May 10, 2016 | Regulation
For almost 70 years, coal tar-derived creosote has been federally registered for use as a wood preservative. During the past 40 years, the risks and benefits of creosote, like those of other major industrial wood preservatives, have been reevaluated by U.S. EPA in...
Nov 30, 2010 | Benefits & Use, Resources
This video, “Proper Use of Creosote When Pressure Treating Wood,” is a production of the Creosote Council. The Creosote Council is a non-profit, tax-exempt, non-standard setting, product stewardship organization composed of the principal registrants of...
Nov 29, 2008 | Regulation
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced its scientifically based determination approving creosote for continued use as a FIFRA wood preservative to pressure-treat railroad crossties, utility poles, marine and foundation piling, timber and other wood...
Sep 20, 2007 | Legislation
In the September/October 2007 issue of Crossties, the Railway Ties Association magazine, the Creosote Council responded to New York and New Jersey’s legislation prohibiting future installation of creosote-treated marine or foundation piling. “In July 2007, both New...
