US Customs Initiates Major Hardwood Plywood Circumvention Action
US Customs & Border Protection has initiated a major hardwood plywood circumvention action.
10% Tariffs Proposed on Wood Products
Tuesday night U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer released a proposed list of $200 billion in Chinese goods that will be subject to a 10% tariff. This tariff is in retaliation to the tariffs China recently leveraged on U.S. goods in response to previous tariff impositions.
KCMA Statement on PCB Cabinet Study
Emissions of Tetrachlorobiphenyls (PCBs 47, 51, and 68) from Polymer Resin on Kitchen Cabinets as a Non-Aroclor Source to Residential Air - Nicholas J. Herkert, Jacob C. Jahnke, and Keri C. Hornbuckle
Agreement Reached in Sierra Club Litigation
Earlier this week a Northern California federal district judge approved Sierra Club and EPA's joint proposed order on a new compliance date for the Formaldehyde Rule. The approved order did not show any changes from the submitted proposed order.
Judge Vacates December 2018 Compliance Deadline for Formaldehyde Rule
On February 16 a California federal trial judge recently declared unlawful and vacated the December 2018 compliance deadline for the Formaldehyde Rule governing composite wood products.
Final Correlation Rule
Earlier this week EPA published a prepublication notice on the proposed “correlation” rule allowing TPC the use of small chambers to test formaldehyde emission levels.
KCMA Amicus Brief - Sierra Club v. Pruitt
KCMA, in conjunction with the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and the International Wood Products Association (IWPA), filed an Amicus Brief last week in the Sierra Club v. Pruitt litigation.
ITC Final Ruling on Hardwood Plywood AD/CVD
On Friday, December 1, the International Trade Commission (ITC) delivered its final ruling in the Hardwood Plywood anti-dumping and countervailing duties case.
Litigation Over Extension of Formaldehyde Compliance Date
Sierra Club, represented by Earthjustice, has filed a lawsuit against EPA Administrator Pruitt in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California San Francisco Division to require U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to adhere to the earlier December 12, 2017, deadline for compliance with the Formaldehyde Emissions Standards for Composite Wood Rule.
CARB Accepts EPA TSCA Title VI Regulation as Compliant
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) posted an outreach guidance Sept. 29 about the relationship between the CARB formaldehyde rule and the EPA formaldehyde rule, indicating that manufacturers can use a statement such as “TSCA Title VI compliant” to comply with the CARB rule.