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C HEM V IEW : EPA S W EB T OOL FOR TSCA C HEM ICALS S OCIETY FOR C HEM ICAL H AZARD C OM M UNICATION M EETING , C HARLESTON , SC Sheila Canavan, Associate Director Chemical Control Division, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention


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CHEM VIEW: EPA’S W EB TOOL FOR TSCA CHEM ICALS

SOCIETY FOR CHEM ICAL HAZARD COM M UNICATION M EETING, CHARLESTON, SC

Sheila Canavan, Associate Director Chemical Control Division, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention U.S. EP A

| M arch 25, 2014|

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AGENDA

§ Background § Purpose of ChemView § Content § Who Does ChemView Help? § Searching the database § Future Implementation Areas § Seeking Feedback

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BACKGROUND

§ Increasing transparency is a key element of EP

A’s chemicals management program

§ Previously, EP

A had multiple databases with various TSCA chemical information

  • Information was difficult to find and use

§ Stakeholders indicated a strong interest in viewing EP

A’s TSCA “ file cabinet”

§ In 2012 we made the decision to bring together

information EP A has received or developed about chemicals regulated under TSCA in one place: ChemView.

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PURPOSE OF CHEM VIEW

§ To improve and streamline public access to

information on TSCA chemicals

§ Features of the database

  • Easy to use

‹ One screen: search parameters on the left; search results on

the right

  • Ability to search with multiple parameters (chemical

name, use, category, endpoint)

  • Summary and in-depth levels of detail on TSCA

chemicals

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CONTENT

§

ChemView reflects four key types of information:

  • Data submitted to EP

A under TSCA ‹

T est data

Health and safety studies

Substantial risk reports

  • EP

A-developed assessments ‹

Hazard Characterizations (HCs), Alternative Assessments, Safer Chemicals Ingredients List (SCIL), IRIS

  • EP

A actions ‹

Rules (e.g., SNURs) and other actions

  • M anufacturing, Processing, Use and Release Data

Chemical Data Reporting, T

  • xics Release Inventory

§

Phased approach to entering data; currently ~1,500 chemicals

  • EP

A will add chemicals and functionality regularly

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W HO DOES CHEM VIEW HELP?

§ Chemical Users – EP

A’s target audience

  • Processors, formulators, distributors can compare available data
  • n multiple chemicals
  • Promotes informed decision making and safer chemical choices by

chemical user community § Additional Users

  • Risk Assessors

‹ Ready access to publicly available screening level information, as well as

source documents

  • Risk Communicators

‹ At a glance results on the information EP

A has on TSCA chemicals

‹ Data provided to EP

A on health/environmental effects; EP A assessments

  • f chemicals (e.g., HCs, alternative assessments); regulatory information
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Search Criteria Choose which outputs will appear in the results. Chemical groups such as Design for Environment: Safer Chemical Ingredient List Chemical categories such as anilines

  • r cobalt

compounds Thumbnail of chemical structure is displayed. Results are color-coded against the selections in the Output section. Note: These are “ and” criteria

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ChemView Highlights

Chemical “ home page” describes available info

Chemical name and synonyms Structure Effects and number of endpoint test submissions Output type

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ChemView Highlights

First layer of results include:

Quick view of all results under one type of endpoint

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ChemView Highlights

Second layer of results include:

Link to full source document Chemical information Short summary and description by effect, endpoint, and testing submission

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ChemView Highlights

Source document

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ChemView Highlights

Example of USE selection with across the board results – Solvent

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ChemView Highlights

Example of USE (Solvent) and Endpoint selection for developmental/ reproductive selection with across the board results

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FUTURE IM PLEM ENTATION AREAS

§ Add content § Enhance search capabilities for specific

audiences

§ Enhance scope through tabs to related chemical

information (EP A, Federal, International)

§ Continue outreach and solicit feedback § Infrastructure enhancements

  • One EP

A portal for chemical safety.

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SEEKING FEEDBACK

§ Planned survey to seek feedback from users

later this Spring.

§ Comment feature built into the web site. EP

A encourages comments/suggestions for improvements. www.epa.gov/chemview Thank you!