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SUMMARY
STATISTICS (Updated as of 6-30-08)
WHAT'S
NEW IN THIS UPDATE?
WHAT
IS THE HPV CHEMICAL TRACKER? (EXPERIENCED USERS CLICK HERE TO GO
DIRECTLY TO THE TRACKER DATABASE)
HOW TO ACCESS THE
HPV CHEMICAL TRACKER
NAVIGATING THE HPV
CHEMICAL TRACKER
UNDERSTANDING THE
INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE HPV CHEMICAL TRACKER
CHANGES
MADE IN EARLIER UPDATES
Summary Statistics (including all postings to the EPA website as of 6-30-08):
[NOTE: The pie chart and table immediately below are updated, but the more detailed breakdowns and the HPV Tracker itself are not.]
| Grouping | No. of chems |
% |
Chemicals included in category |
| exempted
or removed |
429 | 15% | 231
unsponsored non-orphans plus 198 exempted chems (EPA codes E1,E3,E5) |
| final
data sets (incl. SIARs) |
1201 | 43% | 760 chems in final US submissions plus
9 US chems and 273 ICCA chems and 159 OECD chems w/ final SIARs |
| test
plan or posted SIAR only |
522 | 19% | 466
US and 41 ICCA sponsored chems w/ test plans but not final submissions plus 9 ICCA chems and 6 OECD chems w/ pending SIARs |
| no
test plan or SIAR |
356 | 13% | 328
sponsored chems w/o test plans or SIARs plus 28 OECD chems w/o SIARs |
| orphans | 274 | 10% | unsponsored orphans |
| TOTAL | 278 |
[NOTE: The detailed breakdowns below have not been updated, and still reflect status as of 7-6-07.]
More detailed breakdowns
There are 2272 sponsored chemicals:
1899 are from the 1990 Core List of Program chemicals
101 are from the 1994 List of additional HPV chemicals
272 are additional chemicals (not necessarily HPV)
A total of 437 test plans have been submitted, covering 1410 individual CAS numbers (1362 of them unique):
288 of the plans are for individual chemicals (20% of all chemicals with test plans)
149 of the plans are for categories, covering 1122 chemicals (80% of all chemicals with test plans)
For 800 of the chemicals (785 unique CAS numbers) covered by submitted test plans, the sponsor has indicated that its dataset is final/complete and/or that no more testing is required
The charts below show the current status of the 2782 chemicals on the Core List (1990) of Program Chemicals:
1899 are sponsored (1165 directly under the HPV Challenge, 734 through the ICCA Initiative; see further breakdowns below)
1250 are covered by submitted test plans
For 719 of these (704 unique CAS numbers), the sponsor has indicated that its dataset is final/complete and/or that no more testing is require
255 are covered by final SIARs, the OECD program's counterpart to final data sets under the HPV Challenge
556 have initial test plans or SIARs that have not been finalized
384 have neither a test plan nor a SIAR
193 are being handled by the OECD SIDS Program (independent of the ICCA Initiative)
154 are covered by final SIARs
5 have initial SIARs that have not been finalized
34 have neither a test plan nor a SIAR
198 have been formally exempted by EPA (no longer HPV, exempt polymers or inorganics, no need to test, etc.)
492 are unsponsored; of these:
EPA indicates that 265 of these are still orphans
EPA indicates that the other 227 are not orphans (because they too are no longer HPV)
WHAT'S NEW IN THIS UPDATE? (back to top)
Summary Statistics and this version of the HPV Tracker now reflect all test plans, comments on test plans and revised test plans posted on the EPA website (www.epa.gov/chemrtk/pubs/summaries/viewsrch.htm) through 7-6-07. Commitment data still reflect the latest version of the EPA summary table of program commitments, dated 1-20-06, and available at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/pubs/sumresp.htm.
The status of HPV chemicals being addressed through the OECD SIDS Program and the reference list of chemicals that are covered by final SIDS Initial Assessment Reports (SIARs) under the OECD SIDS Program are based on the OECD's HPV database (see http://cs3-hq.oecd.org/scripts/hpv/) and are current as of 7-17-07. This information is used in columns J, U and V on the Commitments tab.
EPA's listing of orphan chemicals current as of 6-27-07 has been included as a reference on the unsponsored chemicals tab (posted at the bottom of the page www.epa.gov/chemrtk/index.htm and updated based on more recent information received from EPA staff). Those chemicals subject to, as well as those subsequently withdrawn, from EPA's TSCA Section 8a and 8d rules are also indicated on this tab; links to those rules are available on www.epa.gov/chemrtk/index.htm.
The list of
all unsponsored
chemicals* and their manufacturers and manufacturing volumes on the unsponsored chemicals
tab is derived from:
1. The 1990 HPV Challenge Program Chemical List
dated 1-20-06
and downloadable from EPA's website at
www.epa.gov/chemrtk/pubs/update/hpvchmlt.htm,
and
2. Data from the
2002 TSCA Inventory
Update, available at
www.epa.gov/oppt/iur/tools/data/2002-comp-chem-records.htm
and www.epa.gov/oppt/iur/tools/data/2002-vol.htm;
we used these data to develop the list of companies reporting 1990 HPV chemicals in the
2002 Inventory Update, as well as for the manufacturing
volumes for the last five inventory updates (2002, 1998, 1994, 1990, and 1986).
3. Updated information on sponsorships and
withdrawals of sponsorships, received by personal communication from EPA
staff.
* Unsponsored chemicals are those on the
1990 HPV
Challenge Program Chemical List that have: (1) a program status
indicator of "0" (indicating they are within the scope of the US HPV Challenge
Program), and (2) a sponsorship status indicator of "N" (indicating they have
not been sponsored). Considerable caution is advised because
-- although the latest publicly available manufacturing data are now from 2002 (not from
1998 as before) -- for some chemicals, even
these 2002 data are out of date with respect to whether
a given chemical is still produced at an HPV level (or at all), and if so,
whether the indicated company still produces the chemical. In addition, companies
that manufacture these chemicals but claimed their identity as confidential business
information are obviously excluded.
If you believe the information we have shown is not accurate, please let us know.
If you have feedback or wish to be informed when the Tracker is updated, send a message including your email address to Dr. Richard Denison, at rdenison@environmentaldefense.org.
WHAT IS THE HPV CHEMICAL TRACKER? (back to top)
[NOTE: New users may wish to print out the instructions below for easy reference while using the Tracker.]
The HPV Chemical Tracker is a web-accessible tool that can be used to determine and track the status of commitments made to sponsor HPV chemicals under the U.S. HPV Challenge Program. The Tracker database itself is provided in the form of a MS Excel spreadsheet that can be launched in your browser or downloaded for offline use. The Tracker provides information for all chemicals included in the program and all commitments made by companies and consortia under the program.
The Tracker will be periodically updated. The current version reflects all information made public by EPA via its HPV Challenge Program web site, and other public sources, as indicated in the section immediately above this one.
We have necessarily relied on publicly available information (from the above sources) in building the Tracker. If you believe information it contains is inaccurate or out of date, please contact the Tracker's creator, Dr. Richard Denison, at rdenison@environmentaldefense.org. But we urge users also to contact EPA with any corrections/updates, as the official EPA information will continue to be our primary source for the Tracker.
If you wish to be informed when the Tracker is updated, send your email address to Dr. Richard Denison, at rdenison@environmentaldefense.org.
Records shown in red type have company/consortia comments or clarifications -- see Column W on the Commitments tab, Column AB on the Test Plans tab, and Column P on the Unsponsored Chemicals tab.
HOW TO ACCESS THE HPV CHEMICAL TRACKER (back to top)
1. IMPORTANT NOTE: The Tracker uses several Excel functions called macros, which need to be "enabled" for it to work properly. You need to make sure your macro security level is set to Medium or Low in order to enable the macros. To check, do the following:
2. Click on this link to access the Tracker database. Then, either: a) left-click to launch the Tracker in your browser; or b) if you want a copy of the Tracker database on your own computer for use off-line, right-click and select "Save Target as ..." to download, and then open the downloaded file in MS Excel. If you are prompted to enable or disable macros, be sure to enable them. [NOTE: If you download the Tracker, be sure to come back to our website periodically to make sure you have the latest version.]
3. Once you have the Tracker database open, note that it has three primary data tabs and two supplementary tabs (the tabs are visible at the bottom left). The first tab, called "Commitments," has records of all of the individual commitments made by companies and consortia under the HPV Challenge program, and their status. The second tab, called "Test Plans," has records of all the chemicals covered by Test Plans submitted under the program to date, and their status. The third tab, called "Unsponsored Chemicals," has records of all chemicals within the scope of the program that have not been sponsored, as well as the companies that identified themselves as manufacturers of these chemicals in 1998 (the latest publicly available information). The other two tabs provide a repository of changed or out-of-date records.
Each tab has many rows of data, numbered down the left side of the screen, that extend off the screen to the bottom - these are the individual records. It also has many columns of data, lettered across the top of the screen, that extend off the screen to the right, each column identified by a descriptive text header. Use the vertical and horizontal scroll bars to bring more rows and columns into view.
