<VV> Hobbyists May Be Banned From Buying Paint

[Kirby Smith]

This is to pave the way for prohibiting defecation without using 
certified commode structures, prohibiting cooking without using 
certified kitchen structures, and prohibiting the keeping of livestock 
outside of certified, methane-capturing barn structures.

kirby, becoming more volatile by the day


SPYDER62 at aol.com wrote:
>  
> Got this on the Datsun Roadster list. For us that do our own painting it is  
> worth reading.
> rich
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>  
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> In a message dated 11/10/2005 10:01:00 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
> az589 at lafn.org writes:
> 
> Something to consider - will home oil changes be banned  too?
> 
> Stan
> 
>>From Hemmings weekly eNewsletter:
> 
> Legislation  
> Hobbyists May Be Banned From Buying Paint
> If you're planning on  refinishing your car somewhere down the line, you
> might want to think about  buying your paint today.
> Addressing the Collision Industry Conference on  November 1, 2005, held at
> the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Los Vegas in  conjunction with the SEMA show, EPA
> Environmental Protection Surface  Coating Specialist Kim Teal outlined some
> of her agency's plans for their  next air-pollution rule from automotive
> surface coating.
> The last  version of this rule, issued in February, 2004, was focused
> primarily on  bodyshops, but the new regulations, scheduled for release in
> 2007 and  adoption in August, 2011, are far more sweeping.
> "The rule will impact  everyone, no matter how much you use," she is
> reported as saying in  Automotive Body Repair News. That may have a major
> effect on the hobby, as  "the rule will attempt to restrict sales of paint
> to people who are not  certified users." 
> This language has some powerful support. In a letter to  Teal dated October
> 26, 2005,representatives from the Automotive Service  Association (ASA) and
> National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA),  recommended steps that
> sound uncannily like Teal's remarks just a few days  later.
> The letter, which suggests measures to be incorporated in the  proposed
> rule, suggests that "Prospective purchasers and users of  automotive
> refinishing products would need to be employed by a  certified
> shop...Clearly, reasonable controls on the purchase and use of  automotive
> refinishing products is key to helping eliminate unnecessary VOC  
> emissions..."
> We'll let you draw your own conclusions about the EPA's,  ASAs and NADA's
> intentions, but if there was ever a piece of car-related  legislation about
> which to write your legislator, this is it. Kim Teal's  contact information
> can be found at www.epa.gov and your legislators at  www.senate.gov and
> www.house.gov. The original letter from ASA and NADA is  available at
> www.asashop.org. 
> - By David B. Traver Adolphus 
>