What uses of CCA-treated wood will be allowed?
Effective December 31, 2003, CCA may be used for preservative treatment of the following categories of forest products and in accordance with the respective cited standard (noted parenthetically) of the 2001 edition of the American Wood Preservers’ Association Standards: lumber and timber for saltwater use only (C2); piles (C3); poles (C4); plywood (C9); wood for highway construction (C14); poles, piles, and posts used as structural members on farms and plywood used on farms (C16); wood for marine construction (C18); round poles and posts used in building construction (C23); sawn timber used to support residential and commercial structures (C24); sawn crossarms (C25); structural glued, laminated members and laminations before gluing (C28); structural composite lumber (C33); and shakes and shingles (C34). Forest products treated with this product may be sold or distributed only for uses within the AWPA Commodity Standards under which the treatment occurred. Why are the manufacturers pha
