development of the mexican national chemicals inventory

Chemicals Management ForumSan Antonio, Texas 15–16 May 2012

Development of the Mexican National Chemicals Inventory

Chemical Inventory Team

Commission for Environmental Cooperation

Background

• The CEC established a trinational Chemical Inventory Team to work with Mexico in constructing its National Chemicals Inventory.

• This activity aligns with the objectives of:– developing tools that facilitate the tracking of chemicals between

the North American countries– developing information within the North American region that is

comparable and compatible

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Chemical Inventory Team

• Understand and convey the rationale• Share the experience of previous efforts under US-

TSCA and Canada’s DSL• Convene experts to review the “lessons learned”• Homologate the information on industrial

chemicals in the North American region• Strengthen competitiveness within a global market

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Chemicals Inventory – MEXICO

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≈ 35, 000

Regulated

PRTR study

National Chemical Industry Association annual report

Customs Office reports

Eliminate duplication

DSL

Scifinder database

TSCA

5,890

Chemicals Inventory Content

• CAS Registry Number: Preferred, Alternate, Deleted Registry Numbers

• CAS Index Name and synonyms• Formula and molecular structure• Chemical class• Quantities produced and imported (2009)• Ecotoxicological data• Environmental persistence• Bioaccumulation• Toxicity in aquatic organisms

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Chemicals Inventory Timeline and Projects

Imports volume data of chemicals under

commerce from the Customs Manifests

Database(CEC)

Selection of sources of information to improve the quality of the data for the

Mexican National Chemicals Inventory

(CEC)

Design and development of a chemicals inventory(DEFRA)

2009

2008

2010

Identification and analysis of the federal legal framework for

chemicals management as basis for the development of a chemicals inventory in Mexico

(CEC)

Development of an information system for management of data of interest to the National

Chemicals Inventory from industries under state

jurisdiction(CEC)

2011

Categorization criteria for chemicals under

commerce(MX)

Review of the identity of chemicals included in the


(CEC)

Development of policy options to assure the sustainability of the


(CEC)

Development of an additional list of imported

chemicals to complete the Mexican National Chemicals Inventory

(MX)

Chemicals production information from official

records in Mexico(CEC)



Database(CEC)



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2008

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Development of an information system for management of data of interest to the National

Chemicals Inventory from industries under state

jurisdiction(CEC)

2011


commerce(MX)



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(MX)




Identification and analysis of the federal legal framework for chemicals management as a basis for developing a chemicals

inventory in Mexico

• The report contains the description and analysis of the legal instruments related to chemicals management in Mexico. The analysis highlighted the lack of legal foundations to create a chemical inventory and propose three scenarios to fill the gaps in the legislation:

1. Create a General Law for Chemicals Management 2. Modify the General Law of the Ecological Balance and

Environmental Protection3. Modify the internal regulation of the Intersecretarial

Commission for Controlling the Process and Use of Pesticides, Fertilizers and Toxic Substances



Database(CEC)



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2009

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Development of an information system for the

National Chemicals Inventory for managing data

of interest from industries under state jurisdiction

(CEC)

2011


commerce(MX)



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Development of an information system for the National Chemicals Inventory for managing data of interest from industries under state

jurisdiction

• The aim of this project was to develop an information system for administration and presentation of data reported by industry under state jurisdiction through the local Annual Report of Operations (COA) for subsequent integration into the National Chemicals Inventory.



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Review the identity of chemicals included in the


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Selection of sources of information for improving the quality of data for the Mexican National Chemicals Inventory

• The aim of this project was to select viable information sources for compiling data on imports of chemicals and promoting improvement in the quality of data to be incorporated in the National Chemicals Inventory.

• The different public databases were reviewed and meetings were held with representatives of different government entities:– Customs– INEGI– PEMEX– Ministry of Economy– Bank of Mexico

• As result, the Customs database was found to be the most useful source of information since it contains data from all the import transactions by means of the “Motion document” that comes with the merchandise.



