Characterizing Chemicals in Commerce Conference

The Conference was presented by the EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics & NEWMOA

Conference Goals:

• Educate a wide variety of stakeholders about the EPA High Production Volume (HPV) Challenge Program, as well as other sources of chemical toxicity and environmental information
• Share experiences of key stakeholders about the use of data made available by the EPA HPV Challenge Program
• Develop ideas on how to make sources of HPV chemicals information and other data user friendly, accessible, and relevant to a diverse audience

Conference Session Topics:

• Sources of publicly available HPV chemical toxicity and environmental data, including EPA’s HPV information system
• Data applications and relationships
• Data research and analysis
• Interpretation of data
• Use of chemical toxicity data to help promote pollution prevention
• International HPV chemical data efforts

Who Attended?

• Federal, state, tribal, and local environmental and public health officials from the U.S. and other countries
• Academic researchers
• Non-governmental and community organizations
• Industry representatives
• Labor representatives

Exhibits

• An exhibition showcased posters, brochures, reports, and other materials related to HPV chemicals work

Conference Co-sponsors:

• Environmental Council of States (ECOS)
• Association of State & Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (ASTSWMO)
• Lowell Center for Sustainable Production, University of Massachusetts, Lowell (LCSP)
• National Pollution Prevention Roundtable (NPPR)
• Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC)

Sponsors of the Reception:

• American Chemistry Council (ACC)
• American Petroleum Institute (API)
• Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers’ Association (SOCMA)

Agenda

• Download the agenda at a glance
• Download the detailed agenda

Conference Steering Committee

The U.S. EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) has entered into a Cooperative Agreement with the NEWMOA to organize the “Characterizing Chemicals in Commerce” Conference. To develop a Conference of the highest quality, OPPT and NEWMOA created a Steering Committee to provide critical input. The Steering Committee consisted of representatives from states and local public health and environmental agencies; various EPA HQ and regional offices; industry and trade associations; universities; labor organizations; tribal representatives; and non-governmental organizations.

Download the list of Conference steering committee members

The Steering Committee helped:

• Develop the Conference theme
• Develop the Conference agenda
• Identify potential presenters and solicit responses to the Call for Presentations
• Review responses to the Call for Presentations and identify selected presentations
• Publicize the Conference and encourage registration

A small subset of the Steering Committee has provided advice on a series of special research papers and presentations on HPV data use

Conference photographs and materials: https://www.newmoa.org/prevention/chemicalspolicy/hpv/