Document ID: EPA-HQ-OPPT-2008-0758-0013
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2010-11-04T04:00Z

Form for submission of information specified in Annex F of the
Stockholm Convention pursuant to Article 8 of the Convention

Chemical name (as used by the POPs Review Committee)
Hexabromocyclododecane

Explanatory note: 

1.	This chemical is undergoing a risk management evaluation. It has
already satisfied the screening criteria set out in paragraph 4 (a) of
Article 8 of the Convention. A risk profile has also been completed for
this chemical in accordance with paragraph 6 of Article 8 and with Annex
E to the Convention.

Introductory information

Name of the submitting Party/observer	

Contact details (name, telephone, e-mail) of the submitting
Party/observer	

Date of submission

	

Additional Annex E information

(i) Production data, including quantity and location	

(ii) Uses	

(iii) Releases, such as discharges, losses and emissions	

Explanatory note:

2.	This information was requested for preparation of the risk profile in
accordance with Annex E of the Convention. Please provide any additional
or updated information.

(a) Efficacy and efficiency of possible control measures in meeting risk
reduction goals (provide summary information and relevant references):

(i) Describe possible control measures	

(ii) Technical feasibility	

(iii) Costs, including environmental and health costs	

Explanatory note:

3.	“Risk reduction goals” refers to targets or goals to reduce or
eliminate releases from intentional production and use, unintentional
production, stockpiles and wastes and to reduce or avoid risks
associated with long-range environment transport.

4.	Possible control measures could include the following:

(a)	Prohibition or restriction of production, use, import and export;

(b)	Control of discharges or emissions;

(c)	Replacement of the chemical by alternatives;

(d)	Termination of processes which could lead to unintentional release
of the chemical;

(e)	Clean-up of contaminated sites;

(f)	Environmentally sound management of obsolete stockpiles;

(g)	Prohibition of reuse and recycling of wastes or stockpiles;

(h)	Establishment of exposure limits in the workplace;

(i)	Establishment of maximum residue limits in water, soil, sediment or
food.

	5.	The following factors may influence the efficacy and efficiency of
possible control measures:

(a)	Legal, administrative, and enforcement measures in place including
adequately trained personnel;

(b)	Monitoring measures in place including of suitable laboratory and
monitoring capability;

(c)	Risk communication system and public participation;

(d)	Accessibility of alternative chemicals or processes;

(e)	Accessibility of safe installations and technology to eliminate
stockpiles.

6.	Technical feasibility refers to whether a control measure already
exists or is expected to be developed in the foreseeable future and
possible challenges to its implementation. The following factors may be
considered:

(a)	What measures would be needed to effectively prohibit or restrict
production and use;

(b)	Chemical or non-chemical alternatives which are already in use or
which could be phased-in;

(c)	National standards for best available techniques and best
environmental practices (BAT/BEP) and inventory of installations meeting
the BAT/BEP standards;

(d)	Projects in progress involving elimination of stockpiles and
clean-up of contaminated sites.

7.	If relevant, provide information on uses for which there may be no
suitable alternative or for which the analysis of social and economic
factors justifies the inclusion of an exemption to any control measure
adopted by the Conference of the Parties. Identify critical uses by
detailing the negative impact on society that would result if no
exemption is permitted. Explain why the exemption is technically or
scientifically necessary and why potential alternatives are not
technically or scientifically viable. In addition, provide a list of
sources taken into account in arriving at the conclusion that no
alternatives exist for a particular use.

8.	Where relevant and possible costs should be expressed in United
States dollars per year.

(b) Alternatives (products and processes) (provide summary information
and relevant references):

(i) Describe alternatives 	

(ii) Technical feasibility	

(iii) Costs, including environmental and health costs	

(iv) Efficacy 	

(v) Risk	

(vi) Availability	

(vii) Accessibility	

Explanatory note:

9.	Alternatives could include chemical and non-chemical alternatives
such as a substitute chemical, material, product, system, production
process or strategy for a specified end use of the chemical under
consideration. Provide a brief description of any alternative product or
process and, if appropriate, the sectors, uses or users for which it
would be relevant. If several alternatives can be envisaged for the
chemical under consideration, including non-chemical alternatives,
provide information under this section for each alternative.

