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Regulatory Issues
Continued from page 8
Charcoal lighter material
n By Jan. 1, 2023
• Any new product would need to comply
n By Jan. 1, 2027
• All products must comply with this standard
• VOC reductions: 0.4 tpd
• 2% Fragrance Exemption
n By Jan. 1, 2027
• Sunset 2% exemption
• VOC reduction: 0.33 tpd
CARB will evaluate the need to maintain some type of fragrance
exemption for General Purpose Cleaners & Degreasers.
This sums up the current proposal, which aims to achieve
4.9 tpd VOC reductions in 2023 and 12.8 tpd of emissions in
2027. These reductions are well above what is required by the
SIP.
CARB has a list of nine other product categories to review if
these categories do not achieve the required emission reductions.
CARB also stated it will review any toxic air contaminates in
these products and is also willing to consider reactivity limits
if industry is willing to assist with maximum incremental
reactivity (MIR) limits and speciation test methods.
CARB will also be working on definitions and updates to
Method 310.
Comments about these proposals were due to CARB by Nov.
27, 2019 at csmrprod@arb.ca.gov.
CARB’s Proposed Next Steps:
n Late 2019: Publish updated final survey data summaries,
update consumer products emission inventory.
n Early 2020: Additional Workgroup meetings
• Specific to proposed regulatory categories
• Regulatory definitions
• Fragrance exemption
• Other topics as needed
n Spring 2020: Third public workshop: refined draft regulatory
proposal, draft regulatory language. An additional workshop will
be added if needed.
n Ongoing: Meet individually with interested stakeholders
n Late 2020: Board consideration of proposed regulatory
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