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South Coast Air Quality Management District
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South Coast Air Quality Management District
• The SCAQMD is the air pollution control agency for all of Orange County and the urban portions of Los
Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
• Develops and adopts an Air Quality Management Plan, which serves as the blueprint to bring this area into
overall compliance with federal and state clean air standards.
• Assumed a leadership position on regulating VOCs in 1997.
• Most stringent VOC regulations in the nation.
• Will enact more stringent regulations in July 2008.
• SCAQMD Rule Exemptions
• Small Container
Allows manufacturers to manufacture and sell coatings above maximum VOC limits if packages in
containers of one liter or less and are not considered clear wood finishes.
• Grandfather
A three-year sell-through provision allowing non-compliant products, manufactured prior to the
specific limit’s effective date, to be sold for three additional years.
• www.aqmd.gov
South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) Product List
NOTE: All VOC Limits are per EPA Method 24 & reported in grams / liter (g/L) of coating
Coating Category
Flat |
Current SCAQMD
100 |
July 1, 2008 SCAQMD
50 |
Non-Flat
Non-Flat High Gloss
Industrial Maintenance General
Industrial Maintenance High Temp
Primer |
50
50
100
420
100 |
50
50
100
420
100 |
Quick Dry Primer
Specialty Primer
Quick Dry Enamel
Floor
Rust Preventative
Stains |
100
100
50
50
100
100 |
100
100
50
50
100
100 |
Dry Fog
Varnish
Waterproof – Wood
Waterproof – Concrete |
150
275
100
100 |
150
275
100
100 |
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