NJ VOC EMISSIONS REG EFFECTIVE DATE CHANGES TO DEC. 7, 1995
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
NJ VOC EMISSIONS REG EFFECTIVE DATE CHANGES TO DEC. 7, 1995 from Aug. 31, 1995. The date change is the result of a settlement reached in the legal battle between the state of New Jersey and the American Lung Association (ALA) and several other health and environment advocacy groups that initiated a lawsuit against the state after it failed to comply with a 1987 court-mandated scheduling order for the regulation of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from consumer and commercial products ("The Rose Sheet" Aug. 15, p. 3). The effective date signifies the time at which the regulation becomes law. The date that manufacturers must be in full compliance with the law -- April 30, 1996 -- has not been changed.