W.M. Barr & Company Settlement
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W.M. Barr & Company Settled For $600,000
In June 2019, a case was settled for $600,000 with W.M. Barr & Company, Inc. (WM Barr) of Memphis, Tennessee. WM Barr sold, supplied, and offered for sale paint thinners and multi-purpose solvents, which contained concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and aromatic compound content that exceeded the standards specified in title 17, California Code of Regulations, section 94509. WM Barr also sold, supplied, and offered for sale an aerosol coating product that did not comply with the reactivity limit for Auto Body Primer, as specified in title 17, California Code of Regulations, section 94522. These violations resulted in excess emissions of 81.7 tons of VOC, 8.4 tons of aromatic compounds, and 5.2 tons of ozone-forming compounds into the atmosphere. To come into compliance, WM Barr has stopped his company’s sales of noncompliant products, and modified other products to meet California regulatory requirements
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