CCSCCSAustralia’s Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) announced a proposed scheduling of serval brominated flame retardants (BFR) under the nation’s Industrial Chemicals Environment Management Scheme (IChEMS).
The intended four BFR are listed under the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants (POP):
Substance1 | Scope | Requirement for presence as UTC | Proposed effective date |
Tetra-, penta-, hexa-, hepta and octaBDE | Substances: | ≤ 10 mg/kg for each of tetra-, penta-, hexa-, hepta- and octaBDE | July 1, 2024 |
on their own | |||
in mixtures | |||
Articles | ≤ 500 mg/kg for sum of tetra-, penta-, hexa-, hepta-, octa-, nona- and decaBDE | July 1, 2024 | |
HBCDD, including α-, β- and γ-HBCDD | Substances: | ≤ 100 mg/kg | July 1, 2024 |
on their own | |||
in mixtures | |||
Articles | ≤ 100 mg/kg | July 1, 2024 | |
Nona- and decaBDE | Substances: | ≤ 10 mg/kg for each of nona- and decaBDE | July 1, 2025 |
on their own | |||
in mixtures | |||
Articles | ≤ 500 mg/kg for sum of tetra, penta-, hexa-, hepta-, octa-, nona- and decaBDE | July 1, 2025 |
More details original information website:
https://www.dcceew.gov.au/environment/protection/chemicals-management/national-standard/ichems-online-register/octabde-heptabde-hexabde#listing-in-the-industrial-chemicals-environmental-management-register-instrument-2022
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