[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 21 (Friday, January 31, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 5562-5567]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-01474]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

24 CFR Parts 3280 and 3282

[Docket No. FR 6018-F-02]
RIN 2502-AJ42


Streamlining and Aligning Formaldehyde Emission Control Standards 
for Certain Wood Products in Manufactured Home Construction With Title 
VI of the Toxic Substance Control Act

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing 
Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: HUD is issuing a final rule to implement the Formaldehyde 
Standards for Composite Wood Products Act of 2010, which added Title VI 
to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The purpose of TSCA Title 
VI is to reduce exposures to formaldehyde emissions from composite wood 
products, thereby resulting in benefits from avoided adverse health 
effects. In addition, HUD is removing certain aspects of the current 
manufactured housing formaldehyde standards requirements that are not 
addressed by TSCA. This final rule follows publication of a March 22, 
2019, proposed rule and takes into consideration the public comments 
received on the proposed rule. This final rule also incorporates by 
reference, ASTM D6007-14 and ASTM E1333-14, the current standard 
requirements for formaldehyde concentration and emissions rate air 
chamber testing.

DATES: This final rule is effective March 2, 2020. The incorporation by 
reference of certain publications listed in the rule is approved by the 
Director of the Federal Register as of March 2, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Teresa B. Payne, Acting Administrator, 
Office of Manufactured Housing Programs, Office of Housing, Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street SW, Washington, DC 
20410; telephone 202-402-5365 (this is not a toll-free number). Persons 
with hearing or speech impairments may access this number via TTY by 
calling the Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8389 (toll-free number).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background--HUD's March 22, 2019 Proposed Rule

    The Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products Act of 2010, 
which added TSCA Title VI (Pub. L. 111-199, enacted on July 7, 2010) 
(``Formaldehyde Act of 2010''), established new formaldehyde emissions 
standards for all hardwood plywood, medium-density fiberboard, and 
particleboard, including when incorporated into finished goods, that 
are sold, supplied, offered for sale, or manufactured (including 
imported) in the United States. TSCA Title VI directs HUD to update its 
regulation addressing formaldehyde emission standards to ensure 
consistency with the standards in TSCA not later than 180 days after 
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promulgates regulations. 
EPA's final rule implementing the new requirements became effective May 
22, 2017. See 81 FR 89674.
    On March 22, 2019, HUD published a proposed rule in the Federal 
Register, at 84 FR 10738, to streamline and align formaldehyde emission 
control standards requirements for certain wood products in 
manufactured homes with Title VI of the Toxic Substance Control Act. 
The rule proposed revising HUD's current formaldehyde emission 
standards for composite wood products used in manufactured housing at 
24 CFR parts 3280 and 3282 to ensure consistency with the requirements 
established by section 601 of TSCA and EPA requirements, including the 
scope of products tested and processes for testing.
    In addition, HUD proposed to remove certain aspects of HUD's 
manufactured housing formaldehyde standards requirements that are not 
addressed by TSCA, including provisions for a health notice to be 
posted in every manufactured home, testing of panels treated after 
certification, and testing of certain plywood materials. Lastly, HUD's 
proposed rule also added the EPA required provision for labeling 
finished goods by requiring labeling of each manufactured home as being 
``TSCA Title VI compliant'' to the data plate of each manufactured home 
in 24 CFR 3280.5,\1\ as recommended by the

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Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee.\2\ For additional information 
about HUD's proposed rule, see 84 FR 10738.
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    \1\ On October 25-27, 2016, HUD held a meeting with the 
Manufactured Housing Consensus Committee (MHCC). See 81 FR 66288. 
The Committee voted to accept a working draft of the proposed rule 
which cross-referenced EPA's requirements in HUD's regulations and 
removed the health hazard warning requirement in 24 CFR 3280.309. 
See Minutes MHCC Meeting October 25-27, 2016, https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=mhcc-oct2016-meetminsfinal.pdf.
    \2\ The Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000 (Title VI 
of Pub. L. 106-569) created the Manufactured MHCC to develop 
proposed revisions to the Federal manufactured home construction and 
safety standards.
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II. Changes and Clarifications Made in This Final Rule

    In response to public comments on the proposed rule, a discussion 
of which is presented in the following section of this preamble, this 
final rule incorporates the following changes described below and minor 
technical changes.

