To: All Vydyne® customers Subject: REACh Substances of Very High Concern Vydyne products do not contain SVHC substances. Compliance Declaration – Ascend Performance Materials is dedicated to ensuring that its products are compliant to worldwide regulatory systems. Ascend’s Vydyne resins are fully compliant with the SVHC restrictions of the European Union’s Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACh) law. The substances listed below are not contained as ingredients in any Vydyne product, nor are they used in the manufacture of any Vydyne resin. Background Information – An integral part of REACh is the development of a “Candiate List” of substances for Authorization. Substances that are included in the Candidate List have been nominated by Member State Competent Authorities, or by ECHA, and have been identified as Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC). These substances may have very serious and often irreversible effects on humans and the environment, and may subsequently become subject to authorisation by decision of the European Commission. Substances are added to the Candidate List by ECHA. The inclusion of a substance in the List may impose legal obligations on companies who manufacture, import or use the listed substances on their own, in preparations or in articles. On June 20, 2011, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) officially added the fourth group of substances to this Candidate List. This press release may be found at: http://echa.europa.eu/news/pr/201106/pr_11_15_svhc_candidate_list_en.asp The current Candidate List susbtances are identified below. As more substances are added to the SVHC list and become officially subject to Authorization, Ascend will update this letter. Thank you for your business,
Travis Willard Product Stewardship Lead Ascend Performance Materials LLC
3000 Old Chemstrand Road Cantonment, FL 32533 June 20, 2011
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Substance name Triethyl arsenate Anthracene 4,4'- Diaminodiphenylmethane (MDA) Dibutyl phthalate (DBP) Cobalt dichloride Diarsenic pentaoxide Diarsenic trioxide
8. Sodium dichromate 9. 5-tert-butyl-2,4,6-trinitro-m-xylene (musk xylene) 10. Bis (2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) and all major 11. diastereoisomers identified: Alpha-hexabromocyclododecane Beta-hexabromocyclododecane Gamma-hexabromocyclododecane 12. Alkanes, C10-13, chloro (Short Chain Chlorinated Paraffins) 13. Bis(tributyltin)oxide (TBTO) 14. Lead hydrogen arsenate 15. Benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP) 16. Anthracene oil 17. Anthracene oil, anthracene paste, distn. Lights 18. Anthracene oil, anthracene paste, anthracene fraction 19. Anthracene oil, anthracene-low 20. Anthracene oil, anthracene paste 21. Coal tar pitch, high temperature 22. Acrylamide 23. Aluminiosilicate, Refractory Ceramic Fibres 24. Zirconia Aluminosilicate, Refractory Ceramic Fibres 25. 2,4-Dinitrotoluene 26. Diisobutyl phthalate 27. Lead chromate Lead chromate molybdate sulphate red (C.I. Pigment Red 28. 104) 29. Lead sulfochromate yellow (C.I. Pigment Yellow 34) 30. Tris(2-chloroethyl)phosphate 31. Trichloroethylene
EC Number 427-700-2 204-371-1 202-974-4 201-557-4 231-589-4 215-116-9 215-481-4
234-190-3 201-329-4 204-211-0 247-148-4 and 221-695-9
287-476-5 200-268-0 232-064-2 201-622-7 292-602-7 295-278-5 295-275-9 292-604-8 292-603-2 266-028-2 201-173-7 650-017-00-8 650-017-00-8 204-450-0 201-553-2 231-846-0
32. Boric acid
235-759-9 215-693-7 204-118-5 201-167-4 233-139-2 234-343-4
33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42.
215-540-4 235-541-3 231-889-5 232-140-5 232-143-1 231-906-6 233-334-2 233-402-1 208-169-4 200-755-8
Disodium tetraborate, anhydrous Tetraboron disodium heptaoxide, hydrate Sodium chromate Potassium chromate Ammonium dichromate Potassium dichromate Cobalt(II) sulphate Cobalt(II) dinitrate Cobalt (II) carbonate Cobalt(II) diacetate
CAS Number 120-12-7 101-77-9 84-74-2 7646-79-9 1303-28-2 1327-53-3 7789-12-0 (Hydrate), 10588-01-9 (Anhydrous) 81-15-2 117-81-7 25637-99-4 (134237-50-6) (134237-51-7) (134237-52-8) 85535-84-8 56-35-9 7784-40-9 85-68-7 90640-80-5 91995-17-4 91995-15-2 90640-82-7 90640-81-6 65996-93-2 79-06-1 121-14-2 84-69-5 7758-97-6 12656-85-8 1344-37-2 115-96-8 79-01-6 10043-35-3 11113-50-1 1303-96-4 1330-43-4 12179-04-3 12267-73-1 7775-11-3 7789-00-6 7789-09-5 7778-50-9 10124-43-3 10141-05-6 513-79-1 71-48-7
43. 2-Methoxyethanol 44. 2-Ethoxyethanol 45. Chromium trioxide Acids generated from chromium trioxide and their oligomers Group containing: Chromic acid Dichromic acid Oligomers of chromic acid and dichromic acid
46. 47. 2-ethoxyethyl acetate 48. strontium chromate 1,2-Benzenedicarboxylic acid, di-C7-11-branched and linear 49. alkyl esters 50. Hydrazine 51. 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidone 52. 1,2,3-trichloropropane 1,2-Benzenedicarboxylic acid, di-C6-8-branched alkyl 53. esters, C7-rich
203-713-7 203-804-1 215-607-8
109-86-4 110-80-5 1333-82-0
231-801-5 236-881-5 not yet assigned
7738-94-5 13530-68-2 not yet assigned
203-839-2 232-142-6
111-15-9 7789-06-2
271-084-6 206-114-9 212-828-1 202-486-1
68515-42-4 7803-57-8 302-01-2 872-50-4 96-18-4
276-158-1
71888-89-6
