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powder coatings collection. The Camo Collection features 18 camouflage-in- spired colors and textures, including desert sand, urban grey, and sage green, which sit alongside earthy browns, deep blues, and sandy beige. Created using Polychem's signature polyester technol- ogy, the collection include solid shades, soft sparkles, and a range of textures and gloss levels. They are available in flexible quantities as low as 5 pounds, with free sample panels shipped out within 2 days. Polychem specializes in color and effect creation, with over 15,000 existing colors and 16 different color collections. OSHA renews alliance with women's trade group WASHINGTON, D.C.—Federal workplace-safety regulators will con- tinue to work with the National Associ- ation of Women in Construction (NAWIC) to safeguard women work- ers in the building trades. With the re- n e w a l o f i t s a l l i a n c e , O S H A a n d NAWIC will continue working to- gether for the next 5 years, aiming to protect the health and safety of women in the construction industry, focusing especially on personal protective equip- ment selection, sanitation, and protec- tion against intimidation and violence. Personal protective equipment can often be too large to correctly fit women workers, workplace-safety experts say. Construction sites often don't have suf- ficient restroom facilities, a factor that can adversely affect women in particular on a male-dominated site, and lead women workers to avoid properly hy- drating in order to reduce the need for restroom facilities. Women workers are often subject to harassment or a hostile work environment, experts note, which can lead to distraction that may bring about a workplace injury. According to NAWIC, women make up about 9 percent of the construction workforce in the US, with a total of 939,000 women in the industry in 2016. Of those, 423,000 worked in sales and office positions, with 293,000 in professional and managerial roles. Less than a quarter of women in the in- dustry worked natural resources, con- struction, and maintenance jobs, about 196,000 total, while a small percentage worked service occupations and trans- portation and material moving jobs. NAWIC was formed in 1955 and offers education and career development for women in the industry. Mason Color Works announces new plastics division EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio—Mason Color Works, a leading manufacturer of inorganic pigments, coatings, stains, and investment castings for 175 years, is pleased to announce its new Plastics Di- vision. The new division is dedicated to high-performance plastic pigment tech- nology for coatings, which provides heat resistance, UV durability, and chemical resistance. The new division will better serve the expanding needs of customers with new applications such as architectural finishes, coil coatings, cool coatings, exhaust parts, high solids coatings, military topcoats, powder coatings, and waterborne technology. Huntsman founder dies THE WOODLANDS, Tex.—Jon Huntsman, founder of specialty chemi- cal firm Huntsman Corp., died in Feb- ruary at the age of 80, passing peacefully at his Salt Lake City home surrounded by family. Though best known for his work with Huntsman Corp., Huntsman entered the industry in the 1960's after his invention, the first polystyrene foam egg carton, took off as part of a joint ven- ture with Dow Chemical. He then founded Huntsman Container Corp., t h e c o m p a n y t h a t d e v e l o p e d t h e clamshell container still used today to hold fast-food burgers and other takeout food. It wasn't until 1983 when he cre- ated the chemical company Huntsman Corp., which saw rapid growth and ac- quisitions, such as the $1.1 billion acqui- sition of Texaco Chemical. In Decem- ber, Huntsman received the title of Chairman Emeritus and officially handed over the reins to his son Peter Huntsman, who had already been CEO. In addition to his business, Huntsman (who had twice survived cancer) had also established the Huntsman Cancer Insti- tute in 1995. More than $2 billion has gone into that organization for genetic research and treatment. The Huntsman Cancer Foundation is accepting dona- tions in Huntsman's memory. EPA releases list of chemicals reported under new TSCA rule WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Envi- ronmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a preliminary list of chemi- cal substances reported under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Inven- tory Notification (Active-Inactive) rule. This list includes substances reported to the EPA, and will be updated approxi- mately once per month. Making this list available will help keep the stakeholder community informed of the status of reporting under the TSCA Inventory Notification (Active-Inactive) rule. This list is for informational purposes only and does not excuse manufacturers from fulfilling any applicable retrospec- tive reporting requirement. Substances identified on this list are not exempt from retrospective reporting by other manufacturers under the rule, unless a manufacturer has obtained a CDX receipt documenting EPA's receipt of an NOA Form A from another person for the chemical substance. For a list of active substances that are exempt from report- ing under the rule, the downloadable list is available at https://www.epa.gov/tsca -inventory/list-active-substances- exempt-tsca-inventory-notifications- active-inactive-rule. TSCA, as amended by the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, requires the EPA to designate chemical substances on the TSCA Chemical Substance Inventory as either "active" or "inactive" in US commerce. To accomplish that, the EPA finalized the TSCA Inventory No- tification (Active-Inactive) rule requir- ing industry reporting of chemicals manufactured, and allowing for report- ing of chemicals processed, in the US during the 10-year time period ending on June 21, 2016. This reporting will be used to identify which chemical sub- stances on the TSCA Inventory are ac- tive in US commerce and will be rele- vant to the prioritization of chemicals for risk evaluation. The reporting pe- riod for manufacturers (including im- porters) ended on February 7, and the reporting period for processors ends on October 5, 2018. 6 POWDER COATING, March 2018