Environment, Health & Safety

News

• IPC Environmental Symposium Addresses Recent Revisions to Regulations and Strategies to Achieve Compliance
• IPC Webinar on Proposed RoHS Revisions
• Proposed RoHS Revisions Released
  IPC Remains Cautious Until Directive is Finalized
• IPC Environmental Symposium to Tackle Compliance with Changing Legislation and Customer Requirements
• IPC Delivers Comments to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Regarding Electronic Devices
• IPC Voices Continued Concerns Over RoHS Revisions
• IPC White Paper Voices Scientific Perspective on Proposed Revisions to RoHS Directive
• IPC’s Lobbying for New Definition of Solid Waste Rule Wins Big
  PCB Industry Could Save Millions with New EPA Rule
• EHS Update - November-December 2008 (Members Only)
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Environmental Issues

• Definition of Solid Waste (DSW) Rule
• Newly Published IPC Guide to Environmental Megatrends Steers Companies through Environmental Regulations and Issues

REACH

• IPC Releases REACH Guidebook As Pre-Registration Deadline Approaches
• REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals) – a 10,000 foot summary
• Results of IPC Survey on REACH Preparedness in the North American and European Electronic Interconnect Industry (July 2008) (.pdf)

RoHS and Lead Free

• RoHS/Lead Free Web site
  • IPC Efforts During RoHS Review
  • IPC and JEDEC Announce International Conference Offering Solutions to Challenges Posed by Lead-Free Electronics Manufacturing
  • The Electronic Interconnection Supply Chain’s Response to Öko-Institut Recommendations for Proposed Revisions to the RoHS Directive (white paper)
• Toxic Release Inventory (TRI)
• Halogen Free and Brominated Flame Retardants
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Health and Safety Issues

• OSHA Recordkeeping Guidance
• OSHA’s Hazard Communication Web site
Information available on the HazCom standard, MSDS, compliance assistance, and other technical resources

Comments and Testimony

• May 15, 2008 - IPC Responds to the CA Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) Questions Regarding Strengthening Consumer Protection Under the CA Green Chemistry Initiative
• April 23, 2008 - IPC Comments to CA Department of Toxic Substances Control on the CA Green Chemistry Initiative
• April 14, 2008 – IPC Comments to EPA on the Proposed Area Source NESHAP (National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants) for Plating and Polishing Operations
• March 27, 2008 - IPC Comments to the Öko-Institut Regarding their List of Potentially Hazardous Substances in EEE (.pdf)
• January 10, 2008 - IPC Comments to the European Commission on the RoHS Review (.pdf)
• January 7, 2008 – IPC Comments to OMB on EPA’s TRI Information Collection Requests (ICR) (.pdf)

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