FDA Workshop on the Notification for Food Contact Substances: Environmental Requirements for Food Contact Notifications (FCNs)

Table of Contents

1. FDA Workshop on the Notification for Food Contact Substances: Environmental Requirements for Food Contact Notifications (FCNs)
2. OVERVIEW
3. Background on the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
4. NEPA
5. NEPA – continued
6. NEPA – continued
7. Why FCNs are subject to NEPA
8. Why FCNs are subject to NEPA?
9. NEPA and the FCN process
10. NEPA and the FCN process: Major Actions
11. NEPA and the FCN process: Finality
12. NEPA and the FCN process – cont.
13. Environmental Requirements for FCNs
    
14. NEPA requirements for FCNs
15. What is a Categorical Exclusion?
16. About Categorical Exclusions
17. About Categorical Exclusions (cont.)
18. Categorical Exclusions for FCNs
19. Categorical Exclusion 21 CFR 25.32(i)

20. Categorical Exclusion 21 CFR 25.32(j)
21. Categorical Exclusion 25.32(q)
22. Claiming Categorical Exclusion
23. Form 3480 – Categorical Exclusions
24. Form 3480 – EAs
25. What is an EA?
26. About EAs for FCNs
27. When is an EA Required?
28. Extraordinary Circumstances
29. What are Extraordinary Circumstances?
30. Typical Impacts Assessed in EAs
31. Suggestions for Preparing an EA
32. Fate and Effects Data
33. Fate and Effects Data – cont.
34. Environmental Prediction Models
35. Estimation Software
36. EPA’s EPI Suite Estimation Software
37. ECOSAR
38. Polymeric Food-Packaging Material: Resource & Energy Use
39. Summary