A. Samples for Testing

    HUD's new Sec.  3280.406(c) incorporated the testing of composite 
wood product samples under 40 CFR 770.24. As drafted, the language of 
this provision was limited to samples not produced in the United 
States, but imported and transported across the country for testing. 
Recognizing that the provision was meant to permit samples to be sent 
for testing without automatically triggering a violation for both 
American producers as well as importers, HUD amends the language in the 
final rule to apply to all samples for testing.

B. Quality Control Testing

    HUD's new Sec.  3280.407(b) incorporated the composite wood product 
quality control test methods from 40 CFR 770.20(d). The language in the 
proposed rule provided that panels being tested with an equivalence, 
correlation, or ``alternative method'' must be in compliance with the 
requirements of 40 CFR 770.20(d). However, a commenter noted that 
almost all testing is done with reference to a correlation value, 
regardless of the testing method. The term ``alternative method'' is 
eliminated from the final rule for clarity.

C. Technical Changes

    HUD amends for clarity the language on the data plate from ``TSCA 
Title VI compliant'' to compliant with Title VI, Toxic Substances 
Control Act. In addition, HUD makes minor changes to the language in 
Sec.  3280.406 to clarify certification testing and quarterly testing.

III. Discussion of Public Comments Received on March 22, 2019, Proposed 
Rule

    The public comment period for the proposed rule closed on April 22, 
2019. HUD received five public comments in response to the proposed 
rule. These comments were submitted by a private citizen, industry 
associations, and manufactured housing associations.
    Four commenters generally supported HUD's proposed rule. One 
commenter supported the removal of the provisions that were 
inconsistent with TSCA, and another commenter noted that the 
streamlining will avoid the need for duplicative testing. Commenters 
were generally supportive of the proposed rule, but, as provided in the 
following section of this Preamble, they also recommended changes or 
clarifications, two of which are discussed above.
    Comments: Most commenters agreed that the removal of the health 
notice was appropriate and necessary. The commenters noted that 
requiring such a notice for manufactured homes, but not site-built 
homes is inconsistent and doing so created a stigma. One commenter 
wrote that the notice should not be removed because the change to 
ventilation standards may still have no effect on decreasing the risks 
derived from the formaldehyde emissions.
    HUD Response: HUD believes the significant decrease in formaldehyde 
emissions required by EPA's rule and referenced by HUD's rule combined 
with HUD's whole house ventilation requirements mitigate issues 
identified in the health notice. Further, the substantial similarities 
in construction methods, materials, and ventilation features between 
manufactured and site-built housing, without such a notice required for 
site-built housing, supports the action to eliminate the health notice 
in manufactured housing.
    Comments: One commenter suggested that HUD amend Sec.  3280.406(c), 
which incorporates the testing of samples under 40 CFR 770.24. The 
commenter noted that HUD limited the sampling language to imported 
samples in the proposed rule, but the provision was drafted to permit 
samples to be sent for testing without automatically triggering a 
violation for both American producers as well as importers.
    HUD Response: HUD agrees and has made appropriate clarifications 
within the final language in Sec.  3280.406(c).
    Comments: One commenter suggested HUD amend Sec.  3280.407(b), 
which incorporates control testing under 40 CFR 770.20(d). The 
commenter noted that almost all quality control testing is done with 
reference to a correlation value, regardless of the test methodology. 
The commenter wrote that it is unclear what ``alternative method'' 
means in this context; ``equivalence and correlation'' must be 
determined in accordance with 40 CFR 770.20(d).
    HUD Response: HUD agrees and has made appropriate clarifications 
within the final language in Sec.  3280.407(b).
    Comments: One commenter noted that the proposed rule restricts the 
merchantability of non-conforming material. Such restrictions on an end 
user may be unfairly burdensome for a homeowner trying to resell a home 
that was purchased in good faith and without knowledge of any defect. 
The commenter suggested that HUD adapt the EPA's remedy of this problem 
by providing an exception for ``any finished good that has previously 
been sold or supplied to an end user, an individual, or entity that 
purchased or acquired the finished good in good faith for purposes 
other than resale.'' The commenter also recommended that HUD go further 
to protect an end user who acquired a manufactured home in good faith 
and is now selling it, but is either currently unaware or was only 
recently made aware that the home is not in compliance.
    HUD Response: HUD's regulations are intended for the design and 
construction of new manufactured homes. HUD does not regulate resale 
transactions. However, latent defects in manufactured housing are 
addressable under the Manufactured Home Procedural and Enforcement 
Regulations. If a manufacturer becomes aware that it has systematically 
introduced a failure to conform into a manufactured home, it must 
conduct an investigation and take additional action (notification, 
correction, or both) as may be required under 24 CFR part 3232, subpart 
I. Regarding composite wood products, if a home manufacturer acquires 
knowledge that it has used non-conforming material, the home 
manufacturer remains responsible and may choose to work with the panel 
producer and/or supplier to address any required corrections approved 
by a State Administrative Agency or HUD as part of a Notification and 
Correction campaign.
    Comments: One commenter noted that EPA's rule is discriminatory in 
its treatment of HUD manufactured housing as a ``finished good'' at 40 
CFR 770.3, but not site-built homes. The commenter suggested that HUD 
reject this distinction because manufactured housing results in 
increased compliance costs that mostly fall on lower and

