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Meeting Reports (from the NIA Delegate)
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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)