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Pitch Black ® Asphalt Emulsion Sealcoat Work performed by Pride Sealcoating . Sealcoat manufactured by Dark Force Sealcoat Distributing .
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HOW THEY ’ RE PAVING THE WAY TO SAFER SEALCOAT
By Nicole Larsen
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SMA-USA is no stranger to the sealcoat industry . After all , the original organization ( ASMA ) was created in 1992 and comprised of West Coast companies that manufactured strictly asphalt emulsion sealcoat . ASMA ’ s specs were adopted by Cal-Trans , which would be a huge achievement even today . Since most of the West Coast primarily used asphalt emulsions , the focus was on consistent , agreed-upon specs . However , as West Coast manufacturers ( like Pitch Black ®) expanded to the Mid-West and East Coast , they were astonished at the amount of misinformation they encountered about asphalt emulsion sealcoat . As new research about the hazardous effects of PAHs in sealcoat surfaced from major government organizations ( i . e . EPA , USGS , Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry , state representatives , city environmental departments ), bans on
PAHs and certain sealcoats also emerged . It was time to bring ASMA-USA back .
The New ASMA-USA Seal of Approval
ASMA-USA resurfaced in 2019 and expanded to include manufacturers , contractors , vendors , associations and government representatives from all over the U . S . They ’ re already getting international inquires for info and membership . In order to
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