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moderate-income American families that reside in manufactured housing.
    HUD Response: HUD is absent authority to interpret or otherwise 
modify EPA's rule. However, HUD is streamlining its formaldehyde 
emissions standards through this rulemaking to ensure home 
manufacturers are not subject to different regulatory compliance 
requirements of both EPA and HUD. HUD believes this will reduce 
regulatory burdens and as such minimize cost impacts to manufacturers 
and costs passed on to home purchasers.
    Comments: One commenter recommended that HUD repeal its regulations 
entirely to eliminate duplication of regulations. The commenter cited 
the fact that EPA standards are lower, the EPA rule addresses 
composite-wood products, and the EPA regulations include testing and 
certification prior to fabrication. The commenter also noted that 
manufactured homes have, for nearly 30 years, already achieved 
formaldehyde safety for consumers through compliance with existing HUD 
regulations that are less costly to meet than the TSCA standards, but 
nevertheless ensure the safety of manufactured home residents.
    HUD Response: HUD is completing this rulemaking in accordance with 
the Toxic Substances Control Act Title VI in order to streamline its 
formaldehyde emissions standards and eliminate differing standards. 
Through this rulemaking, HUD will ensure home manufacturers are not 
subject to different regulatory compliance requirements of multiple 
federal oversight agencies. HUD believes this will reduce regulatory 
burdens and as such minimize cost impacts to manufacturers and home 
purchasers.
    Comments: Two commenters recommended that HUD delay final rule 
implementation until EPA provides any clarifications as a result of its 
proposed rulemaking issued November 1, 2018, entitled ``Technical 
Issues in the Formaldehyde Emission Standards for Composite Wood 
Products Regulation.''
    HUD Response: HUD is issuing a final rule that correlates with 
EPA's final rule provisions, mostly by reference to EPA's regulations. 
HUD will consider future rulemaking, as needed, pursuant to changes EPA 
may make in future rulemaking if those changes affect any specific 
provision promulgated by HUD.
    Comments: One commenter agreed that HUD should move the disclosure 
statement to the data plate, consistent with the other items on the 
data plate. Another commenter noted that space on the data plate is 
limited and suggested that HUD shorten the statement to either ``TSCA 
Title VI compliant'' or ``This home is TSCA Title VI compliant.'' 
Another commenter suggested that HUD forego such a statement and 
reserve the space for future disclosures or technical information, 
given that only compliant homes receive a data plate.
    HUD Response: HUD believes that sufficient space is available 
within the data plate for the minimal compliance statement required by 
Sec.  3280.5(i). Further, HUD has decided to change the text of the 
data plate statement by spelling out the Toxic Substance Control Act.

