Environmental policies and regulations affecting paints, coatings, and related products including: Plastics, microplastics, biocides, climate, BPA, and PCBTF/VOCs; Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); EPAs DRAFT Risk Assessments of antimicrobial pesticide active ingredients related to preservation; Government Procurement Programs; Environmental permitting process; Superfund cleanup; Financial assurance requirements under CERCLA; CERCLA cleanups and settlements; Premanufacture Notices (PMNs); Fluoropolymers; Paint recycling and sustainability.
Tax policy issues including the Historic Tax Credit, third-party litigation funding, and extension of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (P.L.115-97) provisions in H.R.1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L.119-21). Extension of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC).
Discussions related to international trade policy issues specifically including Sec. 301 tariffs, supply chain, and Customs Modernization. Discussions related to U.S. manufacturing competitiveness. Discussions related to tariffs on resins. Discussions related to proposed tariffs on imported paints by CARICOM. Discussions related to imported products subject to Annex II. Discussions related to Sec. 232 tariffs on tinplate steel imports.
Monitoring general labor and workforce issues. Issues related to workforce training initiatives.
Discussions related to transportation and infrastructure funding including container crane manufacturing initiatives. Policies and regulations related to Build America Buy America requirements for federally funded infrastructure projects through surface transportation reauthorization or rulemaking.
Issues related to specifications for anti-fouling coatings. Discussions related to the National Defense Industrial Strategy.