Appendix A 

Proposed Amendments to the 

Regulation for Reducing Emissions from Consumer Products 

 
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[Note: Amendments are shown in underline to indicate additions and strikeout to 

indicate deletions. Portions of the regulation that are nonsubstantively changed with 

renumbering are indicated by [Nonsubstantive changes to indicate renumbering]. The 

symbol “*****” means that intervening text not proposed for amendment is not shown.] 

Proposed Amendments to the 

Regulation for Reducing Emissions from Consumer Products

Subchapter 8.5 Consumer Products 

Amend title 17, California Code of Regulation, sections 94508 and 94509 to read 

as follows: 

Article 2. Consumer Products 

§ 94508. Definitions.

(a) For the purpose of this article, the following definitions apply: 

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(20) “Automotive Windshield Washer Fluid (Dilutable)” means any liquid dilutable or 

premixed product that is designed or labeled for use in a motor vehicle 

windshield washer fluid system either as an anti-freeze or for the purpose of 

cleaning, washing, bug removal, or wetting the windshield(s). “Automotive 

Windshield Washer Fluid” does not include any fluid which is placed in a new 

motor vehicle at the time the vehicle is manufactured. which meets the following 

criteria: 

(A) the product is sold either in a container with a capacity of 10 gallons or more, 

 or a container with a capacity of one quart or less; and 

(B) the product is designed or labeled for use in a motor vehicle windshield 

 washer fluid system either as an anti-freeze or for the purpose of cleaning, 

 washing, bug removal, or wetting the windshield(s). 

“Automotive Windshield Washer Fluid (Dilutable)” does not include any fluid 

which is placed in a new motor vehicle at the time the vehicle is manufactured. 

For the purpose of complying with the requirements for “Automotive Windshield 

Washer Fluid,” the following definitions (A-D) apply: 

(A) “Dilutable” means any product sold either in a container with a capacity of 10 

gallons or more, or a container with a capacity of one quart or less. 

 
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(B) “Nontype “A” area” means all other areas of California that are not a “Type A 

area.” 

(C) “Premixed” means any product sold in a container with a capacity that is 

greater than one quart, but less than 10 gallons. 

(D) “Type “A” area” means: 

(1) Before [Effective Date INSERT SECRETARY OF STATE FILING DATE] 

the following regions of California: Del Norte, Shasta, and Trinity Counties; 

the Great Basin Valley, Lake Tahoe, Mountain Counties and Northeast 

Plateau Air Basins, as defined in title 17, California Code of Regulations, 

sections 60105, 60108, 60111, and 60113. 

(2) On and after [Effective Date INSERT SECRETARY OF STATE FILING 

DATE] the counties listed in Table 94508(a)(20)(A), and areas defined by 

ZIP codes listed in Table 94508(a)(20)(B) below: 

(21) “Automotive Windshield Washer Fluid (Pre-mixed)” means ay liquid which 

 meets the following criteria: 

 (A) the product is sold in a container with a capacity that is greater than one 

 quart, but less than 10 gallons; and 

 (B) the product is designed or labeled for use in a motor vehicle windshield 

washer fluid system as an anti-freeze of for the purpose of cleaning, 

washing, bug removal, or wetting the windshield(s).

 “Automotive Windshield Washer Fluid (Pre-mixed)” does not include any fluid 

which is placed in a new motor vehicle at the time the vehicle is manufactured. 

[Note: Table 94508(a)(20)(A) and (B) are new tables. For clarity, the tables are not 

shown in an underline font.] 

Table 94508(a)(20)(A) Counties that are Type “A” Areas

Air Basin Counties

Great Basin Valleys Alpine, Inyo, Mono 

Lake Tahoe El Dorado 

Mountain Counties Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mariposa, 

Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Tuolumne 

Northeast Plateau Lassen, Modoc, Siskiyou 

North Coast Del Norte, Trinity 

Sacramento Valley Shasta 
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Table 94508(a)(20)(B) Type “A” Areas Identified by ZIP Code 

