Article: Finishing newsfront: emission guidelines taking shape. (proposed National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants and Control Technique Guidelines for wood finishing industry) (Trends & News)

Woodworking companies currently utilizing waterborne or high solids topcoats and using high-transfer efficiency spray guns are on the right track to comply with future environmental finishing regulations, according to a proposal being drafted by a multi-partisan committee.

On Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, the federally-sanctioned Wood Furniture Regulatory Negotiating (Reg Neg) Committee, made up of representatives from the woodworking and finishing supply industries, private environmental groups and state and federal environmental agencies, met in Raleigh, N.C., in an attempt to finalize guidelines for wood finishing operations. The group or "Table" as it is known, has been ...

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