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EPA/AR RIN: 2060-AF62 Publication ID: Spring 1996 
Title: National VOC Emission Standards for Consumer Products and Amendment to Add Flexible Compliance Plan 
Abstract: Section 183(e) of the Clean Air Act requires that EPA list those categories of consumer and commercial products (CCPs) that account for at least 80 percent of volatile organic compounds (VOC) from all CCPs in ozone nonattainment areas. The list is to be divided into 4 groups by priority. The EPA is to regulate one group of categories every 2 years until all 4 groups are regulated. The first group must be regulated no later than 2 years after the EPA publishes the list and regulatory schedule. ^PThe EPA has listed for regulation a group of 24 products which are currently regulated by California and several other States. The rule would set VOC content limits for the 24 categories of products. These limitations are currently being met by product manufacturers marketing products in California and other States. A Federal rule would provide consistency and would assist other States in achieving VOC reductions toward their 15-percent rate-of-progress requirements. This rule is supported by both the States and by the consumer products industry. ^PAn Amendment to Add a Flexible Compliance Plan to the National VOC Emission Standards for Consumer Products is also being developed. This rulemaking would add a flexible compliance plan to the consumer products rule. The plan would be a mechanism by which manufacturers could produce consumer products that have more VOC than the levels in the rule, provided that the increased VOC emissions are balanced by decreased emissions from products that are below the required levels. Participation in the flexible compliance plan would be optional. The flexibility added by the plan would help to achieve the emission reductions at a lower cost. During plan development, the EPA is examining how to make the plan amenable for use by small and one-product businesses, as well as large multi-product ones. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 59   
Legal Authority: Clean Air Act, section 183(e)    42 USC 7511b   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory  The compliance date for the consumer products rule is anticipated to be Sept. 1996. It is important to promulgate this amendment close to this date so that manufacturers can take advantage of it  03/00/1997 
Additional Information: SAN No. 3658 and 3822 ^PAgency Contact for Amendment is Gail Lacy, 919-541-5261. ^PRFA: Y
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Yes  Government Levels Affected: Local, State, Tribal 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
Bruce Moore
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
E143-01,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone:919 541-5460
Fax:919 541-0246
Email: moore.bruce@epa.gov