CARB update
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
California Air Resources Board does not support postponing current plans for collecting consumer product fees since any delay would require manufacturers to pay fees for two fiscal years at about the same time, CARB staff states during Consumer Products Fee Regulation Workgroup teleconference June 19. At the session, CARB staff responded to comments it received following a call for public input on new fees on certain volatile organic-compound-containing consumer products. The Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association has urged CARB slow down the regulatory timetable (1"The Rose Sheet" June 2, 2003, p. 5). Workgroup also discussed its staff report and proposed fee regulation, which was released June 6. Second CARB public workshop will be June 24...
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