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ITRC A Catalyst for Change ITRC Spring Meeting Garden Grove, California Debbie Raphael Director of DTSC California Department of Environmental Toxic Substances Protection Agency Control ITRC Mission Develop information resources and

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California Environmental Protection Agency

ITRC – A Catalyst for Change ITRC Spring Meeting Garden Grove, California Debbie Raphael Director of DTSC

Department of Toxic Substances Control

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ITRC Mission

Develop information resources and help

break down barriers to

the acceptance and use of technically-sound innovative solutions to environmental challenges through an

active network of diverse

professionals

DTSC

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DTSC

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ITRC as Catalyst Lower “activation energy” for change – across states, across technologies Not “used up” by the reaction – have a system to keep tackling new issues

DTSC

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Fledgling ITRC

In the beginning….

DTSC

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ITRC: CA is heavily invested

  • Membership
  • 80 (Government & Industry)
  • Leadership
  • Every year since 2008: a Team

Lead and/or a member of the Board

  • Training
  • About 9,000 attendees since

inception

DTSC

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DTSC

Stephen Michael DiZio

DTSC

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DTSC

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CA Environmental Protection Agency

  • Department of Toxic Substances

Control

  • State Water Resources Control Board
  • Air Resources Board
  • Office of Environmental Health Hazard

Assessment

  • Department of Pesticide Regulation
  • CalRecycle

DTSC

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  • Dept. of

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  • xic Substances Control
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DTSC

DTSC

The best of times, the worst…

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What’s New in California

  • Draft Fracking Regulations

(SB4)

  • Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal

Resources (DOGGR)

  • Role of Environmental Agencies
  • Groundwater/Air Impacts
  • Seismic Issues
  • Disposal of “process water”
  • Trade Secrets – mandates disclosure

DTSC

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DTSC

Toxics in Consumer Products…

DTSC

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Shopping for Consumer Products Shouldn’t require a PhD…

  • r a large

bank account

DTSC

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Manufacturers must answer the question:

Is it necessary?

DTSC

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How It Works: The SCP Regulations

DTSC

  • 1. Chemicals
  • 2. Products

(Product-Chemical Combinations)

  • 3. Alternatives

Analysis

Candidate Chemicals List Priority Products

Alternatives Selection

  • 4. Regulatory

Response

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DTSC

Initial List of Candidate Chemicals: ~1,000

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Selecting Products: Key Prioritization Principles

For each listed Priority Product there must be:

  • Potential exposure(s) to the Candidate

Chemicals in the product AND

  • Potential for exposures to contribute

to or cause significant or widespread adverse impacts

DTSC

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DTSC

DTSC

Children’s foam-padded sleeping products with chlorinated Tris (TDCP)

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Paint/varnish remover/strippers, surface cleaners with methylene chloride

DTSC

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DTSC

DTSC

Spray polyurethane foam systems with unreacted diisocyanates

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Signal to the Marketplace…

DTSC

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Environmental Justice

DTSC

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DTSC

Balance the interests of communities

Don't bring hazardous waste to my community Don't leave hazardous waste in my community

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Newly Funded Projects Long Term Management Using Institutional Controls (5 DTSC

members)

Geostatistics for Remediation Optimization (led by Ning-Wu Chang)

Remediation Management of Complex Sites (5 DTSC members)

DTSC

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DTSC & ITRC Shared Values

Integrity Excellence Change Innovation

DTSC