Chemical Listing

Corrosion of a flammable liquid container from an improperly stored acid. 

Alkali and alkaline Earth metals Aluminum alkyls Ammonia 

Calcium oxide Carbon (activated) Carbon tetrachloride 

Chromic acid, nitric acid, hydroxyl containing compounds, 

Halogens (chlorine, fluorine, etc.), mercury, potassium, oxidizers, silver 

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The following is the current list of DEA List I and List II chemicals. List I chemicals can only be bought or owned if one has a DEA or state permit. List II chemicals can be purchased in any amount below the given threshold. If one requires an amount of List II chemical above the threshold amount, then will need the same DEA permit for List I chemicals. 

Visit gopher //ecosys.drdr.Virginia.edu 70/00/library/gen/toxics. This site contains EPA Fact Sheets. For each chemical list on the site you will find general hazard information. 

Make sure to pay a visit to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). You can perform quick searches by clicking onto the first letter of a chemical listed. The web-site address is the following http //atsdr 1.atsdr.cdc.gov 8080/toxfaq.html. This site also provides some links to other sites with chemical specific information and health risk data. 

Table II (see pages 40-48) contains the list of individual chemicals and categories of chemicals subject to 1988 calendar year reporting. Some of the chemicals listed in Table II have parenthetic qualifiers listed next to them. A chemical that is listed without a qualifier is subject to reporting in all forms in which it is manufactured, processed, and used.

Manufacturing qualifiers. Two of the entries to the section 313 chemical list contain a qualifier relating to manufacture. For isopropyl alcohol, the qualifier is "manufacturing-strong acid process. For saccharin, the qualifier simply is "manufacturing." For isopropyl alcohol, the qualifier means that only facilities which manufacture isopropyl alcohol by the strong acid process are required to report. In the case of saccharin, only manufacturers of the chemical are subject to the reporting requirements. A facility that processes or otherwise uses either chemical would not be required to report for those chemicals. In both cases, supplier notification does not apply because only manufacturers, not users, of the toxic chemical must report. 

SECTION 313 TOXIC CHEMICAL LIST FOR REPORTING YEAR 1989... 

Section 313 requires emissions reporting on the chemical categories listed below, in addition to the specific chemicals listed above. The metal compounds listed below, unless otherwise specified, are defined as including any unique chemical substance that contains the named metal (i.e., antimony, copper, etc.) as part of that chemical s structure. 

Go to the proper U.S. environmental legislation and obtain the MCLs for the chemicals listed in Table 9. 

Most of the long, scary-sounding chemicals listed on packages of supermarket bread are actually made from other foods they are added to prevent the starch in the bread from changing, oxidizing, or becoming moldy. 

Wisconsin DNR. 2001. Draft working list September 2000 NR 445 chemicals list. 

EPA. 1995c. Toxic Chemical Release Reporting Community Right-to-know. Specific toxic chemical listings. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Code of Eederal Regulations. 40 CER 372.65. 

Appendix 1 contains a number of references and links to chemical lists and resources to help identify chemicals of concern. In addition, it maybe useful to review the criteria used to classify substances via EU s Dangerous Substance Directive (67/548/EEC), Environment Canada s Ecological Categorization of Substances on the Domestic Substances List, or Health Canada s Categorization of Substances on the Domestic Substances List when establishing your organization s criteria for selecting chemicals of concern. 

Physico-chemical properties. Chemical and biochemical degradation pathways and physical mechanisms of removal or disappearance by transport process govern the fate of agrochemicals in the environment. Therefore, the physico-chemical properties of the chemical listed below regarding persistence in sediment or water are important ... 

The waste must contain one of the chemicals listed on the P or U list. 

DOT Identification Numbers Four-digit numbers proceeded by UN (United Nations) or NA (North American) that are used to identify the particular hazardous materials for regulation of transportation (e.g., the UN code number for chlorine trifluoride is UN1749). Haz Mat Response Teams (HMRTs) often refer to such numbers to identify specific chemicals listed in the Department of Transportation s Emergency Response Guidebook Double Gloving An additional set of gloves worn in addition to the already in-place protection. 

Ammoniacal ethanol is prepared by chilling ten liters of anhydrous denatured ethyl alcohol as commercially purchased in a freezer to well below 0° C. Next, 600 to 750 ml of liquid ammonia is drawn from a pressure cylinder into a 1000 ml graduate in a well ventilated area. The contents of the graduate are carefully poured into the chilled alcohol. The solution is then stirred to mix and warmed to room temperature. The solution should be at least two molar as determined by titration against standard acid solution to a methyl red endpoint. If titration is to be attempted, a little methyl red should be added to the chemical list. 

In fact, chemicals produced in quantities of 25,000 pounds or less per year comprise a negligible proportion of chemical output. Chemicals listed in the TSCA inventory had a combined production of nearly 4.1 trillion pounds in 1980. Chemicals that have production volumes under 100,000 pounds per year contribute only 0.006 percent to the total (12). A 25,000-pound exemption, then, would free an insignificant proportion of chemical production from reporting requirements. 

