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Water is the most diverse resource we know and it influences many different areas of life. However, it is a sensitive element and cannot be taken for granted.We as ICL Water Solutions use our expertise and decades of experience to take care of water, wherever it is needed for industrial processes or public purposes. ICL Water Solutions is part of BK Giulini GmbH, an ICL ...
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Clockwork & Avatism (CW/A) – Conducting The Method EP | Vakant
Our friends Clockwork and Avatsim have recently re-emerged from the studio with this sizzling new release for Vakant. Kudos to Vakant for prying these improvisatory live-set cuts out of their paws for a release.
Like their previous stuff, the whole of Conducting The Method is moody and tasteful, but this EP leans toward more experimental and IDM-oriented goals while remaining grounded and danceable. The leading single is definitely one to watch out for...
"After first performing together at Sonar Festival with what was essentially a live version of our respective "B.O.A.T.S." and "Adamant" albums, Thomas and I decided to expand on these ideas for something more broad and improvisation-centric. After months in the studio drinking nothing but amaretto and working on new music for this purpose, our new live experiment (now simply called CW/A) was ready. The reception on these shows was so (thankfully) positive that Vakant eventually pressured us into releasing some sections as tracks. "Conducting the Method" is nothing other than a sample of what this new project is about: a collection of three excerpts taken from this year's performances. To round things off, we invited over our friends Dead Heat for a reinterpretation of one of our tracks. We can state with confidence that we are excited these tracks are no longer confined to our club and festival performances and can't wait for everyone to hear them. Hopefully you will enjoy them as much as we enjoy playing them out." Francesco
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The office responsible for patenting technology is coming into the 21st century. Officials at the Commerce Department's U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently began publishing patent examiners' decisions on the Web for all prospective inventors to see, as part of a new system called Public Patent Application Information Retrieval, or PAIR.
Additionally, the centuries-old, cumbersome, paper-based patent application process is now almost entirely digital. PAIR is part of USPTO officials' overall goal to file and process patent applications electronically, speeding up what some critics said was an inefficient agency.
For more than 200 years, USPTO has kept paper records of applications and patents. These documents, referred to as file wrappers, are a history of the correspondence among innovators and patent examiners. In some cases, it can take up to a month to retrieve this information, and businesses charge between $300 and $700 to obtain the files.
Now, the image file wrappers of published applications are available online 18 months after they are filed and accessible to the public for free.
Public PAIR, a Web portal for viewing and printing PDF files, could rescue the plagued patent application process. Currently, the patent backlog is about 400,000 because of an increase in filings and a shortage of staff.
"We're saving in the multiple millions.... We can hire more patent examiners with the savings," said Nick Godici, USPTO commissioner of patents.
In the future, all applications will not only be retrieved electronically, but also filed electronically. They will be protected using public-key infrastructure technology.
Some see other signs that USPTO is undergoing positive change.
The National Intellectual Property Researchers Association, an organization of patent searchers, settled a suit against USPTO seeking to ensure that paper files remain available for research. The agency will keep paper copies of plant and foreign patents for the time being and all trademarks through at least 2006.
"It's been a sea change," said Robert Weir, the association's president, adding that new USPTO Director Jon Dudas appears more active, hands-on and customer service-oriented than his predecessor, James Rogan.
But others are skeptical of USPTO's effectiveness. Dan Ravicher, executive director of the patent reform group Public Patent Foundation, cautiously praised Public PAIR but said current practices leave much to be desired.
He said USPTO officials approve too many patents after they are initially rejected, resulting in an enormous backlog. Although there is a 35 percent rate of final abandonment, persistent applicants can always file a continuation application, filing applications until they wear down the examiners. Ravicher also discredits examiners' incentives. Quantity is one of three factors, including quality and timeliness, that determine their bonuses.
"Administratively, they're doing better," he said. "Substantively, they're not."
Attorneys see Public PAIR as a boon, saving their clients thousands of dollars a year. Before, Ross Dannenberg, an intellectual property attorney at Banner & Witcoff Ltd. and an inventor, would have a paralegal retrieve the appropriate papers for a charge of $100 to $200 plus a 20-cent fee per page. "I paid someone else to do it, or we'd call a third party. ... [Now], I can get the image file wrapper of a published application or new issued patent in real time for next to nothing."
Sternstein is a freelance writer in Potomac, Md.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has a long history. Here are some of the organization's important moments:
1790 — The first U.S. patent is granted.
1871 — The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office first provides copies of patents to the public.
1990s — An online patent search database is developed for USPTO examiners.
1998 — All patents are searchable on the USPTO Web site.
Nov. 29, 2000 — The USPTO begins publishing patent applications online, 18 months after their filing dates.
June 30, 2003 — The USPTO scans patent applications, filing receipts and amendments electronically, in what is called an image file wrapper.
