Section 20-776. ARCHITECTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE COATING – LABELING REQUIREMENT

 

776.1A manufacturer of any architectural coating shall list the following information on the coating container (or label) in which the coating is sold or distributed:

 

(a)The date the coating was manufactured, or a date code representing the date, on the label, lid, or bottom of the container, and if the man­ufacturer uses a date code for any coating, the man­ufacturer shall file an explanation of each code with the Department;

 

(b)A statement of the man­ufacturer's recommendation regarding thinning of the coating on the label or lid of the container, except to the thinning of architectural coatings with water. If thin­ning of the coating before use is not necessary, the recommendation must specify that the coating is to be applied without thinning;

 

(c)Either the maximum or the actual VOC content of the coating, as supplied, including the maximum thinning as recommended by the manufacturer, where:

 

(1)VOC content shall be displayed in grams of VOC per liter of coating; and

 

(2)VOC content dis­played shall be calculated using product formula­tion data, or shall be determined using the test methods and equations in § 778.1(a), 778.1(b), and 778.2;

 

(d)On the label or the lid of the container in which any industrial maintenance coat­ing is sold or distributed, one or more of the descrip­tions listed in subparagraphs (1) through (3):

 

(1)"For industrial use only";

 

(2)"For professional use only"; or

 

(3)"Not for residential use" or "Not intended for residential use";

 

(e)If the product is a clear brushing lacquer, the prominently displayed statements "For brush application only", and "This product must not be thinned or sprayed";

 

(f)If the product is a rust preventive coating, the promi­nently displayed statement, "For Metal Substrates Only";

 

(g)If the product is a specialty primers sealer, or undercoater, the prominent display of one or more of the descriptions listed in subparagraphs (1) through (6):

 

(1)For blocking stains;

 

(2)For fire-damaged substrates;

 

(3)For smoke-damaged substrates;

 

(4)For water-damaged substrates;

 

(5)For excessively chalky substrates; or

 

(6)To seal in efflorescence;

 

(h)If the product is a quick dry enamel, the prominently displayed words "Quick Dry" and the dry hard time;

 

(i)If the product is a non-flat, high-gloss coating, the prominently displayed words "High Gloss"; and

 

(j)If the product is a stone consolidant, the prominently displayed words “Stone Consolidant – For Professional Use Only.”

 

authority

The Director of the District Department of the Environment (DDOE or Department), pursuant to the authority set forth in sections 5 and 6(b) of the District of Columbia Air Pollution Control Act of 1984, as amended, effective March 15, 1985 (D.C. Law 5-165 (DCAPC); D.C. Official Code §§ 8-101.05 and 8-101.06(b)(2008 Repl.)), section 107(4) of the District Department of the Environment Establishment Act of 2005, effective February 15, 2006 (D.C. Law 16-51; D.C. Official Code § 8-151.07(4)(2008 Repl.)), Mayor's Order 98-44, dated April 10, 1998, and Mayor’s Order 2006-61, dated June 14, 2006.

source

Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 11286, 11402 (December 30, 2011).