CARB
On April 12, 2019, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) staff held its first Public Workshop on its
new round of rule development for Consumer Products.
CARB staff is proposing to evaluate consumer product survey categories with more than 0.5 tons per day
(tpd) volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions as part of its rule development process. Two exceptions
are “Pipe Cement & Primer” and “Multipurpose Lubricants,” which were both recently regulated by the
South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) and CARB.
CARB staff is also proposing that a new Regulatory Strategies Public Work Group meet regularly to
review each of the survey categories with at least 0.5 tpd VOC emissions to prioritize opportunities for
achieving additional emission reductions and air quality benefits. These work group meetings will typically
be held by teleconference.
As we go to press, the meetings were all scheduled for the end of May. Categories included Hair Finishing
Spray; No Rinse Shampoo; Dye, Permanent; General Purpose Cleaner (non-aerosol); General Purpose
Degreaser (non-aerosol); Bathroom & Tile Cleaner (aerosol); Glass Cleaner (aerosol); Air Freshener, Single
Phase Aerosol; Air Freshener, Double Phase Aerosol; Dual Purpose Air Freshener/Disinfectant (Aerosol);
Air Freshener, liquid/pump spray; Air Freshener, solid/semisolid; Laundry Detergent; Liquid Fabric Softener;
Dish Detergent/Soap (manual) and Aerosol Cooking Spray.
CARB intends to utilize these meetings to propose specific categories and possible regulatory options for
discussion at a second public workshop in Fall 2019.
Further meetings on the remaining categories will be held in June. Likewise in June, meetings will start
on definitional changes, so any changes we would like to entertain we should get to CARB in the next
month.
Details of the entire process include:
• April 2019: Kickoff Public Workshop
• Spring–Summer 2019: Topic-specific Workgroups
• Regulatory Strategies
• Regulatory Definition/Language Updates
• Fall 2019: Public workshop to identify and quantify emissions benefits of regulatory options
• Late 2019/Early 2020: Additional public workshop(s) as needed
• Ongoing: Meet with interested stakeholders
• Late 2020: Proposed regulatory amendments for Board consideration
Strategy for regulating products is as follows:
• Based on survey data
• Screening process to narrow our focus to identify survey categories that might yield reductions
significant enough to proceed into rule making
• Begin with highest VOC/OFP (Ozone Forming Potential) categories (greater than 0.5 tpd VOC)
• Currently Unregulated Categories
• Average product VOC content
• Category not subject to recent rule-making processes
• Potential for toxic disbenefits
• Others
The examples given at the meeting were:
• Hair Finishing Spray (10.4 tpd VOC, 15.2 tpd OFP)
• Complying Market Share & Feasibility
• No Rinse Shampoo (0.9 tpd VOC, 1.1 tpd OFP)
• Complying Market Share & Feasibility
• Sunscreen (hair or body) (aerosol) (3.5 tpd VOC, 5.5 OFP)
• Health Benefits & Other Regulatory Regimes
• Laundry Detergent (4.6 tpd VOC, 32.5 tpd OFP)
• Average Product VOC Content & Fragrance
• Floor Wax Stripper (1.3 tpd VOC, 7.9 tpd OFP)
• High OFP Ingredients
Please contact Lucy Negrete at CARB to inform her of your interest in participating in these calls:
lucy.negrete@carb.ca.gov.
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