STATES EYE STRICTER MODEL RULE TO CURB PAINT COATING EMISSIONS

The Ozone Transport Commission (OTC) may establish a more stringent model rule that its 13 member sates could use to limit emissions from paints and coatings, despite continued industry lawsuits against states using the existing model rule, OTC sources say. The move comes after air officials in Delaware ran modeling to predict what further emissions reductions might be possible by adopting standards equivalent to those an air district in California put in place last year. The modeling shows a potential...