Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products Act

Summary

Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products Act - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to conduct a rulemaking process to determine whether the definition of "hardwood plywood" should exempt engineered veneer or any laminated product. Makes the formaldehyde emission standard contained in the California Code of Regulations (relating to an airborne toxic control measure to reduce formaldehyde emissions from composite wood products, as in effect on July 28, 2009) applicable to hardwood plywood, medium-density fiberboard, and particleboard sold, supplied, offered for sale, or manufactured in the United States, regardless of whether such a material is in the form of an unfinished panel or incorporated into a finished good. Specifies materials and products that are exempt from such standard. Directs the Administrator to promulgate implementing regulations that ensure compliance equivalent to compliance with the California standard, including its provisions relating to labeling, chain of custody requirements, sell-through provisions, ultra low-emitting formaldehyde resins, no-added formaldehyde-based resins, finished goods, third-party testing and certification, auditing and reporting of third-party certifiers, recordkeeping, enforcement, and laminated products. Bases the effective date of sell-through regulations, with respect to finished goods containing regulated composite wood products, for recreational vehicles, manufactured homes, and modular homes on a designated date of manufacture, rather than the date of sale, of the finished good. Exempts any inventory of finished goods containing regulated composite wood products manufactured before the designated date of manufacture of the finished goods from the formaldehyde emissions standard. Requires the Administrator, by July 1, 2012, in coordination with the Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and other appropriate federal agencies, to revise regulations promulgated under TSCA concerning import certification of any chemical substance, mixture, or article containing a chemical substance or mixture as necessary to ensure compliance with this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to modify any reference to an industry formaldehyde emission standard that is subsequently updated. Provides that an individual or entity that violates any requirement under this Act shall be considered to have committed a prohibited act under TSCA. Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to update regulations on formaldehyde emission controls for certain wood products used in construction of manufactured homes to ensure that they reflect the formaldehyde emission standards established by this Act.

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• Reported in House (text)

  Reported in House · EN · 22 June 2010

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• Reported in House (PDF)

  Reported in House · EN · 22 June 2010

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• Reported to House amended, Part I

  summary · EN · 22 June 2010

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 10 March 2010

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  Introduced in House · EN · 10 March 2010

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• Introduced in House

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