Evaluations notice - 28 May 2021
The Executive Director has initiated the following evaluations under Section 74 of the Industrial Chemicals (IC) Act 2019, to assess the potential human health and environment risks associated with the use of industrial chemicals. These evaluations have been selected based on information that is collected when conducting our Evaluation Selection Analysis (ESA) process.
Have your say
Visit our consultation page to view the evaluations (listed below) and submit any comments
Please provide any information which you consider has the potential to materially affect the outcome of the evaluation. This may be exposure, hazard or other information. All claims must be supported by evidence and the relevance of submitted information should be highlighted.
To help finalise these evaluations we would appreciate you providing your comments and information by close of the public consultation process, 25 June 2021.
Download list of chemicals covered by evaluations
Summary of evaluations
The subject of the evaluation may cover a single chemical or chemical group.
| Subject of the evaluation | Reason for the evaluation | Time period for evaluation |
|---|---|---|
| 1-Butanone, 2-(dimethylamino)-1-[4-(4-morpholinyl)phenyl]-2-(phenylmethyl)- | The Evaluation Selection Analysis indicated a potential risk to human health. |
31 December 2021 |
| 1-Propanone, 2-methyl-1-[4-(methylthio)phenyl]-2-(4-morpholinyl)- | The Evaluation Selection Analysis indicated a potential risk to human health. |
31 December 2021 |
| Alkyl pyridinium surfactants | The Evaluation Selection Analysis indicated a potential risk to human health. |
31 December 2021 |
| Carbamic acid, monoammonium salt (ammonium carbamate) | The Evaluation Selection Analysis indicated a potential risk to human health. | 31 December 2021 |
| Cashmeran (4H-Inden-4-one, 1,2,3,5,6,7-hexahydro-1,1,2,3,3-pentamethyl-) | The Evaluation Selection Analysis indicated a potential risk to environment. |
31 December 2021 |
| Cesium salts | The Evaluation Selection Analysis indicated a potential risk to human health. | 31 December 2021 |
| Chemicals not considered for in depth evaluation—not commercially active in Australia | An evaluation is required to provide information on the risks to human health and environment. |
31 December 2021 |
| Chemicals that are unlikely to require further regulation to manage risks to the environment | An evaluation is required to provide information on the risks to environment. |
31 December 2021 |
| Chemicals that are unlikely to require further regulation to manage risks to human health | An evaluation is required to provide information on the risks to human health. |
31 December 2021 |
| Dichloromethane (Methane, dichloro-) | The Evaluation Selection Analysis indicated a potential risk to environment. |
31 December 2021 |
| Ethanone, 1-(2,3,4,7,8,8a-hexahydro-3,6,8,8-tetramethyl-1H-3a,7-methanoazulen-5-yl)-, [3R-(3.alpha.,3a.beta.,7.beta.,8a.alpha.)]- (acetyl cedrene) | The Evaluation Selection Analysis indicated a potential risk to human health. | 31 December 2021 |
| Galaxolide and a related polycyclic musk | The Evaluation Selection Analysis indicated a potential risk to environment. |
31 December 2021 |
| Maleic acid esters (Short chain) | The Evaluation Selection Analysis indicated a potential risk to human health. | 31 December 2021 |
| Nickel soaps | The Evaluation Selection Analysis indicated a potential risk to environment. |
31 December 2021 |
| Nonanedioic acid (azelaic acid) | An evaluation is required to provide information on the risks to human health. | 31 December 2021 |
| Pentabromodiphenyl ether (pentaBDE) | An evaluation or assessment recommended further evaluation of specific issues related to the chemical(s). |
31 December 2021 |
| Phenol, 4-(1,1-dimethylpropyl)- (4-tert-pentylphenol) | The Evaluation Selection Analysis indicated a potential risk to human health. |
31 December 2021 |
Find out what prompts us to do an evaluation
We have published draft evaluation statements for these evaluations for public consultation under section 75 of the IC Act 2019.
Once we publish the final evaluation statement under Section 100 of the IC Act 2019, you are obliged to provide us with any hazard information relating to human health or the environment, which has not been captured in one of our evaluations. This applies to any person who has introduced one of the chemicals covered by our evaluations within the previous 12 months. Note, you can flag information as confidential when you provide it to us.
Other conditions apply, to find out what they are, please check the Section 100 IC Act, 2019.