Formaldehyde Emissions from Composite Wood Products Regulations

Marginal note:Exceeding limit

• 16 (1) A composite wood panel or laminated product is considered to be part of a non-compliant lot if formaldehyde emissions from the panel or product exceed the applicable limit set out in subsection 6(1) or the correlated limit referred to in subsection 6(2) when the panel or product is tested in accordance with paragraph 7(1)(b) or 8(1)(b), respectively.

• Marginal note:Handling

  (2) If a manufacturer of composite wood panels or laminated products manufactures a non-compliant lot, the manufacturer must either destroy it, dispose of it at a waste disposal site or treat and re-test it until formaldehyde emissions do not exceed the applicable limit set out in subsection 6(1) or the correlated limit referred to in subsection 6(2).

• Marginal note:Treatment

  (3) For the purpose of subsection (2), a non-compliant lot is treated by

  • (a) using a chemical formaldehyde scavenger;

  • (b) aging the lot; or

  • (c) using any other method that reduces formaldehyde emissions.

• Marginal note:Re-test

  (4) For the purpose of subsection (2), a non-compliant lot is re-tested by the selection and testing of one specimen from the lot and the verification of the test in accordance with subsection 7(1), or by the selection and testing of three specimens from three bundles of the lot and the verification of the tests in accordance with subsection 8(1), and averaging the results of the three tests.

• Marginal note:Notice of non-compliance to purchaser

  (5) A person that has sold a composite wood panel or laminated product from a non-compliant lot must provide written notice of the non-compliance to the purchaser within two days after the day on which they become aware of the non-compliance.

• Marginal note:Notice of non-compliance to Minister

  (6) If the person referred to in subsection (5) is the manufacturer or importer, it must also provide written notice of the non-compliance to the Minister within the timeframe set out in that subsection.

• Marginal note:On receipt of notice

  (7) A manufacturer of component parts or finished goods and an importer or seller of composite wood panels or laminated products that purchases a composite wood panel or a laminated product from a non-compliant lot and receives a notice referred to in subsection (5) must

  • (a) if they have not yet sold the composite wood panel or laminated product, isolate it before returning it to the manufacturer or handling it in accordance with subsection (2); or

  • (b) if they have sold the composite wood panel or laminated product, send a copy of the notice, within two days after the day on which they receive it, to the purchaser.

• Marginal note:Component parts or finished goods

  (8) Subsection (7) does not apply to a manufacturer of component parts or finished goods or to an importer or seller of composite wood panels or laminated products that receives a notice of non-compliance under subsection (5) after the composite wood panel or laminated product is incorporated into a component part or finished good.