MN CHEMICAL REGULATION & POLICY PROJECT

RESOURCES: CHEMICALS POLICY


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INTERNATIONAL POLICY

• Internationally Accepted Definition of the Precautionary Principle* », Rio Declaration - Added July 1, 2010
• Communication from the Commission of the European Communities on the Precautionary Principle* », European Commission - Added July 1, 2010
• Guidance and Fact Sheets on REACH European Chemicals Agency* », European Commission

U.S. federal Policy / TSCA

• EPA Discussion Forum: Identifying Priority Chemicals for Review and Assessment* » - Added August 26, 2011
  • Discussion Guide: Background and Discussion Questions for Identifying Priority Chemicals for Review and Assessment (PDF) »
• EPA Inventory Update Reporting and Chemical Data Reporting* » - August, 2011
• EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD) Chemical Safety for Sustainability Program (PDF) », Presentation to the EPA Science Advisory Board and ORD Board of Scientific Counselors June 29-30, 2011 - Added August 10, 2011
  • Framework for an EPA Chemical Safety for Sustainability Research Program (PDF) », U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development - Added August 10, 2011
  • Meeting Materials for Discussion of ORD Strategic Research Directions (June 29-30, 2011)* », U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board - Added August 10, 2011
• The Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Exposure Elimination Act of 2011 introduced July 13, 2011* », The Endocrine Disruption Exchange, Inc. (TEDX) - Added July 14, 2011 
  • Bill as introduced (PDF) (July 2011)* », U.S. Congress - July 13, 2011
• National Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposures* », Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry (ATSDR) - May 14, 2010

  • Action Agenda* », Center for Disease Control (CDC), National Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposures - June 2011

• Center for Disease Control National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey*» - Added July 1, 2010
• Safe Chemicals Act of 2010 Summary (PDF) », The Library of Congress - Added May 14, 2010
  • Safe Chemicals Act of 2010 Full Text* »
  • Safe Chemicals Act of 2011 Full Text* » - Added July 8, 2011

• Essential Principles for Reform of Chemicals Management Legislation (PDF) », EPA, September 2009
• The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA): Implementation and New Challenges (PDF) », Congressional Research Service, July 2008
• TSCA Website* »
• EPA Needs a Coordinated Plan to Oversee Its Toxic Substances Control Act Responsibilities* », EPA - Office of Inspector General, Feburary 2010

STATE AND LOCAL POLICY

• States Continue to Ban Chemicals
 (PDF) », Chemical and Engineering News Vol. 89, No. 40 - Oct. 3, 2011 - Added October 12, 2011

Minnesota

• Options to Reduce and Phase-out Priority Chemicals in Children's Products and Promote Green Chemistry* », Minnesota Pollution Control Agency/ Minnesota Department of Health Report to the Legislature, Dec. 2010 - Added May 20, 2011

• Practical Guide to Minnesota State and Local Policy
 (PDF) », Minnesota - Added July 1, 2010


• Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) Green Chemistry and Design Project* », Informational meeting Thursday, July 15, from 8:30 to 11:00 am, Hiway Federal Credit Union, 840 Westminster Street, St. Paul - Added July 1, 2010

• MPCA Product Stewardship Study – Recommendations for establishing a comprehensive product stewardship approach to reducing environmental and health risks posed by the use or disposal of products in Minnesota* » - Added July 1, 2010

• MPCA Pollution Prevention Evaluation Reports* », Minnesota Pollution Control Agency - Added July 1, 2010

• Toxic Free Kids Act: Interim Report to the Legislature* », Minnesota Department of Health & Pollution Control Agency

• Toxic Free Kids Act* », Minnesota Department of Health, January 2010

• S.F. 2490 as introduced (February 2010) – a bill to include “green chemistry” in the definition of “green economy”* », Minnesota Senate, February 2010
   

California

• reen Chemistry Phase One Options Report, Appendix B* », California Green Chemistry Initiative, January 2008 - Added July 5, 2011

  • Full report available here* »

• California Department of Toxic Substances Control Green Chemistry Draft Regulation for Safer Consumer Products* » - Added July 1, 2010

• Safer Consumer Product Alternatives, California Code of Regulations, Draft Regulations Chapter 53: Safer Consumer Product Alternatives* », Department of Toxic Substances Control, June 2010

• California Green Chemistry Initiative Final Report (PDF) »
, CA Department of Toxic Substances Control, December 2008
   

Maine

• Maine Governor Balducci’s Task Force to Produce Safer Chemicals in Consumer Products Final Report*
 », 

Maine Department of Environmental Protection, December 2007
   

Michigan

• Advancing Green Chemistry: An Action Plan for Michigan Green Chemistry Research, Development, and Education* », 

Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, September 2008