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AUSTRALIA AICIS Extends Temporary Recordkeeping Provisions For NICNAS Introducers To April 1, 2024: On September 13, 2023, the Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS) announced that recordkeeping provisions for introducers that transitioned from the National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS) to AICIS will continue to be available until April 1, 2024. AICIS notes that these arrangements apply only to “eligible introducers who are still...
September 22, 2023
ECHA Enforcement Forum Publishes Advice on Enforceability on Restricting Creosote
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced on September 13, 2023, that to improve transparency of the legislative process, its Enforcement Forum has decided to make its advice on the enforceability of Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation restriction proposals public. According to ECHA, Forum advice will from now on be available on ECHA’s website. The first published advice is on the proposal to restrict creosote and related substances in...
September 20, 2023
Career Opportunity: Regulatory Scientist/Quality Assurance Specialist
The Acta Group, LLC (Acta®) and affiliated law firm Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®) are seeking a Regulatory Scientist/Quality Assurance (QA) Specialist to join our growing team of regulatory consultants, scientists, and policy experts. The Regulatory Scientist/QA Specialist will monitor studies and/or perform quality assurance for nonclinical Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP studies and laboratories, will assess studies and resulting scientific data for compliance with...
September 18, 2023
ECHA Begins Public Consultation on Six Proposals to Identify New SVHCs
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has begun a public consultation on six proposals to identify new substances of very high concern (SVHC). The substances, including examples of their uses, are: Comments are due October 16, 2023. If a substance is identified as an SVHC, it will be added to the Candidate List for eventual inclusion in Annex XIV of the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation (the authorization list)....
The Product Stewardship Society presents PSX 2023 providing attendees with the latest trends in education, valuable solutions to their daily challenges, and networking opportunities to deepen their knowledge and relationships....
September 12, 2023
SCHC 2023 Annual Meeting, September 30 – October 5, 2023, Arlington, VA
The Society for Chemical Hazard Communication (SCHC) presents the 2023 Annual Meeting, covering worker safety, domestic and international regulatory compliance, toxicology and other chemical and physical hazards, environmental toxicology, and risk analysis. Karin F. Baron, MSPH, Acta’s Director of Hazard Communication and International Registration Strategy, and Richard E. Engler, Ph.D., Director of Chemistry, will present the Regulatory Jurisdiction Workshop on October 2, 2023. Ms....
The International Bar Association (IBA) 2023 Annual Conference brings together legal professionals worldwide to meet, share knowledge, build contacts and develop business. The Agriculture and Food Section (AFS), chaired by Lynn L. Bergeson, Acta President, is supporting the “Antimicrobial resistance regulation in the context of one health: how legislation can help reduce AMR” session on October 31, 2023, and the “Biodiversity – our life source, not just a resource:...
September 12, 2023
PFAS Updates USA 2023, September 27, 2023, Washington, DC and via webinar
Chemical Watch presents PFAS Updates USA 2023, a one-day conference providing expertise and advice on the far-reaching implications of PFAS actions for the chemicals industry and their supply chains. Lynn L. Bergeson, President, Acta, will present “Reporting and Restriction at the Federal Level.”...
September 12, 2023
Regulatory Summit Americas 2023, September 25-26, 2023, Washington, DC and via webinar
The two-day Regulatory Summit Americas conference, presented by Chemical Watch focuses on the latest developments in global chemicals regulation, providing an in-depth review of the Americas, Europe, Asia and elsewhere around the world. Lynn L. Bergeson, Acta President, will present “TSCA reporting including PFAS and Asbestos” and Lisa R. Burchi, Senior Regulatory Consultant, will present “Legal requirements of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Green Guides”...
September 12, 2023
Lynn L. Bergeson, “Expanding PFAS liability in the US,” Financier Worldwide, July 2023.
Few words inspire the panic that ‘polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS)’ does. Companies producing, processing, distributing and using (whether knowingly or not) these substances must be aware of expanding legal liability and take steps now to minimise risk. This article outlines key US per- and PFAS developments, the legal and commercial implications of these developments, and measures stakeholders should consider taking to limit liability....