The section below on NAVIGATING THE HPV CHEMICAL TRACKER tells you how to move around in the Tracker and how to search for, sort or select for the information you are most interested in. The section below on UNDERSTANDING THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE HPV CHEMICAL TRACKER has explanations of what information is included in each column on each of the three main tabs.
4. Accessing chemical-specific information through the Tracker requires that you know the CAS number for the chemical in question (see point 5 below for how to find a CAS number for a chemical you're interested in if you don't already know it). CAS numbers serve as unique identifiers for chemicals; each CAS number has between five and nine digits. Because a single chemical often has more than one name (e.g., ethanol and ethyl alcohol), CAS numbers should be used as the primary way to search for chemicals.
The Tracker uses CAS numbers in the format of a simple number with five to nine digits (e.g., ethanol's CAS number is 64175). CAS numbers are often represented in an alternative format that intersperses hyphens among the digits (i.e., a group of between two and six digits, followed by a hyphen, then two digits, another hyphen, and the final digit; the CAS number for ethanol in this format is 64-17-5).
If you already have the CAS number for a chemical you're interested in, you can use the Find function of MS Excel (Ctrl-F) to find information about it (the Tracker's more advanced search/sort/filter functions are explained in the next section). Be sure to remove any hyphens from the CAS number (e.g., change 64-17-5 to 64175).
5. If you don't know the CAS number but have a name for the chemical, use one of the following websites to try to identify it; enter the name you have, and note the CAS number that is provided by the search engine for the website.
Scorecard: www.scorecard.org/chemical-profiles/
National Institutes of Health ChemIDPlus: chem.sis.nlm.nih.gov/chemidplus/
CambridgeSoft's ChemFinder: chemfinder.cambridgesoft.com/
6. If you can't find a CAS number using the above websites, as a last resort you can enter all or part of the name you have into the MS Excel Find function (Ctrl-F) in the Tracker itself. But because an exact match is required, and chemicals can have more than one name (only one of which is provided in the Tracker), it may not work.
NAVIGATING THE HPV CHEMICAL TRACKER (back to top)
The Tracker provides several navigational aids for finding the information you want among the nearly 7000 commitment records, the nearly 1300 test plan records, and the nearly 750 orphan chemical records it contains: Filters, Sort buttons, and Show/Hide Columns buttons.
SORT BUTTONS: Each of the three data tabs has several buttons labeled "Sort by _____". Clicking on one of these buttons sorts all of the displayed records on that tab by the parameter indicated. For example, "Sort by CAS" displays all of the records in ascending numeric order by CAS number; "Sort by Test Plan" displays all of the records in alphabetical order by test plan name. IMPORTANT: If you have applied a filter – see next topic – these sort buttons retain the filter, i.e., they allow you to sort the records displayed after applying the filter. But if you are seeing fewer records than you expect after using a sort button, you may need to remove one or more filters that have been applied; see next section for how to use/remove filters.
FILTERS: Each
column's text header has a 
in the lower right corner. Click
on this down-arrow to show a list of all unique entries in that column. If you want to display only those records having a
particular one of the values shown, select it and all records not having that value in
that column will be hidden. When a filter is
on, the arrowhead in its button turns blue; otherwise, it is black (ambient lighting may make this
hard to see).
Each column has a filter that allows you to view those records having one of the various possible values found in that column. For example, if you're on the commitments tab and want to show all of a particular company's commitments, select the down-arrow in the text header for column G, and scroll down the list until you find the company or consortium you want. Note that the list is alphabetical, and that consortia names are preceded by an asterisk (*), and are list first. Similarly, if you're interested in seeing only those commitments with a particular status, click on the down arrow in the text header for column F and select the status indicator you're interested in.
Filters can be applied sequentially: You can use a filter in one column, and then use one in another column to select a subset of the records shown after applying the first filter. You can also use the "(Custom)" selection on the pull-down list to select, for example, all records having either of two values in a particular column.
To remove a filter, pull down the list, scroll back to the top, and select "All" to again make all records visible.
One limitation: The pull-down list has a maximum capacity of 1000 unique values. Currently the only data types that have more than 1000 unique values in a column are the CAS numbers and Chemical names on the first two tabs. So if you want to view all records for a given chemical, you should probably first sort by CAS and then locate the CAS number using Excel's Find function (Ctrl-F).
SHOW/HIDE COLUMNS BUTTONS: At the very top of the screen (above row 1) you
will see a 
sign above certain columns, with a note saying to click
on it to see more detail about a particular topic. Clicking
on one of these buttons will reveal several additional columns of data to its
right, and will change the sign to a 
sign; clicking on the sign will hide the columns again.
These buttons are there to reduce "clutter", and are simply altering what
data are visible on the screen; if you sort or filter records, the data in any hidden
columns is sorted or filtered along with the visible data.
REMOVE ALL FILTERS and RESTORE DEFAULT VIEW buttons are available at the top left of each tab. If you have applied any filters, clicking on the REMOVE ALL FILTERS button clears all filters and restores all records to the view. Similarly, clicking on the RESTORE DEFAULT VIEW button removes all filters and applies the default sort to return the records to their original order. (The default sort criterion is that in the leftmost column: CAS number on the Commitments tab, and Test Plan name on the Test Plan tab.)
UNDERSTANDING THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE HPV CHEMICAL TRACKER (back to top)
The Tracker is a MS Excel spreadsheet that has five tabs, one providing information on "Commitments", a second on "Test Plans", a third on "Unsponsored Chemicals," a fourth on "Previously Unsponsored Chemicals", and a fifth on "ED Letters." Below are descriptions of the data to be found in each column of each of the tabs. This information also appears in a "bubble" that pops up if you hover your mouse over any of the column text headers.
COMMITMENTS TAB – Explanation of Contents
|
A |
CAS Number: CAS numbers are unique chemical identifiers comprised of between five and nine digits. They should be used as the primary way to search for chemicals, because chemicals can have more than one name (e.g., ethanol and ethyl alcohol). Sort or filter by CAS number to see all commitments to a given chemical. [NOTE: The filter's pull-down list shows only the first 1000 entries in this table, so you may need to sort by CAS and then search for the CAS number to view all entries for a particular chemical.] |
|
B |
Chemical name: Chemicals can have more than one name (e.g., ethanol and ethyl alcohol). For this reason, it is better to use CAS numbers as the primary way to search for chemicals. |
|
C |
List origin: Indicates whether the chemical is: |
|
D |
Is the chemical: sponsored (Sp), exempted (E1-3-5), being
handled under OECD, or an unsponsored chemical (U)? |
|
E |
Name of consortium with which commitment is associated: Indicates the consortium, if any, with which the commitment is associated, based on information provided in EPA's summary table of commitments at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/pubs/sumresp.htm. |
|
F |
Sponsorship status: Type of sponsorship commitment made to the
chemical, as follows: |
|
G |
Committing company or consortium sponsor: Indicates the company or consortium making the commitment to sponsor the chemical; there may be more than one sponsor for a given chemical. Sort by sponsor to group together all a particular company's or consortium's sponsored chemicals. Sort by CAS to see all of the commitments that have been made for a given chemical. An asterisk (*) indicates that the sponsor is a consortium (i.e., a group of companies). The companies and consortia indicated in this column are those listed in the leftmost column of EPA's summary table of program commitments, at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/pubs/sumresp.htm. |
|
H |
Start year currently listed for initiation of data development: The start year (SY) listed in the latest version of EPA's summary table of program commitments, at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/pubs/sumresp.htm. Blanks or "Per Consortia Letter" entries were replaced based on predominant SY or that of the corresponding consortium with the same status indicator; solo TI commitments are arbitrarily assigned 2003 SY. NA = Not available; "--" = Not applicable. |
|
I |
Baseline start year for initiation of data development: The start year (SY) listed in the 7-12-02 version of EPA's summary table of program commitments, which serves as our baseline set of SYs and may differ from that currently listed (for further explanation, see "Moving Target" on page 18 of our status report, Facing the Challenge, available at www.environmentaldefense.org/go/HPVchallenge). Blanks or "Per Consortia Letter" entries were replaced based on predominant SY or that of the corresponding consortium with the same status indicator; solo TI commitments are arbitrarily assigned 2003 SY; for new commitments, the currently listed SY is shown. NA = Not available; "--" = Not applicable. |
|
J |
Has a Test Plan been submitted
or is it overdue?
