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On September 24, 2008, EPA outlined enhancements to ChAMP, including a reset of the TSCA Inventory and collecting health and safety information on inorganic high-production volume chemicals. Read the speech  (5 pp., 2.4MB, about PDF) and press release.

As of November 2008, EPA has developed and posted risk-based prioritizations for 151 HPV chemicals and has posted hazard-based prioritizations for thirty eight (38) MPV chemicals.

On November 6, 2008, EPA posted a Risk Based Prioritization document for elemental mercury in certain products and substitutes (PDF) (7 pp., 67KB, about PDF), and determined that mercury in these products poses a “high priority, special concern.”

ChAMP Resources

This Web site provides information on EPA’s new Chemical Assessment and Management Program (ChAMP) and EPA’s efforts under ChAMP.

Under ChAMP, EPA is fulfilling U.S. commitments made under the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP). The SPP of North America Leaders’ Summit, held in Montebello, Canada, in August 2007, called for cooperation on chemicals and outlined commitments on behalf of the United States, Canada, and Mexico to work together to ensure the safe manufacture and use of industrial chemicals. Each country is sharing scientific information and approaches to chemical testing and risk management.

To fulfill its part of the SPP commitment, the United States will, by 2012, complete screening-level hazard and risk characterizations and initiate action, as appropriate, on more than 6,750* chemicals produced above 25,000 pounds per year. The U.S. commitment to complete assessments and initiate needed action on these chemicals will apply the results of EPA’s work on High-Production Volume (HPV) chemicals - those chemicals produced or imported in the United States in quanties of 1 million pounds or more per year - and extend its efforts to moderate production volume (MPV) chemicals - those produced or imported in quantities above 25,000 and less than 1 million pounds per year.

As an initial effort under ChAMP, EPA began, in 2007, posting screening-level hazard characterizations and expanded this effort in 2008 by posting risk-based prioritizations (RBPs). The RBPs summarize basic hazard and exposure information on HPV chemicals, identify potential risks, note scientific issues and uncertainties, and indicate the initial priority being assigned by the Agency for potential future appropriate action.

In 2008, as part of the ChAMP commitments, EPA began developing initial evaluations of MPV chemicals. The evaluation of the first set of these chemicals consists of development of a hazard characterization and hazard-based prioritizations.

After receiving input from stakeholders and after careful consideration, EPA will proceed with the two enhancements to ChAMP including:

This site offers:

Basic Information - Read about ChAMP, SPP’s purpose, and the three North American countries’ commitments under the SPP.

EPA Chemical Efforts under ChAMP - Read about EPA’s ongoing chemical regulatory efforts, including possible program enhancements.

*Based on preliminary statistics from 2006 Inventory Update Reporting data

 

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