CARB
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Consumer Products Regulation Workgroup will hold its fourth meeting on consumer products regulations that will be presented to the California Air Resources Board in November on July 25 in Sacramento, Calif., CARB reports July 6. Workgroup plans to discuss the 2006 consumer products regulation amendments, specifically "draft regulatory category definitions with modified proposed volatile organic compound limits and other regulatory changes." At the workgroup's third meeting in June, the group discussed an initial draft list of VOC limits for various categories of products; the list was subject to revisions based on input from industry and stakeholders (1"The Rose Sheet" June 5, 2006. p. 7)...
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