Indicates whether a Test Plan covering this CAS
number has been submitted or not. If so, this column's
entry reads "Submitted." If not, then if under any commitment for the
CAS number: |
|
K |
Test Plan name: For a test plan covering a single chemical,
the test plan name is the chemical name. For
a test plan covering a category, the test plan name is the category name. Sort or filter by test plan name to group together
all chemicals in a category. |
|
L |
Test Plan sponsor: Name of company or consortium that submitted the test plan. An asterisk (*) indicates a consortium. See EPA's table of links to Test Plans, at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/pubs/summaries/viewsrch.htm. |
|
M |
Is Test Plan for a category (C) or individual chemical (I)? Indicates whether the test plan covers a single chemical or a category of chemicals. |
|
N |
Date Test Plan was submitted: Indicates the date the test plan was submitted to EPA, based on the date provided on the cover letter, transmittal email or test plan itself. See EPA's table of links to Test Plans, at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/pubs/summaries/viewsrch.htm. |
|
O |
Was the Test Plan submitted early, on time or late? Indicates whether the Test Plan was submitted early, on time or late. The baseline start year (column I) is used to determine this. If a baseline start year is not available, the currently listed start year (column H) is used. (For further explanation of baseline start years, see "Moving Target" on page 18 of our status report, Facing the Challenge, available at www.environmentaldefense.org/go/HPVchallenge.) |
| P | Has the category been revised? (if so, date): Indicates whether an original category proposal has been revised by the Sponsor, based on comments received during the public comment period. The date is the date of notification that the category is to be revised, and may or may not be the date when a revised test plan has been submitted (the latter is indicated in column S). |
| Q | New category/test plan name: Indicates the name given to the revised test plan covering the chemical in a given record. The name may or may not be for a category, depending on whether the Sponsor has proposed to include the chemical in a revised category or has proposed to address it as an individual chemical. |
| R | Is new Test Plan for a category (C) or individual chemical (I)? Indicates whether the Sponsor has proposed to include the chemical in a revised category or has proposed to address it as an individual chemical. |
| S | Date new Test Plan was submitted: Indicates the date when a revised test plan covering this chemical was submitted. |
|
T |
Is this chemical covered by a Test Plan submitted under an independent commitment? In some cases more than one company or consortium have independently sponsored a given chemical. A "Y" in this column indicates that a test plan has been submitted under a different sponsorship commitment than the one in the row being read. Sort by CAS to see under what commitment a test plan was submitted for the chemical of interest. |
|
U |
Status of CAS on OECD SIDS list: A=SIAR agreed; D=SIAR discussed, not yet agreed; P=SIAR posted on CDG for discussion; dS=draft SIAR prepared; T=test plan reviewed; I=info gathering and review: This column indicates whether a SIAR has been posted on the Committee Discussion Group (CDG), discussed or agreed on by the OECD SIDS Program. SIARs are the hazard assessment documents for chemicals being assessed under the SIDS Program of the OECD, an international counterpart to the HPV Challenge. If the commitment is at an earlier stage in the process, the indicators, dS, T or I are used. The status indicators are those in the OECD Integrated HPV Database (available at cs3-hq.oecd.org/scripts/hpv/) as of the date indicated at the top of this tab. |
| V | Is this chemical covered by 1) a final SIDS Initial Assessment Report (SIAR) under the OECD SIDS Program, 2) a Concise International Chemical Assessment Document (CICAD) under the UN Environment Programme, the International Labour Organization, and the World Health Organization, or 3) an Environmental Health Criteria (EHC) Monographs under the World Health Organization? SIARs are the hazard assessment documents for chemicals being assessed under the SIDS Program of the OECD, an international counterpart to the HPV Challenge. Some chemicals are being assessed under the HPV Challenge even though they have already been assessed under OECD SIDS. A "Y" in this column indicates a final SIAR has been agreed to for the chemical in question, and is based on the status of OECD SIDS Program chemicals as of the date noted at the top of the Commitments tab. See OECD Integrated HPV Database, at cs3-hq.oecd.org/scripts/hpv/. In a few cases, CICADs or EHCs already exist and either take the place of or serve as the basis for a SIAR for a chemical; these documents are listed by chemical name on the International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) INCHEM website, at www.inchem.org. |
| W | Comments from companies or consortia: If we have received comments or clarifications regarding a particular commitment or chemical, a brief summary is provided here. Records with comments are also shown in red type. The remainder of the record, however, still reflects the official EPA information. Environmental Defense makes no representation as to the accuracy of the information provided in these comments. |
TEST PLANS TAB – Explanation of Contents
|
A |
Test Plan name:
For a test plan covering a single chemical, the test plan name is the chemical
name. For a test plan covering a category,
the test plan name is the category name. Sort
or filter by test plan name to group together all chemicals in a category. |
|
B |
Test Plan sponsor: Name of company or consortium that submitted the test plan. An asterisk (*) indicates a consortium. See EPA's table of links to Test Plans, at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/pubs/summaries/viewsrch.htm. |
|
C |
Is Test Plan for a category (C) or individual chemical (I)? Indicates whether the test plan covers a single chemical or a category of chemicals. |
| D | Has the category been revised? (if so, date): Indicates whether an original category proposal has been revised by the Sponsor, based on comments received during the public comment period. The date is the date of notification that the category is to be revised, and may or may not be the date when a revised test plan has been submitted (the latter is indicated in column E). |
| E | Date new Test Plan was submitted: Indicates the date when a revised test plan covering this chemical was submitted. |
|
F |
If category, number of unique HPV chemicals included: The number of chemicals shown represents the number of unique CAS numbers for HPV chemicals; in some cases, a single CAS number may represent more than one or a mixture of chemicals. Non-HPV chemicals included in a category are not counted. |
|
G |
CAS Number(s) covered by Test Plan: CAS numbers are unique chemical identifiers comprised of between five and nine digits. They should be used as the primary way to search for chemicals, because chemicals can have more than one name (e.g., ethanol and ethyl alcohol). Sort or filter by CAS number to see all commitments to a given chemical. [NOTE: The filter's pull-down list shows only the first 1000 entries in this table, so you may need to sort by CAS and then search for the CAS number to view all entries for a particular chemical.] |
|
H |
Chemical(s) covered by Test Plan: Sort or filter by Test Plan name to see all of the
chemicals that are members of a category grouped together.
Chemicals can have more than one name (e.g., ethanol and ethyl alcohol). For this reason, use CAS numbers as the primary
way to search for chemicals. For more detail
on the Test Plans, click the |
| I | List origin: Indicates whether the chemical is: · on the 1990 Inventory of HPV chemicals, which is the initial "core list" for the HPV Challenge program; · on the 1994 Inventory of HPV chemicals and, though not within the scope of the program, has been sponsored; or · an additional chemical (may or may not be HPV), though not within the scope of the program, has been sponsored. See www.epa.gov/chemrtk/pubs/update/hpvchmlt.htm for more information on these lists. |
|
J |
Chemical sponsorship status: Type of sponsorship commitment made to the
chemical, as follows: |
|
K |
Start year currently listed for initiation of data development: The start year (SY) listed in the latest version of EPA's summary table of program commitments, at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/pubs/sumresp.htm. Blanks or "Per Consortia Letter" entries were replaced based on predominant SY or that of the corresponding consortium with the same status indicator; solo TI commitments are arbitrarily assigned 2003 SY. NA = Not available; "--" = Not applicable. |
|
L |
Baseline start year for initiation of data development: The start year (SY) listed in the 7-12-02 version of EPA's summary table of program commitments, which serves as our baseline set of SYs and may differ from that currently listed. (For further explanation of baseline start years, see "Moving Target" on page 18 of our status report, Facing the Challenge, available at www.environmentaldefense.org/go/HPVchallenge.) Blanks or "Per Consortia Letter" entries were replaced based on predominant SY or that of the corresponding consortium with the same status indicator; solo TI commitments are arbitrarily assigned 2003 SY; for new commitments, the currently listed SY is shown. NA = Not available; "--" = Not applicable. |
|
M |
Date Test Plan was submitted: Indicates the date the test plan was submitted to EPA, based on the date provided on the cover letter, transmittal email or test plan itself. See EPA's table of links to Test Plans, at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/pubs/summaries/viewsrch.htm. |
|
N |
Was the Test Plan submitted early, on time or late? Indicates whether the Test Plan was submitted early, on time or late. The baseline start year (column K) is used to determine this. If a baseline start year is not available, the currently listed start year (column J) is used. (For further explanation of baseline start years, see "Moving Target" on page 18 of our status report, Facing the Challenge, available at www.environmentaldefense.org/go/HPVchallenge.) |
|
O |
Comment due date: The due date for public comments (120 days after EPA posts the Test Plan on its website). |
|
P |
Did EPA submit comments?
