Seeking context if anyone has it....
Requirements include: "For projects in North America, methylene chloride and perchloroethylene may not be intentionally added in paints, coatings, adhesives, or sealants."
For clarity, is this automatically covered by compliance with SCAQMD / CARB standards, making this statement more of a formality?
Or is there a real potential for products to be non-compliant with this criteria, warranting additional precautions / supporting data to be requested from manufacturers? For example, is it a greater concern for imported products, as opposed to North American manufactured products?
Just trying to determine what additional product research, technical specification language and formal construction submittal/quality control manufacturer documentation is legitimately warranted as a good-faith effort to address it.
Thx
Rebecca Aarons-Sydnor
Project DirectorSustainable Design Consulting, LLC
LEEDuser Expert
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March 23, 2018 - 11:07 am
SCAQMD Rule 1168 bans these chemicals, but SCAQMD Rule 1113 does not. CDPH standard method 2010 has a limit for methylene chloride but is silent on perchloroethylene. You would have to do additional research for paints and coatings to confirm. Their MSDS sheets should provide you the information.