Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2012-0018-0604
Agency: epa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Formaldehyde Emission Standards for Composite Wood Products
Posted Date: 2014-05-09T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 90 (Friday, May 9, 2014)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 26678-26679]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-10809]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 770

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2012-0018; FRL-9910-75]
RIN 2070-AJ92

Formaldehyde Emission Standards for Composite Wood Products

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: On June 10, 2013, EPA published a notice of proposed 
rulemaking in the Federal Register entitled ``Formaldehyde Emissions 
Standards for Composite Wood Products.'' On April 8, 2014, EPA 
published a notice in the Federal Register announcing a public meeting 
and reopening the comment period for

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30 days for comments related to the treatment of laminated products 
under the proposed rule. Based on requests from the public, EPA 
extended the public comment period. On May 6, 2014, EPA posted a 
memorandum in the docket for this proposed rule. That memorandum 
ensured that the docket would remain open until the announcement of the 
extension of the public comment period, which was set to end on May 8, 
2014, could be published in the Federal Register. On May 6, 2014, an 
Agency-compiled list of stakeholders was notified of the extension of 
the comment period via email. This document announces the extension of 
the comment period until May 26, 2014.

DATES: Comments, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-
HQ-OPPT-2012-0018, must be received on or before May 26, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed instructions as provided under ADDRESSES 
in the Federal Register document of June 10, 2013 (78 FR 34820) (FRL-
9342-3).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara Kemme, National Program Chemicals 
Division (7404T), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 566-0511; email 
address: Kemme.Sara@epa.gov.
    For general information contact: The TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 
422 South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14620; telephone number: (202) 
554-1404; email address: TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document formally announces the 
extension of the public comment period established in the Federal 
Register of April 8, 2014 (79 FR 19306) (FRL-9909-05). In that 
document, EPA announced a public meeting on April 28, 2014, and 
reopened the comment period for the June 10, 2013 Federal Register 
document for 30 days to allow additional comments to be submitted by 
the public and interested stakeholders specifically on the issue of 
laminated products. On May 6, 2014, EPA posted a memorandum in the 
docket for this proposed rule. That memorandum ensured that the docket 
would remain open until the announcement of the extension of the public 
comment period, which was set to end on May 8, 2014, could be published 
in the Federal Register. On May 6, 2014, an Agency-compiled list of 
stakeholders was notified of the extension of the comment period via 
email. On May 12, 2014, the Agency placed a transcript of the public 
meeting in the docket for this proposed rule. This document announces 
the extension of the comment period until May 26, 2014.
    To submit comments, or access the docket, please follow the 
detailed instructions as provided under ADDRESSES in the June 10, 2013 
Federal Register document. If you have questions, consult the technical 
person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 770

    Environmental protection, Formaldehyde, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements, Toxic substances, Wood.

    Dated: May 6, 2014.
Louise P. Wise,
Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2014-10809 Filed 5-7-14; 4:15 pm]
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