As of July 31, 2004 — Image file wrappers are available to the public online, as part of the Public Patent Application Information Retrieval system. Documentation for nearly 6.8 million patents is available on the USPTO Web site.
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Kitchen Shrink: Del Mar racetrack fare goes healthy at the starting gate
As track season at Del Mar gets under way, you can expect the beautiful racetrack crowd sporting haute couture hats, designer bling and skimpy dresses revealing hot airbrush-tanned bodies slimmer than the odds of a long-shot horse on Opening Day. You can bet that their svelteness is in part from a healthful diet. The iconic track eats, including well-endowed New York-style deli sandwiches with lubricated french fry wedges, cholesterol Cobb salad and million-calorie desserts richer than the Kentucky Derby purse are being replaced by smarter, healthier dishes across the board.
Barry Schneider, executive chef for Premier Food Services at the Del Mar Fairgrounds and racetrack, is committed to transforming the menus of the Turf Club and the racetrack's other restaurants under his supervision to delicious and healthy fare while supporting local vendors and preserving the environment. Mindful of the widespread cholesterol problem in this country, Schneider has replaced the artery-clogging trans fats with canola oil. He loads up on heart-friendly avocados, swaps french fries for tempura-battered green beans and substitutes yogurt in dressings and desserts instead of the standard sour cream as in the fresh fruit and berry plate.
He is also trying to stay as local as possible along with incorporating organics, including a spring mix grown exclusively for the track fare. On Opening Day in the winner's circle is a chilled Maine lobster salad tossed with avocados, golden mangoes and vine-ripened tomatoes on a bed of organic baby greens, dressed in a curry chutney yogurt sauce.
Schneider is also antioxidant, fiber and sodium-conscious. The menu will offer a fresh roasted beet salad with goat cheese, plenty of blueberries and cranberry juice, and exotic grains such as quinoa, wheat berry and couscous on some of the salad buffets as a "change from the typical pasta and potato salads and black beans found at a typical barbecue," Schneider said. All dishes are low-sodium, a light hand dispensing only trendy sea salts.
Pescavores can also dine guiltlessly on a variety of wild, low-mercury and sustainable fish and seafood such as Alaskan halibut and wild king Alaskan salmon.
"The most important thing is starting with the freshest, healthiest, highest-quality ingredients especially using as much local as we can find," Schneider said.
The chicken, while not organic, is all-natural and hormone-free.
And to ease the pain (if you're losing), the signature libations, especially the Del Martini, Del Margarita, Del Mary and the Del Mar Rumrunner, will be flowing like the palominos' manes.
Trackgoers who are on restricted diets or just like to brown bag it can bring their own food and drink. Coolers are allowed through the entrance, and the infield provides a great venue for a picnic with sea breezes and ocean views.
If you're having a pre-track gathering at home, you can kick off racing season by preparing some refreshing drinks and healthy dishes apropos of a racetrack theme. At the starting post, serve passion fruit ice tea, fresh squeezed pomegranate lemonade, dirty martinis or mint juleps. A beautiful complement to these invigorating drinks would be one of Bing Crosby's favorites, a Mexican ceviche of sorts done safely by marinating cooked red snapper or seafood in a citrus, tomato and avocado base.


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The Tennessee Department of Correction is awarding Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee, lead agency for the Big Brothers Big Sisters Tennessee Amachi Initiative, $250,000 to serve children in Tennessee through the Big Brothers Big Sisters Tennessee Amachi Initiative.
The Tennessee Amachi Initiative provides mentors to children whose parents are in prison.
Carlyle Carroll, Chief Executive Officer of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee remarked, "On behalf of children and youth in Tennessee, I extend heartfelt thanks to Commissioner Schofield and the Tennessee Department of Correction for embracing proven prevention programs like Big Brothers Big Sisters one-to-one mentoring as a key component of a serious comprehensive long-term strategy to strengthen and enhance our communities."
"This initiative promotes our efforts to not only correct criminal behavior but also to preserve families and help children become productive citizens," said Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Derrick Schofield.
Commissioner Schofield will present the $250,000 check to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee, the lead agency for the Tennessee Amachi Initiative at 2:30 PM on Friday. Funds will be distributed to participating Big Brothers Big Sisters programs statewide based upon the number of children served.
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Winger Jonny May scored two tries as England ended their five-game losing run with a 28-9 win over Samoa at Twickenham.
New Zealand produced a barnstorming late finish to crush Wales' hopes of a famous win as the world champions ran out 34-16 winners.
South Africa followed up last weekend's win over England with a 22-6 victory over Italy in Padova.
Argentina kicked four drop-goals and produced some stout defence to complete an 18-13 victory over France at the Stade de France in Paris.
