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10 Spray July 2016 Pressure Points Doug Fratz CSPA Aerosol Products Division Staff executive Behind the Scenes at the CSPA Mid-Year Meeting The 2016 Consumer Specialty Products Association (CSPA) Mid-Year Meeting in May was the first in beautiful National Harbor, MD, just minutes from our nation’s capital. There were more than 50 speakers from a wide diversity of companies and organizations, ten of which spoke at the Aerosol Products Division Program “Setting Our Standards High.” It is at the working committee meetings where significant work of the CSPA Aerosol Products Division is done. In these meetings, CSPA members and staff work together to address the pressing issues facing our industry. The Mid-Year Meeting began with an assembly of the Air Quality Committee (AQC), where consensus was reached on how to address a dozen issues facing aerosol and other consumer products relating to the California Air Resources Board (CARB), California South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Ozone Transport Commission (OTC) states. Ten action items came out of that AQC meeting that set the agenda for efforts by CSPA and its industry partners that will continue throughout this year. Aerosol Products Division’s working committees: • The Commercial Standards Committee and Test & Standard Methods Committee continued work developing new standards and test methods and revising existing standards for inclusion in the upcoming 10th Edition of the CSPA Aerosol Guide. • The Preferable Products Committee deliberated on how to get more aerosol product ingredients onto EPA’s Safer Chemical Ingredients List to allow more products to meet EPA Safer Choice criteria. It also decided that CSPA would be commenting on a wide array of UL Sustainability Standards that exclude aerosol products due to various inappropriate criteria. • The Atmospheric Products Committee reviewed updates on state, national and international efforts impacting fluorinated propellants, and discussed regulatory interpretations obtained from EPA regarding last year’s rule under the Significant New Alternatives Policy program. • The Transformative Technology Committee reviewed progress on plastic aerosol containers, and engaged in a discussion comparing the many diverse definitions of aerosol products in the U.S. and internationally, seeking to determine whether the lack of harmonization is deterring innovation. • The International Harmonization Committee reviewed critical regulatory issues both domestic and international, including the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) and Canadian Globally Harmonized System of Classification & Labeling of Chemicals (GHS)-based workplace regulations and DOT regulations. The committee also began planning its delegation representing the U.S. at this year’s International Liaison Committee that is schedule in Istanbul in October. • The Membership Committee welcomed several new members to the Aerosol Products Division and prioritized further recruitment. • The very active Manufacturing & Storage Standards Committee made plans to address the National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) initiation later this year with efforts to create the 2019 NFPA Code 30B on Aerosol Manufacturing & Storage. Very successful efforts were reported on NFPA and International Code Council fire and building codes that are critical to the continued manufacture, distribution and sale of aerosol products. The committee also successfully completed its work to update the CSPA Aerosol Propellants Safety Manual. The 4th Edition is now available and provides comprehensive and potentially life-saving advice to all who handle propellants in manufacturing plants and laboratories. • The Recycling Committee discussing the preliminary data from the CSPA cosponsored study on recycling programs in the U.S. aimed at determining the population availability of aerosol recycling, which is showing that twothirds of Americans now have access to aerosol recycling. More about that study in my next column, by which time we will have finalized the study data and reports. The committee also is awaiting EPA guidance on aerosols under the Resource Conservation & Recovery Act (RCRA) that CSPA has been seeking for several years. • The Program Committee met to review audience evaluations of the previous day’s program and begin planning for December’s program. • As always, the Division Executive Board received reports on all key efforts and provided oversight and guidance to the dozens of ongoing efforts. The Aerosol Products Division Program brought together a diverse group of industry, government and advocacy organization representatives to provide valuable information and views. What a wonderful surprise it was for me when Dr. Montfort Johnsen, following his talk on 60-plus years in the industry, presented to me a rare 1942 aerosol insecticide canister, the kind developed for use in the Pacific theater of World War II, along with a letter of provenance going back through many distinguished gentlemen in the industry. I will treat it with great care and seek to preserve it as a priceless piece of aerosol history (see p. 34 for more). These are some of the Aerosol Products Division highlights. In addition, CSPA also has six other divisions, each with their own committees, and there are also many general committees. Each CSPA Mid-Year Meeting and Annual Meeting is an immense engine with many moving parts. I want to close by noting that the Plastic Aerosol Research Group LLC, affiliated with CSPA under the Research & Regulatory Management Council, is open to new members. If any of the topics above directly impact you or your company, feel free to contact CSPA (dfratz@cspa.org) for more information. Spray


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