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As 2019 comes to a close, the American Coatings Association would like to wish its members, partners and other industry professionals a safe and happy holiday season. As we reflect on the past year for the industry, we would like to provide the readers of the newsbrief a look at the most accessed articles from the year. Our regular publication will resume Wednesday, Jan. 15.
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From March 27: EPA is required to prioritize 20 chemical substances as candidates for designation as High Priority Substances for risk evaluation, and 20 chemical substances as candidates for designation as Low Priority Substances for risk evaluation.
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From Nov. 20: Under the reclassification, aerosol cans, pressurized or spent — including spray paint cans — will be treated and handled as universal waste.
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From May 22: May 31, 2019 is the effective date for Canada’s ban on octhilinone (OIT) as a material preservative in
paint. After that date, finished paints containing OIT preservatives cannot be manufactured and sold in
Canada,
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paints manufactured with OIT preservatives in the United States cannot be sold in
Canada.
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From May, 8: If
enacted, Washington would join Oregon, California, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, Minnesota,
Maine,
Colorado, and the District of Columbia, all of which have implemented PaintCare.
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From March 13: The bill would require a product manufacturer or chemical manufacturer to provide to DTSC data and information on the ingredients and use of a consumer product, including, but not limited to, specified data and information, including data on ingredient chemical identity, concentration, and functional use.
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From Oct. 9: FTC hosted a public workshop to further understand consumer perception of “Made in the USA” and other U.S.-origin claims, and to consider whether it can improve its “Made in USA” enforcement program.
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From Sept. 25: The European Commission is expected to officially determine that titanium dioxide dust is “a substance with a suspected carcinogenic effect in humans” through inhalation (Category 2).
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From Sept. 25: ACA supports EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers’ efforts to effect changes to the Waters of the United States rule that will provide continuity and certainty for regulated entities, the states, agency staff, and the public.
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From June 5: This incident has highlighted the complexity of the chemical supply chain and the importance to manufacturers of non-U.S. suppliers in many cases. Pigments, in particular, have seen extensive outsourcing of production to foreign suppliers.
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From July, 7: Under Prop 65, individuals must provide warnings prior
to exposure to a chemical identified by the State
of California to cause cancer or reproductive harm.
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From Oct. 23: The EO requires that executive branch agencies treat guidance documents as non-binding both in law and in practice, take public input into account when appropriate in formulating guidance documents, and make guidance documents readily available to the public.
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From April 10: The updated LEED v4.1, builds on new methodologies for measuring building performance. This includes changes to the Material and Resources (MR)categories and the Indoor Environmental Quality (EQ) categories.
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Atlas is the leader in accelerated weather-durability testing of paints and coatings. Our most advanced all-in-one instrument, the Ci4400 Weather-Ometer® , provides the most precise simulation of real-world exposure conditions. Its accuracy, unmatched uniformity and speed have made it the platform of choice for more R&D and testing facilities worldwide.
www.atlas-mts.com
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From July, 9: PaintCare has had resounding success in the nine jurisdictions in which program operations have been
implemented.
To date, the program has collected some 35 million gallons of paint.
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DakotaPURE™ is a highly pure muscovite mica mineral, gray/silver in color, free of asbestos and non-asbestos fibrous materials, produced in 70-600 mesh products, and is used as a mineral filler in powder coatings, and paints as it enhances weatherability, provides barrier protection and increases chemical resistance.
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PhoenixTM design and manufacture ‘Thru-process’ temperature monitoring systems for oven profiling in the coatings market. The system travels through the cure oven
providing an accurate product temperature profile.
Understand, Control, Improve and Certify your paint or powder coating oven.
Discover a new innovative choice to optimize coating quality.
http://www.phoenixtm.com/en/
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From Sept. 11: Notwithstanding PCBTF’s exempt-VOC status, over the past couple of years, the solvent has been the target of increased regulatory scrutiny. On June 28, 2019, OEHHA added PCBTF to the Proposition 65 list of chemicals.
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From Nov. 6: Survey completion is mandatory under California State Law for those companies listed on the label of an aerosol coating or aerosol adhesive product sold or supplied for use in California during 2018.
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From Nov. 6: The U.S. coatings manufacturing base exports a significant portion of its production to Mexico and Canada — approximately $1.85 billion in 2018, accounting for nearly two-thirds of the industry’s exports — and the United States benefits from a consistently strong trade surplus with both countries.
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Shepherd Color's newest NTP Yellow 10G155, has excellent chromaticity, opacity, and durability. Learn more about this new color and others in our product portfolio.
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