IV. Incorporation by Reference

    This rule incorporates the following standard test methods for 
determining formaldehyde concentrations in air and emission rates from 
wood products, listed below. The standards are readily available 
electronically or in print and are relatively inexpensive (less than 
$60 a copy). Copies of these materials may be obtained from the 
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), 100 Barr Harbor 
Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428, (610) 832-9500, fax number (610) 
832-9555, website: http://www.astm.org.
     ASTM D0007-14 Standard Test Method for Determining 
Formaldehyde Concentrations in Air from Wood Products Using a Small-
Scale Chamber (2014). This test method measures the formaldehyde 
concentrations in air from wood products under defined test conditions 
of temperature and relative humidity. Results obtained from this small-
scale chamber test method are intended to be comparable to results 
obtained testing larger product samples by the large chamber test 
method for wood products, Test Method E1333. The results may be 
correlated to values obtained from ASTM Test Method E1333.
    ASTM D60007-14 is available for purchase in electronic and hard 
copy formats at http://www.astm.org/cgi-bin/resolver.cgi?D6007. General 
information is available at http://www.astm.org/Standards/D60007.htm.
     ASTM E1333-14 Standard Test Method for Determining 
Formaldehyde Concentrations in Air and Emission Rates from Wood 
Products Using a Large Chamber (2014). This test method measures the 
formaldehyde concentration in air and emission rate from wood products 
containing formaldehyde by the use of a large chamber under specific 
test conditions of temperature and relative humidity, or conditions 
designed to simulate product use. This method employs a single set of 
environmental conditions but different product loading ratios to assess 
formaldehyde concentrations in air and emission rates from certain wood 
products. The conditions controlled in the procedure are the 
conditioning of specimens prior to testing, exposed surface area of the 
specimens in the test chamber, test chamber temperature and relative 
humidity, number of air changes per hour, and air circulation within 
the chamber. At the end of a specified time period in the test chamber, 
the air is sampled, and the concentration of formaldehyde in the air 
and emission rate are determined.
    ASTM E1333-14 is available for purchase in electronic and hard copy 
formats at http://www.astm.org/cgi-bin/resolver.cgi?E1333. General 
information is available at http://www.astm.org/Standards/E1333.htm.

V. Findings and Certifications

Regulatory Review--Executive Orders 12866 and 13563

    Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 direct agencies to assess all 
costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if 
regulation is necessary, to select regulatory approaches that maximize 
net benefits (including potential economic, environmental, public 
health, and safety effects; distributive impacts; and equity). 
Executive Order 13563 emphasizes the importance of quantifying both 
costs and benefits, of reducing costs, of harmonizing rules, and of 
promoting flexibility.
    Under Executive Order 12866 (Regulatory Planning and Review), a 
determination must be made whether a regulatory action is significant 
and, therefore, subject to review by the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) in accordance with the requirements of the order. This 
final rule was determined not to be a ``significant regulatory action'' 
as defined in section 3(f) of the Executive order, and not an 
economically significant regulatory action, as provided under section 
3(f)(1) of Executive Order 12866.

Executive Order 13771

    Executive Order 13771, entitled ``Reducing Regulation and 
Controlling Regulatory Costs,'' was issued on January 30, 2017. Section 
2(a) of Executive Order 13771 requires an agency, unless prohibited by 
law, to identify at least two existing regulations to be repealed when 
the agency publicly proposes for notice and comment or otherwise 
promulgates a new regulation. In furtherance of this requirement, 
section 2(c) of Executive Order 13771 requires that the new incremental 
costs associated with new regulations shall, to

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the extent permitted by law, be offset by the elimination of existing 
costs associated with at least two prior regulations.
    For the reasons discussed in the Regulatory Impact Analysis, this 
final rule has been determined to be an Executive Order 13771 
deregulatory action.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3501-3520), an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not 
required to respond to, a collection of information unless the 
collection displays a valid control number. OMB issued HUD control 
number 2502-0253 for the information collection requirements under the 
Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards Act Reporting 
Requirements.

