Doug, The rules specifically cover ozone. What the EPA is trying to do is reduce ground-level smog. A big contributor to that, as I understand it, are VOCs. Mike *From:* [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *Sent:* Friday, August 19, 2011 2:05 PM *To:* TechNet E-Mail Forum; Mike Buetow *Subject:* Re: [TN] ozone transport rules Mike, Are you talking ozone emissions or VOC emissions? I suspect the latter. And I would agree about the hallucinogenic basis of the numbers. Same kind of crack-smoking, meth inhaling numbers that got us RoHs. Doug Pauls *Mike Buetow <[log in to unmask]>* Sent by: TechNet <[log in to unmask]> 08/19/2011 12:59 PM Please respond to TechNet E-Mail Forum <[log in to unmask]>; Please respond to Mike Buetow <[log in to unmask]> To <[log in to unmask]> cc Subject [TN] ozone transport rules Not sure if any of you have been following this, but the US EPA is proposing lowering the ozone emissions limit cap to 25 grams/liter in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states. This is in line with the California rules, and what we are hearing is that most cleaning chemistries that are formulated special for California manufacturers are not as robust as ones used in other locales. The EPA says lowering the limits will cut healthcare costs by $120 billion to $290 billion a year by 2014 – or more than 10% of the total annual US health care spend. (Just the range in that estimate suggests some serious drug ingestion on the part of those responsible, in my opinion.) Frankly, I would be more concerned that the major defense contractors all move to Texas. There is a meeting near BWI Airport in early September. I strongly suggest you forward this info to your company environmental compliance officer(s) and make sure they submit comments and/or attend. http://circuitsassembly.com/cms/news/11552-ozone-rules-debated- Best, Mike Mike Buetow Circuits Assembly w/m 617-327-4702 Twitter: @mikebuetow >>> The CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY EMS Directory -- over 2,100 listings, in Excel www.circuitsassembly.com/dems <<< ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 16.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives For additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please contact helpdesk at x2960 or [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 16.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives For additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------