EPA Restricting Auto paint

[Jerry Cowing]

Don’t know if you have seen this but the EPA is trying to restrict sales of automotive paint to people who are not “certified” users. The new regulations are scheduled for release in 2007 and adoption in August 2011. A good source letter on the subject is at the following web site:

http://www.asashop.org/takingthehill/10-05asanada.doc

An excerpt from the letter as follows:

Moreover, prospective purchasers and users of automotive refinishing products would be required to be employed by a certified shop and would need to be trained and tested on VOC management. Right now, for example, I-CAR offers training parameters for collision professionals that are generally accepted by all facets of the collision repair industry. Clearly, reasonable controls on the purchase and use of automotive refinishing products is key to helping eliminate unnecessary VOC emissions from this industry sector.

The EPA contact is:

Ms. Kim R. Teal
Environmental Protection Specialist
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. EPA/OAR/OAQPS/ESD/CCPG
C539-03
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711
Teal.kim@epa.gov
919-541-5580
Fax: 919-541-5689

We need to protest this.

[brfutbrian]

im glad im less than 200 miles from canada. can you say "black market" ?????