State of California

AIR RESOURCES BOARD

Notice of Public Availability of Modified Text

PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF PROPOSED AME NDMENTS TO

THE CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRODUCTS REGULATION

Public Hearing Date: June 26, 2008 Public Availability Date: August 12, 2008 Deadline for Public Comment: August 27, 2008

At its June 26, 2008, public hearing, the Air Resou rces Board (Board or ARB) approved amendments to the California Consumer Products Regu lation, sections 94507–94517, title 17, California Code of Regulations (CCR). Th e amendments to the Consumer Products Regulation set new or lower volatile organ ic compound (VOC) limits for various categories of products, prohibit the use of chlorinated toxic compounds in certain categories, exempt Hydrofluoroether 7200 fr om the definition of VOC, and revise or clarify other requirements. The approved amendments also establish a global warming potential limit for Pressurized Gas Duster products.

At the hearing, the staff presented, and the Board approved, modifications to the regulations originally proposed in the Staff Report released on May 9, 2008, in response to comments received since the Staff Repor t was published. The regulatory language for these approved modifications is enclos ed with this notice, and the

modifications are summarized below.

• In section 94508(a), staff originally proposed a d efinition for the term “Not for Retail Sale.” The Board approved a modification th at would delete this definition. Other definitions in section 94508(a) have been ren umbered to reflect this

deletion.

• In section 94508(a), modifications were approved t o clarify the definitions for “Floor Maintenance Product,” “Personal Fragrance Pr oduct,” and “Sealant or Caulking Compound.”

• In section 94509(a), a modification was approved t o the Table of Standards to clarify that the limit for “Motor Vehicle Wash” wil l apply only to non-aerosol products.

• In section 94512(d)(1), a modification was approve d to specify the effective dates for the labeling requirement for non-aerosol “Sealant or Caulking Compound.”2

The Board’s Resolution 08-30, approving the amendme nts to the California Consumer Products Regulations, as well as other regulatory d ocuments for this rulemaking, are available online at the following ARB internet site :

http://www.arb.ca.gov/regact/cpwg2008/cpwg2008.htm

In accordance with section 11346.8 of the Governmen t Code, the Board directed the Executive Officer to adopt amendments to sections 9 4508, 94509, 94510, 94512, 94513, and 94515, title 17, CCR, after making them available to the public for comment for a period of at least 15 days. The Board furthe r provided that the Executive Officer shall consider such written comments as may be subm itted during this period, shall make such modifications as may be appropriate in li ght of the comments received, and shall present the regulations to the Board for furt her consideration if warranted.

Written comments on the modifications approved by t he Board may be submitted by postal mail, electronic mail, or facsimile as follo ws:

Postal mail: Clerk of the Board, Air Resources Boa rd

1001 I Street, Sacramento, California 95814

Electronic submittal: http://www.arb.ca.gov/lispub/comm/bclist.php

Facsimile submittal: (916) 322-3928

Please note that under the California Public Record s Act (Government Code section 6250 et seq.), your written and oral commen ts, attachments, and associated contact information (e.g., your address, phone, ema il, etc.) become part of the public record and can be released to the public upon reque st. Additionally, this information may become available via Google, Yahoo, and any oth er search engines.

In order to be considered by the Executive Officer, comments must be directed to the

ARB in one of the three forms described above and r eceived by the ARB by 5:00 p.m. on the deadline date for public comment listed at t he beginning of this notice. Only comments relating to the above-described modificati ons to the text of the regulations shall be considered by the Executive Officer.

Enclosure