Rolling Action Plan – our chemical evaluations list

What is the Rolling Action Plan?

The Rolling Action Plan is our work plan for prioritising chemicals for evaluation, which are selected based on the outcomes of our Evaluation Selection Analysis (ESA) process.

The plan lists our proposed, ongoing and recently completed chemical evaluations. It doesn't include evaluations initiated for chemicals under a current assessment certificate. 

Our Evaluations Roadmap describes our strategic approach to protect human health and the environment by providing information and recommendations about managing the risks that arise from introducing and using industrial chemicals. By prioritising chemicals on the Inventory, our evaluations are more risk-proportionate, timely and targeted.

For each entry, the Rolling Action Plan includes the: 

• subject of the evaluation – typically the chemical name or chemical group name
• reason for the evaluation
• an estimated evaluation end date
• focus of the evaluation – chemical identity, and human health or the environment (or both)
• amendments to the list of our initiated evaluations.

The publication of the subject, reason and time period within which the evaluation will be conducted satisfies the requirements of the Industrial Chemicals Act 2019  for initiating an evaluation. Listing the evaluation on the RAP means that it has commenced. An estimated time period for conducting the evaluation is provided in the table below.

During an Evaluation Selection Analysis (ESA) process we will identify chemicals that may pose a risk to human health and/or the environment. We will also identify chemicals that are unlikely to require further regulation to manage risks based on their human health and environmental hazards and exposures. This will allow us to publish Evaluation Statements for these chemicals and provide the rationale for not undertaking more detailed evaluations.

When do we update the Rolling Action Plan? 

Generally, we will update the Rolling Action Plan after publishing our evaluations. We publish a notice on our website when we update it. 

We will add details of newly initiated evaluations. Other changes to the rolling action plan may include amendments to the: 

• evaluation subject
• estimated evaluation end date
• reason for the evaluation

We may need to update the Rolling Action Plan at other times. If we do, we’ll consult with interested parties and publish a notice on our website. These updates can happen for many reasons, including:

• an adverse event that warrants a chemical evaluation
• a stakeholder request to evaluate a chemical has been prioritised through ESA process
• a post-assessment obligation leads to an evaluation
• we are informed that new information will become available for the chemical that warrants a chemical evaluation

The identified chemicals covered by the subject of the evaluation may change as the evaluation progresses due to new information becoming available.

Completed evaluations remain on the Rolling Action Plan until the next set of evaluations are published. 

Note: Please contact us if you have any information about any chemical listed on the Rolling Action Plan.

Rolling Action Plan

Evaluations under consultation, in progress and recently completed

We publish and maintain the following information as part of the Rolling Action Plan. 

1. Lists of evaluations that are in progress, currently open for public consultation or recently completed. Each evaluation could be for a single chemical or a group of chemicals.
2. Downloadable spreadsheet of chemicals that are covered by an evaluation that is in progress, currently open for public consultation, or recently completed. These chemicals can change during the course of the evaluation if new information becomes available.

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