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SCPA Delays Could Impact Industry
In response to concerns expressed by diverse stakeholders over the final draft of its Safer Consumer Product Alternatives (SCPA) regulations, the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) has delayed implementation of the regulations, which focus on chemicals and chemical ingredients in consumer products. The net effect of this recent development on the regulation of chemical substances ...
By Acta Group
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EU’s New Chemical Policy Will Hurt U.S. Competitiveness
Untitled Document On May 7, 2003, the European Commission (EC) issued draft regulations for its New Chemical Policy (NCP). An eight-week comment period, which ended on July 10, attracted responses from chemical manufacturers around the world. The draft regulations, based on policies that the EU outlined two years ago (CP, January, p. 7) ...
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European Regulations Impact U.S. Business
Based on a Widespread Belief That The Review and regulation of existing chemical substances in the European Union (EU) are ineffective, the European Council in 1998 initiated a review of the various EU legislative authorities on chemical regulation. When they completed their work, the council urged the EU Commission to develop a new system reflecting the joint themes of sustainability and the ...
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Turkey Enacts REACH-Like Chemical Program
In December 2008, Turkey enacted the Inventory and Control of Chemicals Regulation, a scaled-down version of the European Union’s REACH regulation to establish an inventory of chemicals produced and imported into Turkey and to better control potential risks posed by those chemical substances. Adoption of the regulation is one of many steps Turkey is required to take to secure membership in ...
By Acta Group
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It’s Here...and It Ain’t Pretty
Untitled Document On May 6, 2003, the European Commission (EC), which “embodies and upholds the general interest of the [European] Union [EU],” issued its long-awaited draft legislation to implement its 2001 Strategy for a New Chemicals Policy (white paper). The proposed regulations are available at http://europa.eu.int/ ...
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REACH and Pesticides: What U.S. Exporters May Not Realize
Pesticide manufacturers and formulators who export to the European Union must not fall into the trap of assuming that the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation applies only to the chemical industry. The authors of this article say manufacturers and formulators can be expected to experience first hand REACH’s impact and need to become ready. Inert ...
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Data Citation and Compensation: How REACH Compares With the FIFRA Scheme
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 complete their ...
By Acta Group
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Chemicals regulation in the Middle East - an overview
Identifying, tracking, maintaining and complying with international chemical regulations has never been more important – or more complex. Tamar Szeps-Znaider of 3E Company provides an overview of developments in the Middle East. Companies of all sizes increasingly face challenges that result from globalisation in the marketplace and an increase in international initiatives to protect the health ...
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Specific environmental release categories—A tool for improving chemical safety assessment in the EC—report of a multi‐stakeholder workshop
In April 2011, experts from industry and authorities met for a workshop to discuss experience and future developments regarding the use of specific environmental release categories (SPERCs) in chemicals safety assessment (CSA) under the European Chemicals Regulation Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH). This article provides a summary of the workshop. It briefly ...
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Dempster‐Shafer theory applied to regulatory decision‐making for Safer alternatives to toxic chemicals in consumer products
Regulatory agencies often face a dilemma when regulating chemicals in consumer products –namely, that of making decisions in the face of multiple, and sometimes conflicting, lines of evidence. We present an integrative approach for dealing with uncertainty and multiple pieces of evidence in toxics regulation. The integrative risk analytic framework is grounded in Dempster‐Shafer (D‐S) theory ...
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State and Local Governments Step Into Toxics Regulation
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 ...
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TSCA and the Future of Chemical Regulation (PDF)
Congress enacted the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) in 1976. 1 Despite the passage of over two decades, its core provisions have not been substantively amended. 2 Some believe change is needed, even essential. Indeed, the question of whether TSCA is fundamentally flawed or whether EPA ’ s implementation of it is lacking, has been the subject of debate for years. While much has changed over ...
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Comments By Richard Engler Included In Bloomberg BNA Daily Environment Report Article “Chemicals Law Is Top Priority of Trade Group`s New Leadership”
On May 4, 2017, Richard E. Engler, Ph.D., Senior Chemist at Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®), was quoted by Bloomberg BNA Daily Environment Report discussing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) chemical regulation process in response to efforts by the Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates (SOCMA) to speed up the process. A logjam of nearly 800 new ...
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U.S. senate EPW committee passes TSCA reform legislation
On April 28, 2015, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW Committee) passed by a 15-5 vote a version of S. 697, the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act. This action by the EPW Committee paves the way for consideration of S. 697 -- legislation to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 (TSCA) -- by the full U.S. Senate. The authors of S. ...
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Chemical Regulation: Preparing to address the challenges ahead
The environment has enjoyed unprecedented attention as a presidential campaign issue. While climate change, energy, and resource issues dominate, chemical regulation reform is plainly a topic gathering steam. As we approach a new year, a new Administration, and a new Congress, there is much to consider. Issues pertinent to chemical management are complicated, the rhetoric is strident, and areas ...
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Charles Auer Quoted in “Rate of EPA Chemical Regulation Ramps Up Since Toxics Law Update”
On March 18, 2017, Bloomberg BNA Daily Environment Report quoted Charles M. Auer, Senior Regulatory and Policy Advisor with Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®), explaining how updates to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) are impacting new chemical regulations. The Environmental Protection Agency has been regulating more new chemicals since the Toxic Substances Control Act was ...
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Comment on Regulating Industrial Chemicals: Lessons for U.S. Lawmakers From the European Union's REACH Program
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 ...
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Reactive Chemicals Get More Scrutiny
Untitled Document In the wake of several high-profile industrial explosions, government bodies are showing renewed interest in regulating reactive chemicals. These are chemicals that can become unstable in certain circumstances, such as through mixture or storage with incompatible substances, or exposure to excessive heat or pressure. This column briefly ...
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Christopher R. Bryant Meets with the First and Second Secretaries of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China
On January 25, 2018, Christopher R. Bryant, Senior Regulatory Consultant at Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®), met with Pan Jianwei and Lu Chao, First and Second Secretaries, respectively, of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China regarding U.S. regulation of solid and hazardous waste. China is currently revising its “Law on the Prevention and Control of ...
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Comment on Regulating Industrial Chemicals: Lessons for U.S. Lawmakers From the European Union`s REACH Program
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 ...
By Acta Group
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