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Imports volume data of chemicals under commerce from the Database of Customs Manifests

Activities and findingsNumber of

data%

General counting 1,412,224 100

Data from tariff items containing only one chemical 84,228 6

Useless records (description is not clear or is

related to materials, mixtures, etc.) Attached it is

found a list of keywords used to identify the useless

records

1,200 000 85

Probable records related to chemicals 213,055 15.1

Preliminary list of chemicals identified 29,455 NA

Chemicals matched to the list of synonyms of the

Mexican National Chemicals Inventory387 NA



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Development of policy options to assure the sustainability of the Mexican National Chemicals

Inventory

Non TSCA Taken from Scifinder Validated from CONIQQ

Name in English Chemical Name in Spanish

101-05-3 1,3,5-Triazin-2-amine, 4,6-dichloro-N-(2-chlorophenyl)-

1,3,5-triazin-2-amina, 4,6-dicloro-N-(2-clorofenil) -

101-21-3 Carbamic acid, N-(3-chlorophenyl)-, 1-methylethyl ester

Ácido carbámico, N-(3-clorofenil) -, 1-metil éster

104-31-4 Benzoic acid, 4-(butylamino)-, 3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24,27-nonaoxaoctacos-1-yl ester

Ácido benzoico, 4 - (butilamino) -, éster 3,6,9,12,15,18,21,24,27-nonaoxaoctacos-1-il

107-49-3 Diphosphoric acid, P,P,P',P'-tetraethyl ester Ácido difosfórico, P, P, P ', p'-tetraetilo de éster

109-93-3 Ethene, 1,1'-oxybis- (9CI) Etileno, 1,1 '-oxibis-(9CI)

111-35-3 1-Propanol, 3-ethoxy- 1-propanol, 3-etoxi -

112-48-1 Butane, 1-(2-butoxyethoxy)- Butano, 1 - (2-butoxietoxi) -

113-18-8 1-Penten-4-yn-3-ol, 1-chloro-3-ethyl- 1-Penten-4-in-3-ol, 1-cloro-3-etil -

• The aim of this project was to validate the chemical identity of 1250 chemical substances listed in the Mexican National Chemicals Inventory that are not included in the TSCA inventory and the DSL in order to confirm their proper chemical identity and assure compatibility with the inventories of Canada and US.



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Database(CEC)



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Design and development of a Chemicals Inventory(DEFRA)

2009

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chemicals management as basis for the development of a Chemicals Inventory in Mexico

(CEC)




(CEC)

2011


commerce(MX)


Mexican Chemicals Inventory

(CEC)

Development of policy options to assure the sustainability of the Mexican Chemicals

Inventory(CEC)


chemicals to complete the Mexican Chemicals

Inventory(MX)




Development of policy options to assure the the sustainability of the Mexican National Chemicals

Inventory

• The aim of this project is to analyze the different policy options for assuring sustainability of the Mexican National Chemicals Inventory through a legal analysis of obstacles and opportunities to support an intergovernmental group in taking decisions on how to proceed in creating a register of chemical substances.

• The main options analyzed in the project include:1. Analysis of policy risks from different alternatives

2. Ad hoc Group to analyze and decide on implementation

3. Changes in national laws and regulations

4. Creation of an specific organization to maintain the national registry of chemical substances



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Review of information on the production of chemical substances from official records in Mexico

• 79% of the registries could not be used, since mixtures, minerals, inks, packaging material, and generic names are used in the sources of information

• 21% (21,307) of the registries could be matched to a chemical

• The main results are: 1,500 chemicals from the raw materials section of COA (962 included

in the INSQ) 291 chemicals from the products section of COA (100% matched

with the INSQ) 399 chemicals from PROFEPA (294 included in the INSQ) 9 chemicals from the PEMEX Annual Report 2010 13 chemicals from INEGI

Other advances

• Intersectoral meetings between government agencies, the private sector, academics and NGOs, to disseminate the advances

• Intersectoral meeting for collective reflection regarding the limitations, advantages and needs for management and research on chemical substances in Mexico: April 24th, 2012

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The way forward…

• Publication of the National Chemicals Inventory: Between July and October 2012

• Proposal for public policy and updating of the legal framework: October 2012 to March 2013

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Thank you! Merci!

¡Gracias!

Three countries. One environment.

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