What is SCAQMD?
New government VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) regulations continue to be implemented in the southern part of the state of California. These regulations are established by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), which is defined as most of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties. They continually set lower and lower VOC limits for architectural, industrial maintenance, and traffic paints and coatings. In the 1980’s Maricopa County, Arizona adopted a VOC regulation for architectural, industrial maintenance, and traffic coatings, which is more stringent than the federal government’s national rule.
Exemptions: Some exemptions from all of these rules include: aerosols, colorants added in the store, and shop-applied coatings to the product being manufactured at pre-stainers, OEMs, finishing shops and similar facilities.