Part 59 — National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Consumer and Commercial Products
Current through Aug 22, 2025
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7414 and 7511b(e).
Source: 64 FR 48815, Sept. 11, 1998, unless otherwise noted.
Sections
- § 59.1 Final determinations under Section 183(e)(3)(C) of the CAA.
- § 59.100 Applicability and designation of regulated entity.
- § 59.101 Definitions.
- § 59.102 Standards.
- § 59.103 Container labeling requirements.
- § 59.104 Compliance provisions.
- § 59.105 Reporting requirements.
- § 59.106 Variance.
- § 59.107 Addresses of EPA Regional Offices.
- § 59.108 State Authority.
- § 59.109 Circumvention.
- § 59.110 Incorporations by Reference.
- § 59.111 Availability of information and confidentiality.
- Table 1 to Subpart B of Part 59—Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Content Limits for Automobile Refinish Coatings
- § 59.201 Applicability and designation of regulated entity.
- § 59.202 Definitions.
- § 59.203 Standards for consumer products.
- § 59.204 Innovative product provisions.
- § 59.205 Labeling.
- § 59.206 Variances.
- § 59.207 Test methods.
- § 59.208 Charcoal lighter material testing protocol.
- § 59.209 Recordkeeping and reporting requirements.
- § 59.210 Addresses of EPA Regional Offices.
- § 59.211 State authority.
- § 59.212 Circumvention.
- § 59.213 Incorporations by reference.
- § 59.214 Availability of information and confidentiality.
- Table 1 to Subpart C of Part 59—VOC Content Limits by Product Category
- Table 2 to Subpart C of Part 59—HVOC 1 Content Limits for Underarm Deodorants and Underarm Antiperspirants
- Appendix A to Subpart C of Part 59—Figures
- § 59.400 Applicability and compliance dates.
- § 59.401 Definitions.
- § 59.402 VOC content limits.
- § 59.403 Exceedance fees.
- § 59.404 Tonnage exemption.
- § 59.405 Container labeling requirements.
- § 59.406 Compliance provisions.
- § 59.407 Recordkeeping requirements.
- § 59.408 Reporting requirements.
- § 59.409 Addresses of EPA Offices.
- § 59.410 State authority.
- § 59.411 Circumvention.
- § 59.412 Incorporations by reference.
- § 59.413 Availability of information and confidentiality.
- Table 1 to Subpart D of Part 59—Volatile Organic Compound (VOC), Content Limits for Architectural Coatings
- § 59.500 What is the purpose of this subpart?
- § 59.501 Am I subject to this subpart?
- § 59.502 When do I have to comply with this subpart?
- § 59.503 What definitions apply to this subpart?
- § 59.504 What limits must I meet?
- § 59.505 How do I demonstrate compliance with the reactivity limits?
- § 59.506 How do I demonstrate compliance if I manufacture multi-component kits?
- § 59.507 What are the labeling requirements for aerosol coatings?
- § 59.508 What test methods must I use?
- § 59.509 Can I get a variance?
- § 59.510 What records am I required to maintain?
- § 59.511 What notifications and reports must I submit?
- § 59.512 Addresses of EPA regional offices.
- § 59.513 State authority.
- § 59.514 Circumvention.
- § 59.515 Incorporations by reference.
- § 59.516 Availability of information and confidentiality.
- Table 1 to Subpart E of Part 59—Product-Weighted Reactivity Limits by Coating Category
- Table 2A to Subpart E of Part 59—Reactivity Factors
- Table 2B to Subpart E of Part 59—Reactivity Factors for Aliphatic Hydrocarbon Solvent Mixtures
- Table 2C to Subpart E of Part 59—Reactivity Factors for Aromatic Hydrocarbon Solvent Mixtures
- § 59.600 Does this subpart apply for my products?
- § 59.601 Do the requirements of this subpart apply to me?
- § 59.602 What are the general prohibitions and requirements of this subpart?
- § 59.603 How must manufacturers apply good engineering judgment?
- § 59.605 What portable fuel containers are excluded from this subpart's requirements?
- § 59.607 Submission of information.
- § 59.611 What evaporative emission requirements apply under this subpart?
- § 59.612 What emission-related warranty requirements apply to me?
- § 59.613 What operation and maintenance instructions must I give to buyers?
- § 59.615 How must I label and identify the portable fuel containers I produce?
- § 59.621 Who may apply for a certificate of conformity?
- § 59.622 What are the general requirements for obtaining a certificate of conformity and producing portable fuel containers under it?
- § 59.623 What must I include in my application?
- § 59.624 How do I amend my application for certification?
- § 59.625 How do I select emission families?
- § 59.626 What emission testing must I perform for my application for a certificate of conformity?
- § 59.627 How do I demonstrate that my emission family complies with evaporative emission standards?
- § 59.628 What records must I keep and what reports must I send to EPA?
- § 59.629 What decisions may EPA make regarding my certificate of conformity?
- § 59.630 EPA testing.
- § 59.650 General testing provisions.
- § 59.652 Other procedures.
- § 59.653 How do I test portable fuel containers?
- § 59.660 Exemption from the standards.
- § 59.662 What temporary provisions address hardship due to unusual circumstances?
- § 59.663 What are the provisions for extending compliance deadlines for manufacturers under hardship?
- § 59.664 What are the requirements for importing portable fuel containers into the United States?
- § 59.680 What definitions apply to this subpart?
- § 59.685 What symbols, acronyms, and abbreviations does this subpart use?
- § 59.695 What provisions apply to confidential information?
- § 59.697 State actions.
- § 59.698 May EPA enter my facilities for inspections?
- § 59.699 How do I request a hearing?