary with a gala dinner on May 18 at a location near Stuttgart, Germany.
The EPA has issued a final rule setting emission limits for hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) generated by coating processes for wood building products, the NPCA reported. The regulation will affect 215 emissions sources and is designed to reduce emissions from such processes by 63%.
The Environmental Protection Agency recently proposed the deletion of the solvent methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) from the agency's list of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs), and is accepting written comments on the proposal through Aug. 28.
The University of Southern Mississippi's School of Polymers and High-Performance Materials issued a call for papers for the 31st International Waterborne, High-Solids and Powder Coatings Symposium, scheduled for Feb. 18-20, 2004, in New Orleans.
The Muralo Co. Inc. announced that it has filed a voluntary petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey, an action the company said would allow it to resolve the asbestos liabilities of its Synkoloid Division.
A group of public and private organizations announced plans for the Third International Symposium on Service Life Prediction, "Challenging the Status Quo," scheduled for Feb. 1-6, 2004, in Sedona, AZ.
Major architectural-coatings manufacturers are facing the possibility of millions of dollars in additional costs for selling products in California, according to preliminary estimates related to a proposed fee program based on emissions of VOCs from those coatings.
Masco Corp. announced that courts in California and Washington have given final approval to settlements that are expected to conclude all class-action lawsuits pending in the United States against Masco and its Behr Process Corp. subsidiary related to exterior wood-coating products formerly manufactured by Behr.
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