This is a collection of regulatory updates in Europe and North America, including EU REACH, UK REACH, and US TSCA.

European Union & United Kingdom

On March 21, 2023, ECHA updated the Community Rolling Action Plan (CoRAP) for the year 2023-2025, listing 24 substances suspected of posing a risk to human health or the environment. The plan contains 6 substances that will be evaluated in 2023, while 9 will be evaluated in 2024 and another 9 in 2025. (Read more)

More regulation highlights in EU and UK:

• ECHA Seeks Opinions on PFAS Restrictions
• New REACH Document Codes Required for Customs Declarations
• ECHA to List Brominate Flame Retardants Candidates for Restriction
• ECHA’s Risk Assessment Committee Backs PFAS Ban in Firefighting Foams
• Enforcement Authorities to Target PFCAs and Related Substances
• EU Adopts Amendments to Regulation on Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (F-gas)
• UK Revises the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Amendment) Regulations

North America

On March 14, 2023, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released a state-of-science report on PFAS. The report summarizes current PFAS research in key strategic areas, including the safe removal and destruction of PFAS and alternatives to PFAS that are safer, as well as gaps in PFAS data and knowledge. (Read more)

More regulation highlights in North America:

• Biden-Harris Administration Pledges $16 Million for Pollution Prevention in Environmental Justice Communities
• EPA Releasing Additional Data on the Ongoing Uses of Chrysotile Asbestos for Public Comments
• EPA Requests Nominations for SACC Review of Draft Supplement to the 1,4-Dioxane Risk Evaluation Under TSCA
• Canada Consults on Including Furfuryl Alcohol and Tetrahydrofuran Under CEPA
• Canada Restricts Manufacture or Import of 1-Propanaminium, N-(3-aminopropyl)-2-hydroxy-N,
• N-dimethyl-3-sulfo-, N-(C12-18 and C18-unsatd. acyl) derivs., inner salts
• Canada Publishes Final Science Assessment of Benzene Release from Gasoline Stations for Human Health
• Canada Amends the Non-domestic Substances List to Delete One Substance

[Read more regulatory updates in Europe and North America at ChemLinked]

Reference Links

• February 2023: Chemical Regulatory Updates in APAC Region
• February 2023: Chemical Regulatory Updates in Europe and America

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