The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) plans to introduce national controls for PFAS chemicals from 1 July 2025.
These controls, introduced under the Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management Standard (IChEMS), will apply bans, restrictions and risk management measures to importers, manufacturers and users of PFAS chemicals.
IChEMS is a national approach to managing chemical use, storage, handling and disposal and is aimed at delivering more consistent environmental regulation and make it easier for industry to choose less harmful chemicals.
DCCEEW is holding a public consultation on the proposals until 1 September 2023. The consultation is targeted to organisations and businesses that import, export, manufacture, dispose of, or use PFAS chemicals or products and articles containing PFAS.
Some examples of industries that use PFAS and may be affected by the proposed controls include chemical, electronics, textile and apparel, photography, firefighting and aviation.
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