REACH has it’s CoRAP (Community Rolling Action Plan) list and now EPA has a Work Plan list of 83 chemicals selected under a new prioritization scheme. Read all about it here. They seem to have dropped the “Action Plan” lingo. Now they are looking at 7 hot chemicals for 2012: Antimony and Antimony Compounds HHCB (1,3,4,6,7,8-Hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8,-hexamethylcyclopenta[g]-2-benzopyran) [...]
Posts Tagged ‘action plans’
TSCA Work Plan & Chemical Priority List
Posted in TSCA, tagged action plans, TSCA on March 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
EPA TSCA Chemical Prioritization
Posted in TSCA, tagged action plans, CDR, EHS Strategies Inc., IUR, TSCA on August 31, 2011 | 2 Comments »
EPA is holding a webinar on how they are going to prioritize chemicals under TSCA Sept 7, 2011, 1:30 – 3:30 pm EST. Register here. Apparently they heard the message that their picks of chemicals of concern for “action plans” were pretty random. Will this be a recast of ChAMP? Get background and blog on [...]
EPA BPA Testing Advance Notice
Posted in TSCA, TSCA Reform, tagged action plans, BPA, EHS Strategies Inc., endocrine dispruptors, GLP on July 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As follow on to its Chemical Action Plan on Bisphenol A (BPA), EPA published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking July 26, 2011, to develop environmental effects and exposure testing. EPA is not addressing human health effects in this notice as there is ongoing testing work already with other agencies. (See a pointed Trevor Butterworth [...]
TSCA Chemical Action Plans: Isocyanates
Posted in TSCA, tagged action plans, EHS Strategies Inc., TSCA on April 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
MDI and TDI are the latest chemicals announced for EPA “Action Plans” under TSCA. The focus will be on these isocyanates used in products where consumers and/or the general public could be exposed to uncured chemical, which could result in dermal and inhalation sensitization and distress. Plans are to use the various authorities under TSCA [...]
EPA DfE Alternatives Assessment Methodology
Posted in Environmental Marketing Claims, Product Stewardship, tagged action plans, EHS Strategies Inc., Environmental Marketing Claims, green chemistry, Product Stewardship on December 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
EPA has just posted its draft Alternatives Assessment Methodology on how it will compare the hazards of alternate chemicals in deciding whether or not to designate a product as “Designed for the Environment.” DfE is geared to identifying alternatives that work and are available and are greener than the current chemicals that are being used. [...]
TSCA Chemcial Action Plans = Blacklist
Posted in TSCA, tagged action plans, toxics, TSCA on November 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As expected, EPA’s “Chemical Action Plan” candidates are a de facto black list, regardless of specific risks of concern and “action.” First up: LEED building materials “credits”: http://bit.ly/9Ezebl See earlier blogs
TSCA: “The Blob”?
Posted in TSCA, TSCA Reform, tagged action plans, EHS Strategies Inc., TSCA, TSCA Reform on September 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Steven Owens, Administrator at the EPA Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, responsible for implementing the Toxic Substances Control Act says TSCA is: “… a kind of blob out there.” [quote from a conference call with the American Bar Association Sept. 16, 2010, reported in Toxics Regulation News Sept. 29, 2010. He was contrasting [...]
HR 5820 Implications: Chemical Processors
Posted in TSCA Reform, tagged action plans, chemical processors, EHS Strategies Inc., HR 5820, TSCA Reform on September 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What would TSCA reform bill HR 5820, if it passed as released, do to companies beyond what they have to do today? This blog deals with my best guess at what the implications are for Chemical Processors and follows on from my previous review for chemical manufacturers/importers. This blog also deals only with single chemicals [...]
TSCA Action Plans Round 3
Posted in TSCA, tagged action plans, EHS Strategies Inc., TSCA on August 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
EPA has expanded it’s list of chemicals for which “action plans” have been developed to use existing TSCA authorities to manage chemicals of concern. See previous blog The list and links to plans as of August 18,2010: Benzidine Dyes Released August 18, 2010 Bisphenol A (BPA) Released March 29, 2010 Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) Released August 18, [...]
HR 5820 Implications: Chemical Manufacturers/Importers
Posted in TSCA Reform, tagged action plans, EHS Strategies Inc., HR 5820, TSCA Reform on August 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What would TSCA reform bill HR 5820, if it passed as released, do to companies beyond what they have to do today? This blog deals with my best guess at what the implications are for Chemicals Manufacturers [and Importers - still treated the same] for the following scenarios: Scenario A. Company manufactures an existing chemical [...]
