Massachusetts: Air

March 2009
Volume
39
Issue
9
The Department of Environmental Protection adopted amendments to 310 CMR 7.00, Air Quality Regulations: Consumer Product Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). The regulations add an Alternative Compliance Plan option to existing consumer products regulations that allows manufacturers of consumer products to average VOC emissions among products to meet a VOC limit cap; add the compound HFE-7300 to the list of exempt compounds in the current definition of VOC in order to be consistent with U.S. EPA's definition of VOC; and amend the paint spray booth regulations by deleting a sentence to clarify the regulations' intent. http://www.mass.gov/dep/air/laws/regulati.htm#vocamend.