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EXCLUSIVE Documents now available on the NIA Website
Registered NIA Members can now download the following exclusive documents (i.e. Meeting Presentations, Meeting Notes, etc.), recently uploaded onto the secure ‘Members only’-area of the NIA website.
Meeting Reports (from the NIA Delegate)
This page contains exclusive meeting/conference/workshop reports written by attending representatives of the NIA.
15th April 2009:
Nanomaterial Data Call-Ins and their Regulatory and Enforcement Implications
(organisers: McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP / Nanotechnology Industries Association)
(held on the 15th April 2009 in Washington D.C.)
Highlights from the 'Data Call-Ins' (DCI) event:
1. DCIs can help gaining an understanding of: [...]
2. Responses to DCIs seemed to be affected by: [...]
3. Voluntary and mandatory DCI’s could benefit from: [...]
4. Regulatory Policy Issues for DCIs and the regulations that will follow from them: [...]
5. Pending actions by agencies: [...]
Proposed next steps: [...]
For questions regarding the event, or the proposed next steps, please contact steffi.friedrichs@nanotechia.org or rcanady@mckennalong.com.
Registered NIA Members can download the comprehensive NIA Meeting Notes of the event (i.e. a protocol of discussion and slide highlights), as well as a ZIP-file of the NIA Meeting Note Attachments, and the following individual attachments, by accessing the Members only’-area of the NIA website, and following the link to 'Meeting Reports (from the NIA Delegate)':
A1. Event Agenda: Nanomaterial Data Call-Ins and their Regulatory and Enforcement Implications
A2. Presentation: Science and Policy Challenges Underlying Data Call-Ins and Nanomaterials (Dr. Richard Canady McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP)
A3. Presentation: A Brief History of Voluntary Data Call-In Programs (Dr. Steffi Friedrichs Nanotechnology Industries Association)
A4. Supporting Material: BAuA Questionnaire on aspects of worker protection during the production and handling ofengineered nanomaterials
A5. Supporting Material: Results from the German BAuA Questionnaire on Aspects of worker protection during the production and handling of engineered Nanomaterials
A6. Supporting Material:NICNAS Information Sheet - Summary of call for informationon the use of Nanomaterials
A7. Presentation: United Kingdom Voluntary Reporting SchemeConclusions (Dr. Steffi Friedrichs Nanotechnology Industries Association & Steve Morgan, UK Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (by telephone))
A8. Supporting Material:
(a) UK Voluntary Reporting Scheme for Engineered Nanoscale Materials (September 2006),
(b) UK Voluntary Reporting Scheme for Engineered Nanoscale Materials (UPDATE, 2008)
A9. Supporting Material: Supplementary Guidance for the UK Voluntary Reporting Scheme on Engineered Nanoscale Materials (2008)
A10. Presentation: European Union Regulation of Nanomaterials Under REACH and Consideration of Reporting Needs (Dr. Peter van der Zandt, European Commission, DG Environment (by video link))
A11. Supporting Material:Nanomaterials in REACH (December 2008)
A12. Presentation: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Voluntary Data Submission Program and Consideration of Reporting Needs (Dr. Jim Willis U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
A13. Supporting Material: US EPA NMSP – Interim Report (January 2009)
A14. Presentation: Data Call-In Considerations Under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act ( John Harris McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP)
A15. Supporting Material: Proposed Regulatory Framework for Nanomaterials under the Candian Environment Protection Act, 1999.
A16. Presentation: California’s Approach to Mandatory Data Call-Ins (Dr. Jeff Wong California Department of Toxic Substances Control)
A17. Supporting Material: CA DTSC letter to CNT manufacturers (December 2008)
A18. Supporting Material: CA DTSC current list of CNT manufacturers (December 2008)
A19. Presentation: Nanomaterials Governance Viewed from a New York State Research-and-Development Perspective (Robert Phaneuf, P.E. New York Department of Environmental Conservation’s Interagency Nanotechnology Work Group)
A20. Supporting Material: Request for Information on CarbonNanotubes (CNTs) Including Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWCNTs)and Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes(MWCNTs) (NIOSH, April 2009)
A21. Presentation: Enforcement Implications Arising from Data Call-Ins (Thomas Johnston, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP)
A22. Presentation: Case Study – California (Ann Grimaldi, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, & Dr. Richard Canady, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP)
A23. Presentation: After the Data Call-Ins: Possible Next Steps in the Regulation of Chemical Nanotechnology (Michael Boucher, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP)