# Federal Register 2026-21963 — effective 2026-11-27 — Voluntary Consensus Standards Update; Formaldehyde Emission Standards for Composite Wood Products — Environmental Protection Agency

For Federal Register 2026-21963, effective date is 2026-11-27; agency is Environmental Protection Agency; published is 2026-10-28; cfr parts amended is 40 CFR 770, recorded from its source on 2026-11-02; source re-checked 2026-11-03.

- **FR document number:** 2026-21963 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Rule:** Voluntary Consensus Standards Update; Formaldehyde Emission Standards for Composite Wood Products _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Agency:** Environmental Protection Agency _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Effective date:** 2026-11-27 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **DATES, as printed:** This final rule is effective on November 27, 2026. The incorporation by reference of certain material listed in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of November 27, 2026. The incorporation by reference of certain other material listed in the rule was approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of February 10, 2017, February 7, 2018, August 21, 2019, and March 23, 2023. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CFR parts amended:** 40 CFR 770 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Published:** 2026-10-28 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

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## Source

- https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents.json?per_page=1000&order=oldest&conditions%5Btype%5D%5B%5D=RULE&conditions%5Beffective_date%5D%5Bgte%5D=2026-08-31&conditions%5Beffective_date%5D%5Blte%5D=2026-12-31&fields%5B%5D=document_number&fields%5B%5D=title&fields%5B%5D=agency_names&fields%5B%5D=effective_on&fields%5B%5D=dates&fields%5B%5D=cfr_references&fields%5B%5D=publication_date&fields%5B%5D=html_url

Last verified: 2026-11-03. Review by: 2026-11-16.
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