National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Plywood and Composite Wood Products
Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register July 6, 2026. Document 2026-13550. Updated Nov. 8, 2026.
- What it does
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing amendments to the national emissions standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for the Plywood and Composite Wood Products (PCWP) source category. Specifically, the EPA is finalizing maximum achievable control technology (MACT) standards in the form of emission limitations and work practices as appropriate for total hazardous air pollutants (HAP) (including acetaldehyde, acrolein, formaldehyde, methanol, phenol, propionaldehyde), non-mercury (non-Hg) HAP metals, mercury (Hg), hydrogen chloride (HCl), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), dioxin/furan (D/F), and methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI). Sources affected by the amendments include PCWP process units and lumber kilns located at facilities that are major sources of HAP emissions. These final amendments address the 2007 partial remand and vacatur of the 2004 final rule that promulgated the PCWP NESHAP ("2004 rule"). The final amendments also respond to issues raised in a petition for reconsideration regarding the 2020 residual risk and technology review (RTR) and other amendments to the 2020 PCWP NESHAP.
The Environmental Protection Agency's summary, as published in the Federal Register.
- What changed in the regulation
1 part of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations:
Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).
- Compared with
The Environmental Protection Agency has published 243 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 263 in all of 2025.
Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.
- Before this
No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 2060-AV56 since Jan. 1, 2025.
- What happens next and when
This final rule is effective on July 6, 2026. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of July 6, 2026.
The agency's dates, word for word.
The record as published
| Document number | 2026-13550 |
|---|---|
| Action | Final rule. |
| Agencies | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Published | July 6, 2026 |
| Effective date | July 6, 2026 |
| Regulation identifier (RIN) | 2060-AV56 |
| Docket | EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0243 |
Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register