Vanguard Tech Center: Regulatory Compliance

Safety and The Environment
In order to protect your workers and the environment, Vanguard continually develops new water-borne/high solids coatings to minimize the use of

volatile organic compounds (VOC's)
hazardous air pollutants (HAP's)
and heavy metals.

Regulatory Compliance
From formulation to delivery, all Vanguard products are managed in accordance with EPA, OSHA and DOT regulations.

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Right To Know
Vanguard can provide on-site Right-To-Know training for your paint line personnel. To arrange for a Right-To-Know program, call your sales representative or contact Vanguard Right-To-Know .

Further Health and Safety Information
For more information on Health, Safety, and Environmental issues such as how to deal with lead based paint, managing leftover paint, the Clean Air Act and more, please visit the National Paint and Coatings Association home page and click on Issues and/or Free Info.

Environmental Responsibility

As responsible members of our community and our industry, we are committed to worker and community health and safety, as well as the environment. As evidence or our commitment, we have participated in the Environmental Protection Agency's highly successful 33/50 toxic chemical emission reduction program. We are members of and proud participants in the National Paint and Coatings Coatings Care™ initiative. This program is designed to:

promote efforts to protect employees, customers, the public and the environment;
provide relevant information on the safe use and disposal of industry products to customers, and make such information available to the public on request;
make protection of health, safety and the environment an early and integral part of the organizational planning process;
comply with all legal requirements which affect operations and products;
be responsive to community concerns; and
assist governments in the development of equitable and attainable standards.