If so, date posted:
Indicates whether EPA has submitted comments on the test plan, and, if so, on what
date they were posted on EPA's website. For more detail on EPA's comments, click the |
|
Q |
Did EPA's comments agree with category justification? (category test plans only): Indicates whether EPA accepted or questioned the justification for the proposed category provided by the sponsor. See the comments themselves for more detail, posted under the respective test plan on EPA's website, at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/pubs/summaries/viewsrch.htm. |
|
R |
Did EPA's comments agree with extent of testing proposed? Indicates whether EPA accepted the additional testing (if any) proposed by the sponsor as adequate to meet the requirements of the HPV Challenge, thought more (or less) testing was needed, or reserved judgment due to lack of sufficient information provided by the sponsor. The meaning of the number code provided in this column is as follows: 1=testing adequate; 2=more testing needed; 3=proposed tests not needed; 4=reserve judgment/more testing may be needed. See the comments themselves for more detail, posted under the respective test plan on EPA's website, at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/pubs/summaries/viewsrch.htm. |
|
S |
Did EPA's comments raise other significant concerns/ issues? Indicates whether EPA raised other serious concerns about the proposed test plan in its comment. See the comments themselves for more detail, posted under the respective test plan on EPA's website, at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/pubs/summaries/viewsrch.htm. |
|
T |
Did Environmental Defense (ED) submit comments? If so, date posted:
Indicates
whether ED has submitted comments on the test plan, and, if so, on what date they were
posted on EPA's website. For more detail on ED's comments, click the |
|
U |
Grade assigned by ED to Test Plan (if reviewed): For each test plan reviewed by ED, a grade was assigned by one of the two principal authors of our comments on test plans and robust summaries: Dr. George Lucier, Ph.D., Director Emeritus of the Environmental Toxicology Program for the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, who serves as a consulting adjunct scientist for Environmental Defense; or Dr. Hazel Matthews, toxicology consultant and former Head of the Chemistry Section and Chair of the Nomination Faculty for the National Toxicology Program. |
|
V |
Did ED's comments agree with category justification? (category test plans only): Indicates whether ED accepted or questioned the justification for the proposed category provided by the sponsor. See the comments themselves for more detail, posted under the respective test plan on EPA's website, at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/pubs/summaries/viewsrch.htm. |
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W |
Did ED's comments agree with extent of testing proposed? Indicates whether ED accepted the additional testing (if any) proposed by the sponsor as adequate to meet the requirements of the HPV Challenge, thought more (or less) testing was needed, or reserved judgment due to lack of sufficient information provided by the sponsor. The meaning of the number code provided in this column is as follows: 1=testing adequate; 2=more testing needed; 3=proposed tests not needed; 4=reserve judgment/more testing may be needed. See the comments themselves for more detail, posted under the respective test plan on EPA's website, at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/pubs/summaries/viewsrch.htm. |
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X |
Did ED's comments raise other significant concerns/ issues? Indicates whether ED raised other serious concerns about the proposed test plan in its comment. See the comments themselves for more detail, posted under the respective test plan on EPA's website, at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/pubs/summaries/viewsrch.htm. |
|
Y |
Did Animal Protection Organizations (APOs) submit comments? If so, date posted |
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Z |
Did others submit comments? If so, date posted |
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AA |
Has a response/revised Test Plan been submitted? If so, date submitted: Indicates whether the sponsor has submitted a test plan and/or robust summaries revised in response to comments received, or, alternatively, a response to comments received justifying the original test plan/robust summaries. See the revised documents themselves for more detail, posted under the respective test plan on EPA's website, at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/pubs/summaries/viewsrch.htm. |
| AB | Has sponsor indicated that its dataset is final/complete and/or that no more testing is required? Indicates whether the sponsor has stated that it believes its dataset is final or that no additional testing is needed to provide a complete final dataset. This statement may have been made in the original test plan, a revised test plan, or a response to comments. Such an indication does NOT mean: (a) necessarily that a final dataset has been submitted to EPA, or (b) that there has been an EPA or other independent review of the completeness or adequacy of the data. |
| AC | Comments from companies or consortia: If we have received comments or clarifications regarding a particular test plan or chemical, a brief summary is provided here. Records with comments are also shown in red type. The remainder of the record, however, still reflects the official EPA information. Environmental Defense makes no representation as to the accuracy of the information provided in these comments. |
UNSPONSORED CHEMICALS TAB – Explanation of Contents
|
A |
CAS Number: CAS numbers are unique chemical identifiers comprised of between five and nine digits. They should be used as the primary way to search for chemicals, because chemicals can have more than one name (e.g., ethanol and ethyl alcohol). Sort or filter by CAS number to see all commitments to a given chemical. |
|
B |
Chemical name: Chemicals can have more than one name (e.g., ethanol and ethyl alcohol). For this reason, it is better to use CAS numbers as the primary way to search for chemicals. |
|
C |
Manufacturer of the chemical as of 2002, as listed in 2002 Inventory Update: Indicates the name of the company identifying itself as manufacturing a given chemical in the non-confidential data from the 2002 Inventory Update Rule (IUR), the latest publicly available. The data source is a database file provided to Environmental Defense by EPA in June 2005 that includes a list of companies that reported producing or importing chemicals on the TSCA Inventory in the 2002 reporting cycle; these data are also available online at www.epa.gov/oppt/iur/tools/data/2002-comp-chem-records.htm. We used these data to develop the list of companies reporting unsponsored 1990 HPV chemicals included in the 2002 Inventory Update. Multiple companies may produce a given chemical; each company identified with a chemical constitutes a separate record in this table. If no company was identified (presumably because identity was claimed as confidential business information), this is so indicated. |
| D | Manufactured
at HPV level in last (2002) reporting cycle? Indicates whether or not the
aggregate quantity of the chemical reported as being produced and imported in 1998
exceeded 1 million pounds. Based on non-confidential information publicly reported
by EPA at
www.epa.gov/oppt/iur/tools/data/2002-vol.htm. If no data were provided, this column carries a "??" entry. If the
chemical is not included in EPA's database, this column shows a "NA" entry.
Click the sign above this column to reveal Columns
E to I to the right that
display the actual reported volumes for the five last reporting cycles: 2002, 1998, 1994,
1990 and 1986. |
| E | Aggregate pounds reported manufactured in 2002: Indicates the aggregate quantity, in pounds, of the chemical reported as being produced and imported in 2002. Based on non-confidential information publicly reported by EPA at www.epa.gov/oppt/iur/tools/data/2002-vol.htm. If no data were provided for this year, this column carries a "no reports" entry. If the chemical is not included in EPA's database, this column shows a "chem not included" entry. K = thousand; M = million; B = billion; > = greater than. |
| F | Aggregate pounds reported manufactured in 1998: Indicates the aggregate quantity, in pounds, of the chemical reported as being produced and imported in 1998. Based on non-confidential information publicly reported by EPA at www.epa.gov/oppt/iur/tools/data/2002-vol.htm. If no data were provided for this year, this column carries a "no reports" entry. If the chemical is not included in EPA's database, this column shows a "chem not included" entry. K = thousand; M = million; B = billion; > = greater than. |
| G | Aggregate pounds reported manufactured in 1994: Indicates the aggregate quantity, in pounds, of the chemical reported as being produced and imported in 1994. Based on non-confidential information publicly reported by EPA at www.epa.gov/oppt/iur/tools/data/2002-vol.htm. If no data were provided for this year, this column carries a "no reports" entry. If the chemical is not included in EPA's database, this column shows a "chem not included" entry. K = thousand; M = million; B = billion; > = greater than. |
| H | Aggregate pounds reported manufactured in 1990: Indicates the aggregate quantity, in pounds, of the chemical reported as being produced and imported in 1990 (the base year for defining the list of HPV chemicals within the scope of the HPV Challenge Program). Based on non-confidential information publicly reported by EPA at www.epa.gov/oppt/iur/tools/data/2002-vol.htm. If no data were provided for this year, this column carries a "no reports" entry. If the chemical is not included in EPA's database, this column shows a "chem not included" entry. K = thousand; M = million; B = billion; > = greater than. |
| I | Aggregate pounds reported manufactured in 1986: Indicates the aggregate quantity, in pounds, of the chemical reported as being produced and imported in 1986. Based on non-confidential information publicly reported by EPA at www.epa.gov/oppt/iur/tools/data/2002-vol.htm. If no data were provided for this year, this column carries a "no reports" entry. If the chemical is not included in EPA's database, this column shows a "chem not included" entry. K = thousand; M = million; B = billion; > = greater than. |
| J | Is the chemical listed as an orphan in EPA's orphans list (current as of 8/22/06)? Indicates whether EPA is designating the chemical as an orphan in its current listing (as of the date shown in the column header) online at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/index.htm (bottom of page). |
| K | Was the chemical covered by EPA's 8/16/06 final TSCA Sec 8a and 8d rules? Indicates whether the chemical is covered by EPA's final TSCA Section 8a Preliminary Assessment Information Reporting (PAIR) Rule or its Section 8d Health and Safety Data Reporting Rule, both issued on 8-16-06. |
| L | Was the chemical subsequently withdrawn from the Sec 8a and 8d rules? Indicates whether the chemical was subsequently withdrawn from EPA's final Section 8a and 8d rules, in Federal Register notices published on 9-29-06 (available at www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-TOX/2006/September/Day-29/t15959.htm) and 4-30-07 (available at www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-TOX/2007/April/Day-30/t2104.htm). |
| M | Is the chemical covered by EPA's 3/06 final test rule? Indicates whether the chemical is covered by EPA's final Test Rule for Unsponsored Chemicals, issued on 3/16/06, which covers 17 of the original 37 chemicals listed in the proposed test rule. |
| N | Was the chemical covered by EPA's proposed test rule? Indicates whether the chemical was covered under a proposed test rule issued by EPA on December 26, 2000 that, once finalized, would mandate testing by U.S. manufacturers/importers. The proposed rule, available at 65 FR 81658, originally covered 37 chemicals, some of which subsequently were sponsored or fell below HPV production levels. |
| O | Was the chemical listed as an orphan in EPA's 12-04 status report? Indicates whether EPA designated the chemical as an orphan in its December 2004 report, Status and Future Directions of the High Production Volume Challenge Program. |
| P | Was the chemical listed on the 55th ITC Report Priority Testing List? Indicates whether the Interagency Testing Committee listed the chemical on its Priority Testing List and requested that EPA add the chemical to the TSCA section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment Information Reporting (PAIR) rule and the TSCA section 8(d) Health and Safety Data Reporting (HaSDR) rule. See the 55th ITC report for details. |
| Q | Additional comments: Includes, where relevant and available, EPA's basis for the orphan status designation shown in Column J. |
PREVIOUSLY UNSPONSORED CHEMICALS TAB – Explanation of Contents
| A | Reason for status change: Indicates the reason why the chemical is no longer designated as unsponsored. |
|
B |
CAS Number: CAS numbers are unique chemical identifiers comprised of between five and nine digits. They should be used as the primary way to search for chemicals, because chemicals can have more than one name (e.g., ethanol and ethyl alcohol). Sort or filter by CAS number to see all commitments to a given chemical. |
|
C |
Chemical name: Chemicals can have more than one name (e.g., ethanol and ethyl alcohol). For this reason, it is better to use CAS numbers as the primary way to search for chemicals. |
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D |
Manufacturer of the chemical as of 2002, as listed in 2002 Inventory Update: Indicates the name of the company identifying itself as manufacturing a given chemical in the non-confidential data from the 2002 Inventory Update Rule (IUR), the latest publicly available. The data source is a database file provided to Environmental Defense by EPA in June 2005 that includes a list of companies that reported producing or importing chemicals on the TSCA Inventory in the 2002 reporting cycle; these data are also available online at www.epa.gov/oppt/iur/tools/data/2002-comp-chem-records.htm. We used these data to develop the list of companies reporting unsponsored 1990 HPV chemicals included in the 2002 Inventory Update. Multiple companies may produce a given chemical; each company identified with a chemical constitutes a separate record in this table. If no company was identified (presumably because identity was claimed as confidential business information), this is so indicated. |
| E | Manufactured
at HPV level in last (2002) reporting cycle? Indicates whether or not the
aggregate quantity of the chemical reported as being produced and imported in 1998
exceeded 1 million pounds. Based on non-confidential information publicly reported
by EPA at
www.epa.gov/oppt/iur/tools/data/2002-vol.htm. If no data were provided, this column carries a "??" entry. If the
chemical is not included in EPA's database, this column shows a "NA" entry.
