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Pesticide News Story: EPA Releases Document Providing Guidance on Allowed and Disallowed Uses of CCA
EPA is releasing the "Supplemental Guidance on Interpretation of Revised Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA) Wood Preservative Label." This document provides clarifications on the allowed and disallowed uses of CCA. It also provides a reference table with the American Wood Preservers Association Commodity Standards related to CCA, with examples of some of the uses that are permitted and disallowed since the December 31, 2003, voluntary cancellation date.This action is taken to provide stakeholders, regions, consumers, public interest groups, wood treaters, and registrants with a reference tool that supplements the product labeling to better identify the specific uses of CCA-treated lumber are permitted or disallowed. It also references enforcement and compliance strategies drafted by the Office of Enforcement and Compliance so that all affected parties will be aware of the Agency's position regarding compliance monitoring, targeting inspections, and reporting tips and complaints. This enforcement and compliance document will be available soon and posted on the Office of Pesticide Programs website (shown below).
By clearly articulating the permitted and disallowed uses of CCA, and by providing the strategies which the Agency will use to ensure compliance with the product labeling the Agency hopes to ensure the proper use of CCA in treating lumber. The full text of the guidance document and the guidance chart can be found at www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/chemicals/1file.htm.