EPA Updates Composite Wood Formaldehyde Standards
The Environmental Protection Agency is updating its standards on formaldehyde in composite wood to incorporate recent changes to voluntary industry standards previously adopted into the regulations, it said in a Feb. 21 notice. In the final rule, EPA also is…
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formally adopting its “interpretation” that remote inspections by third-party certifiers “are allowed in certain circumstances in the event of unsafe conditions such as the on-going COVID-19 pandemic or other unsafe conditions such as natural disasters, outbreaks, political unrest, and epidemics,” it said. Through the final rule, EPA also is making other “technical corrections and conforming changes,” including “updating standards within the definitions section, clarifying language as it relates to production, and creating greater flexibilities for the third-party certification process,” the agency said. The final rule takes effect March 23.