David Edwards, Ph.D California Air Resources Board July 29, 2014

# Overview  

### Background  California Toxic Air Contaminant Identification and Control Program  2000 Airborne Toxic Control Measure for Emissions of Chlorinated Toxic Air Contaminants from Automotive Maintenance and Repair Activities  Consumer Product Regulations  

### Consumer Products and Trichloroethylene  

### Summary  

### References and Contacts

## California Toxic Air Contaminant Identification

and Control Program
 

### Established pursuant to Assembly Bill (AB) 1807  

### Trichloroethylene (TCE) identified as a toxic air contaminant (TAC) in October 1990  

### No Board
- specified threshold exposure level for TCE  

### Airborne Toxic Control Measure (ATCM) must reduce emissions to lowest level through application of Best Available Control Technology for Toxics (T
- BACT)

## 2000 ATCM for Emissions of Chlorinated Toxic Air 

## Contaminants from Automotive Maintenance and

Repair Activities  

### Reduces emissions of perchloroethylene ( Perc ), 

### methylene chloride ( MeCl ), and trichloroethylene (TCE) from the following products used in automotive maintenance and repair (AMR):  Brake cleaners  Carburetor cleaners  Engine degreasers  General
-purpose degreasers

## 2000 ATCM for Emissions of Chlorinated Toxic Air 

## Contaminants from Automotive Maintenance and

Repair Activities (contd.)
 

### AMR products manufactured for sale in California cannot contain Perc , MeCl or TCE as of June 30, 2001  

### Products manufactured prior to June 30, 2001 were allowed to be sold until June 30, 2002  

### Products were allowed to be used by AMR facility owners and operators until December 31, 2002

## What Are Consumer Products?  

### Chemically formulated products  

### Used by household and institutional consumers  

### Types of products include:  Cleaning Products  Aerosol Paints  Antiperspirants and Deodorants  Household Pesticides  Personal Care Products  Automotive Specialty Products

## Consumer Products Regulatory History

 

### Milestone Rulemakings  November 1989: Antiperspirants and Deodorants Regulation  August 1990: Statewide Consumer Products Regulation  February 1995: Aerosol Paints
 

### Milestone Accomplishments  TAC reductions over 13 tons per day  VOC reductions of 218 tons per day by 2015  GHG reductions of ~0.23 MMT of CO2 equivalents per year

## Authority to Regulate

 

### Toxic Air Contaminant (TAC) Emissions: HSC 39650 et seq.  

### Greenhouse Gas (GHG)Emissions: HSC 38500 et seq.  

### Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC): HSC 41712

## Consumer Products Regulation: Phase 1 (1990)

 

### Contains an ozone depleting provision  

### Prevents manufacturers from reformulating with HCFCs and TCE due to ozone depleting potential greater than zero  

### Allows compliant products already containing ozone 

### depleting compounds to retain formulation

## Consumer Product Regulation: 1996 Rulemaking
 

### Used the risk assessment performed under the California Toxic Air Contaminant Identification and Control Program as a basis for prohibiting the use of TCE and other Toxic Air Contaminants in approximately 90 consumer product categories  

### Product categories for regulation identified through 

### industry survey and review of technical literature

## More Information Air Resources Board website: http://www.arb.ca.gov Consumer Products website: http://www.arb.ca.gov/consprod/consprod.htm Consumer Products Regulations website: http://www.arb.ca.gov/consprod/regs/regs.htm Consumer Products List Server website: http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/listserv.php

## Contacts Ravi Ramalingam, Chief Consumer Products and Air Quality Assessment Branch ( 916) 322 - 2085 or rramalin@arb.ca.gov David Edwards, Ph.D., Manager Implementation Section (916)323
-4887 or dedwards@arb.ca.gov Nicholas Berger Technical Development Section (916) 327
-1516 or nberger@arb.ca.gov