County* ZIP Code County* ZIP Code County* ZIP

Code 

Butte 95954 Placer 95701 San Bernardino 92305

Butte/Tehama 95942 Placer 95703 San Bernardino 92314

Fresno 00017 Placer 95713 San Bernardino 92315

Fresno 93621 Placer 95714 San Bernardino 92317

Fresno 93628 Placer 95715 San Bernardino 92321

Fresno 93664 Placer 95717 San Bernardino 92339

Fresno/Tulare 93633 Placer 95722 San Bernardino 92352

Glenn 00047 Placer 95724 San Bernardino 92358

Humboldt 00050 Placer 96140 San Bernardino 92382

Kern 00016 Placer 96141 San Bernardino 92385

Kern 93255 Placer 96142 San Bernardino 92397

Kern 93285 Placer 96143 San Diego 91962

Kern/Ventura 93225 Placer 96145 Santa Barbara 00032

Kern 93226 Placer 96146 Tehama 00037

Kern/Ventura/ 

Santa Barbara/ 

San Luis Obispo 

93252 Placer 96148 Tehama 00038

Madera 00020 Placer 96161 Tehama 96063

Madera 93643 Placer 96162 Tulare 00026

Madera 93644 Riverside 92549 Tulare 93260

Placer 95602 

(portion)** Riverside 92561 Tulare 93262

Placer 95603 

(portion)** 

San 

Bernardino 91759 Tulare 93265

Placer 95631 

(portion)** 

San 

Bernardino 92256 Tulare 93271

* County name is provided as a point of reference only. Except as specified for ZIP codes 95602, 

 95603, and 95631, all portions of the identified ZIP codes are Type “A” areas. 

** Only the portion of ZIP codes 95602, 95603, and 95631 that lie to the east of Range 9 east, Mount 

 Diablo Baseline and Meridian. 

 
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§94508(a)(21) – §94508(a)(159) [Nonsubstantive changes to indicate 

renumbering]. 

NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 38501, 38510, 38560, 38560.5, 38562, 38580, 39600, 39601 and 

41712, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 38501, 38510, 38560, 38560.5, 38562, 38580, 

39002, 39600, 40000 and 41712, Health and Safety Code. 

§ 94509. Standards for Consumer Products. 

[Note: Only those parts of the Table of Standards proposed for amendment are shown.] 

(a) Except as provided in Sections 94510 (Exemptions), 94511 (Innovative 

Products), 94514 (Variances), 94540 through 94555 (Alternative Control Plan), 

and 94567(a)(1) (Hairspray Credit Program), Title 17, California Code of 

Regulations, no person shall sell, supply, offer for sale, or manufacture for sale in 

California any consumer product which, at the time of sale or manufacture, 

contains volatile organic compounds in excess of the limits specified in the 

following Table of Standards after the specified effective dates. 

Table of Standards 

Percent Volatile Organic Compound by Weight 

Product Category 

Effective 

Date 1

VOC Standard 

2

Automotive Windshield Washer Fluid *: 

 Type “A” areas* 

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*Type “A” areas include only the following: Del 

Norte, Shasta and Trinity Counties; the Great Basin

Valley, Lake Tahoe, Mountain Counties, and 

Northeast Plateau Air Basins, as defined in Title 17, 

California Code of Regulations, Sections 60105, 

60108, 60111, and 60113. 

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 All other areas** Nontype “A” areas 

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**See section 94508(a)(20), section 94508(a)(21), 

section 94509(b)(3), and section 94509(l) for 

provisions that apply to Automotive Windshield 

Washer Fluid. 

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(b) Products that are diluted prior to use
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 (3) For “Automotive Windshield Washer Fluids (Dilutable)” for which the front 

panel of the product label specifically states that the product should be diluted 

(e.g. identified as a “concentrate”) prior to use; 

(A) the VOC limits specified in section 94509(a) shall apply to the product only 

after the minimum recommended dilution has taken place; 

(B) for the purpose of complying with the VOC limits specified in section 94509(a), 

different dilution instructions for “Type “A” areas” and Nontype “A” areas and 

other areas of California may be specified on the product label if the dilution 

instructions meet the following criteria: 

1. The instructions are readily visible, and 

2. The instructions can be easily understood by the consumer, and 

3. The instructions clearly specify the recommended dilutions to that 

applyies in “Type “A” areas” and Nontype “A” areas in other areas 

of California, and 

 If the dilution instructions specified on the product label meet these criteria, 

the VOC limits specified in section 94509(a) shall apply to the product only 

after the minimum recommended dilution has taken place for the area in 

which the product is sold, supplied, or offered for sale. 

 

(C) The dilution instructions on the product label may indicate that the consumer 

follow the dilution instructions for “Type “A” areas” if traveling during times 

when freezing temperatures are expected. 

(4) For products sold in pump spray containers, the VOC limits specified in section 

94509(a) shall apply to the product prior to any minimum recommended dilution. 

NOTE: Authority cited: Sections 38500, 38501, 38510, 38560, 38560.5, 38562, 38580, 39600, 39601, 

39650, 39658, 39659, 39666 and 41712, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 38505, 39002, 

39600, 39650, 39655, 39656, 39658, 39659, 39666, 40000 and 41712, Health and Safety Code.