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The Air Resources Board staff will conduct a public workshop on
Wednesday, September 12, 2012, to discuss preliminary proposals
to amend the Aerosol Coating Products Regulation. Potential
amendments to the Consumer Products Regulation and plans to
rescind the Hairspray Credit Program Regulation will also be
discussed.  

You may attend the public workshop in person or participate via
teleconference.  

       DATE:                 Wednesday, September 12, 2012 
       TIME:                  9:00 a.m. (PDT) 
       LOCATION:         Air Resources Board
                                   First Floor Conference Room 
                                   Monitoring and Laboratory
Division 
                                   1927 13th Street 
                                   Sacramento, CA 95811

To participate in the teleconference please note the following
information:

                         	 Call-in Time:                   
Between 8:45 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. 
                         	 USA Toll Free Number:   888-324-3491
                         	 Passcode:                        34994


WORKSHOP INFORMATION:

Staff will discuss new or revised reactivity limits for aerosol
coating products and other changes needed to update the
regulation.  

Changes to the Consumer Products Regulation are also being
considered.  Specifically, staff will discuss whether existing
regulatory provisions for Multi-purpose Solvent and Paint Thinner
products should be modified.  Staff is also soliciting comments
on the need for clarification of various hair care related
definitions.  Staff will also discuss plans to rescind the
Hairspray Credit Program Regulation because the timeframe to
accrue and use credits has expired.  

Public input from this workshop will be used to further develop
the staff's proposal that will be considered for adoption by the
Board next year.

The workshop notice is posted on the Consumer Products Program
website here:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/consprod/regact/2013ra/091212wn.pdf. 
Additional materials for the workshop will be posted at this same
website and email notices will be sent via the consumer products
listserv when posted.

The regulation and general information about the Consumer
Products Program is available at the following address: 
http://www.arb.ca.gov/consprod/consprod.htm.

If you have any questions about the public workshop or the
materials posted, please contact Ms. Irina Malkina at (916)
324-0342 or by email at imalkina@arb.ca.gov.

BACKGROUND:  

ARB’s Consumer Products Program is an important part of
California’s efforts to reduce the amount of smog-forming
volatile organic compounds, toxic air contaminants and greenhouse
gases emitted from the use of chemically formulated consumer
products.  ARB’s consumer products regulations have resulted in
emission reductions of nearly 50 percent since 1990, but more is
needed to meet federally required health-based air-quality
standards.