Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2020-0548-0006
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2021-09-22T04:00Z

UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20460
                                       
                             OFFICE OF CHEMICAL SAFTEY
AND POLLUTION PREVENTION

RE:  	Conference calls with American Chemistry Council on Risk Management under TSCA Section 6, Aliphatic Cyclic Bromide Cluster (HBCD) 
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Meeting Summary
On January 21, 2021, EPA held a conference call with Christina Franz, Senior Director of Regulatory & Technical Affairs at the American Chemistry Council (ACC), and several of her colleagues, to discuss the chemical called HBCD (hexabromocyclododecane), used in rigid foam insulation board. In September 2020, the final Risk Evaluation was published which found that there are unreasonable risks to the environment and workers if HBCD is released from insulation boards at certain work sites.  Federal law requires EPA to regulate this chemical to address the unreasonable risks. This was the second meeting with ACC, to gather more information for the rulemaking, as well as meeting potential small businesses for an SBAR panel. 

Attendees
EPA: 
Sue Slotnick
Doug Parsons
Sarah Cox
Timothy Lehman
Alie Muneer
Alex Smith
Erik Winchester
Robert Courtnage
Claudia Menache

ACC:
Christina Franz
Benjamin Gann
Jeffrey Greenwald
Walter Reiter
Eric Banks
Susan Hartigan
David Mann
Max Rietschier