Click the sign above this column to reveal Columns I to M to the right that
display the actual reported volumes for the five last reporting cycles: 2002, 1998, 1994,
1990 and 1986. |
| F | Aggregate pounds reported manufactured in 2002: Indicates the aggregate quantity, in pounds, of the chemical reported as being produced and imported in 2002. Based on non-confidential information publicly reported by EPA at www.epa.gov/oppt/iur/tools/data/2002-vol.htm. If no data were provided for this year, this column carries a "no reports" entry. If the chemical is not included in EPA's database, this column shows a "chem not included" entry. K = thousand; M = million; B = billion; > = greater than. |
| G | Aggregate pounds reported manufactured in 1998: Indicates the aggregate quantity, in pounds, of the chemical reported as being produced and imported in 1998. Based on non-confidential information publicly reported by EPA at www.epa.gov/oppt/iur/tools/data/2002-vol.htm. If no data were provided for this year, this column carries a "no reports" entry. If the chemical is not included in EPA's database, this column shows a "chem not included" entry. K = thousand; M = million; B = billion; > = greater than. |
| H | Aggregate pounds reported manufactured in 1994: Indicates the aggregate quantity, in pounds, of the chemical reported as being produced and imported in 1994. Based on non-confidential information publicly reported by EPA at www.epa.gov/oppt/iur/tools/data/2002-vol.htm. If no data were provided for this year, this column carries a "no reports" entry. If the chemical is not included in EPA's database, this column shows a "chem not included" entry. K = thousand; M = million; B = billion; > = greater than. |
| I | Aggregate pounds reported manufactured in 1990: Indicates the aggregate quantity, in pounds, of the chemical reported as being produced and imported in 1990 (the base year for defining the list of HPV chemicals within the scope of the HPV Challenge Program). Based on non-confidential information publicly reported by EPA at www.epa.gov/oppt/iur/tools/data/2002-vol.htm. If no data were provided for this year, this column carries a "no reports" entry. If the chemical is not included in EPA's database, this column shows a "chem not included" entry. K = thousand; M = million; B = billion; > = greater than. |
| J | Aggregate pounds reported manufactured in 1986: Indicates the aggregate quantity, in pounds, of the chemical reported as being produced and imported in 1986. Based on non-confidential information publicly reported by EPA at www.epa.gov/oppt/iur/tools/data/2002-vol.htm. If no data were provided for this year, this column carries a "no reports" entry. If the chemical is not included in EPA's database, this column shows a "chem not included" entry. K = thousand; M = million; B = billion; > = greater than. |
| K | EPA comment: Indicates, where relevant, EPA's basis for the change in status designation shown in Column A, including a link to the decision letter. |
ED LETTERS TAB – Explanation of Contents
| A |
CAS Number: CAS numbers are unique chemical identifiers comprised of between five and nine digits. They should be used as the primary way to search for chemicals, because chemicals can have more than one name (e.g., ethanol and ethyl alcohol). Sort or filter by CAS number to see all commitments to a given chemical. |
| B |
Chemical name: Chemicals can have more than one name (e.g., ethanol and ethyl alcohol). For this reason, it is better to use CAS numbers as the primary way to search for chemicals. |
| C | Company to whom our letter was sent/from whom the reply was received: This company is the company to whom our letter was sent, or from whom the reply was received, typically either: a) the company reporting manufacturing this chemical in the publicly available 2002 TSCA Inventory Update database (or, if no company was listed for 2002, in the 1998 database); or b) the company that we determined now owns or is associated (e.g., through merger or co-venture) with such company (shown in Column S). |
| D | Company/division associated with the company in Column D and the chemicals addressed in our letter: This company is either: a) the company reporting manufacturing this chemical in the publicly available 2002 TSCA Inventory Update database (or, if no company was listed for 2002, in the 1998 database); or b) the company that we determined is now owned by or is associated (e.g., through merger or co-venture) with the company shown in Column R. |
| E | Did we receive a response to our letter?
If we did receive a response, a copy of the letter (or in a few cases, email or
transcribed telephone conversation) we received is available by clicking on the
hyperlinked "Y" that appears in column T; if there is more than one response
from the company, the second response is available by clicking on the hyperlinked
"Y" that appears in column U. A blank means no response was received, a "Late" means that the company responded only after our report was published, while a "ND" means our letter was not able to be delivered. |
| F | The company does, or did, produce (p) or import (i) the chemical: A "no" here means the company says it has never manufactured the chemical; if it no longer does, that is indicated in the next column. A "?" means it is not clear whether company produces or imports the chemical. |
| G | The company does not, does no longer, or soon no longer will produce/import the chemical: An "x" appears if the company's response has so indicated. A "?" appears if the response was unclear in this regard. |
| H | The company believes the chemical is/may be no longer HPV: An "x" appears if the company's response has so indicated. |
| I | The company believes the chemical is exempt/not subject to program: An "x" appears if the company's response has so indicated. A "?" appears if the response was unclear in this regard. A "part" appears if the company idnicates that only part of its production is exempt/not subject to the program. |
| J | The company believes the chemical is or could be covered by another sponsored chemical or category: An "x" appears if the company's response has so indicated. |
| K | The company believes the chemical (or its use) is safe/does not need testing: An "x" appears if the company's response has so indicated. |
| L | The company believes the chemical cannot/ should not be tested: An "x" appears if the company's response has so indicated. |
| M | The company is only one of several/ a minor producer or importer: An "x" appears if the company's response has so indicated. |
| N | The company intends to sponsor and/or provide needed data: An "x" appears if the company's response has so indicated. A "?" appears if the response was unclear in this regard. |
| O | The company wants or is willing to work with others and/or accept a test rule: An "x" appears if the company's response has so indicated. |
| P | The company produces the chemical for another company: An "x" appears if the company's response has so indicated. |
| Q | The company notified or made request to EPA (or plans to) regarding this chemical: An "x" appears if the company's response has so indicated. |
| R | Does the reason provided appear legitimate for company not to sponsor? Indicates our judgment, based on the response letter received from company, as to whether the reason(s) given are sufficient to justify non-sponsorship. See our report (Orphan Chemicals in the HPV Challenge: A Status Report) for more detail on the criteria we used. Y = reason(s) sufficient; N = reason(s) insufficient; ? = unclear; Sp? = one or more of the repondents indicate they intend to sponsor it or develop and submit data. |
| S | Summary of reason(s) provided by respondent: Our summary of the reason(s) provided by the company in its response, based on our reading of the letters available via the hyperlink(s) in Columns T and U. |
| T | Additional comments: Includes, where relevant and available, EPA's basis for the orphan status designation shown in Column O, including a link to the decision letter. |
CHANGES MADE IN EARLIER UPDATES (back to top)
[Note: Some of the hyperlinks in the earlier updates below are now out of date.]