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You are the intelligence of existence; you are the consciousness of existence; you are the soul of existence. You are part of this immense godliness that manifests in thousands of forms: in the trees, in the birds, in the animals, in human beings.but it is the same consciousness in different stages of evolution. And the man who recognizes himself and feels that the god he was searching and looking for all over the world resides within his own heart, comes to the highest point of evolution. There is nothing higher than that.
It makes your life for the first time meaningful, significant, religious. But you will not be a Hindu, and you will not be a Christian, and you will not be a Jew; you will be simply religious. By being a Hindu, or a Mohammedan, or a Christian, or a Jaina, or a Buddhist, you are destroying the purity of religiousness - it needs no adjectives.
Love is love - have you ever heard about Hindu love? Mohammedan love? Consciousness is consciousness - have you ever thought about Indian consciousness or Chinese consciousness? Enlightenment is enlightenment: whether it happens in the white body or in the black body, whether it happens in the young man or in the old man, whether it happens in a man or in a woman, it does not make any difference. It is the same experience, the same taste, the same sweetness, the same fragrance.
The only person who is not intelligent is one who is running around all over the world in search of something, not knowing exactly what; sometimes thinking perhaps it is money, sometimes thinking perhaps it is power, sometimes thinking perhaps it is prestige, sometimes thinking perhaps it is respectability.
The intelligent man first searches his own being before he starts a journey in the outer world. That seems to be simple and logical - at least first look inside your own house before you go searching all over the world. And those who have looked within themselves have found it, without any exception.
Gautam Buddha is not a Buddhist. The word buddha simply means the awakened one, who has come out of sleep. Mahavira, the Jaina, is not a Jaina. The word jaina simply means one who has conquered - conquered himself.
The world needs a great revolution where each individual finds his religion within himself. The moment religions become organized, they become dangerous; they become really politics with a false face of religion. That's why all the religions of the world go on trying to convert more and more people to their religion. It is the politics of numbers; whoever has more numbers will be more powerful.
But nobody seems to be interested in bringing millions of individuals to their own selves. My work here consists of taking you out of any kind of organized effort - because truth can never be organized. You have to go alone on the pilgrimage, because the pilgrimage is going to be inside. You cannot take anybody with you. And you have to drop everything that you have learned from others, because all those prejudices will distort your vision - you will not be able to see the naked reality of your being. The naked reality of your being is the only hope of finding God.
God is your naked reality - undecorated, without any adjective.


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Elections for the office of Illinois House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on March 18, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature-filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was December 2, 2013. Cullen L. Cullen ran unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbent Dwight D. Kay ran unopposed in the Republican primary. Kay then defeated Cullen in the general election.[2][3][4][5]
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Your wireless router has a variety of useful options you can configure. These are practically hidden — you wouldn't know these features exist unless you were digging through your router's configuration pages.
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You configured your headless Raspberry Pi just the way you want it, it's settled in and running smoothly, but suddenly you want to move it away from its Ethernet tether with a Wi-Fi module. Skip hooking it back up to all the peripherals and quickly add in Wi-Fi support from the command line.
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If you're tired of looking up the IP addresses of devices you frequently access via remote login, SSH, and other means on your home network, you can save yourself a lot of time by assigning an easy to remember .local address to the device. Read on as we demonstrate by assigning an easy to remember name to our Raspberry Pi.
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It is not easy to find smth special in Paris. I and my boyfriend were lucky to find this place. Bravo to staff and bravo for decorations. Will definitely came back next time.
I went on my many little walks and when I came across my favourite cafe in this part of town I was somewhat suprised (although I should have not been) to discover that the cafe had changed names to the Bagette cafe. No biggie as I was interested in a cold drink in the baking sunshine more than the name...
Here I tried one of the best wine I've ever drunk.I still remember the taste of baked chicken.The service i very fast,girl are beautiful...The real France )))
i had a perfect diner ....
snails in garlic buttter were great , the meats (pork rib) perfectly cooked, the mashed potatoes ceamy and well seasonned..
the tatin tart was also perfect and the service is good.
it was a very nice time.
The cafe is located nicely on Andreevs'kiy descent with a view on the church and good sitting outside.
We were already after lunch when visited this cafe, so only went for coffee and deserts. It was rainy so we chose French and Italian coffee (with cognac and amaretto respectively) and deserts. Coffees were good but the deserts were not tasty...
We visit that cafe every May when friends come from Moscow. Very friendly and welcoming atmosphere. And nice location in heart of Podol.
this used to be one of my favourite spots in Kiev, location is really good, romantic place, but the food they have is awful! worst dessert i ever tried!
Wonderful place with great location. Very friendly and cozy. Nice little balcony with the great view, so romantic especially in the evening.
Food looks great. Excellent Mussels Provencal and the desert 'Paris Brest' is to die for!!!
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I went to this place three times. First time before the Euro 2012, During the 2012. And after the 2012.
