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Re: Proposed New CARB Regulations for Formaldehyde


Smith & Fong Company has been in the bamboo  business in the state
of California for more than 17 years. We are a national
manufacturer and distributor of bamboo flooring and 100% bamboo
plywood with all of our products manufactured in Asia. Our
products can be found in  residential, commercial and
institutional environments including national retail and hotel
chains and major American Universities. We are the largest
manufacturer and distribution of bamboo panel goods in the United
States. 

Our company policy has always been to manufacture the highest
quality, environmentally friendly building products, and to
continually improve and advance our technology to this end.
Formaldehyde has been an issue in the industry for some time and
we have made great efforts to address this problem. 

Today we produce a coconut palm flooring and panel good product
with zero added formaldehyde and all our flooring and bamboo
panels meet and exceed the phase II standards for HWPW proposed by
CARB. We have engaged independent testing using the ASTM-E1333
protocol to support  our work.  In fact by year end we will 
introduce our first line of zero formaldehyde bamboo flooring and
bamboo sheet good products.

We at Smith & Fong have always seen sustainability and chemical
free building products as more of an opportunity and a welcome
challenge to innovate than an inhibitor to business growth. In
conclusion, we support and applaud CARBs work in advancing the
interests of a cleaner and healthier environment for our children
and for generations to come. 


Daniel Smith
Smith & Fong