EPA Withdraws Delay of Wood Formaldehyde Certification Requirements

The Environmental Protection Agency is withdrawing a recent notice delaying compliance dates for upcoming formaldehyde emissions standards and import certification requirements for composite wood products, it said (here). EPA said it received comments opposing the May 24 interim final rule, which would have delayed compliance dates by about four months until March 22, 2018, for general formaldehyde emissions standards, certification, testing and labeling requirements; March 22, 2024, for requirements for laminated products; and March 22, 2019, for import certification requirements (see 1705230019). EPA will now address the comments in an upcoming final rule under normal rulemaking procedures, it said.