Lubrizol details REACH.

* Cynthia S. Sullivan of The Lubrizol Corporation addressed the Personal Care Products Council (formerly CTFA) about Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restrictions of Chemicals (REACH) in a special workshop held Feb. 6-7 in Washington, D.C.

Ms. Sullivan focused on REACH from a cosmetic industry supplier perspective and discussed how The Lubrizol Corporation is managing and collating all of the information related to complying with REACH.

According to the company, Lubrizol has identified key activities and milestones including pre-registration readiness.

Ms. Sullivan says, "Although pre-registration will be happening in the latter part of the year, our systems will need to be in place to handle the 11-year period after that when non-pre-registered chemicals will require action.

"We're confident that our systems will be in place and that we'll be ready to help our customers with any questions or concerns they may have throughout this process."

To allow for learning, discussion, and effective questions and answers, the seminar included three concurrent workshops that were repeated three times with small groups. At the end of the seminar, the groups came together for a report on key issues and follow-up questions.

"I want to provide insight into how complex the issue is for the supplier to the cosmetic industry and to allay any concerns our customers or the industry has about our readiness," says Ms. Sullivan.

The overall workshop highlighted, among other issues, how companies are organized to take REACH into account; experiences to date with substance inventories; communications throughout the supply chain; managing information flow; and the International Uniform Chemical Information Database (IUCLID 5), which plays a central role in the IT environments of all organizations coping with the data submission requirements of REACH.

More info: www.personalcarecouncil.org