EHS COMMITTEE

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EHS COMMITTEE

• Charleston, May 5, 2005
• Nelson Lawson

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HPV - FEMA

• All robust summaries published
• Some more terpene work needed
• OK to put studies onto PCA website
• EHPV
• issue is gathering exposure risk data
• not rushing into this

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European Rosin Update

• No new developments in lawsuit - question of
  standing
• HARRPA plans 3 publications
• One submitted and rejected
• No objections, so far to posting the work on the
  PCA website
• Reports to be sent from CEFIC

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REACH

• First reading of legislation expected this fall
• Issues / Hot Points
• Prioritization risk vs. volume
• OSOR
• Cost and data sharing
• Effect on SMEs
• Natural substances exclusions
• Strengthening the ECA vs. states
• Substitution
• Authorization for only 5 years
• Technical Guidance Document

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REACH

• HARRPA will be forming a Task Force / Working
  Group to prepare for the implementation or REACH.
  To start
• Inventory of what they make, buy, import
• Dialog with downstream customers
• What should PCA do?

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Canadian DSL

• By Sept, 2006 all 23000 substances on the DSL
  list must be prioritized for further screening
• The Canadian environmental and health authorities
  have divided the substances into initial lists of
  high, medium and low priority
• PCA substances are in all three lists
• Special interest in UVCBs Tall oil rosin is the
  poster child
• Relevant information to be submitted by Sept 16,
  2005

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SAICMStrategic Approach to International
Chemicals Management

• A United Nations Environment Program
• Global agreement - not a treaty
• Guide to regulating chemicals
• Last round Sept 19-24 in Vienna adoption Feb
  2006
• Industry not much involved, but should be.
• State Dept meeting for stakeholders
• Tax on chemicals
• Incorporate REACH legislation
• What should PCA do?

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Testing Subcommittee

• Characterization of gum rosin
• PCA test method well accepted in China
• 80 of rosin leaving China being tested
• ISO method being balloted

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Testing Subcommittee

• Color of Rosin
• Conversion from USRG to Gardner color
• FDA regulations
• Food Chemical Codex
• ASTM D509
• Chinese rosin standards

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Testing Subcommittee2005 Goals

• 1, Keep up to date all the ASTM and PCA Test
  methods for which we are responsible
• 2. Continue to establish the feasibility of
  developing an ASTM standard method for
  determining neutrals in tall oil fractions and
  gum rosin, based on the solid phase based on
  the solid phase extraction method
• 3. Amend ASTM test method D 509 "Testing rosin"
  and initiate work with Food Chemical Codex to
  permit use of Gardner color scale for food grade
  rosin products as a precursor to making the same
  change in FDA regulation 21 CFR.178.3870 Rosin
  and rosin resins.
• 4. Establish the interest of the gum rosin
  industry in moving to the use of the Gardner
  color scale rather than the old USRG scale.
• 5. Complete the balloting and paperwork needed
  for the PCA test method for the chemical
  characterization of gum rosins using gas
  chromatography to become an ISO test method
• 6. Carry out a round robin to compare the
  capabilities of HARRPA members to analyze
  selected tall oil fractions

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Document Repository

• Open for business
• 92 reports loaded
• 6 HPV final reports and 3 PCTMs to enter
• Proposal disband original subcommittee
  establish Document Approval Subcommittee
• FEMA HPV reports
• HARRPA views
• Modification of HPV summaries DTO - CTO issue.
• New documents to upload

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New Documents to Add

• Tall oil Fatty Acids in Animal Food (1989)
• Monomer letter from the EPA (11/2000)
• Dimer guidance letter from the EPA (5/1995)
• Letter from the EPA stating all rosins are
  equivalent for TSCA purposes
• Report on fish tainting by alpha and beta pinenes
  (1988)
• Reports on aquatic toxicity of myrcene and pine
  oil to mysid shrimp.
• Public or private??

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Next EHS Committee Meeting

• Orlando, October 5th or 6th
• Joint meeting with HARRPA Rosin Resin Technical
  Committee
• Suggestions for format, agenda, activities etc?