California Air Resources Board

Local Air District Coatings Rules

In California, local air districts are responsible for limiting the quantity of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in Architectural Coatings and Solvents.

Below is a list of California local air districts and the rules for coatings and solvents which each district has adopted. Districts are listed in alphabetical order.

Amador County Air Pollution Control District

• No Rule

Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District

• Aerospace: Rule 1124
• Architectural: Rule 1113
• General Surface Coating & Solvent Usage: Rule 442
• Graphic Arts: Rule 1130
• Metal Parts & Products: Rule 1107
• Motor Vehicle Refinishing: Rule 1151
• Paper, Fabric, & Film: Rule 1128 (Rescinded 11/19/13)
• Plastic, Rubber, & Glass: Rule 1145
• Pleasure Craft: Rule 1106.1
• Screen Printing: Rule 1130.1
• Spray Coating: Rule 481
• Wood Flat Stock: Rule 1104
• Wood Products: Rule 1136
• Solvent Degreasers: Rule 1122
• Solvent Cleaning: Rule 1171

Bay Area Air Quality Management District

• Aerospace: Rule 8-29
• Architectural: Rule 8-3
• Can & Coil: Rule 8-11
• General Surface Coating & Solvent Usage: Rule 8-4
• Graphic Arts: Rule 8-20
• Magnet Wire: Rule 8-26
• Marine Vessels: Rule 8-43
• Metal Parts & Products: Rule 8-14, Rule 8-19
• Motor Vehicle Assembly Line: Rule 8-13
• Motor Vehicle Refinishing: Rule 8-45
• Paper, Fabric, & Film: Rule 8-12
• Plastic, Rubber, & Glass: Rule 8-31
• Wood Flat Stock: Rule 8-23
• Wood Products: Rule 8-32
• Solvent Cleaning: Rule 8-16

Butte County Air Quality Management District

• Architectural: Rule 230
• Motor Vehicle Refinishing: Rule 235
• Solvent Degreasers: Rule 233

Calaveras County Air Pollution Control District

• No Rule

Colusa County Air Pollution Control District

• Architectural: Rule 230
• Solvent Degreasers: Rule 233

Eastern Kern Air Pollution Control District

• Architectural: Rule 410.1a
• General Surface Coating & Solvent Usage: Rule 410
• Graphic Arts: Rule 410.7
• Metal Parts & Products: Rule 410.4
• Motor Vehicle Refinishing: Rule 410.4a
• Solvent Degreasers: Rule 410.3

El Dorado County Air Pollution Control District

• Architectural: Rule 215
• General Surface Coating & Solvent Usage: Rule 216
• Graphic Arts: Rule 231
• Motor Vehicle Refinishing: Rule 230
• Wood Products: Rule 237
• Solvent Degreasers: Rule 225
• Solvent Cleaning: Rule 235

Feather River Air Quality Management District

• Architectural: Rule 3.15
• Motor Vehicle Refinishing: Rule 3.19
• Wood Products: Rule 3.20
• Solvent Degreasers: Rule 3.14

Glenn County Air Pollution Control District

• Motor Vehicle Refinishing: Rule 105
• Solvent Degreasers: Rule 83.2, Rule 103

Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District

• General Surface Coating & Solvent Usage: Rule 417

Imperial County Air Pollution Control District

• Aerospace: Rule 425
• Architectural: Rule 424
• General Surface Coating & Solvent Usage: Rule 417
• Motor Vehicle Refinishing: Rule 427
• Solvent Degreasers: Rule 413

Lake County Air Quality Management District

• No Rule

Lassen County Air Pollution Control District

• No Rule

Mariposa County Air Pollution Control District

• No Rule

Mendocino County Air Quality Management District

• No Rule

Modoc County Air Pollution Control District

• No Rule

Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District

• Aerospace: Rule 1118
• Architectural: Rule 1113
• General Surface Coating & Solvent Usage: Rule 442
• Graphic Arts: Rule 1117
• Marine Vessels: Rule 1106
• Metal Parts & Products: Rule 1115
• Motor Vehicle Refinishing: Rule 1116
• Wood Products: Rule 1114
• Solvent Degreasers: Rule 1104

Monterey Bay Air Resources District

• Architectural: Rule 426
• General Surface Coating & Solvent Usage: Rule 416 
• Metal Parts & Products: Rule 434
• Spray Coating: Rule 429
• Solvent Degreasers: Rule 433

North Coast Unified Air Quality Management District

• No Rule

Northern Sierra Air Quality Management District

• No Rule

Northern Sonoma County Air Pollution Control District

• Architectural: Rule 485

Placer County Air Pollution Control District

• Architectural: Rule 218
• Can & Coil: Rule 223
• General Surface Coating & Solvent Usage: Rule 219
• Graphic Arts: Rule 239
• Motor Vehicle Refinishing: Rule 234
• Paper, Fabric, & Film: Rule 230 Rescinded 4/12/12
• Wood Flat Stock: Rule 238
• Wood Products: Rule 236
• Solvent Degreasers: Rule 216
• Solvent Cleaning: Rule 240

Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District

• Aerospace: Rule 456
• Architectural: Rule 442
• Can & Coil: Rule 452
• General Surface Coating & Solvent Usage: Rule 441
• Graphic Arts: Rule 450
• Metal Parts & Products: Rule 451
• Motor Vehicle Refinishing: Rule 459
• Wood Products: Rule 463
• Solvent Degreasers: Rule 454
• Solvent Cleaning: Rule 466 

San Diego County Air Pollution Control District

• Aerospace: Rule 67.9
• Architectural: Rule 67.0.1
• Can & Coil: Rule 67.4
• General Surface Coating & Solvent Usage: Rule 66.1
• Graphic Arts: Rule 67.16
• Marine Vessels: Rule 67.18
• Metal Parts & Products: Rule 67.3
• Motor Vehicle Refinishing: Rule 67.20.1
• Paper, Fabric, & Film: Rule 67.5
• Wood Products: Rule 67.11
• Solvent Degreasers: Rule 67.6.2
• Solvent Cleaning: Rule 67.6.1

San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District

• Aerospace: Rule 4605
• Architectural: Rule 4601
• Can & Coil: Rule 4604
• General Surface Coating & Solvent Usage: Rule 4661 
• Graphic Arts: Rule 4607
• Metal Parts & Products: Rule 4603
• Motor Vehicle Refinishing: Rule 4602
• Plastic, Rubber, & Glass: Rule 4610
• Wood Products: Rule 4606
• Solvent Degreasers: Rule 4662
• Solvent Cleaning: Rule 4663

San Luis Obispo County Air Pollution Control District

• Architectural: Rule 433
• General Surface Coating & Solvent Usage: Rule 407
• Metal Parts & Products: Rule 411
• Motor Vehicle Refinishing: Rule 423
• Solvent Degreasers: Rule 416

Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District

• Aerospace: Rule 337
• Architectural: Rule 323.1
• General Surface Coating & Solvent Usage: Rule 317
• Graphic Arts: Rule 354
• Metal Parts & Products: Rule 330, Rule 322
• Motor Vehicle Refinishing: Rule 339
• Wood Products: Rule 351
• Solvent Degreasers: Rule 321

Shasta County Air Quality Management District

• Architectural: Rule 3.31
• General Surface Coating & Solvent Usage: Rule 3.4 
• Motor Vehicle Refinishing: Rule 3.25
• Wood Products: Rule 3.33
• Solvent Degreasers: Rule 3.17

Siskiyou County Air Pollution Control District

• No Rule

South Coast Air Quality Management District

• Aerospace: Rule 1124
• Architectural: Rule 1113
• Can & Coil: Rule 1125
• General Surface Coating & Solvent Usage: Rule 442 
• Graphic Arts: Rule 1130
• Magnet Wire: Rule 1126
• Marine Vessels: Rule 1106
• Metal Parts & Products: Rule 1107
• Motor Vehicle Assembly Line: Rule 1115
• Motor Vehicle Refinishing: Rule 1151
• Paper, Fabric, & Film: Rule 1128
• Plastic, Rubber, & Glass: Rule 1145
• Pleasure Craft: Rule 1106
• Screen Printing: Rule 1130.1
• Spray Coating: Rule 481, Rule 1132
• Wood Flat Stock: Rule 1104
• Wood Products: Rule 1136
• Solvent Degreasers: Rule 1122
• Solvent Cleaning: Rule 1171

Tehama County Air Pollution Control District

• Architectural: Rule 4-39
• General Surface Coating & Solvent Usage: Rule 4-22
• Motor Vehicle Refinishing: Rule 4-35 
• Solvent Degreasers: Rule 4-28

Tuolumne County Air Pollution Control District

• No Rule

Ventura County Air Pollution Control District

• Aerospace: Rule 74.13
• Architectural: Rule 74.2
• Graphic Arts: Rule 74.19
• Marine Vessels: Rule 74.24
• Metal Parts & Products: Rule 74.12
• Motor Vehicle Refinishing: Rule 74.18
• Paper, Fabric, & Film: Rule 74.3
• Pleasure Craft: Rule 74.24.1
• Screen Printing: Rule 74.19.1
• Wood Products: Rule 74.30
• Solvent Degreasers: Rule 74.6.1
• Solvent Cleaning: Rule 74.6

Yolo-Solano County Air Quality Management District

• Architectural: Rule 2.14
• General Surface Coating & Solvent Usage: Rule 2.13 Rescinded 
• Graphic Arts: Rule 2.29
• Metal Parts & Products: Rule 2.25
• Motor Vehicle Refinishing: Rule 2.26
• Wood Products: Rule 2.39
• Solvent Cleaning: Rule 2.31