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RVIA Adopts New CARB Formaldehyde Standards

Primary Contact: Kevin Broom Director of Media Relations, RVIA (703) 620-6003 ext. 304 kbroom@rvia.org

The RVIA Board of Directors unanimously voted the proposed California Air Resources Board (CARB) formaldehyde emission level standards for wood products to become an RVIA membership requirement with an effective date to be determined at the next Board of Directors meeting on June 12 at Committee Week.

The CARB standard will replace the HUD standard for formaldehyde emission levels adopted earlier this year as a requirement for association membership.

The CARB regulation establishes a new formaldehyde emission standard in two phases for three composite wood products — hardwood plywood, particleboard, and medium density fiberboard — utilized in finished goods or products including RVs that are offered for sale in California. It is expected that California will issue a final rule authorizing the new regulation this spring.

The first phase of the CARB wood products standard stipulates that veneer core and thin MDF meet an emission level of .08 parts per million by January 1, 2009. Composite core materials must meet the same level by June 1, 2009. Fabricators, which includes RV manufacturers, building products to sell in California, no matter where they are manufactured or assembled, will have until July 1, 2010 to begin using CARB certified wood products.

“We adopted the new CARB wood product emission standard ahead of California’s official establishment of the regulation to underscore our commitment to our customers and their ability to use our products with confidence,” said RVIA President Richard Coon. “We also wanted to give our members ample time for planning to meet the implementation date.”

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