Transcript Sound Management of Chemicals

Commission for
Environmental
Cooperation
North American
Sound Management
of Chemicals
Strategy
Chemicals Management in
North America
• Chemical industry is important in Canada,
Mexico, United States
– 10 percent of all U.S. exports, more than half a trillion dollars for
the U.S. economy each year (ACC, September 2005)
• Sound management of chemicals is critical
to global competitiveness, health and
environment
• Key opportunities exist for leadership in
chemicals management
CEC provides a valuable forum for
chemicals management in North
America.
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Developing a Renewed
Approach (2008–2020)
• Ministers re-aligned SMOC to promote
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Capacity building
Information for decision making
Linking domestic and international activities
Focus on sectors and compatible efforts
• Engage stakeholders as partners
• Leveraging our resources (IFIs, GEF)
• Helping Parties advance international
objectives (UNEP, SAICM/ICCM2, OECD)
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Priorities for Promoting the
Strategic Concept
• Developing a comparable NA foundation of
information and data
– Regionally compatible approaches
– Industrial chemicals inventory, Mexico
• Sustainable approaches
– Monitoring and assessment
• Environmental and human biomonitoring
• Mexican template for PRONAME
• Next steps for mercury
• Reduce or eliminate risk of chemicals
– Specific chemicals of mutual concern
– Polybrominated diphenyl ethers
– Next steps for mercury
• Improve environmental performance
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– Sector-specific partnerships with industry
Projects 2009
– Industrial chemical inventory
• Implement legal assessment recommendations
• Promote compatibility with USA, Canada
– HPV, CAS identifications
– PRONAME
• Implementation of Mexican monitoring and
assessment needs
• 2 operational “index” monitoring sites
– Consideration of strategic sectors
• Chemicals use in Electronics
• Greening Automotive sector
• Consider impacts of Brick kilns
– Support international directions
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• SAICM - ICCM2
Looking to 2010 and Beyond
• Initiate Mexico’s Chemical Inventory
• Assess and improve PRONAME
• Promote PRONAME template
– NA and GRULAC regions
• Target chemicals of mutual/emerging
concern
– Identify stakeholder priorities
• Identify sector(s) for improved
performance considerations
– Consider economic stimulus
– Greening of sectors
• Report to Council in 2011
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