Understand how REACH requirements apply to your business!
US-based producers that market, or intend to market, products globally must understand the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) requirements of the European Union (EU) and REACH-like legislation being implemented in several Asian countries.
The REACH Compliance Manager™ course is designed for anyone challenged to comply with existing REACH requirements or interested in how similar requirements could be enacted in the United States.
This course includes presentation of the major provisions of REACH, timetables for required actions, chemicals regulated, and sources of guidance materials and computerized tools to assist US industry professionals in meeting REACH requirements. The REACH Compliance Manager™ course will also address issues such as the development of an internal program to address supply-chain issues for customers under REACH, as well as contributing information to the Substance Information Exchange Forums (SIEFs).
You will gain a full understanding of concepts, standards, and tools necessary to confidently meet REACH requirements.
Topics Covered Include:
- Intent and scope of REACH
- How REACH applies to US Exporters
- EU regulatory structure for hazardous chemicals
- European Chemical Agency (ECHA)
- Chemicals regulated under REACH
- Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC)
- Registration dossiers and notifications
- Chemical safety reports
- Chemical exposure scenarios
- Maintaining access to EU markets and specialty materials
- Protecting trade secret or confidential company information
- Requirements for communication within the supply chain, the SIEFs, and Consortiums
- Available compliance tools
Our Continuing Education Matrix provides a summary of current professional certification credits, maintenance points, and CEUs awarded to Institute courses.
Dr. Elizabeth Dederick has more than 10 years of experience working in chemical risk assessment and regulatory affairs. She is a subject matter expert in exposure assessment and modeling, exposure factors, REACH, GHS, and training in risk assessment and related topics. Dr. Dederick played a lead role in the development of over 75 chemical safety assessments for HPV chemicals in advance of the REACH 2010 registration deadline. She also managed a team of toxicologists in the re-classification of metals according to GHS recommendations in over 30 regulatory jurisdictions. She is also an experienced instructor. Dr. Dederick has developed teaching materials and taught students of varying levels of scientific expertise in exposure and risk assessment, exposure modeling, and chemical regulatory affairs. Dr. Dederick has made a number of presentations at scientific conferences. Most recently, Dr. Dederick presented a comparison of the exposure science requirements of domestic and international regulations including TSCA, FIFRA, REACH, CEPA, BPD (now the European Biocides Regulation), and the California Green Chemistry Bill at a special session of ISES and SETAC and the ISES annual meeting. Dr. Dederick holds a Ph.D. in Health Policy and Management and a Master’s degree in Environmental Health Science from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is a Senior Scientist with The LifeLine Group, the owner of EDG Consulting, and an instructor for the Aarcher Institute of Environmental Training.