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Sunday, October 5, 2014 – CIBC Run For the Cure event at Central Park in Burlington. Thank you to everyone that supported the CIBC Run for the Cure this weekend! Our team raised over $4,500 and won the School Team Challenge Aw ...
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Dec 1 - Pasta Supper @ Michaelangelo's
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Christmas Hampers 2014
Pasta Supper
The last day for orders will be Friday November 21, 2014. Please send all money and forms into your child's teacher tomorrow. This is a community event and we encourage you to invite friends and family as well. It should be another memorable event, especially this time of year. We are looking fo ...
Posted on Nov 20
Lock Down Drill
Just as we do with fire drills, periodically we practice lock down drills as well. Today we had a lock down drill at 1:45 pm. We were fortunate to have our community police officer present during the drill. Congratulations to all staff and students for a successful practice. We will continue to ...
Posted on Nov 17
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Due to the recent change in ownership of Shaw to Rogers Communications, all Shaw email addresses had to be deleted. Please click on the link to subscribe for email notifications to receive correspondence from the school website. Thank you for your co-operation.
Posted on Nov 7
Keeping our children safe letter
Attached is a copy of the letter sent on November 6th concerning safety protocols.
Posted on Nov 6
Security update
On Friday our school was placed in Hold and Secure as a result of a suspicious persons report. The results of the investigation yielded no concerns or follow up. A Hold and Secure ia a protocol that limits movement into and out of our buildings. During a Hold and Secure student movement in the b ...
Posted on Nov 3
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Today at approximately 12:40 p.m. St. Matthew School went into Hold and Secure. There was a report of a suspicious looking person in the neighbourhood.
Police were called immediately to investigate.
Under direction of the Police the school was released from Hold and Secure at approximately 2 ...
Posted on Oct 31
11th annual pilgrimage shows love for God and for one another
A work of faith and a labour of love.
That is how Bishop Daniel Miehm described the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board's annual "Walk with Christ: Justice for the Poor" Pilgrimage, a system event that has raised more than half a million dollars in the past 11 years for development ...
Posted on Oct 28
Precious Moments Boutique
The Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board is once again collecting new and gently used First Communion and prom dresses/suits and accessories for the Precious Moments Boutique.
First Communion and grad/prom are marked with much excitement, but can also pose a significant financial bu ...
Posted on Oct 26
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HWCDSB kicks off 2014 United Way Employee Campaign
Together, we are possibility
One word demands more from us, challenged the United Way in this year's campaign video shown to school reps at the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board's official United Way employee campaign kick off on October 17th. That word is possibility.
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Posted on Oct 22
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Posted on Oct 21
Pilgrimage "Walk with Christ: Justice for the Poor"
"Walk with Christ: Justice for the Poor" is an annual board-wide fundraiser which, since 2004, has raised more than $500, 000 for development projects in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Uganda, as well as the Holy Childhood Association and the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace. ...
Posted on Oct 21
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Posted on Oct 17
Inclement weather notice
Parking is at a premium in and around St. Matthew Catholic Elementary School. Please remember that the safety of the students is the primary concern. To ensure students are safe we remind visitors to please refrain from parking in key safety areas. These areas include the bus lane, the roundabout ...
Posted on Oct 15
October is Learning Disabilities Awareness Month
Imagine the difference it could make if we focused on the strengths of people with learning disabilities instead of their weaknesses?
Help stop the stigma and realize the abilities!
Posted on Oct 10
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Parent Conference 2014 - "Weaving the Catholic Partnership"
On Saturday, November 1st, hundreds of parents will converge at Bishop Ryan Catholic Secondary School for an annual parent conference that provides an array of information on family and parenting issues, and explores the latest trends and developments in Catholic education.
Be sure to mark your ...
Posted on Oct 8
Parent Conference Brochure and Registration 2014
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Sunday, October 5, 2014 – CIBC Run For the Cure event at Central Park in Burlington.
Thank you to everyone that supported the CIBC Run for the Cure this weekend! Our team raised over $4,500 and won the School Team Challenge Award. Words cannot describe the day; it was emotional and inspirational ...
Posted on Oct 5
New Director of Education to head up HWCDSB
Hamilton, ON – Trustees of the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board today (September 30, 2014) announced the selection of David Hansen as Director of Education, effective November 24, 2014.
Over the past 26 years, Mr. Hansen has held a variety of roles, including Elementary Teacher, ...
Posted on Sep 30
Homework Help for Grade 7 & 8 Math Students
The Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board, in partnership with the Ministry of Education, and the Independent Learning Centre (ILC) is pleased to continue to offer all Grades 7 and 8 Mathematics Students FREE online Mathematics homework assistance.
