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The purpose of the Chemical Industry Council of California is to provide an effective means for individual companies engaged in the commerce of chemicals to combine their talents and resources to deal effectively with public policy issues affecting the chemical industry in California.

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CICC Announcements

Friday, Sept 3, 2010

Green Chemistry Alliance Testifies before Assembly Panel
Industry Co-Chairs Offer Critique of DTSC Draft Regs
(Posted 08/05/10)

The Assembly Environmental Safety & Toxic Materials Committee along with the Assembly Health, and Natural Resources Committees conducted a joint oversight hearing on the Tuesday, August 3rd regarding the Department of Toxic Substances Control's (DTSC) continuing efforts to develop rules to implement AB 1879 (Feuer 2008) and SB 509 (Simitian 2008) , aka Green Chemistry legislation. Among the multiple witnesses appearing before the panel during the 3-hour hearing were Acting DTSC Director, Maziar Movassaghi; UC Berkeley scientist Michael Wilson, Ph.D.; NGO CHANGE Coalition representative Ansje Miller; and Green Chemistry Alliance (GCA) co-chairs John Ulrich and Dawn Koepke.

Director Movassaghi, working from the Department's flowchart detailed the proposed regulatory process of chemical and product prioritization, alternatives analysis and the development of safer alternatives, followed by a series of regulatory responses options. The Director defended the Departments proposed process and said it was still in a state of development. Dr. Wilson and Ms. Miller criticized the draft regulations as missing the mark by failing to include a greater number of chemicals and products, more public participation, and greater transparency.

CICC Executive Director, John Ulrich outlined many of GCA's overall concerns, According to Ulrich, "GCA rejects recent criticism that the proposed regulations do too little and take too long. The regulatory process proposed by DTSC to manage chemicals in consumer products is the most aggressive in the world. To suggest that these draft regulations propose to do too little and take too long is simply to ignore the complexity of the task at hand."

Meanwhile, co-chair Dawn Koepke (The McHugh Group) provided greater detail regarding the specifics of several issues, including: de minimis quantities, regulatory duplication, inclusion of chemical intermediates as consumer products, and confidential business information protection. See following article on this page regarding GCA's complete critique of DTSC's draft regulation.

CICC Members may also read additional reports: Click Here

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Industry Responds to DTSC's
Draft Safer Consumer Products Alternatives Regs
(Updated 07/27/10)

In a 22-page letter to the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) Acting Director Maziar Movassaghi, the Green Chemistry Alliance (GCA) provided extensive business and industry comments and suggestions regarding the Department's draft set of regulations entitled Safer Consumer Products Alternatives. To read the complete set of GCA comments Click here.

DTSC released the draft regulations on June 22^nd along with a revised process flow chart. The regulations are being developed to enable the implementation of the 2008 Green Chemistry legislation (AB 1879 by Feuer and SB 509 by Simitian).

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OEHHA to Release Draft Reg to Implement
Toxic Clearinghouse
(Posted 07/10/10)

CICC learned this past Friday that the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is planning to release its draft regulation in the next couple weeks which will focus on chemical hazard traits and implement the Toxic Clearinghouse mandate in the 2008 Green Chemistry legislation SB 509.  CICC was told by OEHHA staff that they intend to conduct workshops and outreach; and they are targeting completion of the formal rule process by year end 2010.

For more information refer to the OEHHA website. You may also register to receive updates via listserv - Click here .

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Job Opportunities

(Update 09/03/10)

Olin Chlor Alkali Products has an opening in the Henderson, Nevada location for an Operations Manager - Transportation.   Position manages daily operations for the West Coast Transportation group in Santa Fe Springs and Tracy, California and Tacoma, Washington. Read more. . .

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