United States National Profile on Management of Chemicals

By Environmental Protection Agency

Book Id: WPLBN0000046476
Format Type: PDF eBook
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Reproduction Date: 2007

Title:	United States National Profile on Management of Chemicals
Author:	Environmental Protection Agency
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Language:	English
Subject:	Ecology, Natural resource issues, Environemtal protection
Collections:	Environmental Awareness Library Collection
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Publisher:	United States Environmental Protection Agency


Citation APA MLA Chicago Agency, E. P. (n.d.). United States National Profile on Management of Chemicals. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.us/

Description
Excerpt: INTRODUCTION: The 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) addressed a broad range of issues and presented findings and recommendations in the UNCED Agenda 21 report. Chapter 19 of Agenda 21 addressed opportunties to improve the sound management of chemicals at the national, regional and international levels. Chapter 19 called for the creation of an intergovernmental forum to improve coordination and management of chemicals. This recommendation led to the creation of the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety (IFCS) in 1994. Program area E in Chapter 19 concerns the strengthening of national capabilities and capacities for the sound management of chemicals. The IFCS has identified the need for national profiles on management of chemicals to indicate current capabilities and capacities for management of chemicals and identify program needs. This National Profile on Management of Chemicals in the United States may be the first time that information on all of the Federal chemical safety programs, as well as information about representative state and non-governmental activities, has been brought together in one document. It is hoped that it will serve as a useful reference document both domestically and internationally and help guide U.S. chemical safety activities and coordination efforts. The National Profile has been developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in consultation with other U.S. partners involved in chemical safety management. The document follows an outline developed by the UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). Modification have been made to this suggested format to accomplish the task with available resources in a way that will be useful in the U.S. context. This document will be revised and updated as needed to reflect changes in U.S. chemicals management activities.

Table of Contents
U.S. NATIONAL PROFILE ON MANAGEMENT OF CHEMICALS TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Chapter 1: National Background Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Chapter 2: Chemical Production, Import, Export and Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 2.1 General OECD Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 2.2 Information from U.S. Department of Commerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Chapter 3: Priority Concerns Related to Chemical Production, Import, Export and Use . . . . . . . . 23 3.1 EPA Draft Environmental Goals for Pesticides and Industrial Chemicals Programs . . . 23 3.2 General Chemical Safety Program Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 3.3 Priority Concerns for EPA’s Chemical Safety Regulatory Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 3.4 OECD Environmental Performance Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 3.5 Government Performance and Results Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Chapter 4: Legal Instruments and Non-regulatory Mechanisms for Managing Chemicals . . . . . . . . 29 4.1 Overview of National Legal Instruments Which Address Chemicals Management . . . . 29 4.2 Existing Legislation by Use Category Addressing Various Stages of Chemicals . . . . . . 36 4.3 Implementation of Legal Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 4.4 Description of EPA’s Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances (OPPTS) Approaches to Control of Chemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 4.5 Non-regulatory Approaches for Managing Chemicals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Chapter 5: Agencies Responsible for Chemical Safety Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 5.1 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 5.2 State Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 5.3 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 5.4 U.s. Department of Agriculture (USDA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 5.5 Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 5.6 Department of Transportation (DOT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 5.7 Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 5.8 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 5.9 Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 5.10 National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 5.11 U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 5.12 U.S. Department of Commerce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Chapter 6: Interagency Commissions and Coordinating Mechanisms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 6.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75