State of California
                      AIR RESOURCES BOARD
                                
            California State University - Northridge
          Student Union Building - Santa Clarita Room
               Zelzah Avenue and Nordhoff Street
                         Northridge, CA
                                
                        October 9, 1981
                           10:00 a.m.
                                
                             AGENDA

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81-20-1   Public Hearing to Consider Amendments to Rule       001
          1113 of the South Coast Air Quality Management
          District Limiting the Solvent Content of
          Architectural Coatings.

81-20-2   Other Business
          a.   Closed Sessions
               1.   Personnel (as authorized by State Agency Open
                    Meeting Act).
               2.   Litigation (Pursuant to the attorney-client
                    privilege).
          b.   Research Proposals
          c.   Delegations to Executive Officer

SMOKING NOT PERMITTED AT MEETINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES
BOARD.

                        ITEM NO.: 81-20-1

                             SUMMARY

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff proposes that the
Board amend Rule 1113 of the South Coast Air Quality Management
District.  Rule 1113, as amended by the South Coast Air Quality
Management District (SCAQMD) Board on July 3, 1981, establishes
specific limitations on the amount of volatile organic compounds,
or solvents, employed in certain types of architectural coatings. 
The Air Resources Board staff has reviewed these limits and has
determined that more stringent requirements are technically
feasible and are necessary to attain health-based ambient air
quality standards for ozone, a major component of photochemical
smog, in the South Coast Air Basin (SCAB).

Prior to July 3, 1981, the SCAQMD had in effect a rule which
limited the volatile organic compounds in architectural coatings. 
On July 3, 1981, the SCAQMD Board made several modifications to
Rule 1113 which changed some of those limits and thereby greatly
reduced the rule's effectiveness at limiting emissions of smog-causing 
compounds.  The action proposed for ARB consideration is
to amend the July 3, 1981, rule adopted by the SCAQMD so that it
is similar to the rule in effect prior to that date.