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The 1990 Amendments to the U.S. Clean Air Act, Section 183 (e) identified
consumer and commercial products as sources of volatile organic compound (VOC)
emissions. California was the first State to initiate VOC emissions
regulations for consumer products by establishing VOC content limits for 24
categories of consumer products. Seven other states adopted similar
regulations until the USEPA promulgated the National Volatile Organic Compound
Emissions Standards for Consumer Products in 1998. Since then, California has
called for additional VOC reductions in some of these and other categories of
consumer products.
In March 2001, the Ozone Transport Commission (OTC), created by the 1990
Amendments to the US Clean Air Act to coordinate regional development of
control plans for ground-level ozone in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States,
also adopted a model rule for consumer products with most category limits
equivalent to those in CA. The OTC Model Rule has been incorporated into the
regulations of several member states and is being reviewed for incorporation
by others. The OTC member states include Connecticut, Delaware, the District
of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New
York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Virginia. The Lake Michigan Air
Directors Consortium (LADCO) States, which include Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin,
Illinois, and Indiana, are also considering consumer product regulations that
may be stricter than the EPA National Standards.
Consumer Products
Table of Standards
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