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aircleaners -- Proposed Amendments to the Air Cleaner Regulation
Posted: 30 Oct 2009 16:16:02
Staff of the Air Resources Board has proposed minor amendments to the Air Cleaner Regulation, to extend the date that package labeling must be compliant with the regulation, and to improve implementation of the regulation. Air cleaners would still have to be tested and certified by October 18, 2010, but, as requested by manufacturers, the package labeling requirements would not have to be met for an additional year, and adhesive labels (rather than printing on the package) would be allowed for two years. Other amendments would: (1) allow “mechanical filtration only” air cleaners to be tested for electrical safety at additional facilities; (2) incorporate into the regulation three clarifications to the ozone test protocol issued by UL; (3) allow devices that include an air cleaner component but whose main purpose is something other than air cleaning to be tested for electrical safety under their applicable ANSI/UL electrical safety test; and 4) refine the definition of “mechanical filtration only” to reference all pollutants (not just particles) to be fully consistent with the rest of the regulation. Together these latter amendments would shorten the time needed for the ozone test, and correct some oversights regarding electrical safety testing in the original regulation. The Board will consider the proposed amendments to the Air Cleaner Regulation on December 9, 2009 at their regular monthly meeting in Sacramento. The Public Notice and the associated formal regulatory materials (staff report and proposed language changes) provide more information on the proposed amendments. They can be accessed from our website at the following address: http://www.arb.ca.gov/regact/2009/iacd09/iacd09.htm. The Board encourages those with comments to contact staff to discuss their comments in advance of the Board meeting. Written comments are due to the Clerk of the Board by noon, December 8, 2009; please see the Public Notice for details on how to submit written comments. Inquiries concerning the proposed amendments may be directed to Ms. Peggy Jenkins, Manager of the Indoor Exposure Assessment Section, at (916) 323-1504 or Mr. Jim Behrmann, at (916) 322-8278. If you have problems accessing the webpages, please contact Susan Lum at slum@arb.ca.gov or by phone at 916-323-5043.
