Plan To Target High-risk Chemicals Unveiled

摘要

A substance-specific enforcement strategy has been adopted by the Environment Agency to deal with the thorny issue of how to enforce the EU's new chemical regime in England and Wales. The approach is likely to be adopted by other enforcement bodies.rnMercury, perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), nonylphenol ethoxylate (NPE) and tributyltin are among the substances to be targeted by the Environment Agency in a strategy it has developed to enforce the EU's chemical regime, REACH. Enforcement activity is also planned around prohibitions on hexachlorobenzene and PCB contaminated equipment.rnThe Agency's enforcement strategy will tackle specific substances on a sequential basis. Outlining the details at the government's Chemicals Stakeholder Forum in January, it confirmed it plans to target hazardous substances by assessing compliance in the supply chains likely to use them.