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Posted on Sep 19
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'SNUR' Articles
Industry group questions EPA's trend toward eliminating TSCA's articles exemption.Friday, November 7th, 2014
This week, Bloomberg BNA reported that American Chemistry Council attorneys recently met with representatives of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to ask that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) be required to conduct further information-gathering on a proposed rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) that would regulate benzidine-based dyes, among other chemicals. The proposed Significant New Use Rule (SNUR), published in March 2012, would add nine chemicals to the SNUR already listed at 40 C.F.R. § 721.1660 and make unavailable the customary "articles exemption," which exempts persons processing or importing the regulated chemicals as part of an article. Under this SNUR, importers or processors of articles containing benzidine-based dyes would have to provide 90-day advance notice to EPA. According to Bloomberg BNA, the ACC told OMB of its concern that the proposed SNUR "lacked a rationale explaining how or why the EPA decided it was necessary to regulate articles rather than focus solely on chemicals as it typically does in new use rules."
In its June 2012 comments on the proposed rule, the ACC noted that the proposed revocation of the articles exemption "herald[s] a shift by the Agency towards greater regulation of chemicals in articles." The ACC argued that removing the articles exemption "should be limited to exceptional circumstances" and be "based on sound criteria," and recommended that EPA "define a clear policy framework including criteria for determining when TSCA regulation of articles is appropriate. In any proposed SNUR, the Agency should present a compelling basis for a decision to apply a SNUR to articles."
The OMB's Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) reviews all significant rulemaking before publication, and may return an agency rule for further consideration and review if, for example, OIRA finds that the proposed rule is not justified by the analysis.
The articles restriction in the benzidine-based dyes SNUR is in line with other recent SNURs regulating articles; Bloomberg BNA reports that since 2012, EPA has proposed at least four SNURs that would eliminate the articles exemption for certain chemicals, including the 2013 rule on carpets containing long-chain perfluoralkyl carboxylates.
EPA promulgates 52 SNURs.Monday, October 27th, 2014
In today's Federal Register, the EPA published Significant New Use Rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) applying to 52 chemical substances, ranging from "functionalized carbon nanotubes" to amine adducts. The affected chemicals were all subject to Premanufacture Notices (PMNs), and nine are also subject to consent orders under TSCA § 5(e). Today's SNURs extend the provisions of the § 5(e) consent orders and require manufacturers and processors of the chemicals to notify EPA prior to engaging in any activity designated in the rules as a significant new use. The SNURs were issued by Direct Final Rule, meaning that the SNURs will go into effect in 60 days unless EPA receives written adverse or critical comments, or notice of intent to submit such comments, by November 26.
EPA updates TSCA Work Plan, 23 chemicals added to list for further review.Thursday, October 23rd, 2014
Today, EPA released its first update [PDF] to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Work Plan for Chemical Assessments. Drawing on new data collected through Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) and the Toxic Release Inventory program, EPA adjusted the exposure rankings for the chemicals initially screened for the Work Plan and added 23 chemicals to the Work Plan list for further assessment. The agency also removed 15 chemicals which are mostly no longer in commerce; of the 15, mercury (and mercury compounds) and quartz were removed because risks associated with those substances are already sufficiently managed. In addition, benzo[a]pyrene was designated to be evaluated as part of the assessment of creosote. Today's changes had no effect on 67 chemicals and bring the Work Plan total to 90 chemicals.
Included in the 23 new Work Plan chemicals, EPA added the following five Action Plan chemicals or chemical groups to the Work Plan for further assessment:
- Bisphenol A (BPA)
- Decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE)
- Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD)
- Nonylphenols and nonylphenol ethoxylates (NP/NPE)
- Group of phthalates (dibutyl phthalate (DBP), butyl benzyl phthalate (BBP), di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), di-n-octyl phthalate (DnOP), di-isononyl phthalate (DINP), di-isodecyl phthalate (DIDP), and di-isobutyl phthalate (DIBP)
These Action Plan chemicals were all identified as highly-ranked for hazard and exposure; decaBDE and HBCD also had high rankings for persistence/bioaccumulation. The other five Action Plan chemicals not added to the Work Plan were not selected for reasons including lower toxicity and potential exposure or because they are no longer produced or imported into the United States. Of these non-Work Plan chemicals, the agency plans to propose Significant New Use Rules (SNURs) for benzidene dyes and toluene diisocyanate (TDI). In the case of long-chain perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs), EPA noted that while it has already begun risk management actions, including a voluntary stewardship program, it intends to gather "additional data regarding use of PFCs in imported articles before determining if these chemicals should be candidates for the assessment process."
In addition to the Action Plan chemicals, EPA added ten chemicals which were previously screened for the Work Plan in 2012. These ten chemicals now have increased exposure scores, according to recent CDR and TRI data, due to "being domestically produced or imported in greater quantities and …used in a larger variety of consumer and children's products." Two flame retardants, triphenyl phosphate (TPP) and isopropylated phenol, phosphate (iPTPP), were also added.