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

    Title II of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) of 1995 (Pub. 
L. 104-4, approved March 22, 1995), establishes requirements for 
Federal agencies to assess the effects of their regulatory actions on 
State, local, and tribal governments, and on the private sector. This 
final rule does not impose any Federal mandates on any State, local, or 
tribal government, or on the private sector, within the meaning of the 
UMRA.

Environmental Review

    A Finding of No Significant Impact with respect to the environment 
has been made in accordance with HUD regulations at 24 CFR part 50, 
which implement section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)). The Finding of No Significant 
Impact is available for public inspection between the hours of 8 a.m. 
and 5 p.m. weekdays in the Regulations Division, Office of General 
Counsel, Room 10276, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 
Seventh Street SW, Washington, DC 20410-0500.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) generally 
requires an agency to conduct a regulatory flexibility analysis of any 
rule subject to notice and comment rulemaking requirements unless the 
agency certifies that the rule will not have a significant economic 
impact on a substantial number of small entities. This final rule 
regulates establishments primarily engaged in making manufactured homes 
(North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 32991). The 
Small Business Administration defines a small manufactured homes 
manufacturing business as one that does not exceed 1,250 employees. Of 
the 222 firms included under this NAICS definition, approximately 35 
produce manufactured homes subject to HUD's Manufactured Housing 
Construction and Safety Standards. Other entities covered by this NAICS 
code build non-HUD-code prefabricated buildings. Of the 35 
manufacturers subject to HUD's Manufactured Housing Construction and 
Safety Standards, 31 are considered to be small businesses based on the 
threshold of 1,250 employees or less.
    As required by statute, EPA published a final rule that established 
new formaldehyde emission standards for composite wood products (81 FR 
89674). As also required by statute, HUD's final rule updates HUD's 
formaldehyde requirements to align with and reflect those issued by 
EPA. Despite the new requirements, as discussed in HUD's regulatory 
impact analysis, HUD anticipates there will not be any new or 
additional cost impacts resulting from implementation of this final 
rule--other than de minimis costs to change the template used to create 
the data plate. Initially, composite wood products at EPA reduced 
formaldehyde levels are currently the majority of products available in 
the marketplace. This circumstance exists because of similar 
requirements currently in effect in California under the California Air 
Resources Board (CARB) Airborne Toxic Control Measure (ATCM). CARB ATCM 
requires composite wood products used in manufactured housing shipped 
to California to already comply with CARB requirements. As with many 
industries, rather than procuring special products for different final 
destinations, manufactured housing producers are likely to procure 
products that can be used in homes that it can ship anywhere.
    This impact analysis includes all segments--manufacturers, 
retailers, and consumers, including small entities. In EPA's final 
rule, which affected a much broader number and type of small entities, 
for example, EPA determined in Table 2 that 99 percent of small 
business firms with cost impacts of more than 1 percent of revenues 
will have annualized costs of less than $250 per year.
    In addition, this final rule will provide cost savings for HUD's 
manufactured housing manufacturers covered by this rule by eliminating 
the burden of placing the health notice (approximately $270,270 a 
year), testing structural plywood and retesting panels after a 
finishing is added. Therefore, while the final rule affects a 
substantial number of small entities, for 31 out of the 35 affected 
entities (86 percent), HUD believes the de minimis cost of implementing 
this final rule--specifically the change to the data plate--will be 
offset by the savings that result from the changes in materials subject 
to testing and the removal of the health notice. HUD has determined the 
impact of this final rule on all entities, to include small entities, 
is not significant.
    For the reasons stated above, HUD knows of no instance of a 
manufacturer with fewer than 1,250 employees that will be significantly 
affected economically by this rule. Therefore, although this final rule 
affects a substantial number of small entities, HUD has determined that 
it will not have a significant economic impact on them.

