EPA Expected Soon to Issue a Final Rule Regarding the Implementation of the Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products Act

According to Woodworking Network, the EPA is expected to soon deliver their final rule regarding implementation of the Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products Act, which added Title VI to the Toxic Substances Control Act. The ruling was scheduled to be announced in the Federal Registry on October 26, 2016; however, EPA found that they did not have sufficient data for the “affected population of plywood, composite wood products, and lumber dry kilns” to “adequately review and evaluate the emission standards”. EPA extended the comment period until November 7th. The EPA identified facilities which will possibly be subjected to the ruling as follows: 

Examples of Regulated Industries:
NAICS Codes    Examples of regulated entities
321113                Sawmills with lumber kilns. 
321211                Hardwood plywood and veneer plants. 
321212               Softwood plywood and veneer plants. 
321213               Structural Wood Members, Not Elsewhere Classified (engineered wood products plants). 
321219               Reconstituted Wood Product Manufacturing. 
32199                All Other Wood Product Manufacturing.