EPA proposes new SNUR on nonylphenols and nonylphenol ethoxylates.Friday, September 26th, 2014
Yesterday, EPA released a pre-publication version of its proposed Significant New Use Rule (SNUR) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) targeting nonylphenols (NPs) and nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs). NPEs are a type of nonionic surfactant used in a wide variety of industrial processes and applications, including detergents, dry cleaning, cosmetics, adhesives, and paints and coatings; NPs are primarily used as an intermediate in producing NPEs. Under the SNUR, any person intending to manufacture, import, or process NPs or NPEs for the identified significant new uses must notify EPA before beginning any such activity, so that the agency may have the opportunity to evaluate each intended use and impose any appropriate controls.
The proposed SNUR [PDF] applies to 15 chemical substances; for 13 of these, any use is considered a significant new use, while "any use other than use as an intermediate or use as an epoxy cure catalyst" constitutes a significant new use for 4-nonylphenol, branched and 2-nonylphenol, branched. In discussing the environmental effects of NPs and NPEs, EPA cited the chemicals' persistence, high toxicity to aquatic life and wide usage that can lead to "widespread releases to the aquatic environment."
NPs and NPEs were also the subject of an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in 2009, following EPA's settlement of a citizens petition to initiate rulemaking brought by several environmental groups and other NGOs. The release of the proposed SNUR is in line with EPA's 2010 Action Plan for these chemicals. Other Action Plan efforts to regulate NPs and NPEs and reduce their risks include completing an alternatives assessment under the Design for Environment (DfE) program in 2012 and collaborating with the Textile Rental Services Association of America to phase out NPEs in industrial laundry detergents.
Comments will be accepted on the proposed SNUR for 60 days following the rule's Federal Register publication, which is anticipated to occur the week of September 29.
EPA both finalizes and withdraws Significant New Use Rules.Wednesday, September 24th, 2014
EPA finalized Significant New Use Rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for 36 substances on September 2, including several nanoengineered carbon compounds. The SNURs were first proposed in February 2013, and include several substances subject to § 5(e) consent orders. EPA is not finalizing the proposed SNUR for one substance, premanufacture notice (PMN) number P-11-155, in response to a comment from the PMN submitter urging the SNUR's withdrawal while the agency's recommended environmental toxicity testing is ongoing. Other changes in the final SNURs are mostly minor and involve ensuring consistency with existing consent orders and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements. In response to comments on the hierarchy of engineering and administrative controls and collaboration with OSHA and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), EPA noted that it is "currently in the process of developing revisions to existing SNUR regulations that will serve as a template for future SNURs and SNURs already issued" and will consult with OSHA and NIOSH.
In July, we reported that EPA released two sets of SNURs by direct final rule. Earlier this month, EPA withdrew six of those SNURs after receiving notices of intent to submit adverse comment. The agency withdrew rules for the substances identified generically and by PMN number as follows:
- 1,1′- methylenebis[isocyanatobenzene], polymer with polycarboxylic acids in alkane polyols;
- aromatic dibenzoate (P-14-60);
- propylene glycol, alpha isocyanate, omega silane (P-13-270);
- aromatic dicarboxylic acid polymer with alkanediol, alkyl alkyl-2-alkenoate,1,4- dialkyl aromatic dicarboxylate, alkanedioic acid, alkanediol, .alpha.- hydro-.omega.-hydroxypoly[oxy(alkyl- alkanediyl)], hydroxyalkyl 2-alkyl-2- alkenoate, aromatic diisocyanate, alkyl 2-alkyl-2-alkenoate and 2-alkyl-2- alkenoic acid (P-13-563);
- alkanedioic acid, polymer with alkyl 2- alkyl-2-alkenoate, alkanedioic acid, alkanediol, .alpha.-hydro-.omega.- hydroxypoly[oxy(alkyl-1 2-alkanediyl)], hydroxyalkyl 2-alkyl-2-alkenoate, aromatic diisocyanate, alkyl 2-alkyl-2- alkenoate and 2-alkyl-2-alkenoic acid (P-13-617); and
- alkanedioic acid, polymer with alkyl alkyl- alkenoate, alkanedioic acid, alkanediol, .alpha.-hydro-.omega.- hydroxypoly[oxy(alkyl-1,2-alkanediyl)], aromatic diisocyanate, alkyl alkyl- alkeneoate and alkyl-alkenoic acid (P-13-619).
According to its Federal Register notice, EPA intends to publish proposed SNURs for these substances under separate notice-and-comment procedures in the near future.
EPA issues two sets of SNURs by direct final rule.Tuesday, July 8th, 2014
Today, EPA released a pre-publication version of Significant New Use Rules (SNURs) for 43 chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). All 43 substances have been subject to Premanufacture Notices (PMNs) and six of them are subject to section 5(e) consent orders, where EPA determined that activities associated with the substances may present unreasonable risk to human health or the environment. The SNURs are being promulgated by direct final rule and will be published in the Federal Register tomorrow, July 9.
