Impact assessment

Request for information about risk management evaluations of substances proposed as Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

Collecting information for risk management evaluations for 2 chemical substances proposed as POPs to the UN’s POP Review Committee.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 18 February 2022
• Last updated: 28 February 2023 — See all updates

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Documents

Request for information on risk management evaluations (covering Annex F of the Stockholm Convention)

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Summary of responses and government response

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Privacy Notice

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Details

POPs are substances that persist in the environment, accumulate in living organisms and pose a risk to our health and the environment.

The Stockholm Convention’s POPs Review Committee (POPRC) has requested information to assist the with drafting of the Risk Management Evaluations (Annex F) for 2 substances:

• UV-328
• Dechlorane Plus.

This information will help determine the need for any specific exemptions and acceptable purposes. These substances have been proposed for listing under the convention as POPs.

Comments

We asked for submissions between 18 February and 7 March 2022. 3 responses were received.

You can find more information about POPRC’s calls for comments and information on the Stockholm Convention’s website.

Published 18 February 2022
Last updated 28 February 2023 + show all updates

1. 28 February 2023

   Updated information about the number of responses received and added new attachment 'Summary of responses and government response'.

2. 13 December 2022

   Updated the page to say the summary of responses will be published in early 2023.

3. 11 August 2022

   Page has been updated as the deadline for comments has passed.

4. 18 February 2022

   First published.