Chemical Regulatory Updates | February 2023

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This is a collection of regulatory updates of?China REACH,?K-REACH,?Japan CSCL,?EU REACH,?UK REACH,?US TSCA,?etc.

China????

On February 3, 2023, the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment released a notice to make public Shanghai’s list of new pollutants subject to priority management, which was formulated based on the national list – List of New Pollutants for Priority Management (2023) and Shanghai’s Workplan for New Pollutants Treatment. It will come into force on March 1, 2023.?(Read more)

More regulation highlights in China:

• Provinces and Cities in China Release Local Work Plans for New Pollutants Treatment
• China MEE Consults on Adding 4 Chemicals to IECSC
• Taiwan Region Tightens Control on Organotin Compounds
• Hong Kong Proposes VOC Content Limits for Seven Types of Cleaning Products

South Korea ????

On February 7, 2023, South Korea’s Ministry of Environment (MoE) issued?MoE Notice No. 2023-56?to solicit public comments on the amendments to the?Stipulated Quantities for Toxic Substances, Restricted Substances, Prohibited Substances, and Substances Subject to Authorization.?(Read more)

More regulation highlights in South Korea:

• South Korea Extends Comment Period of Eleven Candidate Substances for Authorization to Feb 28

Japan ????

On February 18, 2023, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and Ministry of Environment (MoE) consulted on a ban on the manufacture and import of PFHxS and its salts and the import of some product types containing them via a partial revision to the Enforcement Ordinance of the Chemical Substance Control Law (CSCL). Comments are welcome before March 19, 2023.?(Read more)

More regulation highlights in Japan:

• Japan?Releases?Notification Procedures for New Chemical Substances at Low Production Volume
• Japan Releases?Notification Procedures for New Chemical Substances with Small Quantity

*More Regulatory Updates in the APAC region: here

European Union & United Kingdom

On?February?7, 2023, ECHA announced that the details of the proposed restrictions on around 10,000 PFASs could be accessed on ECHA’s website. ECHA’s scientific committees for Risk Assessment (RAC) and for Socio-Economic Analysis (SEAC) will check that the proposal meets the legal requirements of REACH in their meetings in March 2023. If it does, the committees will begin their scientific evaluation of the proposal. A six-month consultation is planned to start on March 22, 2023.?(Read more)

More regulation highlights in the EU and UK:

• ECHA Updates Monomer and Polymer Guidance Following Board of Appeal Decision
• ECHA is Seeking Comments on Reports of OEL Recommendations for Chloroprene and Glycidyl Methacrylate
• ECHA?Proposes?to Identify Two New Substances of Very High Concern
• ECHA Calls for Evidence on Presence of CMRs in Childcare Articles

North America

On February 24, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released for public comment and peer review a set of principles for evaluating cumulative risks under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and an approach for applying those principles to the evaluation of the cumulative risk posed by certain phthalate chemicals undergoing TSCA section 6 risk evaluation. It marks an important step in the process of EPA developing the capability under TSCA to examine the risk to people from exposure to multiple chemicals with similar effects. (Read more)

More regulation highlights in North America:

• EPA Excludes HFO-1336mzz(E) From Regulatory Definition Of VOC
• EPA Accepting Public Comments on Candidates to be ad hoc Reviewers for Draft Documents Related to Cumulative Risk Assessment under TSCA
• US Administration Pledges $2 Billion to Address Emergent Contaminants like PFAS in Drinking Water
• EPA Announces Latest Update to the TSCA Inventory
• EPA to Finalize Technical Updates to Formaldehyde Emission Standards for Composite Wood Products
• Canada Determines Ether Groups and Caprolactam Non-Toxic Under CEPA

*More Regulatory Updates in the Europe and America: here