E.H. Hurst s overview introduced several themes pursued by other chemical industry speakers. The Dow Chemical Company s E.H. Blair analyzed the problem of setting priorities for testing the 55,000 existing chemicals listed in the TSCA inventory for their effects on health and the environment. Resources for such testing are not unlimited. A systematic classification was made of these substances by production volume. The 9.5% of these substances which account for 99.9% of reported production were divided further into categories such as organic, inorganic, and polymeric. 

The PSM chemical list is based on ratings in NFPA 49 (1975). Six of the 137 PSM chemicals are listed twice. 

The 1990 CAAA required EPA to promulgate regulations to prevent the accidental release of substances that could cause death, injury, or serious adverse effects to human health or the environment. Congress directed EPA to regulate at least 100 substances and to take into account several factors when developing a chemical list, including toxicity, reactivity, volatility, dispersibility, combustibility, or flammability of the substance, and amount of the substance. ... 

Unlike OSHA s use of criteria for covering classes of chemicals, such as the criterion for flammable substances as a class, EPA has used only chemical lists for the RMP regulation. The authority provided by Congress in the CAAA for EPA to develop the Accidental Release Prevention Requirements is explicit on the use of a List of Substances (Section 112[r][3]) to identify the covered chemicals. 

Many of the chemicals listed are extremely toxic and dangerous. No attempt has been made to differentiate between dangerous and safe chemicals. Unless you have knowledge to the contrary, you should assume that all chemicals are dangerous. 

Chemical Information Rules - Chemical List Yes 40 CFR 712.30 EPA 1982f... 

In the first place, PSM and RMP require that all responsible parties survey their industrial complexes where covered chemical processes are employed and to closely scrutinize these processes to determine if any of the 130+ Highly Hazardous Chemicals listed in OSHA s PSM and/or if any of the 140+ Extremely Hazardous Substances listed in USEPA s RMP are stored, handled, used, or produced on-site (e.g., off-gases, etc.). 

As mentioned, RMP addresses specific chemicals/materials (compounds) it addresses the accidental release of over one hundred chemical substances. Of the RMP chemicals listed, seventy-seven include acutely toxic chemical compounds and sixty-three flammable gases. Threshold quantity levels range from 500 pounds to 20,000 pounds. USEPA estimates that approximately 100,000+ sources are covered by the rule. The universe includes chemical and most other manufacturers, certain wholesalers and retailers, drinking-water systems, wastewater treatment works, ammonia refrigeration systems, chemical wholesalers and end users, utilities, propane retailers, and federal facilities. 

Many progressive companies have used the Substitution Principle to move towards the goal of clean production. Some downstream users of chemicals claim to only use benign chemicals in their processes and products. For instance, the McDonough Braungart team of consultants has worked with the Design Tex company to produce a carpet that is made with non-hazardous chemicals from their Positive chemical list. ... 

Promote the development and, v/here it deems appropriate, require the use of substitute or modified materials, products and processes to prevent the formation and release of the chemicals listed in Annex C, taking into consideration the general guidance on prevention and release reduction measures in Annex C and guidelines to be adopted by decision of the Conference of the Parties. ... 

According to the 1997 Directoiy of Chemical Producers (SRI 1997), only one eompany, Lomac, Ine. of Muskegon, Michigan, manufactures (that is, produees) 3,3 -dichlorobenzidine. By contrast, in 1986, there were approximately 10 suppliers of the chemical listed in the United States (NTP 1994). Current production volmnes of 3,3 -dichlorobenzidine for individual companies are considered confidential business information and cannot be reported. The United States International Trade Commission (USITC 1984a) reported a 1983 production volume of 3,3 -dichlorobenzidine-based dyes of over 18 million pounds in the United States. However, 3,3 -dichlorobenzidine is no longer used to manufacture dyes in the United States (CPMA 1998). Consimiption of 3,3 -dichlorobenzidine in the United States amoimted to 9.9 million pounds in 1987 (Hopmeier 1988). 

Colorimetric Procedures and Chemical Lists for Water and Wastewater Analysis", Hatch Chemical Co., Ames, Iowa, 1971. "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Waste-water", 14th ed., American Public Health Assoc., Inc., New York, 1975. 

The benefits of the DSHEA to the manufacturers of natural products is obvious. They can claim a variety of health benefits for their products in very general terms that may sound to consumers like health claims but usually are not. They also can (although they are unlikely to attempt to) sell products that do not contain the chemicals listed on the label, are not safe for human consumption, or are not effective at treating the conditions for which they are recommended. In some ways, this situation sounds similar to the conditions that existed at the beginning of the 20th century, when the FDA was created to deal with the false and misleading claims of patent medicine suppliers. 

In early 2003, the FDA proposed new regulations designed to deal with two ongoing issues contamination of such products and fraudulent practices used in their marketing. The new regulations required manufacturers to ensure that the products they sold were pure and free of dangerous contaminants and to ensure that they actually contained the chemicals listed on labels. 

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