The Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) has raised concerns with the California Department of Toxic Substance Control’s (DTSC) “Safer Consumer Products” proposed regulation, saying that it could lead companies to leave California markets or relocate manufacturing facilities to other states.
The California Supreme Court has upheld standards by California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) that allow air pollution authorities to create air-quality regulations based on technologies that don’t exist but may be “reasonably anticipated to exist by the compliance deadline.”
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) is commending Massachusetts authorities for improving the regulation of hazardous materials storage and processing in the state, including monitoring of high-risk facilities to ensure they are complying with key federal process safety and risk-management programs.
The South Coast Air Quality Management District’s (SCAQMD) plans to reopen Rule 1168 and the EPA’s continued efforts to seek information on consumer exposure to diisocyanates will be critical areas that the Adhesive and Sealant Council’s (ASC) government relations department will focus on in 2012.
The Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) recently conveyed a message to the staffs of Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Christopher Coons (D-DE) stating that the U.S. Senate should find a bipartisan solution to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
