What Are The Laws Where You Live?The laws regulating painting at home vary from state to state. The air-quality division of your state's environmental agency may be able to keep you on the right side of your local laws. Here is a list of Web sites and phone numbers, by state.
Alabama www.adem.state.al.us/AirDivision/AirDivisionPP.htm334-271-786
Alaskawww.dec.state.ak.us/air/index.htm 907-269-7634
Arizona www.azdeq.gov/environ/air/index.html 800-234-5677
Arkansas www.adeq.state.ar.us/air/default.htm 501-682-0730
California www.arb.ca.gov/homepage.htm 800-242-4450
Colorado www.cdphe.state.co.us/ap/index.html 303-692-3100
Connecticut www.dep.state.ct.us/air2/prgacti.htm 860-424-3026
Delaware www.awm.delaware.gov 302-323-4542
Florida www.dep.state.fl.us/air/Default.htm 850-245-2118
Georgia www.gaepd.org/Documents/index_air.html888-373-5947
Hawaii www.hawaii.gov/health/environmental/air/cab/index.html
Idaho www.deq.state.id.us/air/prog_issues.cfm 208-373-0502
Illinois www.epa.state.il.us/air/index.html 888-372-1996
Indiana www.in.gov/idem/your_environment/air_quality/index.html 317-232-8603
Iowa www.iowadnr.com/air/index.html 515-281-5918
Kansas www.kdheks.gov/bar 785-296-1500
Kentucky www.air.ky.gov 502-573-3382
Louisiana www.deq.louisiana.gov/portal/tabid/68/Default.aspx 225-219-5337
Maine www.state.me.us/dep/air 207-287-2437
Maryland www.mde.state.md.us410-537-3000
Massachusetts www.mass.gov/dep/air 617-292-5500
Michigan www.michigan.gov/deq 800-662-9278
Minnesota www.pca.state.mn.us/air/index.html 651-296-6300
Mississippi www.deq.state.ms.us/MDEQ.nsf/page/Air_Homepage
Missouri www.dnr.mo.gov/env/apcp/index.html 573-751-4817
Montana www.deq.state.mt.us/AirQuality/AQinfo.asp 406-444-2929
Nebraska www.deq.state.ne.us 402-471-2186
Nevada http://ndep.nv.gov/bapc/index.htm 775-687-9350
New Hampshire www.des.state.nh.us/ard_intro.htm 603-271-1370
New Jersey www.state.nj.us/dep/airmon 609-292-0138
New Mexico www.nmenv.state.nm.us/aqb/index.html 505-827-1494
New York www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dar/index.html
North Carolina http://daq.state.nc.us 919-733-3340
North Dakota www.ehs.health.state.nd.us/AQ 701-328-5188
Ohiohttp://web.epa.state.oh.us/dapc 614-644-2270
Oklahoma www.deq.state.ok.us/AQDnew/index.htm 405-702-4100
Oregon www.oregon.gov/DEQ/AQ 503-229-5696
Pennsylvaniawww.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/airwaste/aq/default.htm 717-787-9702
Rhode Island www.dem.ri.gov/programs/benviron/air/index.htm 401-222-2808
South Carolina www.scdhec.net/environment/baq 803-898-4123
South Dakota www.state.sd.us/denr/DES/AirQuality/airprogr.htm 605-773-3151
Tennessee www.state.tn.us/environment/apc 615-532-0554
Texas www.tceq.state.tx.us/nav/eq/eq_air.html 512-239-1000
Utah www.airquality.utah.gov 801-536-4022
Vermont www.anr.state.vt.us/air 802-241-3840
Virginia www.deq.state.va.us/air 804-698-4000
Washington www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/air/airhome.html
West Virginia www.dep.state.wv.us/item.cfm?ssid=8 304-926-0475
Wisconsin www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/aw/air 608-266-2621
Wyoming http://deq.state.wy.us/aqd/index.asp?pageid=8 307-777-7391