California Air Board Grapples With VOC Reduction Feasibility Issues

The CARB's latest draft moves it closer to amending the state’s Consumer Products Regulation to mandate further reductions in volatile organic compounds in selected personal-care products. Personal fragrance products are targeted for steep cuts, but feasibility questions have the board exploring options.

The California Air Resources Board intends to conduct a survey of personal fragrance product manufacturers in five years to help the board determine if its proposed volatile organic compound emission reductions are feasible in the category.

While generally supportive of the notion, industry has concerns about the information that firms would be required to provide.

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