Specific environmental release categories-a tool for improving chemical safety assessment in the EC-report of a multi-stakeholder workshop

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 580-585

  Sättler, Daniel ^a   Schnöder, Frank ^b   Aust, Nannett ^a   Ahrens, Andreas ^c   Bögi, Christian ^d   Traas, Theo ^e   Tolls, Johannes ^f  

^a UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN CHEMICALS AGENCY   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^e BASF SE   (Germany)

^f HENKEL KGAA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emission estimation; Environmental release category; Exposure assessment; REACH; SPERC

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SAFETY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD;

CHEMICAL SAFETY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84874153846     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.1304     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. [CEFIC] European Chemical Industry Council. 2010. CEFIC guidance specific environmental release categories (SPERCs). Brussels, Belgium: CEFIC.
2. [ECHA] European Chemicals Agency. 2010. Guidance on information requirements and chemical safety assessment. Chapter R.16. Environmental exposure estimation. Helsinki, Finland: ECHA.
3. [EC] European Commission. 1999. Council Directive 1999/13/EC of 11 March 1999 on the limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds due to the use of organic solvents in certain activities and installations. Brussels, Belgium.
4. [EU] European Union. 1967. Council Directive 67/548/EEC of 27 June 1967 on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labeling of dangerous substances. Brussels, Belgium.
5. [EU] European Union. 2006. Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC. Brussels, Belgium.
6. [EU] European Union. 2003. Technical Guidance Document On Risk Assessment. Ispra, Italy: European Chemicals Bureau.
7. Fox KK, Cassani G, Facchi A, Schroeder FR, Poelloth C, Holt MS. 2002. Measured variation in boron loads reaching European sewage treatment works. Chemosphere 47:499-505.
8. Kohla M, Marzinowski JM, Schafmeister C, Schwake M. 2008. Effizienzsteigerung in der Textilindustrie. Berlin, Germany: Erich Schmidt Verlag. 198 p.
9. [OECD] Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 2004. OECD Series on Emission Scenario Documents. Number 7. Emission Scenario Document on Textile Finishing Industry. Paris, France: OECD.
10. [OECD] Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 2009a. OECD Series on Emission Scenario Documents. Number 22. Emission Scenario Documents on Coating Industry (Paints, Lacquers and Varnishes). Paris, France: OECD.
11. [OECD] Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 2009b. OECD Series on Emission Scenario Documents. Number 23. Emission Scenario Documents on Pulp, Paper and Board Industry. Paris, France: OECD.
12. [OECD] Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 2009c. OECD Series on Emission Scenario Documents. Number 20. Emission Scenario Document on Adhesive Formulation. Paris, France: OECD.
13. Price OR, Hughes GO, Roche NL, Mason PJ. 2010. Improving emissions estimates of home and personal care products ingredients for use in EU risk assessments. Integr Environ Assess Manag 6:677-684.
14. Umweltbundesamt. 2011. Standardisation of emission factors for the exposure assessment under REACH. Dessau, Germany. Report no. (UBA-FB) 001473.