11-30-06 update 8-23-06 update 4-3-06 update 12-20-05 Update 7-12-05 Update 3-3-05 Update 12-30-04 Update
7-30-04 Update 6-30-04 Update 4-05-04 Update 11-24-03 Update 10-31-03 Update 9-17-03 Update 6-27-03 Update
EPA's 11-30-06 listing of orphan chemicals was used as a reference on the unsponsored chemicals tab. Those chemicals subject to EPA's newly-issued TSCA Section 8a and 8d rules were also added to this tab; links to those rules are also available on www.epa.gov/chemrtk/index.htm.
This version was updated to reflect all test plans, comments on test plans and revised test plans posted on the EPA website (www.epa.gov/chemrtk/viewsrch.htm) through 11-30-06. Commitment data were updated to reflect the latest version of the EPA summary table of program commitments, dated 1-20-06, and available at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/sumresp.htm.
The International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) status indicators on the Commitments tab based on ICCA's Status Indicator Table, available at www.iccahpv.com/, were replaced by OECD status indicators, for those HPV chemicals being addressed through the OECD SIDS Program (see next bullet); ICCA is no longer maintaining and updating its indicator database.
The status of HPV chemicals being addressed through the OECD SIDS Program and the reference list of chemicals that are covered by final SIDS Initial Assessment Reports (SIARs) under the OECD SIDS Program are based on the OECD's HPV database (see http://cs3-hq.oecd.org/scripts/hpv/) were updated to be current as of 12-31-06. This information is used in columns J, U and V on the Commitments tab.
The list of unsponsored
chemicals* and their manufacturers and manufacturing volumes on the unsponsored chemicals
tab used:
1. The 1990 HPV Challenge Program Chemical List
dated 1-20-06
and downloadable from EPA's website at
www.epa.gov/chemrtk/hpvchmlt.htm,
and
2. Data from the
2002 TSCA Inventory
Update, available at
www.epa.gov/oppt/iur/iur02/index.htm;
we used these data to develop the list of companies reporting 1990 HPV chemicals in the
2002 Inventory Update, as well as for the manufacturing
volumes for the last five inventory updates (2002, 1998, 1994, 1990, and 1986).
EPA's 3-31-06 listing of orphan chemicals was used as a reference on the unsponsored chemicals tab. Those chemicals subject to EPA's newly-issued TSCA Section 8a and 8d rules were also added to this tab; links to those rules are also available on www.epa.gov/chemrtk/index.htm.
This version was updated to reflect all test plans, comments on test plans and revised test plans posted on the EPA website (www.epa.gov/chemrtk/viewsrch.htm) through 8-23-06. Commitment data were updated to reflect the latest version of the EPA summary table of program commitments, dated 1-20-06, and available at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/sumresp.htm.
The International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) status indicators on the Commitments tab based on ICCA's Status Indicator Table, available at www.iccahpv.com/, were replaced by OECD status indicators, for those HPV chemicals being addressed through the OECD SIDS Program (see next bullet); ICCA is no longer maintaining and updating its indicator database.
The status of HPV chemicals being addressed through the OECD SIDS Program and the reference list of chemicals that are covered by final SIDS Initial Assessment Reports (SIARs) under the OECD SIDS Program are based on the OECD's HPV database (see http://cs3-hq.oecd.org/scripts/hpv/) were updated to be current as of 8-10-06. This information is used in columns J, U and V on the Commitments tab.
The list of unsponsored
chemicals* and their manufacturers and manufacturing volumes on the unsponsored chemicals
tab used:
1. The 1990 HPV Challenge Program Chemical List
dated 1-20-06
and downloadable from EPA's website at
www.epa.gov/chemrtk/hpvchmlt.htm,
and
2. Data from the
2002 TSCA Inventory
Update, available at
www.epa.gov/oppt/iur/iur02/index.htm;
we used these data to develop the list of companies reporting 1990 HPV chemicals in the
2002 Inventory Update, as well as for the manufacturing
volumes for the last five inventory updates (2002, 1998, 1994, 1990, and 1986).
EPA's 3-31-06 listing of orphan chemicals was used as a reference on the unsponsored chemicals tab.
This version was updated to reflect all test plans, comments on test plans and revised test plans posted on the EPA website (www.epa.gov/chemrtk/viewsrch.htm) through 4-3-06. Commitment data were updated to reflect the latest version of the EPA summary table of program commitments, dated 1-20-06, and available at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/sumresp.htm.
The International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) status indicators on the Commitments tab (columns K and L) based on ICCA's Status Indicator Table, available at www.iccahpv.com/reports/indicator_form_progress.cfm?RequestTimeout=3000 were updated to be current as of 4-3-06.
The list of unsponsored
chemicals* and their manufacturers and manufacturing volumes on the unsponsored chemicals
tab used:
1. The 1990 HPV Challenge Program Chemical List
dated 1-20-06
and downloadable from EPA's website at
www.epa.gov/chemrtk/hpvchmlt.htm,
and
2. Data from the
2002 TSCA Inventory
Update, available at
www.epa.gov/oppt/iur/iur02/index.htm;
we used these data to develop the list of companies reporting 1990 HPV chemicals in the
2002 Inventory Update, as well as for the manufacturing
volumes for the last five inventory updates (2002, 1998, 1994, 1990, and 1986).
The reference list of chemicals that are covered by final SIDS Initial Assessment Reports (SIARs) under the OECD SIDS Program included all such chemicals listed in the OECD's HPV database (see http://cs3-hq.oecd.org/scripts/hpv/) as of 4-3-06. This list is used in column W on the Commitments tab.
EPA's 9-16-05 listing of orphan chemicals was used as a reference on the unsponsored chemicals tab.
This version was updated to reflect all test plans, comments on test plans and revised test plans posted on the EPA website (www.epa.gov/chemrtk/viewsrch.htm) through 12-20-05. Commitment data still reflected the version of the EPA summary table of program commitments dated 1-31-05, and available at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/sumresp.htm.
The International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) status indicators on the Commitments tab (columns K and L) based on ICCA's Status Indicator Table, available at www.iccahpv.com/reports/indicator_form_progress.cfm?RequestTimeout=3000 were updated to be current as of 12-14-05.
The list of unsponsored
chemicals* and their manufacturers and manufacturing volumes on the unsponsored chemicals
tab used:
1. The 1990 HPV Challenge Program Chemical List
dated 1-31-05
and downloadable from EPA's website at
www.epa.gov/chemrtk/hpvchmlt.htm,
and
2. Data from the
2002 TSCA Inventory
Update, available at
www.epa.gov/oppt/iur/iur02/index.htm;
we used these data to develop the list of companies reporting 1990 HPV chemicals in the
2002 Inventory Update, as well as for the manufacturing
volumes for the last five inventory updates (2002, 1998, 1994, 1990, and 1986).
The reference list of chemicals that are covered by final SIDS Initial Assessment Reports (SIARs) under the OECD SIDS Program included all such chemicals listed in the OECD's HPV database (see http://cs3-hq.oecd.org/scripts/hpv/) as of 12-14-05. This list is used in column W on the Commitments tab.
EPA's 7-5-05 listing of orphan chemicals was used as a reference on the unsponsored chemicals tab.
This version was updated to reflect all test plans, comments on test plans and revised test plans posted on the EPA website (www.epa.gov/chemrtk/viewsrch.htm) through 7-12-05. Commitment data were updated to reflect the latest version of the EPA summary table of program commitments, dated 1-31-05, and available at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/sumresp.htm.
The International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) status indicators on the Commitments tab (columns K and L) based on ICCA's Status Indicator Table, available at www.iccahpv.com/reports/indicator_form_progress.cfm?RequestTimeout=3000 were updated to those current as of 7-12-05.
The list of unsponsored
chemicals and their manufacturers and manufacturing volumes on the unsponsored chemicals
tab used:
1. The 1990 HPV Challenge Program Chemical List dated 1-31-05
and downloadable from EPA's website at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/hpvchmlt.htm,
and
2. Data from the 2002 TSCA Inventory
Update, available at www.epa.gov/oppt/iur/iur02/index.htm;
we used these data to develop the list of companies reporting 1990 HPV chemicals in the
2002 Inventory Update, as well as for the manufacturing volumes for the last five inventory updates (2002, 1998, 1994, 1990, and 1986).
A repository of all of the responses to Environmental Defense's February 2004 letters sent to companies that reported producing or importing unsponsored chemicals was moved to a separate tab called "ED letters." Hyperlinks to each response letter, and a summary of the nature of the response, are still provided. Because these letters have been superseded by more recent information, notably EPA's listing of orphan chemicals on its website, these letters do not necessarily reflect current information, and are provided primarily to retain a record of the responses.
