COMDTINST 10360.4A
21 AUG 1991
compliance. Because the coatings are temporarily out of compliance with some VOC
laws and regulations, MLC's (with Commandant (G-ENE) assistance) will provide an
approved list of substitute commercial compliant coatings for noncomplying stock
system coatings. To be acceptable, commercial coatings must be the same generic type
and shall provide equal or better service. Substitution of coatings on buoys, vessels, and
other Coast Guard wide equipment requires authorization by Commandant (G-ENE).
Substitution of coatings on aircraft requires authorization by Commandant (G-EAE). As
stock system coatings become compliant, then these will be issued Coast Guard wide and
the corresponding approved commercial coatings will be dropped.
c.
Facilities which require noncompliant coatings shall work with the MLC's and apply for
exemption or initiate a compliance plan. Units shall coordinate responses to violations
through the MLC's and Commandant (G-ECV).
d.
All specifications which require paints, solvents, adhesives, or solvent cleaning shall
contain the following language: "Contractors are required to comply with local VOC
laws and regulations and shall have an acceptable VOC compliance plan. The plan shall
demonstrate that the use of paints, solvents, adhesives and cleaners comply with local
VOC laws and regulations governing VOC materials, and that all required permits have
been obtained or will be obtained prior to starting work involving VOC's, in the air
quality district in which the work will be performed. The compliance plan shall be
submitted by the contractor prior to the start work. An acceptable compliance plan shall
contain, as a minimum, a listing a each material subject to restrictions in the air quality
management district in question, the rule governing its use, a description of the actions
which the contractor will take, a description of the actions which the contractor will use
to comply with the laws and regulations, and any changes in the status of compliance
during the life of the contract. Alternatively, if no materials are subject to the restrictions
in the air quality management district where the work will be performed, or if there are
no restrictions, the compliance plan shall so state."
e.
Commercial VOC compliant paints, coatings, solvents, adhesives and cleaners may be
proposed as a substitute for noncompliant VOC materials. Substitute VOC materials
shall be the same generic variety as required by the specifications, provide equal or better
service life, and be commonly accepted and specified for industrial applications which
are identical to items required by the specifications. All requests for substitutions will be
made through the contracting officer. Substitutions of coating on buoys, vessels and
other Coast Guard wide equipment requires authorization by Commandant (G-ENE).
Substitution of coatings on aircraft requires authorization by Commandant (G-EAE).
Substitution of VOC materials, other than those listed above, requires authorization by
the appropriate MLC division.
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