ChemADVISOR, Inc. - Pittsburgh, PA

May 1 through May 3, 2012

What You Will Learn:

• How the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) evaluates Premanufacture notices (PMNs), Test Marketing Exemption Applications (TMEAs), and other submissions under Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) 
• How to conduct screening-level hazard, exposure, and risk characterizations of your chemicals, in the absence of test data, by using the same methods and models that EPA's Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) uses to perform chemical risk screening and prioritization 

This workshop satisfies the initial training requirements towards Sustainable Futures™ graduation.  Graduates of the Sustainable Futures™ program are eligible for reduced regulatory review time under the EPA New Chemicals Program. For more information, visit EPA's Sustainable Futures™ home page at: http://www.epa.gov/oppt/sf/index.htm.

Presenters:  EPA/OPPT staff with experience in the Agency's New Chemicals Program and the PMN review process, as well as experts in the screening level methodologies

Agenda: A draft agenda for the workshop can be downloaded here: EPA Sustainable Futures Training Workshop

Requirements:  Participants must bring their own laptop computers, with the EPA software already loaded, for use during the hands-on sessions of the workshop.  The required software programs (EPISuite 4.1, ECOSAR 1.1, OncoLogic 7.0, E-FAST 2.0, and ChemSTEER) are available for free from the EPA website at: http://www.epa.gov/oppt/sf/tools/methods.htm

When:  May 1-3, 2012

Where:  ChemADVISOR's Headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA or at another nearby location

Cost:  $750.00 per person.  The registration deadline is April 17, 2012.  But, early registration is recommended, because seats are limited.  Registration will be available until the deadline, or until the workshop is full.

For more information:  E-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call 1-800-466-3750

About Sustainable Futures:

Sustainable Futures™ is a voluntary EPA initiative that aims to promote the incorporation of Pollution Prevention methods into chemical stewardship.  By participating in this hands-on workshop, you will learn how to use a variety of sophisticated, computer-based models and techniques to estimate potential hazards of and exposures to chemical substances, as well as how to combine these into screening-level risk assessments for the subject chemicals.  The workshop includes both in-depth presentations and hands-on sessions with the models; and, it covers the methodology for hazard and risk screening for human health, ecotoxicity and environmental fate.

Upon completion of this workshop you will understand how OPPT evaluates both new and existing chemicals in the absence of test data and how to perform evaluations in a similar manner, thus allowing you to anticipate regulatory actions and to prioritize chemicals based on their potential hazards and risks.  In addition, companies that achieve graduate status can qualify for regulatory relief under the New Chemicals Program and gain the ability to begin manufacture of qualifying substances following a 45-day review rather than the typical 90-day review.  This Sustainable Futures™ workshop is the first step toward successful participation in this innovative program.

Please forward this announcement to any colleagues that may be interested in this training workshop or in the Sustainable Futures™ program in general.

Sustainable Futures Presentation Material:

During the workshop we will provide participants with a binder containing SF training documents and a CD of all the SF material and Powerpoint presentations.

However, in an effort to be more "green" we will not be providing hard copies of the Powerpoint presentations for you to write on during the workshop. For those that prefer to have hard copies of the presentations available to make notes on during the course, you can download the pdf files below.

1. Intro to U.S. EPA New Chemical Regulation
2. Intro to Sustainable Futures Initiative and Workshops
3. Intro to QSAR Design
4. EPISuite - Physical-Chemical Properties and Enviornmental Fate
5. ECOSAR - Aquatic Toxicity Hazard Assessment
6. PBT Profiler - PBT Chemical Screening
7. Non-Cancer Health Effects
8. OncoLogic - Cancer Health Hazard
9. Intro on the OECD QSAR Toolbox
10. ChemSTEER - Occupational Exposures and Environmental Releases
11. E-FAST -  Gen Pop and Aquatic Exp
12. Screening Level Risk Characterization
13. Additional - Assessment of Polymers

Upcoming Course Dates