Executive Order 13132, Federalism

    Executive Order 13132 (entitled ``Federalism'') prohibits an agency 
from publishing any rule that has federalism implications if the rule 
either imposes substantial direct compliance costs on State and local 
governments or is not required by statute, or the rule preempts State 
law, unless the agency meets the consultation and funding requirements 
of section 6 of the Executive order. This final rule does not have 
federalism implications and does not impose substantial direct 
compliance costs on State and local governments or preempt State law 
within the meaning of the Executive order.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

    The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance program number for 
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards is 14.171.

List of Subjects

24 CFR Part 3280

    Housing standards, Incorporation by reference, Manufactured homes.

24 CFR Part 3282

    Consumer protection, Manufactured homes.

    Accordingly, for the reasons stated above, HUD amends 24 CFR parts 
3280 and 3282 as follows:

PART 3280--MANUFACTURED HOME CONSTRUCTION AND SAFETY STANDARDS

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1. The authority citation for part 3280 is revised to read as follows:

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2697, 42 U.S.C. 3535(d), 5403, and 5424.


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2. Amend Sec.  3280.4 as follows:
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a. Redesignate paragraphs (p)(25) through (33) as paragraphs (p)(26) 
through (34);
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b. Add new paragraph (p)(25); and
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c. Revise newly redesignated paragraph (p)(31).
    The addition and revision read as follows:


Sec.  3280.4  Incorporation by reference.

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    (p) * * *
    (25) ASTM D6007-14, Standard Test Method for Determining 
Formaldehyde Concentrations in Air from Wood Products Using a Small Air 
Chamber, approved October 1, 2014; IBR approved for Sec.  3280.406(b).
* * * * *
    (31) ASTM E1333-14, Standard Test Method for Determining 
Formaldehyde Concentrations in Air and Emission Rates from Wood 
Products Using a Large Air Chamber, approved October 1, 2014; IBR 
approved for Sec.  3280.406(b).
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3. In Sec.  3280.5, add paragraph (i) to read as follows:


Sec.  3280.5  Data plate.

* * * * *
    (i) The statement: The manufacturer certifies this home is 
compliant with the Title VI, Toxic Substances Control Act.

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4. Revise Sec.  3280.308 to read as follows:


Sec.  3280.308  Formaldehyde emission controls for composite wood 
products

    (a) Definitions. For purposes of this section, the definitions 
found in 40 CFR 770.3 apply.
    (b) Formaldehyde emission levels. The following maximum 
formaldehyde emission standards apply whether the composite wood 
product is in the form of a panel or is incorporated into a component 
part or finished good:
    (1) For hardwood plywood made with a veneer core or composite core, 
the maximum level is 0.05 parts per million (ppm) of formaldehyde;
    (2) For medium density fiberboard, the maximum level is 0.11 ppm of 
formaldehyde;
    (3) For thin medium density fiberboard, the maximum level is 0.13 
ppm of formaldehyde; and
    (4) For particleboard, the maximum level is 0.09 ppm of 
formaldehyde.
    (c) Product certification and continuing qualification. Only 
certified composite wood products whether in the form of panels or 
incorporated into component parts or finished goods, are permitted to 
be used in manufactured homes sold, supplied, offered for sale, or 
manufactured in or imported into the United States, consistent with 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) product testing requirements at 
40 CFR 770.15. See Sec.  3280.406 for testing requirements for product 
certification and testing requirements for continuing qualification of 
formaldehyde emission levels.
    (d) Panel label. Manufactured homes must use panels or bundles of 
panels that are labeled by a panel producer consistent with the 
labeling requirements at 40 CFR 770.45.
    (e) Finished good certification label. Each manufactured home must 
be provided with a finished good certification label indicating that 
the home has been produced with composite wood products, or finished 
goods that contain composite wood products, that comply with the 
formaldehyde emission requirements of this part and 40 CFR part 770, 
consistent with Sec.  3280.5(i).
    (f) Non-complying lots. Composite wood products from non-complying 
lots (i.e., lots that exceed the applicable formaldehyde ppm) are not 
certified composite wood products and may not be used in manufactured 
homes except in accordance with 40 CFR 770.22.
    (g) Stockpiling. The use of stockpiled inventory of composite wood 
products, whether in the form of panels or incorporated into component 
parts or finished goods, in manufactured homes, is prohibited in 
accordance with EPA regulations at 40 CFR 770.12(b) through (d).
    (h) Third party certification. All composite wood products in 
paragraph (b) of this section must be certified by an agency or 
organization that has been recognized to participate in the EPA Toxic 
Substances Control Act (TSCA) Title VI Third Party Certification 
Program.


