of risk Public health, worker Public health, worker Public health, worker Public health and Public health, worker safety and safety and safety and environment safety and assessment environment environment environment environment Exclusions Microorganisms Non-hazardous Cosmetics n/a Substances known to from substances be non-hazardous Regulation such as water, air and nitrogen Pre-market Regulatory agency Only for some Regulatory agency Regulatory agency Registration with assessment assessment of new chemicals (hazardous) assessment of new assessment of new REACH (by for new chemicals chemicals chemicals introducer) chemicals Abbreviated Through exemptions n/a Through exemptions Through special n/a assessments and permits categories for new chemicals (not added to inventory) Impose Recommendations Yes restriction and Yes EPA can limit or Yes restriction or Yes restriction, – – – – mandatory only, cannot ban rejection prohibit use prohibition authorisation, control Key features of existing chemicals regulation Priority of ICNA Act allows the All existing Assessment of priority Categorisation and All chemicals assessments Minister to decide that substances (single chemicals on prioritisation of whole introduced at >1 a Existing chemicals and criteria rather than DSL, based on PBT tonne/year must be ‘Priority Chemical’ must be mixtures) classified. screening/ and toxic chemicals registered by assessed, and that No prioritisation prioritizing entire TSCA with high exposure stipulated registration industry must provide activities planned. Inventory of ~84,000 potential deadlines. information to chemicals. Prioritisation occurs NICNAS. Prioritisation for based on CMR, PBT An accelerated chemicals of concern and high volume. scheme for to children’s health, assessing existing used in children’s
of risk assessment Public health, worker safety and environment Public health, worker safety and environment Public health, worker safety and environment Public health and environment Public health, worker safety and environment Exclusions from Regulation Microorganisms Non-hazardous substances Cosmetics n/a Substances known to be non-hazardous such as water, air and nitrogen Pre-market assessment for new chemicals Regulatory agency assessment of new chemicals Only for some chemicals (hazardous) Regulatory agency assessment of new chemicals Regulatory agency assessment of new chemicals Registration with REACH (by introducer) Abbreviated assessments for new chemicals (not added to inventory) Through exemptions and permits n/a Through exemptions Through special categories n/a Impose mandatory control Recommendations only, cannot ban Yes – restriction and rejection Yes – EPA can limit or prohibit use Yes – restriction or prohibition Yes – restriction, authorisation, Key features of existing chemicals regulation Priority of assessments ICNA Act allows the Minister to decide that a ‘Priority Existing Chemical’ must be assessed, and that industry must provide information to NICNAS. An accelerated scheme for assessing existing All existing substances (single chemicals and mixtures) classified. No prioritisation activities planned. Assessment of priority chemicals on criteria rather than screening/ prioritizing entire TSCA Inventory of ~84,000 chemicals. Prioritisation for chemicals of concern to children’s health, used in children’s Categorisation and prioritisation of whole DSL, based on PBT and toxic chemicals with high exposure potential All chemicals introduced at >1 tonne/year must be registered by stipulated registration deadlines. Prioritisation occurs based on CMR, PBT and high volume.
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