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Congressman Prods EPA on Value of Chemicals Reporting
On October 8, 2014, Congressman Bill Johnson (R-OH) sent a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy requesting an analysis of reporting data pertaining to...
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International Conference on Green Electronics Highlights Diversity of...
Last week, I attended and presented a paper at the Going Green Care Innovation 2014 conference. The conference, which was held in Vienna, Austria attracted an international crowd of more than 400...
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2014 DSW Rule Fails to Sufficiently Incentivize Recycling
On December 10, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed a final version of the 2011 proposed revisions to the Definition of Solid Waste (DSW) rule. Unfortunately, the final rule fails to...
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Additional Substances to be Restricted Under RoHS2
On December 17, 2014, the EU Commission notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of its intentions to restrict four additional substances under the RoHS2 Directive. The four phthalates, Bis...
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California DTSC Releases Safer Consumer Product Regulation Three-year Work Plan
On April 16, 2015, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) released its three-year work plan for the Safer Consumer Products regulation. Even though electronics are often a target...
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IPC Standards Committee Reports — Data Generation and Transfer, Supplier...
These standards committee reports from IPC APEX EXPO 2015 have been compiled to help keep you up to date on IPC standards committee activities. This is the fourth and final in the series of reports....
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Emerging and Critical Environmental Product Requirements Conference Tour a...
Last week, IPC and ITI hosted three conferences on Emerging and Critical Environmental Product Requirements. The conferences were held in three locales nationwide in order to facilitate member...
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IPC Recognizes Bipartisan Leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives for...
Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 398 to 1 (with 36 not voting) to approve H.R. 2576, the TSCA Modernization Act of 2015. This bill provides an overhaul to the Toxic Substances Control...
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EU Court of Justice Rules on REACH Articles Definition
On September 10, the EU Court of Justice released a ruling on a case about the calculation of levels of substances of very high concern (SVHCs) in articles under the Registration, Evaluation and...
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IPC Leads Joint Industry Comments on EPA TBBPA TSCA Plan
On October 18, 2015, IPC – Association Connecting Electronics Industries®, the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM), the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), the Information Technology...
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IPC Standards Committee Reports — Supplier Declaration, EH&S, Management,...
These standards committee reports from the 2015 Fall Standards Committee Meetings have been compiled to help keep you up to date on IPC standards committee activities. This is the fourth and final in...
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ECHA Publishes Updated REACH Guidance
On December 17, 2015, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published updated guidance on requirements for substances in articles. The guidance is a “fast-track update” to make “quick” corrections to...
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China MIIT Updates RoHS Regulation
The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) recently published an update of its RoHS-type regulation. The new regulation, Management Methods for the Restriction of the Use of...
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Product Compliance Requires Supply Chain Transparency
By Tord Dennis, WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff Changes to the RoHS, REACH, and conflict minerals regulations make the need for supply chain transparency more crucial than ever. The European Court of...
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IPC Concerned By EPA Fact Sheet on TSCA CDR Reporting
Under U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations, printed circuit board manufacturers who send byproducs, such as wastewater treatment sludge, spent etchant or spent baths, for recycling...
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OSHA to Post Injury Records
On May 11, 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a final regulation that will require employers to submit to OSHA their injury and illness records electronically. OSHA...
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Industry Groups Concerned by Silica Standard; PCB Manufacturers Should Take Note
By Bret Bruhn, TTM Technologies; Fern Abrams, IPC The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) new standard for silica dust, published March 24, 2016, cuts the allowable 8-hour time...
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IPC Standards Committee Reports – Product Data, Shop Floor Communication,...
These standards committee reports from IPC APEX EXPO 2016 have been compiled to help keep you up to date on IPC standards committee activities. This is the third in the series of reports. Product Data...
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China RoHS Final FAQ Document Released
On May 16, 2016, the Department of Energy Saving and Comprehensive Utilization in China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) released the “Frequent Q&As on Management Methods...
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Consultants to EU Publish Recommendations on RoHS Exemptions
The Oeko-Institut e.V., Institute for Applied Ecology and Fraunhofer-Institut IZM for Environmental and Reliability Engineering, consultants to the European Union (EU) Commission (Commission) recently...
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