SATA meets in Clearwater
Meet the SATA Board—Front row, L to R: Abby Haywood (Treasurer), Irene Bolling and Elena Badiuzzi. Back row, L to R: Doug Raymond (President), Dan
Padgett (Secretary), Matt Morris (VP), Pierce Pillon, Jack Finnell (VP), Brad Nash, Ed Freesmeier, Ryan Dailey (VP), Scott Koerper, Ruben Morales and Jeff
Colker. Not pictured: Allen Price and Bob Reynolds.
The 38th annual Southern Aerosol Technical Association
(SATA) Fall Conference met in September in Clearwater,
FL. The meeting offered an array of networking opportunities,
social activities and two days of educational sessions.
David Shaw of Diversified CPC (DCPC)
presented Blending for Solutions. Criteria for
formulation include cost, flammability, regulatory
and environmental concerns, solvency and
evaporation. There are many solvents available,
with more being developed frequently. The
future of propellants will be in the successful
blending of solvents. DCPC has conducted
numerous tests toward this end in propellant
flammability, azeotropes, evaporation data, solvency, volatile
organic compound (VOC) reduction and cost reduction.
Bill Auriemma, also of DCPC, presented
Aerosols: Past, Present & Future. The aerosol
industry is dynamic and healthy. Major
chemical companies are once again investing
in R&D and capital expenditure to support
the aerosol industry. Marketers are investing
R&D funds in aerosol projects and supply
chain partners are investing heavily to meet
ever tighter specifications and logistical demands.
Younger consumers currently have less “baggage” regarding
aerosol products; they buy what works.
Karyn Schmidt, American Chemistry Council,
presented Ingredient Disclosure. Traditional
core values of chemical ingredient disclosure
promote the use of the best available science,
safety decisions based on risk with no difference
between naturally occurring substances
and synthesized ones for purposes of risk
evaluation. Confidential business information
(CBI) and trade secrets should be protected
pursuant to law to ensure continuing innovation is incentivized.
Disclosure should never be mandated beyond what science allows
and should not be based on the presence of a chemical on a
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hazard-based list. Disclosure schemes following the legacy ACI approach
(listed in descending order of predominance to a reasonable
floor; under floor disclosed in no particular order) or food “nutrition
label” approach are generally acceptable models.
Recently, “disclosure” and “transparency” have been coined as
positive concepts and are promoted as necessary first steps in a
sustainability program. Consumers dislike the term “trade secrets”
and generally don’t understand it; they are also suspicious of trade
secret law and believe they have a right to information.
Emerging considerations include vertically integrated supply
chains owned by a single company; confusion over transparency
needs in the supply chain vs. disclosure to consumers; and the
need to provide more information to consumers if the initial
“disclosure” creates a further need for clarification. Others include
space limitations “on pack,” driving the need for additional disclosures
to be in an online database; no single, comprehensive, electronic
database of chemical information; and multiple databases
and operators emerging. There is a belief among consumers that
certain chemistries are optional in consumer products and can just
be “removed”—this is very common with fragrances and colorants.
Helen Walter-Terrinoni of Chemours
presented The Kigali Agreement: What Happens
Now? The Kigali Amendment to the Montreal
Protocol on Substances that Deplete the
Ozone Layer was agreed to internationally in
2016 with 49 countries committed to date.
It is not yet ratified in the U.S. There is a
global warming potential (GWP) phasedown
of the consumption and production of a list of
controlled HFCs by country, with each country determining its
own regulatory structure. In the U.S., the State Dept. (directed by
the White House) transmits the amendment for ratification to the
Senate, where two-thirds of Senators present must vote in favor
of ratification. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
will promulgate regulations to implement the amendment via the
Significant New Alternatives Program (SNAP) Rule 20. However,
there are some challenges to SNAP 20 (see p. 8 for more information).
Eventually, a SNAP Rule 21 will be heard by the Court, while
Shaw
Auriemma
Schmidt
Walter-Terrinoni