REACH: Public consultations launched for applications for authorisation

ECHA has launched a public consultation on five applications for authorisation covering six uses of:

• dichromium tris(chromate) (EC 246-356-2; CAS 24613-89-6) used for chemical conversion coating applications by aerospace and defence companies and their associated supply chains;
• strontium chromate (EC 232-142-6; CAS 7789-06-2) used in primers applied by aerospace and defence companies and their associated supply chains;
• pentazinc chromate octahydroxide (EC 256-418-0; CAS 49663-84-5) used in formulation of mixtures; and used in wash primer, fuel tank primer and aluminised primer for the purpose of corrosion protection in aeronautic applications;
• chromium trioxide (EC 215-607-8; CAS 1333-82-0) used in functional chrome plating of piston rods for automotive and rail applications;
• 1,2-dichloroethane (EDC) (EC 203-458-1; CAS 107-06-2) used as a swelling agent during the sulfonation reaction of crosslinked polystyrene beads in the manufacture of ion exchange resins for purification of radioactive waste.

More information about the uses that authorisation is applied for, including the description of the function of the substance, exposure scenarios, possible alternatives identified by the applicants.

The deadline for comments is 11 October 2017 (23:59 Helsinki time).

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