AWFS supports the proposed amendments to the EPA rule for better alignment with the CARB ATCM. It will make it easier for suppliers and customers alike to comply with both rules and will enhance enforcement of suppliers (off shore imports) who do not comply, or worse yet, falsify compliance. https://news.bloombergenvironment.com/environment-and-energy/engineered-wood-industry-pleased-with-epa-formaldehyde-proposal EPA seeking to align federal […]
Below, please find two links to the Virginia Tech – U.S. Forest Service housing market commentaries for August 2018. These commentaries contain in-depth data and comments on the U.S. housing market. Part 1: Main – https://www.woodproducts.sbio.vt.edu/housing-report/casa-2018-08a-august-main.pdf Part 2: Economic conditions – https://www.woodproducts.sbio.vt.edu/housing-report/casa-2018-08b-august-econ-cond.pdf The housing report is a free service of Virginia Tech, Virginia Cooperative Extension, […]
As shared by AWFS Board Consultant, Past President, and Regulatory Representative Wade Gregory: The Community Air Pollution Blueprint has been approved and is moving forward, as you can see from the press release below. Here is a link to Appendix F of the final Blueprint, which remains unchanged in its wording on the ATCM and […]
Oct 9, 2018 Is your company impacted by recent tariff and trade policies? AWFS is conducting a brief six-question survey to determine whether our members companies are impacted by recent trade and tariff policy changes. Your participation in this survey will help us determine the direction needed for our public policy efforts and how we can help […]
Below, please find two links to the Virginia Tech – U.S. Forest Service housing market commentaries for July 2018. These commentaries contain in-depth data and comments on the U.S. housing market. Part 1: Main – https://www.woodproducts.sbio.vt.edu/housing-report/casa-2018-07a-july-main.pdf Part 2: Economic conditions – https://www.woodproducts.sbio.vt.edu/housing-report/casa-2018-07b-july-econ-cond.pdf The housing report is a free service of Virginia Tech, Virginia Cooperative Extension, […]
After months (technically years) of waiting, anticipation, and efforts by AWFS and countless other industries and associations and organizations, the Perkins V reauthorization has passed in the Senate, House, and by Executive Order. AWFS joins with NAM, ACTE, and others in expressing appreciation to those representatives who helped moved this legislation forward, and is satisfied […]
https://www.compositepanel.org/news-events/news-events.html/2399/ CPA submitted comments this week on California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) draft Community Air Protection Blueprint, which provides a proposed policy and regulatory framework for a new program to “reduce air pollution and improve public health in communities that experience disproportionate burdens from exposure to air pollutants.” In Appendix F of the Blueprint, CARB […]
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SCM, a world-leading producer of woodworking machinery with a double-digit annual growth in the U.S. market, welcomed Congressman Rob Woodall to in discussing public funding opportunities for Career Technical Education programs. SCM, a world-leading producer of woodworking machinery, welcomed at its Duluth, GA branch Congressman Rob Woodall, the U.S. Representative for Georgia’s seventh congressional district. […]
Below, please find two links to the Virginia Tech – U.S. Forest Service housing market commentaries for April 2018. These commentaries contain in-depth data and comments on the U.S. housing market. Part 1: Main – http://woodproducts.sbio.vt.edu/housing-report/casa-2018-04a-april-main.pdf Part 2: Economic conditions – http://woodproducts.sbio.vt.edu/housing-report/casa-2018-04b-april-econ-cond.pdf The housing report is a free service of Virginia Tech, Virginia Cooperative Extension, […]
