Industrial Surface Coating Regulation Update
Posted on Friday, August 1, 2014
The Powder Coating Institute has partnered with
the American Coating Association to bring members
quarterly updates on legislation and regulatory issues
affecting the powder coating industry.
Industrial surface coatings, including powder
coatings, are applied to original equipment
manufacturing (OEM) parts. The volatile organic
compound (VOC) and hazardous air pollutant (HAP)
content of these coatings are regulated at the federal,
state, and local levels. The following is an overview of
these regulations.
VOC Regulations. Most States and many of the
local California Air Districts already regulate the VOC
content of the industrial surface coatings in coating
application facility. The facilities may also have
operating permits that regulate the VOC content of
coatings. These rules vary considerably, depending on
where the facility is located and the substrate being
coated. States and air districts that need additional
emission reductions for their Ozone implementations
plans often adopt more stringent VOC requirements
for industrial surface coatings.
HAP Regulations. Industrial surface coating
operations are typically categorized as either “area”
or “major” depending upon potential HAP emissions.
Area sources are facilities that have potential HAP
emissions. Area sources are facilities that have
potential HAP emissions of less than 10 tons per year
of a single HAP or 25 tons combined HAP emissions.
Conflict Minerals Update. As reported in previous
regulatory updates, the US Security and Exchange
Commission (SEC) conflict minerals rule requires all
U.S. publically traded companies that manufacture or
contract to manufacture products for which conflict
minerals (any amount of the following: tin, tungsten,
tantalum, gold) are necessary to the products’
functionality or production are covered by the scope
of the Conflict Minerals Rule.
PCI members can read these updates in their
entirety in the Members-Only section of PCI’s website.
For more on becoming a PCI member, contact Tamara
Hancock at thancock@powdercoating.org.