Sec.  3280.309  [Removed]

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5. Remove Sec.  3280.309.

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6. Revise Sec.  3280.406 to read as follows:


Sec.  3280.406  Air chamber test methods for certification and 
continuing qualification of formaldehyde emission levels.

    (a) Definitions. For purposes of this section, the definitions 
found in 40 CFR 770.3 apply.
    (b) Testing requirements. Testing of composite wood products must 
be performed pursuant to the general requirements of 40 CFR 770.20(a) 
and (b). Certification testing must be performed pursuant to one of the 
air chamber test methods specified in 40 CFR 770.15 (ASTM E1333-14, or 
ASTM D6007-14, both incorporated by reference, see Sec.  3280.4). 
Quarterly testing must be performed pursuant to one of the air chamber 
test methods specified in 40 CFR 770.20(c) (ASTM E1333-14 or ASTM 
D6007-14).
    (c) Samples for testing. Samples for testing shall comply with 40 
CFR 770.24.

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7. Add Sec.  3280.407 to read as follows:


Sec.  3280.407  Quality control testing, manuals, facilities, and 
personnel.

    (a) Definitions. For purposes of this section, the definitions 
found in 40 CFR 770.3 apply.
    (b) Quality control testing. Quality control testing is required 
for hardwood plywood made with a veneer core or composite core, medium 
density fiberboard, thin medium density fiberboard, and particleboard 
and must be performed in accordance with the general requirements in 40 
CFR 770.20(a) and by one of the test methods and at the frequency 
specified in 40 CFR 770.20(b). Panels being tested with an equivalence 
and correlation must be determined in accordance with 40 CFR 770.20(d).
    (c) Quality control manuals, facilities, and personnel. A panel 
producer must have a written quality control manual, must designate a 
quality control facility for conducting quality control formaldehyde 
testing under this section, and must designate a person as quality 
control manager with adequate experience and/or training to be 
responsible for formaldehyde emissions quality control consistent with 
40 CFR 770.21. A panel producer means a manufacturing plant or other 
facility that manufactures (excluding facilities that solely import 
products) composite wood products (hardwood plywood made with a veneer 
or composite core, medium-density fiberboard, and particleboard) on the 
premises.

PART 3282--MANUFACTURED HOME PROCEDURAL AND ENFORCEMENT REGULATIONS

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8. The authority citation for part 3282 is revised to read as follows:

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 2697, 42 U.S.C. 3535(d), 5403, and 5424.


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9. In Sec.  3282.7, add paragraph (o) to read as follows:


Sec.  3282.7  Definitions.

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    (o) Finished good has the meaning provided in 40 CFR 770.3.
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10. Add Sec.  3282.212 to read as follows:

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Sec.  3282.212  Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Title VI 
requirements.

    Manufacturers must maintain bills of lading, invoices, or 
comparable documents that include a written statement from the supplier 
that the component or finished goods are TSCA Title VI compliant for a 
minimum of 3 years from the date of import, purchase, or shipment, 
consistent with 40 CFR 770.30(c) and 770.40.

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11. Add Sec.  3282.257 to read as follows:


Sec.  3282.257  TSCA Title VI requirements.

    Retailers and distributors must maintain bills of lading, invoices, 
or comparable documents that include a written statement from the 
supplier that the component or finished goods are TSCA Title VI 
compliant for a minimum of 3 years from the date of import, purchase, 
or shipment, consistent with 40 CFR 770.30(c) and 770.40.

    Dated: January 23, 2020.
Brian D. Montgomery,
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner.
[FR Doc. 2020-01474 Filed 1-30-20; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4210-67-P