[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 5]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR59.400]

[Page 317]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 59_NATIONAL VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND EMISSION STANDARDS FOR CONSUMER AND 
 
  Subpart D_National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for 
 
Sec. 59.400  Applicability and compliance dates.

                         Architectural Coatings

    Source: 63 FR 48877, Sept. 11, 1998, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section, 
the provisions of this subpart apply to each architectural coating 
manufactured on or after September 13, 1999 for sale or distribution in 
the United States.
    (b) For any architectural coating registered under the Federal 
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. Section 136, et 
seq.), the provisions of this subpart apply to any such coating 
manufactured on or after March 13, 2000 for sale or distribution in the 
United States.
    (c) The provisions of this subpart do not apply to any architectural 
coating described in paragraphs (c)(1) through (c)(5) of this section:
    (1) A coating that is manufactured for sale or distribution to 
architectural coating markets outside the United States; such a coating 
must not be sold or distributed within the United States as an 
architectural coating.
    (2) A coating that is manufactured prior to September 13, 1999.
    (3) A coating that is sold in a nonrefillable aerosol container.
    (4) A coating that is collected and redistributed at a paint 
exchange.
    (5) A coating that is sold in a container with a volume of one liter 
or less.