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HGC News Note 030910
REACH SVHC List Expanding The European Chemicals Agency has proposed adding eight new substances to the Substances of Very High Concern List. If accepted, the additions will be published this summer. More information on these substances will be available in the next news note. Many of the proposed SVHCs have broad use including electronic products.
Emergency Power Generators - EPA issued a final rule on February 17th on emission requirements for large existing diesel engines. This rule includes emergency use engines. The owners and operators will need to install emissions controls. Emergency engines will need to comply with operating limit requirements. Assess your situation so you can plan and budget accordingly.
A Word to the Wise On March 8th, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson discussed the agency’s seven key priorities and the strong connection between environmental protection and economic prosperity in a speech at the National Press Club today. Here is just one comment that businesses should heed: “Consumers want to know that their products don’t have hidden health and environmental costs. Companies must respond to parents who refuse to buy bottles with BPA in them, or that leech dangerous chemicals into drinking water. Industry can try to resist and ignore EPA, but I know – and they know – that they resist the forces of the green marketplace at their own peril…”
Managing the chemicals in your products is becoming a business requirement. The full text of the Administrator’s comments can be found at http://www.epa.gov/newsroom. |
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