File No: STD/1511 May 2015 NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS NOTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT SCHEME (NICNAS) PUBLIC REPORT PS-111 Mod Starch Powder (INCI name: Sodium Hydrolyzed Potato Starch Dodecenyl Succinate) This Assessment has been compiled in accordance with the provisions of the Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989 (the Act) and Regulations. This legislation is an Act of the Commonwealth of Australia. The National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS) is administered by the Department of Health, and conducts the risk assessment for public health and occupational health and safety. The assessment of environmental risk is conducted by the Department of the Environment. For the purposes of subsection 78(1) of the Act, this Public Report may be inspected at our NICNAS office by appointment only at Level 7, 260 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010. This Public Report is also available for viewing and downloading from the NICNAS website or available on request, free of charge, by contacting NICNAS. For requests and enquiries please contact the NICNAS Administration Coordinator at: Street Address: Level 7, 260 Elizabeth Street, SURRY HILLS NSW 2010, AUSTRALIA. Postal Address: GPO Box 58, SYDNEY NSW 2001, AUSTRALIA. TEL: + 61 2 8577 8800 FAX: + 61 2 8577 8888 Website: www.nicnas.gov.au Director NICNAS
This notification has been conducted under the cooperative arrangement with Canada. The health and environmental hazard assessment components of the Canadian report were provided to NICNAS and, where appropriate, used in this assessment report. The other elements of the risk assessment and recommendations on safe use of the notified chemical were carried out by NICNAS. APPLICANT AND NOTIFICATION DETAILS Akzo Nobel Pty Ltd (ABN: 50000119424) 8 Kellaway Place, Wetherill Park NSW 2164 Standard (Reduced Fee Notification): Chemical than polymer (more than 1 tonne per year) - Assessed by Comparable Agency 75 Data items and details claimed exempt from publication: chemical name, CAS number, molecular and structural formulae, molecular weight, analytical data, degree of purity, polymer constituents, residual monomers, impurities, use details, import volume 24 Variation to the schedule of data requirements is claimed as follows: All physico-chemical endpoints except water Solubility, hydrolysis as a function of pH, partition Co-efficient and particle Size. Canada (2012) IDENTITY OF CHEMICAL PS-111 Mod Starch Powder Structure PS-111 Foam Enhancer. Sodium Hydrolyzed Potato Starch Dodecenyl Succinate (INCI name). > 500 Da. Reference GPC spectra were provided. IDENTITY OF ANALOGUES Analogue 1: Sodium Starch Octenyl Succinate (CAS No. 70714-61-3) Chemical Name: Starch, hydrogen 1-octenylbutanedioate, sodium salt The analogue polymer is the sodium salt of the reaction product of octenyl succinic anhydride with starch. The finished product has a degree of substitution of 0.02. Analogue 2: Aluminium Starch Octenyl Succinate (CAS No.: 9087-61-0) Chemical Name: Starch, hydrogen octenylbutanedioate, aluminium salt The analogue polymer is the aluminium salt of the reaction product of octenyl succinic anhydride with starch. Analogue 3: Sodium D-Glucose (8 Dodecenyl Succinate (Modelling) A QSAR structure for a 8:1 structure has been generated. is the highest number of D-Glucose units in a Sodium D-Glucose (x units) Dodecenyl Succinate polymer that the EPI QSAR system will validate (QSAR (2014a&b)). Analogue 4: