WPCR fA,_~11'3bg#"3tN"/ S_N h. ю*Jo] @ ޤ\X}OiY*oy,+׼StX`8>2geyZc~${Ixec0kՁU1zv!}~=5NyRH%=Tq.=J0 Ft,(bKq FكhèNQ z$7!,}V{Ջ\1ZKءd&lD=H>_eǖ:dqp0L1ޖPܙRlo%٘#[~.=1)v`|^=P3 R` J:Cg6k.J溵g?tѪk%vO7N'֤0 oz]wb.]+NK(6]BA-t&Xk0*# L %WW 0(]w@4U@ 0D0UNttttttttttttttttttttt 0N 0BHP LaserJet 4SiHPPCL5MS,,,,,,0 X($ R S T U DV EW X [Y DZ [ e %3|x[ * `(CG TimesScalable(3$ !  (hH  Z 6Times New Roman Regular>$"Small Circle"0  4@c$`Diamond`0 !  [ [ Y Y 7ձXXdd7  8Y 7Y Z 14Z 98[ [ [ [   FACTSHEET     NOTICEOFFINALLISTINGOFAUTOMOBILEREFINISHCOATINGS,  CONSUMERPRODUCTSANDARCHITECTURALCOATINGSFORREGULATIONUNDERTHECLEANAIRACT(SECTION183(e))  `   TODAYSACTION  @  Ҁu0  TheEnvironmentalProtectionAgency(EPA)istodayissuingafinallistingwhich  p  prioritizesthreecategoriesofconsumerandcommercialproductsforregulationundertheCleanAirAct;automobilerefinishcoatings,consumerproducts,andarchitecturalcoatings.Consumerandcommercialproductsincludesurfacecoatingproductsusedinindustrialmanufacturingoperations;personalcareproducts(e.g.,deodorants);householdcleaningproductsandhouseholdpesticides.    ̀u0  Inarelatedaction,EPAistoday XXX XԀissuingfinalregulationstocontrolvolatile  organiccompound(VOC)emissionsfromautomobilerefinishcoatings,consumerproductsandarchitecturalcoatings.VOCscontributesignificantlytotheformationofgroundlevelozone,theprimaryconstituentofsmog# XձXX Xs# XXX Xձ.# XձXX X#   [ [ U U T u0  Inthefuture,EPAwillissuefinallistingsofothercategoriesofconsumerand X commercialproductsforregulationconcurrentwiththeassociatedfinalregulatoryactionsonthespecificcategory.T [ [ [ [ BACKGROUND  b [ [  XXX XձT T # XձXX X#Ԁu XXX Xձ[ [ [ [ 0  UndertheCleanAirAct,EPAwasrequiredto1)studyemissionsofVOCs B fromconsumerandcommercialproducts;2)listthosecategoriesofproductsthataccountforatleast80percentofthetotalVOCemissionsonareactivityadjustedbasisinareasofthecountrythatfailtomeetthenationalairqualitystandardssetforgroundlevelozone;and3)dividethelistintofourgroups,andregulateonegroupeverytwoyearsusingbestavailablecontrols,asdefinedbytheCleanAirAct.    [ [ R R S # XձXX X#u XXX XձS R R [ [ [ [ 0  TheEPAissuedastudyandreporttoCongressinMarchof1995,Studyof "$  VolatileOrganicCompoundEmissionsfromConsumerandCommercialProducts,whichevaluatedthecontributionofVOCemissionsfromconsumer $ " andcommercialproductsongroundlevelozonelevels,andestablishedcriteriaforprioritizingandascheduleforregulatingtheseproductsundertheCleanAirAct.# XձXX X~ #'"%   ̀u0  InMarch1995,EPAincludedautomobilerefinish,consumerproductsand v)$' architecturalcoatingsamongthehighestpriority[ [ consumerandcommercialproductcategories[ [ [ [ [ [ listedfor[ [ [ [ regulation.    u0  Intheinitiallistingnotice,EPAannouncedthattheAgencywouldtakecomment 6-(+  onthelistinginconnectionwiththerulemakingsforthecategoriesandthatfinalactiononthelistingforeachcategorywouldoccuronpublicationofafinalruleforthatcategory.    u0  SinceEPAreceivedcommentsonthestudy,ReporttoCongress,andlisting (  whicharecommontotheautomobilerefinish,consumerproducts,andarchitecturalcoatingsrules,thefinallistingactionsforthesethreerulesarepresentedinonenoticealongwiththesummaryofsignificantcommentsandEPAsresponsestothosecomments.    u0  Basedonconsiderationofcommentsonthethreerulesaswellascommentonthe `  studyandReportto[ [ Congress,EPAhas[ [ [ [ concludedthatthesethreecategoriesareproperlywithinthefirstgroupofproductsforregulationunderSection183(e).0@     FORMOREINFORMATION    u0  InterestedpartiescandownloadtheFederalRegisternoticefromEPA'swebsite h ontheInternetunder recentactions atthefollowingaddress: X (http://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg).Fortechnicalquestionsaboutthisaction,contactBruceMooreat(919)[ [ 5415460V .V W orbyelectronicmailatW X X W moore.bruce@epa.goW X X W v.W [ [ 8   u0  TheEPAsOfficeofAirandRadiationshomepageontheInternetcontainsa  widerangeofinformationonairpollutionprogramsandissues.TheOfficeofAirandRadiationshomepageaddressis:(http://www.epa.gov/oar/).