The RVIA Board of Directors unanimously voted the proposed California Air Resources Board (CARB) formaldehyde emission level standards for wood products to become an RVIA membership requirement. The CARB standard will replace the HUD standard for formaldehyde emission levels adopted earlier this year. The CARB regulates two phases for three composite wood products – hardwood plywood, particleboard, and medium density fiberboard. Emissions levels on phase one must be .08 parts per million by January 1, 2009.

In other actions at their Annual Meeting, the RVIA Board of Directors also:
• Approved supporting and endorsing the Motorcycle Industry Council’s Partners Standard Protocol (PSP) Implementation Project.
• Appointed Matthew Miller, president of Newmar Corp., to replace Dick Parks CEO and chairman of the board of Newmar, on the Board of Directors. Miller will serve the remainder of the fiscal year and run for re-election during the association elections this summer.
• Required RV types not covered by the federal weight label requirements of FMVSS 110 or 120 to comply with the applicable FMVSS requirements as a condition of RVIA membership.
• Endorsed publishing and distributing to the industry the final recommendations from the Committee on Excellence Task Forces examining customer satisfaction issues.

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