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Commonwealth of Australia 2006 ISBN 0 9758470 8 2 This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from the Commonwealth. Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to the Commonwealth Copyright Administration, Attorney General’s Department, Robert Garran Offices, National Circuit, Canberra ACT 2600 or posted at http://www.ag.gov.au/cca PrefaceThis assessment was carried out under the National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS). This Scheme was established by the Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989 (Cwlth) (the Act), which came into operation on 17 July 1990. The principal aim of NICNAS is to aid in the protection of people at work, the public and the environment from the harmful effects of industrial chemicals. NICNAS assessments are carried out in conjunction with the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage, which carries out the environmental assessment for NICNAS. NICNAS has two major assessment programs: the assessment of human health and safety and environmental effects of new industrial chemicals prior to importation or manufacture; and the other focussing on the assessment of chemicals already in use in Australia in response to specific concerns about their health and/or environmental effects. There is an established mechanism within NICNAS for prioritising and assessing the many thousands of existing chemicals in use in Australia. Chemicals selected for assessment are referred to as Priority Existing Chemicals. This Priority Existing Chemical report has been prepared by the Director, NICNAS, in accordance with the Act. Under the Act manufacturers and importers of Priority Existing Chemicals (applicants) are required to apply for assessment. Applicants for assessment are given a copy of the draft report and 28 days to advise the Director of any errors. Following the correction of any errors, the Director provides applicants and other interested parties with a copy of the draft assessment report for consideration. This is a period of public comment lasting for 28 days during which requests for variation of the draft report may be made. Where variations are requested the Director’s decision concerning each request is made available to each respondent and to other interested parties (for a further period of 28 days). Notices in relation to public comment and decisions made appear in the Commonwealth Chemical Gazette. A person may apply (within 28 days) to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) for review of decision(s) where the Director has refused to vary the draft report as requested. The draft formaldehyde report was published in September 2005. Several parties submitted applications to vary the draft report. Following the Director's decisions concerning the variation requests, the Formaldehyde Council Inc., Australian Wood Panels Association Inc and Plywood Association of Australasia lodged applications with the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) in November 2005. All parties withdrew their applications before the hearing and the final order to dismiss the applications was made by the AAT in October 2006. This report is the final published report. In accordance with the Act, publication of this report revokes the declaration of this chemical as a Priority Existing Chemical, therefore manufacturers and importers wishing to introduce this chemical in the future need not apply for assessment. However, manufacturers and importers need to be aware of their duty to provide any new information to NICNAS, as required under Section 64 of the Act. For the purposes of Section 78(1) of the Act, copies of assessment reports for New and Existing Chemical assessments are freely available from the web (www.nicnas.gov.au) and may be inspected by the public at the library of the Office of Australian Safety and Compensation Council (OASCC). Summary Reports are published in the Commonwealth Chemical Gazette (http://www.nicnas.gov.au/Publications/Chemical_Gazette.asp), which are also available to the public at the ASCC library. Copies of this and other Priority Existing Chemical reports are available on the NICNAS website. Hard copies are available free of charge from NICNAS from the following address: GPO Box 58, Sydney, NSW 2001, AUSTRALIA Tel: +61 (2) 8577 8800 Fax: +61 (2) 8577 8888 Free call: 1800 638 528 Other information about NICNAS (also available on request and on the NICNAS web site) includes:
More information on NICNAS can be found at the NICNAS web site: http://www.nicnas.gov.au Other information on the management of workplace chemicals can be found at the web site of the Office of the Australian Safety and Compensation Council (OASCC): http://www.ascc.gov.au Directory: data -> assets -> word doc -> 0006 word doc -> Commonwealth of Australia 2002 word doc -> Commonwealth of Australia 2000 word doc -> Priority Existing Chemical word doc -> Rail safety news issue 6 – October 2011 word doc -> Review of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: Identifying 0006 -> Board Endorsed October 2009 amended 13-09-11 with extra units 0006 -> Rt Hon Andrew Lansley cbe mp secretary of State for Health 0006 -> Environmental Approvals Application Form Use this form Download 5.77 Mb. Share with your friends:
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