10.	Technical feasibility refers to whether an alternative technology
exists and is applicable or is expected to be developed in the
foreseeable future. Specify for each proposed alternative whether it has
actually been implemented, whether it has only reached the trial stage
or whether it is just a proposal. If an alternative has not been tried
or tested, information on projected impacts may also be useful. 

11.	Evaluation of costs should include environmental and health costs.

12.	Evaluation of efficacy should include any information on
performance, benefits, costs and limitations of potential alternatives.

13.	Evaluation of risk should include any information on whether a
proposed alternative has been thoroughly tested or evaluated in order to
avoid inadvertently increasing risks to human health and the
environment. It should also include any information on potential risks
associated with untested alternatives and any increased risk over the
life-cycle of alternatives, including manufacture, distribution, use,
maintenance and disposal.

14.	Availability refers to whether an alternative is on the market and
ready for immediate use.

15.	Accessibility refers to the extent to which geographic, legal or
other limiting factors affect whether an alternative can be used.
Information or comments on improving the availability and accessibility
of alternatives may also be useful.

16.	Specify if the information provided is connected to the specific
needs and circumstances of developing countries. 

(c) Positive and/or negative impacts on society of implementing possible
control measures  (provide summary information and relevant references):

(i) Health, including public, environmental and occupational health	

(ii) Agriculture, including aquaculture and forestry	

(iii) Biota (biodiversity) 	

(iv) Economic aspects	

(v) Movement towards sustainable development	

(vi) Social costs	

Explanatory note:

17.	Social and economic considerations could include: 

(a)	Information on the impact, cost and benefits to the local, national
and regional economy, including the manufacturing sector and industrial
and other users (e.g., capital costs and benefits associated with the
transition to the alternatives), and impacts on agriculture and
forestry;

(b)	Information on the impact on the wider society associated with the
transition to alternatives, including the negative and positive impacts
on public, environmental and occupational health. Consideration should
also be given to the positive and negative impacts on the natural
environment and biodiversity;

(c)	Information on the costs and benefits associated with
environmentally sound management of waste and stockpiles of the chemical
under consideration and the clean-up of contaminated sites.

18.	Information should be provided on how control measures fit within
national sustainable development strategies and plans. Developing
countries, countries with economies in transition and small island
developing States should describe their need for technical assistance to
implement certain control measures.

(d) Waste and disposal implications (in particular, obsolete stocks of
pesticides and clean-up of contaminated sites) (provide summary
information and relevant references):

(i) Technical feasibility	

(ii) Costs	

Explanatory note:

19.	The information provided on technical feasibility and costs should
take the local context into account. This is particularly important for
developing countries, countries with economies in transition, and small
island developing States that require technical and financial
assistance.

(e) Access to information and public education  (provide summary
information and relevant references):

Explanatory note: 

20.	Please provide details on access to information and public education
with respect to both control measures and alternatives.

(f) Status of control and monitoring capacity (provide summary
information and relevant references):

Explanatory note: 

21.	With regard to control capacity, the information required is on
legislative and institutional frameworks for the chemical under
consideration and their enforcement. 

22.	With regard to monitoring capacity, the information required is on
the technical and institutional infrastructure for the environmental
monitoring and bio-monitoring of the chemical under consideration.
Please provide information on monitoring work relating to the
Convention’s priority matrices (ambient air, maternal milk, human
blood) and other health or environmental matrices (water, soil,
sediment, food, aquatic and telluric fauna, migratory birds, etc.).

(g) Any national or regional control actions already taken, including
information on alternatives, and other relevant risk management
information:

Explanatory note: 

23.	Actions or measures taken could include prohibitions, phase-outs,
restrictions, cleanup of contaminated sites, waste disposal, economic
incentives and other non-legally binding initiatives.

24.	Information could include details on whether these control actions
have been cost-effective in providing the desired benefits and have had
a measurable impact on reducing levels of the chemical in the
environment and have contributed to risk reduction.

(h) Other relevant information for the risk management evaluation:

Explanatory note: 

25.	Please provide any other relevant information for the risk
management evaluation.

I. Other information requested by the POPRC:

Explanatory note: 

26.	The Committee may identify specific information required for the
process of preparing a risk management evaluation in addition to Annex F
information. Please provide any such information that you may have as
indicated in the letter from the Secretariat inviting Parties and
observers to provide information.

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