ANS Standard for Due Diligence in Procuring/Sourcing Legal Timber

ANS LTDD 1.0 - 2013
FOREWARD
(This Foreword is not a part of the American National Standard for Due Diligence in Procuring/Sourcing
Legal Timber. ANS LTDD 1.0 – 2013.)
This American National Standard for Due Diligence in Procuring/Sourcing Legal Timber, ANS LTDD 1.0 –
2013, is sponsored by the Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Association (formerly the Hardwood Plywood
Manufacturers Association) and developed under the Procedures for Development of American National
Standards. This is the first national consensus Standard for providing a quality assurance program to
assist in the determination of the legality of timber in global commerce.
Consensus for this Standard was achieved by use of the “ANSI Essential Requirements: Due Process
Requirements for American National Standards” and the ANSI accredited HPVA Procedures for the
Development of American National Standards. The following organizations, recognized as having an
interest in legal timber and wood products that they purchase or sell and other interested parties, were
contacted prior to the approval of this Standard. Inclusion in this list does not necessarily imply that the
organization concurred with the proposed Standard as submitted to ANSI.
Published by
Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Association
1825 Michael Faraday Drive
Reston, VA 20190
Telephone: (703) 435-2900 Fax: (703) 435-2537
Web site: www.hpva.org
Publication History
Printing History
2013 – 5,000 copies
Copyright © 2012 by the Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Association
No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form, in an electronic retrieval system or otherwise,
without prior permission of the publisher.
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