Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2012-0018-0248
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2013-06-10T04:00Z

Phone conversation between Matt LaPenta and Phil Duvic (AWI) on November
18, 2010.

Number of “Fabricators”

What would you estimate is the percentage of your members that engage in
manufacturing architectural woodwork, for example, moulding, wood
flooring, and windows and doors?

Represents 1200 manufacturers, 1005 of which are in NAICS 33721.  They
make woodwork, moulding, casework.

Of these manufacturers, what percentage would you estimate use composite
wood products (hardwood plywood, particleboard, or medium density
fiberboard) in their products? 

100%

Of these manufacturers, what percentage would you estimate produce at
least some product lines that are CARB compliant because they use CARB
certified panels or component parts and follow the CARB recordkeeping
and labeling requirements? 

Don’t know

What percentage of your members also manufacturer other wood products,
such as cabinets, furniture, or casework? casework

Of these manufacturers, what percentage would you estimate use composite
wood products (hardwood plywood, particleboard, or medium density
fiberboard) in their products? 100%

Of these manufacturers using composite wood products, what percentage
would you estimate produce at least some product lines that are CARB
compliant because they use CARB certified panels or component parts and
follow the CARB recordkeeping and labeling requirements? Don’t know

Do the manufacturers that are producing CARB compliant product lines
also carry product lines for sale outside of California that are not
CARB compliant?  If, so what percentage of production volume would you
estimate are product lines that are not compliant with CARB because they
do not use CARB certified panels or component parts or do not follow the
CARB recordkeeping and labeling requirements? Don’t know

Impact of Labeling Requirements

A national regulation of composite wood products could potentially
require manufacturers that use composite wood materials to put a label
on every separate item that gets produced and shipped out.  Given this,
could you estimate the average number of labels that would be needed
annually for each manufacturer that uses composite wood materials? A
labeling requirement makes little sense for custom orders – instead a
certification statement with invoice makes more sense.

If labels were required for each shipment of products instead of each
individual item, about how may items would be included in a typical
shipment? Don’t know

Number of Wood Veneer “Laminator Product”  Manufacturers

The recent federal legislation uses the term laminated product to mean a
finished good (such as a custom panel, cabinet, window, door, or piece
of furniture) that is produced by affixing a wood veneer to a purchased
platform.  How many of your members would you say produce such laminated
products by affixing wood veneer themselves?  Please do not include
other types of laminates (such as high pressure laminates, thermally
fused papers, vinyl films, decorative foils, or polypropylene films) in
your answer. Almost nobody would do this.  Members do not include
architectural panel manufacturers – ask HPVA about them.

For those manufacturers that would be classified as wood veneer
laminators, how common is it for these manufacturers to also fabricate
products using purchased panels that were already finished with a wood
veneer or other decorative finish? n/a

What percentage of the production of wood veneer laminated products are
produced using formaldehyde-based resins to affix wood veneers to
purchased platforms? n/a

If wood veneer laminators using UF resins were to switch to a lower
emission resin, what would be the likely resin choice? n/a

Of those wood veneer laminators that use no-added formaldehyde resins,
what are the most common adhesives used? n/a

If wood veneer laminators were subject to the same third party testing
requirements as CARB, about how many different product types would need
to be third party certified for a typical manufacturer? n/a