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About this SECG

• Publication Date: 07/01/1999
• Small Entity Compliance Guide: Small Entity Compliance Guide for National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Architectural Coatings, July 1999

About the Rule

• Title: National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Architectural Coatings
• RIN: 2060-AE55
• Docket No.: None available
• Publication Date for Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM): 06/25/1996. Access the NPRM on FDsys.
• Publication Date for Final Rule: 09/11/1998. Access the final rule on FDsys.

More information about this rule: Coatings and Composites Coordinated Rule Development