Thursday April 28 2011 - REACH and ROHS Seminar - Open to All New England Organizations

RoHS and REACH Training Seminar

The EU RoHS Directive is being recast as a new directive to replace the original, and will bring into scope a much wider range of products than currently. The REACH regulation is complex and has far-reaching consequences affecting not just chemical manufacturers and suppliers, but also manufacturers and distributors.

This training seminar will taught by Dr. Chris Robertson of ERA Technology, Ltd., one of the foremost EU consulting firms on RoHS and REACH, and which has counseled EU government agencies on policy for these directives. Dr. Robertson will review the latest on both directives and will draw out key developments and key dates, with particular emphasis on requirements for US firms. The program is designed to be interactive to allow delegates to air key issues relevant to them.

Topics to be covered

The RoHS Directive - focusing on impacts for US companies

• What is changing, and what is not
• Exemptions and how to apply for an exemption
• Enforcement practice
• Guidance available
• Related global requirements

The REACH Regulation - focusing on impacts for US companies

• Key obligations, key dates, and timings of note for US firms
• Current status of registration, new candidate SVHCs, supply chain communication
• SVHCs: key substances, uses, and substitutions. What should I avoid?
• Authorisation: key substances and "progress"
• Meeting customer requirements:
  • getting supply chain data and complying with Article 33
  • understanding the 0.1% weight limit
  • obsolescence, non-registered and missed registrations, exposure scenarios
  • registration in 2013
• Related global requirements
• Chemicals: Differences between MSDS in the US and SDS in the EU, labelling of chemicals under GHS
• Guidance available

For more details and information, contact TURI Training Manager Mark Myles at 978-934-3298, [email protected].

Registration is at 8:30a.m. and the seminar concludes at 4:30.

Cost: $200.00 TURA Filer fee (DEP Facility I.D. # required)

$250.00 Non TURA Filer fee

Please make checks payable to: UMass Lowell

TUR Planner CE Credits: 6

Registration Information: Return by fax to 978-934-3050 or mail to: Brenda Wilson, Toxics Use Reduction Institute - UMass Lowell, 600 Suffolk Street - 5th Fl., Lowell, MA 01854.

Cancellations: Cancellations must be received by April 21, 2011. Cancellations received by this date will receive a credit for the fee that may be used at a future event. There will be no credit given for cancellations after April 21, 2011. Fax cancellations to 978-934-3050.

If you have any questions or special needs, please contact Anne Basanese at 978-934-3144 or email [email protected]

Check out our website www.turi.org. We will be posting more information about this workshop. The registration form is now on-line.