REACH in the Pre-Registration Window and Beyond
A Program for U.S. Businesses
September 10, 2008 - Arlington, Virginia

JUST ADDED: Representative Diana DeGette (D-Co), Vice Chair of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and Richard Denison from the Environmental Defense Fund will address emerging chemical management initiatives in the U.S.

On September 10, 2008, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (MLA), TSGE and Chemical Watch will present a day-long program designed for U.S. companies confronting the complex regulatory requirements and business impacts of REACH. This timely, first-of-its-kind program will address the most critical implementation issues, including those that have emerged since the Pre-Registration window opened in June 2008, and will examine how REACH may be causing market access and supply chain disruptions and, in turn, erecting significant barriers to trade. We will also focus on emerging TSCA legislative reform measures that, if enacted, would create a REACH-style system of chemicals management in the United States.

The program will feature expert presentations from individuals and from two panels drawn from industry, government and the NGO community.

Speakers

• NEW: Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Co), Vice Chair of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, United States House of Representatives
• NEW: Richard Denison, Environmental Defense Fund
• Jeffrey Weiss, Senior Director, Technical Barriers to Trade, Office of the United States Trade Representative
• Malachy Hargadon, Delegation of the European Commission to the United States
• Daryl Ditz, Center for International Environmental Law (member of the ChemSec Advisory Committee)
• Bill Allmond, Director, Government Relations, Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association (SOCMA)
• Steve Goldberg, Vice President and Associate General Counsel, BASF
• Christina Simon, Corporate Program Manager, REACH, Lockheed Martin
• Robert Matthews, Partner, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
• Ursula Schliessner, Partner, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
• Joseph K. Dowley, Partner, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
• Flavia Distefano, Partner, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
• Louis Wyness, Director, TSGE
• Mamta Patel, Editor, Chemical Watch

Program Highlights

REACH

• Trade barrier considerations - Senior Director of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative leads interactive discussion seeking to identify how REACH is impacting the competitive trade position of U.S. companies and possible USTR remedies.
• SVHCs: the Candidate and SIN Lists - Member of the ChemSec Advisory Committee critiques the official Candidate List and explains the criteria and process used to place up to 300 hazardous substances on their own REACH SIN (Substitute It Now!) List to be announced in September.
• Updates and analyses of pre-registration and other REACH implementation issues - Industry and government representatives address only representatives, substances in articles, SIEFs/consortia, supply chain impacts.

TSCA Reform

• Prospects and Politics in the TSCA Reform Debate - Representative Diana DeGette, Vice Chair of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, discusses the outlook for emerging TSCA legislative reform measures (e.g. the Kid-Safe Chemicals Act) that may lead to a REACH-style system of chemicals management in the United States.
• Kid-Safe Chemicals Act, ChAMP and other chemicals management initiatives - Representatives from industry and the NGO community analyze and consider the merits and impacts of the "KSCA" proposed legislation and other related initiatives.

Who Should Attend this Program?

This course is designed to provide important and practical insights for the entire spectrum of corporate disciplines that are, or should be, involved in the short and long term REACH planning and implementation process. We encourage corporate executives, product and value chain managers, regulatory specialists, R&D personnel and counsel, among others, to attend.

For more information about this REACH program,
please visit www.REACH-USA.com or
contact Bob Matthews at rmatthews@mckennalong.com.

About the Program Hosts 
 

McKenna Long & Aldridge McKenna Long & Aldridge provides REACH counseling to clients in the U.S. and Europe across a wide range of issues, including business impact analyses and planning, pre-registration and registration requirements and options, consortia formation and management and product defense.

TSGE TSGE is a European regulatory consulting company that serves as an only representative and provides scientific and registration services to clients across all disciplines required by REACH, including human health experts, ecotoxicologists, physical chemists, and risk assessors.

Chemical Watch Chemical Watch publishes news and intelligence to help companies meet responsibilities under chemicals legislation such as REACH by keeping readership updated on the policy and business trends across the EU, North America and Asia.

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