Gretchen Schaefer
202.833.7311
CSPA and ASPA Seminar to Provide Guidance on Completing ARB Survey
Washington D.C. – The Consumer Specialty Products Association (CSPA) and the Automotive Specialty Products Alliance (ASPA) will co-host a workshop on the California Air Resources Board (ARB) 2003 Consumer and Commercial Products Survey in Chicago on September 23.
ARB officials will join industry representatives in the half-day program aimed at helping product manufacturers understand how to complete the survey and why it is important. The survey data will be used to establish new volatile organic compound (VOC) restrictions for consumer, institutional and industrial products that are required by law . These restrictions will be legally binding and will affect future product formulations .
Completing the survey is a legal requirement. The data will be used to create ARB's consumer products emissions inventory. Incomplete data could result in more stringent VOC restrictions and higher emission fees for some companies. The survey is expected to be distributed to all companies that market consumer products in California within several weeks with responses due on a yet-to-be-determined date in early 2005.
On August 18, the ARB released a preliminary draft of the product types that will be surveyed and could face VOC restrictions. Categories include: household products, office supplies, pesticides, lawn and garden products, personal care products, pet products, automotive products and many others.
The workshop is open to the nonmembers. Details and registration materials are available on line at: http://www.cspa.org/public/events/carb_survey.html or by contacting Andy Hackman at Ahackman@cspa.org or 202-833-7328.
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The Consumer Specialty Products Association is a non-profit national trade association representing approximately 237 companies engaged in the manufacture, formulation, distribution and sale of hundreds of familiar consumer products. It is organized into seven divisions: Aerosol Products, Air Care, Antimicrobial Products, Cleaning Products, Pest Management Products, Industrial & Automotive Specialty Chemicals, and Polishes & Floor Maintenance Products.
ASPA is an alliance of three non-profit, national trade associations representing companies engaged in the manufacture, formulation, distribution, and sale of automotive specialty products. The Alliance combines the efforts of Automotive Aftermarket Industry Association (AAIA), the Consumer Specialty Products Association (CSPA), and the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) to form a unified industry voice for their members engaged in the automotive chemical and vehicle appearance products markets.
