Formaldehyde Emissions from Composite Wood Products Regulations — 4
Non-application 4 These Regulations do not apply in respect of (a) curved plywood; (b) finger-jointed lumber; (c) the following structural wood products in which moisture-resistant adhesives are used: (i) plywood that complies with sections 6 and 7 of the Canadian Standards Association standard CSA O121, entitled Douglas fir plywood or CSA O151, entitled Canadian softwood plywood , or with section 5 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology standard NIST PS 1, entitled Voluntary Product Standard PS 1 Structural Plywood , (ii) oriented strand board and panels that comply with section 5 of the Canadian Standards Association standard CSA O325, entitled Construction sheathing , or with sections 5.2 to 5.4 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology standard NIST PS 2, entitled Voluntary Product Standard PS 2, Performance Standard for Wood Structural Panels , (iii) composite lumber that complies with sections 4.3 and 6.4 to 6.10.2 of the standard ASTM D5456, entitled Standard Specification for Evaluation of Structural Composite Lumber Products , (iv) glued-laminated timber that complies with sections 5.1, 5.3, 6.1 to 6.8.1 and 7 of the Canadian Standards Association standard CAN/CSA-O122, entitled Structural glued-laminated timber , or with sections 5 to 7 and 9 to 12 of the American National Standards Institute standard ANSI A190.1, entitled Standard for Wood Products – Structural Glued Laminated Timber , (v) I-joists that comply with sections 5 and 6.2 to 6.6.3 of the standard ASTM D5055, entitled Standard Specification for Establishing and Monitoring Structural Capacities of Prefabricated Wood I-Joists , and (vi) cross-laminated timber that complies with sections 5, 6, 7.2 to 7.2.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.5 to 8.5.6.2 and 9.3 of the American National Standards Institute standard ANSI/APA PRG 320, entitled Standard for Performance-Rated Cross-Laminated Timber ; (d) hardboard; (e) spools and packaging, including pallets, crates and dunnage; (f) composite wood products that are used, before or after they are imported or sold, in (i) a vehicle other than a mobile home, motor home or recreational trailer, (ii) any car or railway equipment that is designed for movement on its wheels on the rails of a railway, (iii) a vessel , as defined in section 149 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 , or (iv) an aircraft; (g) windows that contain a composite wood product that represents less than 5% of the total volume of the window, including the glass; (h) exterior or garage doors that contain a composite wood product that either represents less than 3% of the total volume of the door or is made only with a no-added-formaldehyde resin or an ultra-low-emitting-formaldehyde resin; (i) composite wood products that are to be used for research and development activities; (j) composite wood products that are to be used in a laboratory for analysis, in scientific research or as a laboratory analytical standard; (k) composite wood products that are manufactured or imported for export only; and (l) second-hand goods and other finished goods after they have been acquired by a consumer for a purpose other than resale. SOR/2024-256, s. 2