chemical management Articles

With so much attention focused on the European Union’s Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulations, US domestic manufacturers may be less aware than they should be of regulatory efforts in North America. In August 2007, the United States, Canada, and Mexico entered into a regional agreement for assessing and managing potential chemical risks. The new ...

Apr. 24, 2008

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

"Siemens PLM Teamcenter supports our goals of product stewardship and drives sustainability improvements in our products, services and solutions for our customers." - John Hunter, Engineering Manager for Chemical Management, Caterpillar Please, click here to download the case ...

Nov. 30, 2018

By Sphera

As with many countries, Korea is pursuing a chemicals management approach that ensures substances being placed on its market are assessed for risk potential based on its use patterns while placing the burden of safe use on chemical ...

Jul. 1, 2013

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

It is entirely appropriate to consider how the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals Program (REACH) may influence reconsideration of the U.S. chemical regulatory environment, and the report provides some critical insights. But REACH is not the only consideration — Canada’s Chemical Management Plan should be considered as well. Further, REACH should be ...

Nov. 1, 2012

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

It is entirely appropriate to consider how the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals Program (REACH) may influence reconsideration of the U.S. chemical regulatory environment, and the report provides some critical insights. But REACH is not the only consideration — Canada’s Chemical Management Plan should be considered as well. Further, REACH should be ...

Nov. 1, 2012

By Acta Group

A&WMA’s international specialty conference Sustainable Development and the Importance of Chemicals Management in the 21st Century, which was held December 7–9, 2004, in Ottawa, Ontario, focused on both the positive and negative aspects of managing chemicals from the points of view of human health, the environment, and industry. This issue of EM includes three of the papers presented at the ...

Mar. 8, 2006

By Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA)

"Using Teamcenter for our product sustainability framework, we can reduce the presence of hazardous substances used in our products, increase supply chain transparency, and address our Ecodesign objectives." John Hunter, Engineering Manager for Chemical Management, Caterpillar Please, click here to download the ...

May 11, 2018

By Sphera

In a rare showing of bipartisan support for reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), senators David Vitter (Republican-Louisiana) and the late Frank Lautenberg (Democrat-New Jersey) recently introduced the Chemical Safety Improvement Act (CSIA). The bill offers a new and potentially politically viable framework for TSCA reform and renewed hope that needed modernisation of this important ...

Jun. 1, 2013

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Companies face many hurdles today when it comes to chemical management. This 45-minute webinar will discuss the factors, tools, and techniques to minimize the burden of chemical data management and boost the impact of compliance, safety, and regulatory reporting initiatives. Led by chemical management specialists from SiteHawk and Compliance Optimizers, this webinar will outline a best ...

May 4, 2011

By SiteHawk

Introduction The costs of managing chemicals are far more than just the product price, but the life-cycle management of chemicals can be optimized to cut these peripheral costs. By adopting best practices, the chemical management process is more integrated into the business process, becoming a strategic advantage to the organization, raising efficiency on a number of fronts, decreasing legal ...

Jun. 1, 2000

By Chemical Safety Software

The European Union’s REACH regulation is a complex chemical management regulation intended to replace approximately 40 previously existing legal instruments with a single EU regulatory scheme for all chemical substances (both new and existing substances). It also creates a data compensation scheme for entities that must rely upon studies another entity generated to ...

Jun. 1, 2011

By Acta Group

On February 22, 2018, Zameer Qureshi, Legal Consultant to The Acta Group EU, Ltd (Acta EU), presented “The European REACH Regulation – Basic Concepts and Key Issues for NACD Members” at a National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD) webinar.  This presentation covered an overview of the European Union’s (EU) ...

Mar. 12, 2018

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

2010 and 2011 will be challenging years for companies manufacturing, importing or handling chemical substances in Japan. Major amendments 20 May 2009 to the “Act on the Evaluation of Chemical Substances and Regulation of Their Manufacture, etc” (or Chemical Substances Control Law), sometimes referred to as Japanese REACH, will soon come into effect in two phases: 1 April 2010 and 1 April 2011. ...

Apr. 6, 2010

By Enhesa - Global EHS & Product Compliance Assurance

Biodegradation is the principal environmental dissipation process of chemicals. As such it is a dominant factor determining the persistence and fate of organic chemicals in the environment, and is therefore of critical importance to chemical management and regulation. In this study, we developed in silico methods assessing biodegradability based on a large heterogeneous set of 825 organic ...

Sep. 10, 2014

By John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

On April 7, 2015, Representative John Shimkus (R-IL), Chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, released a Discussion Draft of the "TSCA Modernization Act of 2015" (TMA DD). In the previous Congress, Shimkus introduced first a ...

Apr. 9, 2015

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

More companies need to make 313 reports come next year. On Nov. 26, 2010, EPA issued a final rule adding 16 chemicals to the list of chemicals subject to reporting under Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), and Section 6607 of the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990. Background EPCRA Section 313 requires facilities that manufacture, ...

Feb. 1, 2011

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

We offer our thoughts on what may be headed our way in 2012 with regard to reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and chemical management initiatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP).  Not surprisingly, the 2012 presidential election cycle will influence activities in Congress by ...

Jan. 19, 2012

By Acta Group

According to the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), federal inaction on chemicals management and regulation has spurred state and even local government entities to step into toxics regulation. CIEL issued a position paper last May, Cloudy Skies, Chance of Sun: A Forecast for U.S. Reform of Chemicals Policy, predicting exactly this result. CIEL points to the fact that at least six ...

Jun. 1, 2007

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

We offer our thoughts on what may be headed our way in 2012 with regard to reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and chemical management initiatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP).  Not surprisingly, the 2012 presidential election cycle will influence activities in Congress by ...

Jan. 19, 2012

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Preface This Guide is of interest to companies who want to gain cost savings and reduce risks in the workplace with respect to chemicals used during production. It is especially relevant for companies where chemicals represent a major portion of their running costs. By improving the management of chemicals, companies can lower production costs, improve product quality, reduce their environmental ...

Jun. 1, 2007

By Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH