Advocacy

ASC members work together through the ASC to advocate for industry growth, policy development, and reasonable and balanced regulation.

We achieve our mission by:

Executing comprehensive advocacy strategies that effectively unite and amplify members' efforts on critical legislative and policy issues.
Positioning members at the forefront of the ever-changing regulatory landscape.

ASC Legislative & Regulatory Advocacy

Adhesives and sealants are regulated at Federal, State, and Local government levels in the USA. In Canada, they are regulated at the Federal and Provincial levels. Continuing changes in the political landscape in the USA require a continuing balance between Federal, State, and Local advocacy. The increase in legislation at the state government level for PFAS , chemical bans in consumer products, and extended producer responsibility, for example, has required a pivot from historically Federal advocacy focus to a comprehensive blend of Federal and State advocacy.

FEDERAL

ASC advocacy at the Federal Government Level includes the US Congress, US Federal Agencies, and Canadian Government Federal Agencies. Further refinements and cost-effective enhancements to the Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act (TSCA) continue to be a priority for the association. A new challenge in 2026 is encouraging Congress to create standardized definitions for packaging and recycling to create a uniform approach in place of the current patchwork of laws in individual states. Recent industry comments and position papers are found below.

ASC joins coalition letter to EPA for One Federal standard on Worker Chemical Safety (July 2026)

ASC joins coalition letter to Congress on support of TSCA reform (March 2026)

ASC Comments to Department of Finance Canada on reciprocal tariffs on certain U.S.-made adhesive products (April 2025).

ASC joins coalition letter to U.S. Department of Commerce on U.S. tariffs on Canada and Mexico (March 2025).

STATE

ASC priorities across the 50 states include extended producer responsibility legislation, PFAS laws and regulations, chemical product bans that lack scientific validity, California Proposition 65 regulations, and California Regional Air Quality Management District VOC regulations. The association advocates common sense, scientifically justified solutions that do not increase regulatory burdens for companies and their customers or lead to significant increases in consumer inflation.

ASC Comments NSRL Vinyl Acetate (October 2026)

New Mexico PFAS Labeling Law Guidance Document for Regulatory Compliance (July 2026)

ASC joins California Industry Coalition Letter to Governor Newsom requesting that the Governor veto California Assembly Bill 2253 (September 2026)

ASC joins coalition letter offering feedback on the draft amendments to the Safer Products
for Washington (SPW) program (August 2026)

LOCAL/REGIONAL

ASC engages regulators at the local and regional level when necessary, such as California's South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), which regulates emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Recent comments or position papers listed below.

ASC Comments to SCAQMD on Proposed Amendments to VOC Rule 1168 (October 2026)

ACA, ASC, HCPA, and NAA Comments on Preliminary Draft Proposed Amended Rule 1168

ASC letter to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) regarding proposed updates to Rule 1168 re: adhesive and sealant VOC regulation (August 2026)

ASC Regulatory Affairs Committee

Priorities and activities are directed by ASC's Regulatory Affairs Committee (RAC). The Committee meets monthly and as necessary to discuss regulatory developments and identify opportunities to collaborate and engage with regulators and allied associations.

Members can request past Committee meeting presentations by contacting ASC.

Members can volunteer to serve on the RAC by contacting ASC. We welcome your participation!

ASC Member Resources

Monthly Regulatory Newsletter (members-only)

Each month ASC members receive a free newsletter via e-mail that summarizes important regulatory policy developments. The newsletter is produced each month by Thompson Hine LLP.

If your company is an ASC member and you would like to receive a copy emailed to you each month, please contact ASC.

Hunton Andrews Kuth LLP State Law Trackers

PFAS In Products State Law Tracker

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP has developed a public, searchable tracking tool that tracks state statues and regulations that ban or impose reporting or disclosure requirements for products containing PFAS. You can search by state, type of product, compliance date, and type of regulation.

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Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Tracker

Hunton's Extended Producer Responsibility ("EPR") Tracker is dedicated to tracking new EPR laws across all 50 states. In the past few years, states have passed new EPR laws for consumer packaging, paper products, and textiles. EPR laws vary by state but generally require producers of covered products to form and join a "Producer Responsibility Organization" ("PRO"), which in turn collects fees to support state recycling efforts and infrastructure. Some states have passed EPR study laws in lieu of legislating full EPR programs to allow state agencies the opportunity to analyze how an EPR program can be implemented in the state. .