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As the American Coatings Association (ACA) works to advance the needs of the paint and coatings industry, it closely monitors the development of legislation and regulations that impact the coatings [...]

On September 8, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) published a final rule that revises the definition of 'waters of the United States' [...]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has extended the comment period for its Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) for Used Drum Management and Reconditioning (1) until November 22, 2023. [...]

On February 22, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published final rule amendments to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing (MCM) facilities. (1) [...]

ACA submitted comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in August on the proposed amendments to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing [...]

Late last year, ACA submitted comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the agency's Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis and Updated Economic Analysis (IRFA) for the proposed rule, Reporting [...]

On November 16, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a proposed Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) fee rule, modifying its 2021 proposal for an increase in fees set in [...]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed amendments to the Risk Management Program (RMP)--Safer Communities by Chemical Accident Prevention rule (1) in August. Per EPA, the proposed amendments seek to [...]

Following an agency review of the prior administration's policies, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced in late June several policy changes surrounding risk evaluations issued under the Toxic Substances [...]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) posted on June 28, 2021, its proposed Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfiuoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)1 under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). [...]

In May, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a proposed rule (1) in the Federal Register with reporting and recordkeeping requirements for manufacturers, importers, and processors of asbestos, including [...]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued proposed amendments to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing (MCM) facilities. (1) The proposed amendments would [...]

ACA filed comments on May 17, 2021, with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), following the agency's request for additional input on five final rules for persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic [...]

On December 21, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed updates to its Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Fees Rule, finalized in October 2018. TSCA requires that EPA collect [...]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has published its draft scoping document for Part II of its asbestos evaluation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The Part II evaluation was [...]

On January 5, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a final rule amending the list of Hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) under the Clean Air Act (CAA) to add the [...]

On October 1, 2020, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler signed a final rule that will officially upend the 1995 agency policy known as 'once in, always in.' [...]

On November 16, 2021, ACA submitted comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the agency's proposal to amend the National Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Emission Standards for Aerosol [...]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published in September 2021 in the Federal Register its proposal to amend the 2008 National Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Emission Standards for Aerosol Coatings, [...]

EPA published in the Federal Register in July 2021 its intention to develop a Tiered Data Reporting (TDR) rule requiring manufacturers--and sometimes processors--to report targeted information to the agency informing [...]

In August 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) added 36 chemicals to the Safer Chemical Ingredient List (SCIL) under its Safer Choice program. The updated listing is intended to [...]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indicated that it will initiate a rulemaking to amend the national rule for volatile organic compound (VOC) emission standards for aerosol coatings1. The rulemaking [...]

On April 28, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its interim decision for irgarol (cybutryne), which finalizes the cancellation of its use as an active ingredient in antifouling [...]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a press release March 29, 2021, that announced two significant changes to its new chemical program policy. Section 5 of the Toxic Substances [...]

In December 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protect Agency (EPA) published final rules on five chemicals that are persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic (PBT), as required under the Toxic Substances Control Act [...]

On December 31, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final decision to retain the existing National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Ozone, effective immediately. The existing [...]

On December 10, 2020, ACA submitted comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the agency's draft risk assessments (DRA) for several isothiazolinones biocides used as product preservatives in [...]

Most companies have been undecided whether to use greenhouse gas (GHG)-monitoring equipment or estimation software in gathering emissions data for submission to the Environmental Protection Agency. Only the government and academia are still the active purchasers of GHG monitoring tools. How instrument and software providers have benefited from the demand for these tools is described.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to increasingly rely on so-called toxicity-based pathways in its risk assessment of chemicals. The agency has asked the National Academies to convene a symposium to get input from stakeholders. The different tools that the EPA will use in their risk assessment plan are discussed.

On October 1, 2020, ACA submitted comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) supporting the agency's proposed Review of the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). ACA supports [...]

Following the devastating effects of Hurricanes Rita and Katrina, government, businesses and consumers are paying closer attention to the environmental impacts of the products that they buy; they are also [...]

Ever since the Clean Air Act (CAA) was enacted in 1970, amended in 1977 and again in 1990, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has continued to tighten the limits [...]

This guide was developed to help processors of polyurethane chemicals manage waste chemicals and empty containers in a responsible manner that conforms to federal and state regulations. In particular, it [...]

During the last 10 years, the foremost driver of technological change in paints and coatings has been reducing traditional solvent use. Regulations designed to reduce air pollution have forced paint [...]

The Clinton administration's decision to streamline intergovernmental relations is expected to affect the role played by the EPA in the implementation of environmental regulations. Pres. Clinton's call for a more responsive government will help states and localities assume a stronger in the implementation of such regulations and force the EPA revise its policies.

A panel of scientific reviewers from outside the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has advised the EPA to do more work on its May 2010 draft document on 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD). In the document, TCDD was assessed as a compound that poses cancer risk to humans at any dose. A definitive reassessment would serve as guide in cleaning up dioxin-polluted sites.

The Environmental Protection Agency will pursue the reevaluation of the toxicity of the endocrine-damaging herbicide atrazine. This decision has been made despite the insufficiency of available human epidemiology studies for use in a quantitative risk assessment. These studies will be used to obtain information on the relevance of animal toxicology findings to human health.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) has ruled that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's (TCEQ) flexible air pollution permits program violates the Clean Air Act. Political disputes involving federal officials and environmental regulators have arisen from the EPA's ruling. Reactions from TCEQ's advocates and opponents are discussed.

PCBTF--also known as Oxsol 100, Parachlorobenzotrifiuoride and p-Chloro-a,a,a-trifluorotoluene--is the most widely used solvent in the coatings and adhesives industry. PCBTF is used in field applied architectural and industrial Maintenance (AIM) [...]

ACA has issued detailed guidance for its members on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Risk Management Program (RMP) Final Rule Amendments. RMP applies to all stationary sources with processes [...]

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class consisting of thousands of chemicals that have been used in a variety of products, most notably fire suppression systems. Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) [...]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has opted to reassess the possible health effects of the herbicide atrazine in fall 2009 due to emergence of research findings linking atrazine to birth defects. Upcoming risk evaluations would include human epidemiology and incident data, as required by EPA. In 2006, the EPA had previously declared the safety of atrazine as a herbicide for corn.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on November 15 published in the Federal Register significant new use rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for 66 chemical substances [...]

U.S. industries are being divided into pro- and-anti-climate-change-legislation groups, as EPA calls for reduction of greenhouse emissions and the Senate seeks support for the Clean Energy Jobs & American Power Act. Views about the generation of new energy jobs and the impending loss of jobs in the e.g. fossil fuel industries are expressed mainly by these groups.

Attendees at the GlobalChem, the annual chemical industry regulatory conference, focused on the upcoming UN International Conference on Chemicals Management. Efforts to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act and the chemical program of the Environmental Protection Agency were also discussed.

Clean Air Act of 1990: Effect on the Coatings Industry Those charged with carrying out the mandates of the new Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments signed into law by President [...]