[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 25, 2017)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 49302-49303]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23061]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 770

[EPA-HQ-OPPT-2017-0245; FRL-9962-80]
RIN 2070-AK36


Voluntary Consensus Standards Update; Formaldehyde Emission 
Standards for Composite Wood Products

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

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SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to amend the formaldehyde emission standards 
for composite wood products final rule, published in the Federal 
Register on December 12, 2016 (81 FR 89674). The proposed amendment 
would update multiple voluntary consensus standards that have been 
updated, superseded, or withdrawn since publication of the notices of 
proposed rulemaking on June 10, 2013 (78 FR 34796 and 78 FR 34820)

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and would amend an existing regulatory provision regarding the 
correlation of quality control test methods.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before November 9, 2017. 
Comments postmarked after the close of the comment period will be 
stamped ``late'' and may or may not be considered by the Agency.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by docket identification 
(ID) number EPA-HQ-OPPT-2017-0245, by one of the following methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Do not submit 
electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business 
Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted 
by statute.
     Mail: Document Control Office (7407M), Office of Pollution 
Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460-0001.
     Hand Delivery: To make special arrangements for hand 
delivery or delivery of boxed information, please follow the 
instructions at http://www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html.
    Additional instructions on commenting or visiting the docket, along 
with more information about dockets generally, is available at http://www.epa.gov/dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    For technical information contact: Erik Winchester, National 
Program Chemicals Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 
Washington, DC 20460-0001; telephone number: (202) 564-6450; email 
address: [email protected].
    For general information contact: The TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 
422 South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 14620; telephone number: (202) 
554-1404; email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For further information about the proposed 
changes to the voluntary consensus standards and the correlation of 
quality control test methods, please see the information provided in 
the direct final action, with the same title, that is located in the 
``Rules and Regulations'' section of this Federal Register publication. 
For the reasons set out in the preamble to that direct final action, 
this proposed rule would amend title 40, chapter I, subchapter R, of 
the Code of Federal Regulations as provided in that direct final 
action.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 770

    Environmental protection, Formaldehyde, Incorporation by reference, 
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Third-party certification, 
Toxic substances, Wood.

    Dated: October 12, 2017.
E. Scott Pruitt,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2017-23061 Filed 10-24-17; 8:45 am]
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