Washington, DC USA

Current Aerosol Issues

SpotlightedSATA Spring Meeting

Atlanta, GeorgiaMarch 24, 2011

D. Douglas FratzVice President, Scientific & Technical Affairs

OR

“Ten Reasons Why My Family

Continually Forgets What I Look Like”

Current Issues Impacting Aerosol Products

• Air Quality• Greenhouse Gas Reductions• TSCA Reform• Green Chemistry• Health Issues• Ingredient Communication• Environmental Marketing• International Harmonization• Plastic Aerosol Containers• Fire & Building Codes• Aerosol Public Relations

Air Quality Regulations

California Air Resources Board (CARB) RegulationsOzone Transport Commission (OTC) Model RuleU.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Consumer Products RuleInternational Regulations

CARB 2010 Amendments

• Proposal in April 2010 - 18 New Limits– Toxics and Global Warming Limits– Product Labeling

• Adopted November 18, 2010• 11 Product Categories

• 15 New VOC Limits

• 6.9 Tons/Day VOC Reduction

• Cost of Compliance: $50 Million • 15-Day Notice in 2011

• Revised Specialty Lubricants Definitions and Limit• Most Restrictive Limit Language Revision

CARB 2010 Amendments

Results of CSPA Advocacy• No change for General Purpose Silicone Lubricants• Action deferred for two automotive products• Higher VOC limits for six products• Later effective dates for six products• Subcategorization of Special Purpose Lubricants• Improved Most Restrictive Limit Provision• Avoided proposed product compliance labeling • Avoided restrictions on LVP glycol ethers• Totals savings: tens of millions of dollars

CARB 2011 Activities

• 2011 Amendments– Expedited product survey update– Aerosol Coatings– Aerosol Adhesives– Reactivity-based limit– 3-13 tons/day needed

• Inventory Update– Include new survey data– CSPA will review and comment

• Regulatory Alternatives– CSPA AQC Task Force– Enhancements to ACP may be needed

Other 2011 Air Quality Activities

Ozone Transport Commission (OTC) Model Rule• OTC Model Rules 3 (2014) • Consumer Products Model Rule Issues• Solvent Degreasing Model Rule Issues

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Consumer Products Rule• Letter to Congressman Issa• Meeting with EPA OAR Officials

International Regulations• Canadian Consumer Products Rule

California AB 32 Implementation

• California AB 32 Law 2006• Ambitious Goals• Global Warming Mitigation• Early Action Measures -2008

– Aerosol Dusters– Automotive Air Conditioners

• 2009 –Aerosol Air Freshener– Prohibits use of compounds with GWP

value ≥ 150

California Environmental Protection Agency

CARB 2010 Amendments

GWP > 150 Prohibitions Adopted for:

• Flying Bug Insecticide – Aerosol• Furniture Maintenance Product –

Aerosol• Metal Polish / Cleaner - Aerosol• Oven or Grill Cleaner - Aerosol• Special-Purpose Lubricants – Aerosol• Spot Removers (Dry Clean Only) –

Aerosol• Wasp or Hornet Insecticide – Aerosol

Federal Energy Legislation

• 2009 Federal Energy Legislative Proposal

– Carbon Emissions Trading– HFC Phase-Down

• EPA “Endangerment Finding” & Litigation

• 2010 Legislative Proposal• Highly Politicized• 2011 Legislation Promised• Prospects Uncertain

Toxic Substances Control Act Reform

• Toxic Substances Control Act Adopted in 1976

• 2009 Kids Safe Chemicals Act• 2010Toxic Chemicals Safety Act• Congressional Hearings in 2010• REACH Implementation Continues• 2011 Legislation to be Introduced• Unlikely to Pass in 2011? 2012?

CSPA Management of TSCA Reform

• CSPA Chemicals Management Policy Team– Formed in 2008, Very Active in 2009-2011

• Broad Chemical Industry Coalition• CSPA Coalition Principles Documents• Seeking Stakeholder Process• Seeking Reasonable TSCA Modernization• Prioritization and Use/Exposure WGs• Exposure Presentation at GlobalChem 2011

California Green Chemistry Initiative

• 2008 Legislation & Report• 2009 Green Ribbon Science Panel• 2010 Regulation for Safer

Consumer Product Alternatives• 2010-2011 OEHHA Hazard Traits• Chemicals of Concern• Priority Products• Alternatives Assessments• Final Rule in December 2010