The reference list of chemicals that are covered by final SIDS Initial Assessment Reports (SIARs) under the OECD SIDS Program included all such chemicals listed in the OECD's HPV database (see http://cs3-hq.oecd.org/scripts/hpv/) as of 7-21-05. This list is used in column W on the Commitments tab.
Summary Statistics were updated to reflect the status of commitments and test plan submissions under the Challenge through 3-3-05.
This version was updated to reflect all test plans, comments on test plans and revised test plans posted on the EPA website (www.epa.gov/chemrtk/viewsrch.htm) through 3-3-05. Commitment data continued to be based on the version of the EPA summary table of program commitments dated 5-28-04, and available at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/sumresp.htm.
The International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) status indicators on the Commitments tab (columns K and L) based on ICCA's Status Indicator Table, available at www.iccahpv.com/reports/indicator_form_progress.cfm?RequestTimeout=3000 remained those current as of 12-2-04.
EPA's designation of the "orphan" status of all unsponsored HPV Challenge program chemicals, based on its December 2004 report, Status and Future Directions of the High Production Volume (HPV) Challenge Program, was added to the unsponsored chemicals tab. This designation supplements that based on responses to Environmental Defense's survey of companies reporting production or import of the chemicals in the 2002 TSCA Inventory Update (click here to access our new report, Orphan Chemicals in the HPV Challenge: A Status Report), reflecting information we have received since it was issued.
Summary Statistics were updated to reflect the status of commitments and test plan submissions under the Challenge through 12-30-04.
This version was updated to reflect all test plans, comments on test plans and revised test plans posted on the EPA website (www.epa.gov/chemrtk/viewsrch.htm) through 12-30-04. Commitment data were updated to incorporate those in the version of the EPA summary table of program commitments dated 5-28-04, and available at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/sumresp.htm.
Errata and updates to our recent assessment of the "orphan" status of all unsponsored HPV Challenge program chemicals was added, based on responses to Environmental Defense's survey of companies reporting production or import of the chemicals in the 2002 TSCA Inventory Update (click here to access our new report, Orphan Chemicals in the HPV Challenge: A Status Report), reflecting information we received since it was issued.
Summary Statistics were updated to reflect the status of commitments and test plan submissions under the Challenge through 7-30-04.
This version was updated to reflect all test plans, comments on test plans and revised test plans posted on the EPA website (www.epa.gov/chemrtk/viewsrch.htm) through 7-30-04. Commitment data continued to be based on the version of the EPA summary table of program commitments dated 1-16-04, and available at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/sumresp.htm.
The International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) status indicators on the Commitments tab (columns K and L) remained those based on ICCA's Status Indicator Table, available at www.iccahpv.com/reports/ReportsMain.cfm and current as of 6-14-04.
The list of unsponsored
chemicals and their manufacturers and manufacturing volumes on the unsponsored chemicals
tab remained the same, using:
1. The 1990 HPV Challenge Program Chemical List dated 3-11-04
and downloadable from EPA's website at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/hpvchmlt.htm,
and
2. Data from the 2002 TSCA Inventory
Update, available at www.epa.gov/oppt/iur/iur02/index.htm;
we used these data to develop the list of companies reporting 1990 HPV chemicals in the
2002 Inventory Update, as well as for the manufacturing volumes for the last five inventory updates (2002, 1998, 1994, 1990, and 1986).
The reference list of chemicals that are covered by final SIDS Initial Assessment Reports (SIARs) under the OECD SIDS Program remained the same, and included all such chemicals listed in the OECD's HPV database (see http://cs3-hq.oecd.org/scripts/hpv/) as of 6-16-04. This list is used in column W on the Commitments tab.
The "orphans" tab was renamed "unsponsored chemicals" and gained a new column (Column O) that indicates whether the chemical is likely a "true orphan" -- an unsponsored chemical still produced at HPV levels based on the most recent production data publicly available.
Summary data from our survey of companies reporting producing or importing unsponsored chemicals in the 2002 TSCA Inventory Update were added in Columns P-AI on the "unsponsored chemicals" tab. The data include a classification and summary of the reasons provided by each responding company for their non-sponsorship of each associated chemical, and our assessment of whether the company's response was sufficient to justify non-sponsorship. A direct hyperlink to each company response is also provided (Columns T-U).
The International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) status indicators on the Commitments tab (columns K and L) were updated based on ICCA's Status Indicator Table, available at www.iccahpv.com/reports/ReportsMain.cfm and current as of 6-14-04.
This version was updated to reflect all test plans, comments on test plans and revised test plans posted on the EPA website (www.epa.gov/chemrtk/viewsrch.htm) through 6-30-04. Commitment data continued to be based on the latest version of the EPA summary table of program commitments, dated 1-16-04, and available at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/sumresp.htm.
The list of unsponsored
chemicals and their manufacturers and manufacturing volumes on the unsponsored chemicals
tab were updated using:
1. The 1990 HPV Challenge Program Chemical List dated 3-11-04
and downloadable from EPA's website at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/hpvchmlt.htm,
and
2. Data from the 2002 TSCA Inventory
Update, available at www.epa.gov/oppt/iur/iur02/index.htm;
we used these data to develop the list of companies reporting 1990 HPV chemicals in the
2002 Inventory Update, as well as for the manufacturing volumes for the last five inventory updates (2002, 1998, 1994, 1990, and 1986).
This tab also now indicates which chemicals' manufacturing volumes exceeded the HPV
threshold in the 2002 reporting cycle. In addition, if EPA has reported that a prior
commitment to sponsor a now-unsponsored chemical has been withdrawn, this withdrawal is
indicated along with the reason given by the withdrawing entity. In
such cases, or where we have received clarifying information directly from companies, we
have provided the information as part of the record for a given unsponsored chemical, and
have highlighted these records in red type.
The reference list of chemicals that are covered by final SIDS Initial Assessment Reports (SIARs) under the OECD SIDS Program was updated to include all such chemicals listed in the OECD's HPV database (see http://cs3-hq.oecd.org/scripts/hpv/) as of 6-16-04. This list is used in column W on the Commitments tab.
NEW FEATURE: A new Summary Statistics section was added, providing counts and graphs of numbers of sponsored chemicals, chemicals with test plans submitted, etc.
NEW FEATURE: The International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) is coordinating the sponsorship of many hundreds of HPV program chemicals through its ICCA Initiative, with assessments having been or to be conducted under the OECD SIDS Program, rather than directly under the HPV Challenge. ICCA has recently developed a set of status indicators for many of these chemicals to identify to what point in the OECD process work on a given chemical has progressed. For these "ICCA chemicals," we incorporated their corresponding status indicators into the Commitments tab (columns K and L), based on ICCA's Status Indicator Table, available at www.iccahpv.com/reports/ReportsMain.cfm and current as of 4-1-04.
This version was updated to reflect all test plans, comments on test plans and revised test plans posted on the EPA website (www.epa.gov/chemrtk/viewsrch.htm) through 4-5-04. Commitment data were updated to incorporate those in the version of the EPA summary table of program commitments dated 1-16-04, and available at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/sumresp.htm. In addition, a new column (column E) on the Commitments tab was added to indicate if EPA lists a particular commitment as being part of or otherwise associated with a consortium's sponsorship of a chemical.
The list of
"orphan" chemicals and their manufacturers and manufacturing volumes on the
orphans tab were updated using:
1. The 1990 HPV Challenge Program Chemical List dated 12-2-03
and downloadable from EPA's website at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/hpvchmlt.htm,
and
2. Data from the 2002 TSCA Inventory
Update, available at www.epa.gov/oppt/iur/iur02/index.htm;
we used these data to develop the list of companies reporting 1990 HPV chemicals in the
2002 Inventory Update, as well as for the manufacturing volumes for the last five inventory updates (2002, 1998, 1994, 1990, and 1986).
This tab also now indicates which chemicals' manufacturing volumes exceeded the HPV
threshold in the 2002 reporting cycle. In addition, if EPA has reported that a prior
commitment to sponsor a now-orphan chemical has been withdrawn, this withdrawal is
indicated along with the reason given by the withdrawing entity. In
such cases, or where we have received clarifying information directly from companies, we
have provided the information as part of the record for a given orphan chemical, and have
highlighted these records in red type.
The reference list of chemicals that are covered by final SIDS Initial Assessment Reports (SIARs) under the OECD SIDS Program was updated to include all such chemicals listed in the OECD's HPV database (see http://cs3-hq.oecd.org/scripts/hpv/) as of 4-2-04. This list is used in column W on the Commitments tab.
This version was updated to reflect all test plans, comments on test plans and revised test plans posted on the EPA website (www.epa.gov/chemrtk/viewsrch.htm) through 11-20-03. Commitment data remained the same as the prior version, based on the EPA summary table of program commitments dated 8-29-03, and available at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/sumresp.htm.
