Many Uses of CCA-Based Wood Treatments to End in Less than Two Years Under EPA Agreement
The EPA said the agreement affects "virtually all residential uses of wood treated with chromated copper arsenate," or CCA, including treatment of wood used in play structures, decks, picnic tables, landscaping timbers, residential fencing, patios, and walkways.
EPA Administrator Christine Whitman said the agreement "greatly accelerates the transition to new alternatives" to CCA, and said the phaseout "will substantially reduce the time it could have taken to go through the traditional regulatory process."