California Green Chemistry 2011

• NGOs Hate DTSC Final Rule• No Implementation—Political

Reassessment• OEHHA Hazard Traits and Toxics

Clearinghouse• Green Ribbon Science Panel• CSPA Coalitions

– Green Chemistry Alliance– Alternatives Analysis Industry Coalition

• Other State Programs Being Implemented– Maine, Minnesota, Washington

Health and Safety Issues

• CPSC Consumer Product Safety Information Database

• EPA Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program

• California Biomonitoring

• Asthma Causation

CPSC Consumer Product Safety Information Database

• Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2009

• Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

• Consumer Product Incident Database

• SaferProducts.gov went Live on March 11th

CPSC Consumer Product Safety Information Database

• CPSC will Notify Manufacturers and Provide 10 Days to Comment Before Incident Report Added

• Manufacturers Should Pre-Register to Avoid Delays

• Key Challenges for Product Marketers:

– Data Quality Assurance – Non-CPSC Product Reports– Product Liability Impacts

EPA Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program

• 1996 Food Quality & Protection Act– FIFRA and SDWA

• Possible Adverse Effects - Endocrine Mechanisms

– Reproductive Effects, etc.• Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program

(EDSP)• Program Initiated in late 2009

– 67 Test Orders to Hundreds of Companies– 58 Pesticide Actives & 9 Pesticide Inerts– 11 Screening Tests in Tier 1– $1 Million Costs for Tier 1

EPA Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program

Biggest Challenges from EDSP• High Costs of Tier 1• Inert Ingredient Suppliers “Opting Out”• EPA Does Not Know How to Interpret Tests• NGOs Will Interpret Results and Disparage Any

Chemicals With Less Than Perfect Results• Tier 2 Tests (Chronic Reproductive, etc) Could

Cost Many $ Millions More• EPA Already Proposing 124 (Drinking Water and

Pesticide) Chemicals for Test Orders in 2011

California Biomonitoring

• Chemicals in Brood/Urine• CDC Biomonitoring Program• Can Provide Useful Exposure Information• California Planning Own Program• Will Not be Statistically Designed• Plan to Share Results with Individuals• Largely Political and Public Relations

Game - Not Public Health Oriented

Asthma Causation

• Known Causes: Mostly Bioallergens• Suspected Causes: Chemicals?• Aerosol Particles/ Gas-Phase Irritants?• CSPA Working with Public Health Forum• Sponsoring Asthma Science Forum

– May 10, 2011, Old Town Alexandria, VA– Industry Representatives (CSPA/ACC/ACI/etc.)– Experts in Asthma Causation – Identify Known Causes and Data Gaps

Ingredient Communication

• First California Legislative Proposal 2007• Voluntary Industry Initiative 2009-2010

– Enhanced Voluntary Industry Initiative 2011• CSPA Consumer Product Ingredient Dictionary 2009• Federal Legislation Proposals 2008-2010• EPA DfE Ingredient Communication 2011• New York State Ingredient Disclosure

– 1970s Law and Regulation– 2009-2010 Proposed Implementation

• EPA Pesticide Inerts Disclosure Pilot 2011

CSPA Consumer Product Ingredient Dictionary Project

• Members Asked CSPA to Consider Dictionary in 2008

• Avoid Duplication of Effort• Differing Names Could Be

Seen by NGOs as Hiding Toxics

• Use of Functional Descriptors• Standard Names for Mixtures

or Botanical Extracts• Assist Legislative

Negotiations

CSPA Consumer Product Ingredient Dictionary Project

• Modeled After PCPC International Cosmetic Ingredient Dictionary

• 16 Product Marketers Sponsoring Project

• Nomenclature Committee• Hired New CSPA Scientist• Ingredient Applications• First Edition in Dec. 2009• First Update in May 2010• Second Update in May 2011?

CSPA Consumer Product Ingredient Dictionary Project

16 Current Project Sponsors

• 3M Company• Bissell Homecare, Inc.• Church & Dwight Co., Inc.• Clorox Company• Colgate-Palmolive Company• CRC Industries, Inc.• Henkel Corporation• Faultless Starch/Bon Ami

• Procter & Gamble Company• Prestige Brands• Reckitt Benckiser• S.C. Johnson & Son• Shell Lubricants Company• Turtle Wax Inc.• WD-40 Company• Zep Inc.

