Big businesses and the federal gov't EPA are teaming up using the guise of helping the enviroment.
The plan is to drive small autobody repair shops and the true artist out of the business to control market share and drive pricing through the roof!
Notice that these are not eviromentalist trying to save the earth but large shops attempting to gain the remaining market share by using the EPA.
Help stop this now and tell them to enforce the laws they have not make new ones!

Ignore this and you'll see Maaco paint jobs for $5k and insurance premiums for only $7k a year! Only a year long waiting list to paint your fender!

http://www.abrn.com/abrn/article/art....jsp?id=148419

For those of you inclined to write or call Ms Teal here's the pertinent info

email teal.kim@epa.gov

Phone (919) 541-5580

I hope everyone will take the time to contact her via either or both methods. And I trust everyone will do it in a diplomatic and courteous manner and not be ranting which will serve no purpose other than to alienate her towards small aka hobbyist users.

The more mail and phone calls she gets the larger impact it is going to have on her decision making process. Remember, if no one complains then they assume what they are proposing must be fine and carry on with their initial plans. It's only when the wheel squeaks does anyone pay attention to it- so start squeaking.

It appears there is still time to contact her and hopefully make a difference. I for one would love to know how many times she was contacted by communities with such complaints as she alludes to. My personal bets are it is a small number that has magically grown to 'many' in the justification for such legislation. In reality IF a community is having such problems it CAN be resolved on a local level via ordinances and zoning without need for Federal Governmental intervention. I intend to remind her of this fact.

Please repost/forward and at least write something basic to the EPA like
" I oppose new regulations of refinish materials."

Thanks
H