The list of orphan chemicals on the orphans tab was updated using the 1990 HPV Challenge Program Chemical List dated 9-10-03 and downloadable from EPA's website at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/hpvchmlt.htm. Orphan chemicals are those on that list that have: (1) a program status indicator of "0" (indicating they are within the scope of the US HPV Challenge Program), and (2) a sponsorship status indicator of "N" (indicating they have not been sponsored). Using the latest publicly available information (non-confidential information submitted by chemical manufacturers to EPA in 1998), for each orphan chemical we list the company or companies that identified themselves as manufacturers of the chemical. The data are taken from the 1998 List of Companies Reporting 1990 HPV chemicals, available for download from EPA's website at www.epa.gov/opptintr/chemrtk/hpvcolst.htm.
The reference list of chemicals that are covered by final SIDS Initial Assessment Reports (SIARs) under the OECD SIDS Program was updated to include all such chemicals listed in the OECD's HPV database (see http://cs3-hq.oecd.org/scripts/hpv/) as of 11-24-03. This list is used in column P on the Commitments tab.
This version was updated to reflect all test plans, comments on test plans and revised test plans posted on the EPA website (www.epa.gov/chemrtk/viewsrch.htm) through 10-31-03. Commitment data were also updated, based on the version of the EPA summary table of program commitments, dated 8-29-03, and available at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/sumresp.htm.
RECENTLY ADDED FEATURE: On the Test Plans tab, a new Column Y was added that indicates whether the sponsor has stated that it believes its dataset is final or that no additional testing is needed to provide a complete final dataset. (This statement may have been made in the original test plan, a revised test plan, or a response to comments.) Such an indication does NOT mean (a) necessarily that a final dataset has been submitted to EPA, or (b) that there has been an EPA or other independent review of the completeness or adequacy of the data.
The list of orphan chemicals on the orphans tab was updated using the 1990 HPV Challenge Program Chemical List dated 9-10-03 and downloadable from EPA's website at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/hpvchmlt.htm). Orphan chemicals are those on that list that have: (1) a program status indicator of "0" (indicating they are within the scope of the US HPV Challenge Program), and (2) a sponsorship status indicator of "N" (indicating they have not been sponsored). Using the latest publicly available information (non-confidential information submitted by chemical manufacturers to EPA in 1998), for each orphan chemical we list the company or companies that identified themselves as manufacturers of the chemical. The data are taken from the 1998 List of Companies Reporting 1990 HPV chemicals, available for download from EPA's website at www.epa.gov/opptintr/chemrtk/hpvcolst.htm.
The reference list of chemicals that are covered by final SIDS Initial Assessment Reports (SIARs) under the OECD SIDS Program was updated to include all such chemicals listed in the OECD's HPV database (see http://cs3-hq.oecd.org/scripts/hpv/) as of 10-8-03. This list is used in column P on the Commitments tab.
This version was updated to reflect all test plans, comments on test plans and revised test plans posted on the EPA website (www.epa.gov/chemrtk/viewsrch.htm) through 9-17-03. Commitment data were also updated, based on the version of the EPA summary table of program commitments, dated 7-18-03, and available at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/sumresp.htm.
NEW FEATURE: On the Test Plans tab, a new Column Y was added that indicates whether the sponsor has stated that it believes its dataset is final or that no additional testing is needed to provide a complete final dataset. (This statement may have been made in the original test plan, a revised test plan, or a response to comments.) Such an indication does NOT mean (a) necessarily that a final dataset has been submitted to EPA, or (b) that there has been an EPA or other independent review of the completeness or adequacy of the data.
The list of orphan chemicals on the orphans tab was updated using the 1990 HPV Challenge Program Chemical List dated 8-11-03 and downloaded from EPA's website at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/hpvchmlt.htm). Orphan chemicals are those on that list that have: (1) a program status indicator of "0" (indicating they are within the scope of the US HPV Challenge Program), and (2) a sponsorship status indicator of "N" (indicating they have not been sponsored). Using the latest publicly available information (non-confidential information submitted by chemical manufacturers to EPA in 1998), for each orphan chemical we list the company or companies that identified themselves as manufacturers of the chemical. The data are taken from the 1998 List of Companies Reporting 1990 HPV chemicals, available for download from EPA's website at www.epa.gov/opptintr/chemrtk/hpvcolst.htm.
The reference list of chemicals that are covered by final SIDS Initial Assessment Reports (SIARs) under the OECD SIDS Program was updated to include all such chemicals listed in the OECD's HPV database (see http://cs3-hq.oecd.org/scripts/hpv/) as of 8-5-03. This list is used in column P on the Commitments tab.
This version was updated to reflect all test plans, comments on test plans and revised test plans posted on the EPA website (www.epa.gov/chemrtk/viewsrch.htm) through 6-27-03. Commitment data were also updated, based on the version of the EPA summary table of program commitments dated 4-25-03 and available at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/sumresp.htm.
The list of orphan chemicals on the orphans tab was updated using the 1990 HPV Challenge Program Chemical List dated 5-21-03 and downloaded from EPA's website at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/hpvchmlt.htm). Orphan chemicals are those on that list that have: (1) a program status indicator of "0" (indicating they are within the scope of the US HPV Challenge Program), and (2) a sponsorship status indicator of "N" (indicating they have not been sponsored). Using the latest publicly available information (non-confidential information submitted by chemical manufacturers to EPA in 1998), for each orphan chemical we list the company or companies that identified themselves as manufacturers of the chemical. The data are taken from the 1998 List of Companies Reporting 1990 HPV chemicals, available for download from EPA's website at www.epa.gov/opptintr/chemrtk/hpvcolst.htm.
A new column (Column M) was added to the orphans tab that indicates if a listed chemical is covered under a proposed test rule issued by EPA on December 26, 2000 that, once finalized, would mandate testing by U.S. manufacturers/importers. The proposed rule, available at 65 FR 81658, originally covered 37 chemicals, 14 of which were subsequently sponsored.
The reference list of chemicals that are covered by final SIDS Initial Assessment Reports (SIARs) under the OECD SIDS Program was updated to include all such chemicals listed in the OECD's HPV database (see http://cs3-hq.oecd.org/scripts/hpv/) as of 6-23-03. This list is used in column P on the Commitments tab.
This version was updated to reflect all test plans, comments on test plans and revised test plans posted on the EPA website (www.epa.gov/chemrtk/viewsrch.htm) through 5-30-03. Commitment data remained the same as earlier versions, based on the version of the EPA summary table of program commitments dated 1-31-03, and available at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/sumresp.htm.
A new tab of data on "orphan"
chemicals and their manufacturers was added. These are chemicals that are
within the scope of the HPV Challenge Program (i.e. are on the program's core list of HPV chemicals), but have not been sponsored. More specifically,
orphan chemicals are those included on the 1990 HPV Challenge Program Chemical List (downloadable
from EPA's website at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/hpvchmlt.htm)
that have: (1) a program status indicator of "0" (indicating they are
within the scope of the US HPV Challenge Program), and (2) a sponsorship status indicator
of "N" (indicating they have not been sponsored).
Using the latest publicly available information
(non-confidential information submitted by chemical manufacturers to EPA in 1998), for
each orphan chemical we list the company or companies that
identified themselves as manufacturers of the chemical. The data are taken from the
1998 List of Companies Reporting 1990 HPV chemicals, available for download from EPA's
website at www.epa.gov/opptintr/chemrtk/hpvcolst.htm.
We also indicated whether or not the chemical's aggregate volume
reported as manufactured in the last reporting cycle (for 1998) exceeded the HPV level,
and provide the actual reported aggregate volumes for each of the last four reporting
cycles (1998, 1994, 1990 and 1986). These data are from a database file provided to Environmental Defense by EPA in November
2002 that includes non-confidential aggregated production/import volume data as reported
to EPA by chemical manufacturers and importers under the Inventory Update Rule (IUR).
For ICCA-sponsored chemicals (designated by an I or TI in column E on the "Commitments" tab) that are covered by final SIARs completed under the OECD SIDS Program (indicated in column P), test plan submittal under the U.S. program is moot and, therefore, instead of indicating whether their test plans are submitted, overdue or not yet due in column I, we have simply entered "NA (SIAR complete)."
This version was updated to reflect all test plans, comments on test plans and revised test plans posted on the EPA website (www.epa.gov/chemrtk/viewsrch.htm) through 4-25-03. Commitment data remained the same as earlier versions, based on the version of the EPA summary table of program commitments dated 1-31-03, and available at www.epa.gov/chemrtk/sumresp.htm.
Each of the data tabs gained an additional column (the rightmost column) headed "Comments from companies and consortia," which briefly summarizes any comments or clarifications received from sponsors regarding particular commitments, test plans or chemicals. Records with comments are also shown in red type. The remainder of the record, however, still reflects the official EPA information. Environmental Defense makes no representation as to the accuracy of the information provided in these comments.
The reference list of chemicals that are covered by final SIDS Initial Assessment Reports (SIARs) under the OECD SIDS Program was updated to include all such chemicals listed in the OECD's HPV database (see http://cs3-hq.oecd.org/scripts/hpv/) as of 4-17-03. This list is used in column P on the Commitments tab.
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