Dictionary Status as of March 2011

• Ingredient Applications Processed 313• Ingredient Monographs Approved 286• Ingredient Suppliers Included 43• Trade Names Defined 810• Technical/Other Names Defined 1091• Chemical Classes Represented 50• Ingredient Functions Included 70

Environmental Marketing

• CSPA Environmental Marketing & Claims Committee Formed in 1988

• FTC Guide on Environmental Marketing Claims First Adopted in 1992

• Since Then Numerous Certification Programs for Environmentally Preferable and Safer Products

• Aerosol Products Always Excluded• Numerous Other Issues with Certification Criteria• CSPA Supports Science-Based Claims That Are

NOT Misleading

EPA Design for the Environment

• U.S. EPA Product Certification Program

• CSPA APD DfE Committee• DfE Cleaning Products Criteria• “Continuous Delivery Systems”

– Small Particles– Propellants

• Ingredient Communication• Product Efficacy Testing• CSPA Long-Term Goal: Expand

Acceptance of Aerosols

EPA Design for the Environment

Plans for 2011 and Onward

• Recruit Marketers for DfE• Seek Critical Applications

– Liquified Propellants– Natural Gas Liquids– Expand Criteria

• Seek NGO Partners• Continued Education on

Continuous Spray Systems

International Harmonization

• CSPA APD International Harmonization Committee

• International Liaison Committee– FEA Hosted in Rome September 2010

• Globally Harmonized System (GHS)– Agreement on UN Transport Labels– CSPA, FEA, Canada, Australia, Others– Approved in Geneva in December 2010– No Gas Cylinder, No % Flammable

• Joint CSPA/FEA Container Standards Workgroup Beginning Work in 2011

Plastic Aerosol Containers

New CSPA Aerosol Products Division Commercial Standards Committee Plastic Aerosol Container Subcommittee Formed in 2010>50 MembersScott Smith (P&G) Chair & Kevin Hoening (Aptar) Vice ChairPlastic Aerosol Research Group (PARG) Formed under PIR 201116 PARG Participants

Plastic Container Subcommittee

• DOT Transport Regulations– Coordinating with International

Harmonization Committee• NFPA Code 30B Storage Issues

– Coordinating with Manufacturing & Storage Standards Committee

• International Harmonization of Container Standards

– Coordinating with IHC and FEA• Recyclability/ Environmental Issues

– Coordinating with Recycling Committee

Plastic Aerosol Research Group

• Joint Venture Research Group (LLC)• 16 Companies Currently Participating• 4 Containers for Testing• 350 / 400 / 475 / 750 ml sizes• Warehouse Storage Fire Tests

– With Factory Mutual Research– Fire Tests for Product Classification– NFPA 30B Fire Code TIA

• Goal: Provide Basis for Commercializing Aerosol Products in Plastic Containers

Aerosol Fire and Building Codes

• NFPA Code 30B• Aerosol Manufacturing,

Warehouse Storage, and Retail Display

• 4-Year Update Completed• New 2011 Edition• International Fire Code and

Building Code

Aerosol Propellants Manual 3rd Edition

• Third Edition – May 2010• Plant & Laboratory• Workgroup Draft• Aerosol Propellants

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Misperceptions About Aerosol Products

• Have CFCs/ Deplete Ozone• Create Toxic Particles• Contribute Significantly to Ozone Smog• Contribute Significantly to Global Warming• Not Environmentally Preferable• Are Flammable and Easily Explode

Aerosol Public Relations

Misperceptions Persist

• Despite Decades of CSPA Efforts• Despite Decades of CAPCO Education• Despite Decades of Company Efforts

• Why?

Aerosol Public Relations

Is Terminology Part of Our Problem?

• “No CFCs” or “No Products Contain CFCs”?• “Aerosol” or “Continuous Delivery Systems”?

• or “Self-Dispensing Products”?• or “Pressurized Products” • or “Spray Products”?

• “Hydrocarbon” or “Natural Gas Liquid”?• “Propellant” or “Pressurant”?

Aerosol Public Relations

CSPA Aerosol Products Division and CAPCO

• E-Mail Discussions January-February 2011• CSPA APD and CAPCO Leadership Call• Decision to Develop CSPA Member Survey• Survey Results in Planned in April or May• Discussions will Continue in May in Chicago

• CSPA Aerosol Products Division Program• CSPA APD Executive Board and CAPCO Board

• If Research Needed, CAPCO will Coordinate

Aerosol Public RelationsAerosol Product Division Survey

• What percent of marketers and products use “No CFC” logo and/or wording?• Are consumer being confused by some products having “No CFC” labeling and some being without?• Do we need research to evaluate this?• If research shows changes needed, should we change?• Is the term “aerosol” confusing consumers due to scientific use referring to pollutants and toxic particles?• Should we evolve our terminology for our product form?• Should CSPA Aerosol Products Division Scope Expand?

Thank you!Questions?

D. Douglas Fratzdfratz@cspa.org