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  1. Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Concentration Limits for Architectural Coatings Regulations - SOR/2009-264 (Section 1)
    Marginal note:Definitions

    • 1 (1) The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

      excluded compounds

      excluded compounds  means the compounds that are excluded under item 65 of Schedule 1 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 and includes acetic acid, 1,1–dimethylethyl ester (C6H1202). (composés exclus)

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  2. Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Concentration Limits for Architectural Coatings Regulations - SOR/2009-264

    Whereas, pursuant to subsection 332(1)Footnote a of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999Footnote b, the Minister of the Environment published in the Canada Gazette, Part I, on April 26, 2008, a copy of the proposed Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Concentration Limits for Architectural Coatings Regulations, substantially in the annexed form, and persons were given an opportunity to file comments with respect to the proposed Regulations or to file a notice of objection requesting that a board of review be established and stating the reasons for the objection;

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    Whereas, pursuant to subsection 93(3) of that Act, the National Advisory Committee has been given an opportunity to provide its advice under section 6Footnote c of that Act;

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    And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor in Council, pursuant to subsection 93(4) of that Act, the proposed Regulations do not regulate an aspect of a substance that is regulated by or under any other Act of Parliament in a manner that provides, in the opinion of the Governor in Council, sufficient protection to the environment and human health;

    Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Health, pursuant to subsection 93(1) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999Footnote b, hereby makes the annexed Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Concentration Limits for Architectural Coatings Regulations.


  3. Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Concentration Limits for Architectural Coatings Regulations - SOR/2009-264 (Section 2)
    Marginal note:Application

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    • (2) These Regulations do not apply in respect of the following coatings:

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      • (c) antifouling coatings — coatings for application to submerged stationary structures and their appurtenances, whether installed or detached, to prevent or reduce the attachment of marine or freshwater biological organisms, registered under the Pest Control Products Act; and

      • (d) wood preservatives — coatings to protect exposed wood from decay or insect attack, registered under the Pest Control Products Act.

    • Marginal note:Non-application — 1 L or less

      (3) These Regulations, except for sections 17 and 19, do not apply in respect of the following architectural coatings set out in the schedule if their container has a capacity of one litre or less:

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  4. Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Concentration Limits for Architectural Coatings Regulations - SOR/2009-264 (Section 13)
    Marginal note:Quick-dry enamel

    • 13 (1) The set-to-touch, tack-free and dry-hard times of a quick-dry enamel set out in the schedule must be determined in accordance with ASTM D 1640–03, entitled Standard Test Methods for Drying, Curing, or Film Formation of Organic Coatings at Room Temperature, except that the standard must be read as excluding references to any agreement between the purchaser and the seller as well as the following:

      • (a) sections 2, 2.1, 4 and 4.1 with the exception of Table 1 of section 4.1;

      • (b) sections 7.3, 7.3.1, 7.5, 7.5.1, 7.5.2, 7.7, 7.7.1, 7.8 and 7.8.1;

      • (c) sections 10, 10.1, except the expression “duplicate determinations should agree within 10% of the time of drying”, and 10.2.

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    • Marginal note:Reference to standards

      (3) Any reference to a standard in this section is a reference to the version of that standard that is in effect at the time the determination under subsection (1) is made.

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  5. Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Concentration Limits for Architectural Coatings Regulations - SOR/2009-264 (Section 14)
    Marginal note:Specialty primer, sealer or undercoater

    • 14 (1) The chalkiness of a surface to be conditioned by the application of a specialty primer, sealer or undercoater set out in the schedule must be determined in accordance with ASTM D 4214–07, entitled Standard Test Methods for Evaluating the Degree of Chalking of Exterior Paint Films, except that the expression “as agreed upon between the producer, user, or other interested parties” must be excluded as well as the following:

      • (a) sections 2, 2.1 and 2.2;

      • (b) sections 6.2.3 and 6.4; and

      • (c) sections 8, 8.1 and 8.2.

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    • Marginal note:Reference to standards

      (4) Any reference to a standard in this section is a reference to the version of that standard that is in effect at the time the determination under subsection (1) is made.

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