§ 42366 Product Variance Requirements

• •A product variance is a special permission for a specific product that doesn't follow the usual rules.
• •This permission is only given if it's really needed to sell, supply, or use the product.
• •It's different from a permission given to a person—this one is tied to the product itself.

A company makes a new type of eco-friendly spray paint that doesn't meet the usual air quality rules because of a special ingredient.

The company can ask for a product variance to sell the paint even if it doesn’t follow all the rules, but only if the variance is absolutely needed for the paint to work or be sold.