The new SNURs cover a wide range of chemicals, including perfluorinated chemicals and lithium salts, in a variety of industrial uses, from herbicide intermediates to surfactants for laboratory use fluid.The SNURs impose various recordkeeping, notification, protective and other requirements on persons engaging in a "significant new use," i.e., any use outside the use scenarios identified in the applicable PMNs or without specified protective measures, in the case of the 5(e) SNURs.
These 43 SNURs come a day after another set of 13 SNURs which were published in today's Federal Register, all of which were subject to PMNs and three of which were subject to section 5(e) consent orders. Two of the substances covered in this set of SNURs are identified as carbon nanotubes.
The SNURs applying to the substances subject to section 5(e) consent orders are "based on and consistent with the provisions in the underlying consent orders." The other substances subject to the new SNURs met the criteria of concern established at 40 CFR § 721.170.
Both sets of SNURs will go into effect 60 days following publication in the Federal Register (September 8 and 9) unless EPA receives written adverse or critical comments, or notice of intent to submit such comments, within 30 days of publication (August 7 and 8).
EPA will withdraw proposed rules for fourth set of High Production Volume chemicals.Monday, February 24th, 2014
The EPA will withdraw a 2011 proposed rule requiring testing and other data for 23 High Production Volume (HPV) chemicals and imposing Significant New Use Rules (SNURs) on 22 other HPV chemicals. Last week, Bloomberg BNA reported that the agency had confirmed in an email that the rule will be formally withdrawn, although a timeline has not been established yet. Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), HPV chemicals are those produced or imported into the U.S. at the rate of at least 1 million pounds per year. However, significant data gaps exist regarding the hazards associated with these substances.
The rules were part of the EPA's HPV Challenge Program, which encouraged the voluntary submission of health and hazard data for approximately 1,400 HPV chemicals sponsored by companies. EPA previously issued three other test rules for "unsponsored chemicals."
EPA justified the withdrawal of the fourth set of rules by alluding to higher priorities, such as the agency's TSCA Work Plan, an initiative launched in 2012 that identified 83 substances on which to conduct risk assessments. When the regulatory package was proposed, industry groups commented that the proposal was duplicative in requesting data already developed for and collected by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), which implements REACH.
Data from over 860 chemicals was made publicly available to the HPV Challenge Program through international efforts. However, of the over 2,200 chemicals sponsored through the voluntary part of the HPV Challenge Program, data was received for only 82 percent of the substances – and not all of that data is complete.
Until the regulatory package is withdrawn, the substances subject to the SNURs remain subject to 12(b) export notification requirements.
EPA issues 35 SNURs.Thursday, February 13th, 2014
Yesterday, U.S. EPA issued Significant New Use Rules (SNURs) for 35 substances which were subject to Premanufacture Notices (PMNs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The SNURs were promulgated as a Direct Final Rule, and take effect starting April 14, 2014.
Fourteen of the substances, including various polyfluorinated alkyl compounds and multi-walled carbon nanotubes, are subject to "risk-based" TSCA § 5(e) consent orders which require use of protective measures to limit exposure or otherwise mitigate risk; the SNURs for these substances designate as a significant new use the absence of these protective measures. The SNURs for the other 21 substances designate various significant new uses, including releases to water as well as certain industrial, commercial and consumer activities, and establish certain protection in the workplace requirements, such as the use of respirators.
Written adverse or critical comments, or notice of intent to submit such comments, must be received by E.P.A. by March 14, 2014.
EPA issues SNUR restricting imports of allegedly harmful category of chemicals used in carpets.Thursday, October 3rd, 2013
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Monday that it will soon finalize a Significant New Use Rule (SNUR) that will allow the agency to restrict imports of potentially harmful long-chain perfluoralkyl carboxylates (LCPFACs) that could be used in carpets. The regulation will require companies to submit a notification 90 days in advance of manufacturing, importing, or processing LCPFACs that will be used as part of carpets or carpet treatment products. LCPFACs, a sub-category of perfluorinated chemical (PFC), include perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA, also known as "C8"), other higher homologues, and their salts and precursors.
The final rule [PDF], which is authorized under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), was originally proposed in August 2012, following the U.S. chemical industry's voluntary phase-out of these chemicals. In 2006, the eight major U.S. manufacturers of fluoropolymers and telomers committed to the EPA's voluntary 2010/2015 PFOA Stewardship Program. The companies committed to achieving a 95% reduction in emissions and product content levels of PFOA and related substances by 2010, and elimination of such chemicals by 2015.
While the new final rule makes TSCA's articles exemption inapplicable to imports of LCPFACs in carpets, other articles containing LCPFACs are not affected. EPA has previously issued three other SNURS addressing perfluoroalkyl sulfonates (PFAS), another sub-category of PFC. The new rule will add new chemicals to the existing PFAS SNUR and amend the SNUR to include "processing" in the definition of "significant new use" for PFAS chemicals. EPA anticipates proposing another SNUR on additional PFCs in early 2014 as well as SNURs on other chemicals that will include imported products.
