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EPA Extends Comment Period for Composite Wood Formaldehyde Standard

The Environmental Protection Agency is extending until Oct. 9 the deadline for comments on its proposed standards for formaldehyde emissions from composite wood products under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Parts of the proposed rule would impose importer recordkeeping requirements and require TSCA import certifications from importers of composite wood products. EPA issued the proposed rule in June, and originally set the comment period to end Aug. 9 (see 13060715).

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EPA also extended the comment period on its concurrently-proposed framework for third-party certifiers of composite wood products until Sept. 25 (here).