This page updated April 21, 2008
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AB 2276 AIR CLEANER REGULATION |
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California Assembly Bill 2276 (2006, Pavley), signed by Governor Schwarzenegger in September 2006, directs the Air Resource Board (ARB) to develop and adopt a regulation to limit the ozone emitted from indoor air cleaning devices in order to protect public health. The bill requires the ARB to adopt the regulation by December 31, 2008. |
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| Board Decision On September 27, 2007, the Board unanimously approved a regulation that limits the ozone emission concentration from indoor air cleaning devices to 0.050 ppm. The Board voted to allow the manufacturers 24 months after the effective date of the regulation to have their models tested by a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory and be certified by ARB. The Board did not allow any additional time for sell-through of non-complying products. Other provisions of the regulation can be reviewed in the initial statement of reasons (staff report) released on August 10, 2007, provided below. Slides from the Board presentation also are provided below. |
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| Next Steps The September 21, 2007 version of Section 37 of the ANSI/UL Standard 867 test method, provided below, recently completed the ANSI/UL approval process. ARB staff are currently auditing two testing laboratories interested in conducting the revised Section 37 tests. Next, most likely in early May, 2008, ARB expects to release the final proposed regulation showing all changes made to the August 10, 2007 proposed regulation and test method. The ARB will conduct a 15-day public comment period on that final version. After the comment period closes, ARB staff will prepare written responses to comments. If it is determined that there is not a need for an additional 15-day comment period to address further changes, the staff will complete the final regulation package, and submit it to the Office of Administrative Law (OAL). The regulation is expected to become effective upon approval by OAL, which is anticipated to occur in June, 2008. Certification application packages will be finalized and made available close to the effective date of the regulation. |
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| How to Stay Updated All information and updates will continue to be released through our listserve notice process and webpage. If you are not on our air cleaner listserve, please join now by visiting http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/listserv.php and signing up. If you have questions that are not answered in the web updates or other information provided here, please contact us at aircleaners@arb.ca.gov, or 916-445-0753. |
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ARB staff held three public workshops to obtain input from interested stakeholders and members of the public during the development of the Air Cleaner Regulation. Materials related to each of the workshops are now available by clicking on the following link.
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| For additional information on air cleaners, including ARB's report "Evaluation of Ozone Emissions from Portable Indoor Air Cleaners That Intentionally Emit Ozone" (May 2006), please visit http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/indoor/ozone.htm . | |||||||||||||||
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The ARB invites those interested in this regulation to join a listserve, the Air Cleaner Regulation Listserve, to receive email notification of all notices given and actions taken related to the development of this regulation. Please join the listserve by going to http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/listserv.php .
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