EPA's new Architectural Coatings Rule

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>OPPT NEWSBREAK Thursday 29 April 1999

> INTER ALIA

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> " Goodbye to Oil That [Home]. " Washington Post, 29 April 1999.

> Part of the Post's Home magazine coverage of paints used in

> home decorating, column notes that after September 13, the

> EPA's new " Architectural Coatings Rule " goes in effect.

> Designed to control harmful emissions of volatile organic

> compounds (VOCs) from oil-based paints, the practical result

> will be fewer oil-paints available to the consumer. " For

> manufacturers, the new rule means reducing the liquids and

> bulking up on solids. For consumers, it may mean oil paint

> that's thicker, harder to apply, slower to dry and more

> expensive. "

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