Integrated Chemicals Policy Project

In 2004, NEWMOA and its project partners initiated a Northeast interstate integrated chemicals project to assist states with identifying emerging chemicals of concern and improving coordination among various agencies concerned with chemicals in the environment.

The overall objective of this project is to:

• Develop greater consensus on priority chemicals for future action;
• Improve coordination and integration among key public health and environmental agencies;
• Inform the participants about ongoing data collection efforts at EPA, including EPA's High Production Volume Chemicals Project, Children's Health data, and new risk models; and
• Develop integrated approaches to addressing these issues.

To achieve these objectives, NEWMOA and the project partners are working to:

• Identify key state and tribal agencies, programs, and individuals involved in chemicals analysis and reduction activities;
• Provide support for meetings and workshops in Maine, Massachusetts, and other states in the Northeast to improve coordination and increase the use of chemical data and models;
• Convene and chair a multi-media committee of state and tribal representatives to oversee the project; and
• Discuss how to identify potential priority chemicals for future action.

For more information contact: Terri Goldberg, NEWMOA, (617) 367-8558 x302, .

This webpage provides links to information on the 2006 "Characterizing Chemicals in Commerce: Using Data on High Production Volume (HPV) Chemicals" national conference and various workshops on integrated chemicals topics that have been held since 2004.

This regional project is complemented by model state projects in Maine and Massachusetts that examine ways to coordinate among key groups and agencies in individual states on integrated chemicals education and reduction activities. The state projects are managed and supported by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (ME DEP) and the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute (MA TURI) and supported by partial funding and assistance from NEWMOA. ME DEP, and MA TURI coordinate their respective regional and state efforts throughout the project. NEWMOA, ME DEP, and MA TURI closely manage this project with key contacts at EPA Regions 1 and 2. NEWMOA is coordinating this project with its sister interstate environmental organizations- Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM), New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC)-state and tribal public health, environmental and occupational health programs and agencies in the Region.