Decision tools to help you categorise your chemical importation or manufacture
These decision tools are designed help you categorise your chemical importation or manufacture (introduction).
These self-guided tools will help you categorise your introduction as either listed, exempted, reported or assessed. You’ll need to refer to these documents to help you answer some of the questions.
Step 0: Introductions that are in the listed category
This decision tool is coming soon. Please use Step 0 of our 'Guide to categorising your chemical importation or manufacture' (Categorisation Guide) to work out if your introduction is in the listed category.
Step 1: Introductions that cannot be exempted or reported
We're currently updating this decision tool and it will be back online soon. Please use Step 1 of our 'Guide to categorising your chemical importation or manufacture' (Categorisation Guide).
Step 2: Introductions that are categorised as exempted
Decision tool – Work out if your introduction is categorised as exempted
Decision tool – Work out if your polymer is a Polymer of Low Concern (PLC)
Step 3: Introductions that are categorised as reported
Decision tool - Work out if your introduction is categorised as reported
Step 4: Work out the human health risk of your introduction
Step 4.1: Introductions that are always medium to high risk for human health
Decision tool – Work out if your introduction is medium to high risk for human health
Step 4.2: Introductions that can be low risk for human health
Step 4.3: Work out your human health exposure band
Decision tool – Work out your human health categorisation volume
Decision tool – Work out your human health exposure band
Step 4.4 and 4.5: Work out your human health hazard characteristics
Decision tool – Hazard characteristics for human health exposure band 1: use this tool if your introduction is in human health exposure band 1.
Decision tool – Hazard characteristics for human health exposure band 2: use this tool if your introduction is in human health exposure band 2.
Decision tool – Hazard characteristics for human health exposure band 3: use this tool if your introduction is in human health exposure band 3.
Decision tool – Hazard characteristics for human health exposure band 4: use this tool if your introduction is in human health exposure band 4.
Step 5: Work out the environment risk of your introduction
Step 5.1: Introductions that are always medium to high risk to the environment
Decision tool – Work out if your introduction is medium to high risk to the environment
Step 5.2: Introductions that can be low risk to the environment
Step 5.3: Work out your environment exposure band
Decision tool – Work out your environment categorisation volume
Decision tool – Work out your environment exposure band
Step 5.4 and 5.5: Work out your environment hazard characteristics
Decision tool – Hazard characteristics for environment exposure band 1: use this tool if your introduction is in environment exposure band 1
Decision tool – Hazard characteristics for environment exposure band 2: use this tool if your introduction is in environment exposure band 2.
Decision tool – Hazard characteristics for environment exposure band 3: use this tool if your introduction is in environment exposure band 3.
Decision tool – Hazard characteristics for environment exposure band 4: use this tool if your introduction is in environment exposure band 4.
Step 6: Complete your categorisation
Decision tool - Complete your categorisation
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