Voluntary Consensus Standards Update; Formaldehyde Emission Standards for Composite Wood Products
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- What it does
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is publishing a final rule to update the incorporation by reference of several voluntary consensus standards in the Agency's formaldehyde standards for composite wood products regulations under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) due to the standards having been updated or superseded by the issuing organizations. These new standards primarily update test methods and product standards concerning composite wood products that use formaldehyde. EPA is also conforming these updated standards in the scope and definitional sections in the final rule and incorporating by reference a new small scale quality control chamber test method, similar to current methods already incorporated by reference. EPA is also removing one standard that was previously incorporated by reference to avoid redundancy, given that another identical, internationally recognized version of the standard is already incorporated by reference in this rule.
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:
- Compared with
The Environmental Protection Agency has published 238 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
1 earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 2070-AL36 since Jan. 1, 2025.
- What happens next and when
This final rule is effective on November 27, 2026. The incorporation by reference of certain material listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of November 27, 2026. The incorporation by reference of certain other material listed in the rule was approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of February 10, 2017, February 7, 2018, August 21, 2019, and March 23, 2023.
The agency's dates, word for word.
The record as published
| Document number | 2026-21963 |
|---|---|
| Action | Final rule. |
| Agencies | Environmental Protection Agency |
| Published | Oct. 28, 2026 |
| Effective date | Nov. 27, 2026 |
| Regulation identifier (RIN) | 2070-AL36 |
| Docket | EPA-HQ-OPPT-2017-0245 |
Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register