CALIFORNIA WORKS ON GUIDANCE DOCUMENT FOR FURTHER CONTROL OF VOCS IN COATINGS

Volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from architectural and industrial coatings are the subject of a document the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is drafting to guide the state's regions in their continuing efforts to reduce smog. Found in many products, including solvents used in coatings, VOCs react with nitrogen oxides in the presence of heat and sunlight to create ozone, a primary constituent of smog. The most recent CARB draft, dated December 1, 1999, suggests limits on VOCs in industrial maintenance (IM) coatings that are considerably more stringent than the federal standard of 450 g/l that took effect in September 1999. The VOC content for industrial coatings in CARB's draft is 250 g/l. The draft generally requires multiple use coatings to meet the most restrictive VOC content level that applies. IM coatings and other high-performance coatings, however, are not required to do so.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Page Range: pp 12, 14-15
• Corporate Authors:

  Technology Publishing Company

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  Pittsburgh, PA  United States  15203
• Publication Date: 2000-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 3 p.
• Serial:
  • Journal of Protective Coatings & Linings
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Steel Structures Painting Council
  • ISSN: 8755-1985

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Air quality management; Chemical reactions; Coatings, fillers and paints; Environmental policy; Federal government; Heat; Nitrogen compounds; Organic compounds; Ozone; Pollution control; Regulations; Regulatory constraints; Smog; Solvents; State government; Sunlight; Volatility
• Uncontrolled Terms: Volatile organic compounds
• Geographic Terms: California
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Law; Policy; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00789016
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 26 2000 12:00AM