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National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Aerosol Coatings Amendments

air-emissions · Rule · Published 2025-01-17 · Effective 2025-01-17 · 90 FR 5697

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Document number
2025-00436
Federal Register citation
90 FR 5697
CFR reference
40 CFR 59
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
air-emissions
Publication date
2025-01-17
Effective date
2025-01-17
EPA docket
EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0971

Abstract

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing amendments to the National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Aerosol Coatings. This action revises national emission standards for the aerosol coatings (aerosol spray paints) category under the Clean Air Act (CAA), which requires control of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from certain categories of consumer and commercial products for purposes of reducing VOC emissions contributing to ozone formation and ozone nonattainment. The regulation employs a relative reactivity-based approach to control aerosol coating products' contribution to ozone formation by encouraging the use of less reactive VOC ingredients in formulations. In this final rule, the EPA is updating coating category product-weighted reactivity (PWR) limits, adding new compounds and reactivity factors, updating existing reactivity factors, revising the rule's default reactivity factor, amending thresholds for VOC regulated by the rule, amending reporting requirements, updating test methods to reflect more recent versions, adding a new compliance date, and making clarifying edits.

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