U.S. Environmental Protection Agency extends reporting period and provides updates to CDR 2020
Chemical Data Reporting Deadline Extended to the end of November
The US EPA recently provided updated guidance documents and hosted a webinar to assist industry members with understanding the requirements and changes to Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) 2020. The period for CDR2020 submissions has been extended from June 1st to November 30th 2020.
Submissions are to be made using the e-CDRweb portal found on the CDX website.
References: EPA CDR 2020 information
EPA Releases 2019 “Year in Review”
The document touches on the numerous activities undertaken by the US EPA in 2019 including the PFAS Action Plan; updates to the TSCA Inventory; designating 40 substances for prioritization as either “High” or “Low” priority; and updates on federal programs such as CERCLA.
References: US EPA 2019 Year in Review
Learn more about our Global Notification Services around the world
Ukraine has introduced its own chemical regulation, commonly referred to as UA-REACH, modelled closely on the EU’s REACH framework.
The Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS) took effect on 1 July 2020. If a business imports or manufactures an “industrial chemical” in Australia, they are referred to as introducers and are required to carry out Business Registration and categorisation of chemical introductions.
India is in the process of drawing up its landmark Chemicals (Management and Safety) Rules, commonly referred to as “India REACH”. The Rules are currently in draft form, and there are rumours that the Rules will enter into force in 2022, but this has not been confirmed by official sources.
The REACH Regulation is Europe’s overarching chemicals legislation and one of the most complex and multi-faceted pieces of legislation in the Union’s history.
The United Kingdom’s independent chemicals regulatory framework UK REACH starts on 1 January 2021. Anyone making, selling or distributing chemicals in the UK and the EU needs to follow both UK REACH and EU REACH rules. Yordas can help ensure the security of your supply chains and continuity of registrations under EU/UK-REACH and authorisations under EU/UK-BPR.
Yordas Group, working with an established leading partner located in Japan, can help you meet obligations such as CSCL, ISHL, PRTR and PSDSL.
Yordas Group’s entity – Yordas Danışmanlık Limited Şirketi – in Istanbul, Turkey, together with our in-house expertise on the regulatory, scientific and technical aspects of KKDIK make us ideally placed to support you with your Turkish KKDIK obligations, including Only Representative services and Registration by 31 Dec 2023
Under the Toxic Chemical Substance Control Act (TCSCA), “new” and “existing” substances must be registered.
Meeting your requirements under TSCA. The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) of 1976 is the key U.S. law governing chemical substances. TSCA applies to any chemical substance manufactured, processed, distributed in commerce, used or disposed of in the U.S. Substances within a chemical mixture, mixtures of chemical substances, and to mixtures and individual chemical substances within articles are all regulated under TSCA.
The main industrial chemical regulation in South Korea is the Act on the Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (AREC), commonly known as “K-REACH”. A revision to the regulation entered into force on 1 January 2019.