As part of its long term action plan regarding long-chain PFCs, EPA will also evaluate the effects of such chemicals on children and other sub-populations Although long-chain PFCs have not been found to cause significant adverse effects in the general human population, they have caused reproductive, developmental, and systemic toxic effects on laboratory animals, bioaccumulate in humans and wildlife, and are persistent in the environment. Therefore, EPA anticipates that continued exposure could result in adverse outcomes.
Further information on the new final rule and other actions EPA has taken on perfluorinated chemicals can be found at: http://www.epa.gov/oppt/existingchemicals/pubs/actionplans/pfcs.html#final.
EPA Proposes Significant New Use Rules for 37 Chemicals and NanomaterialsWednesday, March 6th, 2013
Continuing its robust exercise of its expansive TSCA authority, EPA last week released proposed Significant New Use Rules ("SNURs") under TSCA for 37 chemicals, including 14 nanoengineered carbon compounds. The SNURs cover a wide range of uses, including the manufacture, processing, and import of adhesives, coatings, colorants, lubricants, chemical intermediates, etc., and result from premanufacture notice ("PMN") submissions from as long ago as 2000. For almost half of the affected chemicals, the SNURs essentially codify protective measures already required under existing consent orders; the rest are largely based on PMN use scenarios.
EPA has already determined that 17 of the substances addressed by the proposed rule "may present an unreasonable risk of injury to human health or environment" and thus are subject to risk-based consent orders under TSCA § 5(e). The proposed SNURs for these substances adopt certain safety precautions already required by the consent orders. For example, for certain chemicals, workers would be required to wear specified respirators unless air monitoring shows that the substance is actually present in concentrations lower than the New Chemical Exposure Limit ("NCEL"). The NCEL provisions, already incorporated in the § 5(e) consent orders, were established by EPA "to provide adequate protection to human health" and modeled after Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs). Users who wish to pursue the NCEL alternative to the respirator requirement would have to request permission to do so under 40 CFR § 721.30 ("EPA approval of alternative control measures.") EPA anticipates approving such requests under the same conditions already present in the consent orders.
The other 20 substances covered by the new SNURs are not subject to § 5(e) consent orders. These "non-5(e) SNURs" cover certain changes from the use scenarios described in the PMNs which could result in increased exposure, per 40 CFR § 721.170(c)(2).
In addition to personal protective equipment, the SNURs impose various standard use restrictions on the chemicals, such as prohibiting manufacture in the U.S., limiting use to conditions specified in existing consent orders, and banning release to water. EPA also recommends various types of toxicity testing to better characterize the new chemicals' environmental effects.
Regulatory actions flowing from SNURs
Upon promulgation of the SNURs, any users of the affected substances will be required to determine whether they must submit a Significant New Use Notification ("SNUN") to EPA 90 days prior to engaging in one of the designated "new uses." On receipt of the SNUN, EPA may take further regulatory action under TSCA § 5(e), 5(f), 6 or 7, or otherwise publish a notice in the Federal Register explaining its reasons for not taking action.
In addition, EPA's proposal of the SNURs triggers export notification requirements under TSCA § 12(b). Any exporter or intended exporter of the affected chemicals must notify EPA of the first export or intended export to a particular country, unless the substance is present at certain low concentrations that qualify for the de minimus exemption. If and when the SNURs are finalized, importers of the affected substances must also certify their compliance the SNURs.
EPA is accepting comments on the proposed SNURs through April 26, 2013.
Naming nanoscale materials and other CBI concerns
In the proposed SNURs, EPA identifies nanoengineered carbon compounds based on generic structural terms in order to protect the confidential chemical identities of the substances. EPA uses terms like, for example, "single-walled carbon nanotube" (or "SWCNT"), along with PMN numbers to identify the substances for inclusion in the TSCA Inventory.
The nomenclature developed by EPA is further described in a document, "Material Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes for Molecular Identity (MI) Determination & Nomenclature," which should be available soon under the docket number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2012–0727. It is likely to be similar to or the same as the identically-named document published with the SNUR finalized in 2011 for a substance named as "multi-walled carbon nanotubes."
If an intended user is uncertain whether its chemicals are subject to the new SNURs, EPA advises contacting the agency or obtaining a written determination under the bona fide procedures in 40 CFR § 721.11. Since production volume limits and certain other uses detailed in the proposed SNURs may also be claimed as CBI, users may not know whether their intended production volumes constitute a significant new use. The bona fide procedures also apply to such cases. If, after evaluating detailed submissions on the intended use, EPA finds that the user has a bona fide intent to manufacture, produce, or import the substance, the agency will advise whether the intended use would qualify as a significant new use.


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