Draft 2013 and 2014 Survey Data Summaries and Supplemental Materials are Available for Public Stakeholder Review
We
are pleased to announce that California Air Resources Board (CARB) preliminary draft
2013 and 2014 Consumer & Commercial Product Survey data and supplemental
materials are now available for public review and feedback. As you may know, CARB began a systematic
effort to improve emission estimates for all major emission sectors several
years ago, to support attainment of more stringent federal ambient air quality
standards and ensure clean, healthful air for all Californians. This need to better quantify and characterize
major emission sources was the impetus for the comprehensive 2013, 2014, and
2015 Consumer & Commercial Product Surveys, conducted between 2014 and 2016.
The draft
materials being published today provide a detailed overview of the first two
years of this survey data. While previous
CARB surveys typically targeted a subset of consumer product categories, the
2013 and 2014 consumer product surveys include all consumer and commercial
product categories. In total, more than
1,500 product manufacturers and formulators participated in this effort, providing
CARB with product sales and chemical formulation for over 300,000 products sold
in California. This includes product
sales, chemical speciation, emission, reactivity, and other summary information
for hundreds of consumer product categories.
As you review
this summary data, you may notice that some information has been omitted. To protect confidentiality of responding
companies, we have withheld information in cases in which few products were
reported within a particular category.
In addition, the quantity of some reported chemical ingredients have
been withheld from some tables to protect confidentiality. For more information regarding the information
presented and methods used to protect confidentiality, see the “Format Overview
and Explanation” document included in the data summaries.
CARB staff will
also hold a webinar to discuss the survey methodology and draft results with
interested stakeholders at the following time:
DATE:
June 19, 2018
TIME: 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Contact: Dan Garrett
We also look
forward to meeting individually with interested stakeholders in the weeks ahead to discuss any questions or comments you may have. We encourage
you to provide your feedback regarding the preliminary draft 2013 and 2014
survey data by August 1, 2018 to Mr. Joe Calavita, Manager, Implementation
Section at
(916) 445-4586, or Dr. Kyriacos Kyriacou at (916) 327-5783.
CARB staff
continues its review of submitted 2015 survey data and anticipates publishing
draft 2015 Consumer & Commercial Products Survey Data for stakeholder review
this Fall. We will concurrently publish
any updates to the preliminary draft 2013 and 2014 survey data, and expect to
finalize all three years of survey data by the end of the year. This survey data, once finalized, will form
the basis for an updated consumer products emission inventory, and provide the
scientific foundation for future consumer products rulemakings. We appreciate your interest and assistance in
this effort.
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