Division of Chemical Health & Safety Executive Committee ACS Spring 2015 Meeting

Sunday,(March(22(Silverton(Ballroom(3,(Embassy(Suites,(Denver((

Business starts at 8:30 Officer and Committee Reports Chair’s Report – Debbie Decker (see attachment 1) Treasurer’s Report – Neal Langerman (see attachment 2) Secretary’s Report – Ralph Stuart (see attachment 3) Past Chair’s Report – Ken Fivizanni (see attachment 4) Councilor Report – Bob Hill and Russ Phifer (see attachment 5)

Programming Committee – Debbie Decker (see attachment 6) Workshops report - Russ Phifer (see attachment 7) NRCC liaison report – Russ Phifer (see attachment 8) JCHAS Editor’s Report – Harry Elston (see attachment 9)

Government Relations Committee – Ellen Sweet (see attachment 10) Long Range Planning Committee –Samuella Sigmann (see attachment 11)

Liaison Report: Committee on Corporation Associates (see attachment 12) – Neal Langerman

Other committee reports from the floor

Chair’s(Report(Welcome'to'beautiful'Denver!''I’m'looking'forward'to'our'programming'and'the'experience'of'being'in'Denver'again.'

During'this'year,'we’ll'be'engaging'in'a'Strategic'Planning'process'for'the'Division.''Our'last'Strategic'Plan'was'developed'in'2007'and'while'we’ve'made'progress,'some'EC'members'were'disappointed'in'that'process.''The'Committee'on'Chemical'Safety'and'Corporate'Associates'have'engaged'in'the'process'already,'to'positive'reviews,'so'I’m'hopeful'this'effort'will'be'fruitful'and'positive'for'us.''Ralph'has'included'the'CCS'strategic'plan'in'this'agenda'book'for'your'review.''We'need'to'discuss'who'should'participate'in'this'effort'and'a'location'for'the'retreat.''We'applied'for'an'Innovative'Project'Grant'but'we'haven’t'received'a'decision'yet.'

The'American'Association'for'Chemistry'Teachers'(www.teachchemistry.org)'continues'to'grow'and'evolve.''Several'members'of'the'EC'have'been'involved'and'offer'advice'and'counsel'to'the'group.''All'but'one'of'the'attendees'at'the'Laboratory'Safety'Workshop'here'in'Denver'are'AACT'members'and'as'such,'receive'a'reduced'rate'for'registration.''This'is'terrific'but'it'also'brings'up'a'potential'issue'–'the'reduced'registration'rate'doesn’t'cover'the'actual'costs'of'the'workshop'and'it’s'up'to'CHAS'to'subsidize'these'attendees.''We’ll'see'what'happens'in'Boston.'

Ralph'and'his'CINF'colleagues'have'submitted'a'ChemLuminary'application'for'an'“innovative'and'unique'project.”''Their'efforts'towards'a'useful'and'flexible'chemical'information'system'are'really'creative'and'interesting.'

Ken,'Bob,'Neal,'and'others'have'initiated'a'project'to'encourage'other'divisions'to'create'a'subZcommittee'for'safety.''CHED'has'already'made'progress'towards'this.''With'encouragement'from'Neal,'the'Committee'on'Corporation'Associates'has'established'a'safety'section.''In'addition'to'funding'an'eLearning'module,'CA'will'join'the'OSHA'statement'writing'team'and'is'considering'some'funding'of'KZ12'science'teachers'to'attend'the'CHAS'Lab'Safety'Workshops. We'will'continue'these'efforts'this'year.''It’s'important'for'divisions'to'make'safety'a'priority'within'their'respective'areas'of'influence'and'anything'we'can'do'to'nudge'these'efforts'forward,'we'need'to'pursue.'

I’d'like'to'thank'Ken'for'his'able'leadership'in'2014.''Ralph'and'Neal'continue'to'keep'us'both'wellZorganized'and'solvent.''Sammye'and'Larry'are'working'hard'to'keep'our'policies'in'line'with'actual'practice'and'within'ACS'guidelines.''The'Journal'hums'along,'with'only'occasional'spasms'of'doom'from'Harry.''The'Journal'continues'to'be'wellZwritten,'wellZedited,'and'wellZregarded'in'the'health'and'safety'community.''Our'very'own'Diane'Schmidt,'former'Chair'of'the'Division,'is'President'of'the'Society'this'year.''The'Division'is'healthy'and'I’m'humbled'and'proud'to'be'your'Chair'this'year.'

Respectfully'submitted,'

Debbie'M.'Decker,'Chair'2015'

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TREASURER’S REPORT

Denver, 2015Neal Langerman

Data as of 7 March 2015

BALANCE SHEET SUMMARYAs of 12 July 2014 7 March 2015

ASSETS

Current Assets

Checking/Savings $80552 58792

Investments Oppenheimer $38603 closed

Ameriprise $45344 closed

TIAA-CREF ($83947) $90567

TOTAL ASSETS $164528

LIABILITIES & EQUITY Liabilities $2099

Equity $162429

TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY

$164528

BUDGET SUMMARYCalendar Year, 2015

Budget, $ Actual, $To date

Income $102770 $2191

Expenses $102770 $6573

Operating Gain/Loss

$0 $-4382

FINANCIAL DETAILS

• Documentation Attached– Graphical Representations

• Workshop Profit/Loss– CCS/CHAS Booth cost

CHAS/CCS Booth Costs

• Total costs by National Meeting

2010 – 1 $10632010 – 2 $12962011 – 1 $16292011 – 2 $14532012 – 1 $10002012 – 2 $13632013-1 $9642013-2 $17132014-1 $14172014-2 $2451

INCOME EXPENSEFall, 2006 $4,993 $1,563 Spring, 2007 $1,734 $619 Fall, 2007 $7,400 $5,238Spring, 2008 $2,929 $1,634Fall, 2008 $4,400 $1,466Spring, 09 $2,850 $779Fall, 09 $9,950 $3,292Spring. 10 $2,550 $2,186Fall, 10 $9,225 $3,972Spring, 11 $7,225 $5,803Fall, 11 $3,775 $2,757Spring, 2012 $4,545 $3,782Fall, 2012 $4,300 $2,372Spring, 2013 $5,450 $3,788Fall, 2013 $6,571 $3,963Spring, 2014 $10,600 $5,561Fall, 2014 $17,772 $12,302

BY MEETING

$0$2,000$4,000$6,000$8,000$10,000$12,000$14,000$16,000$18,000$20,000

WORKSHOP CASH FLOW

INCOME

EXPENSES

Secretary’s*Report!–!Ralph&Stuart"

1. Fume Hood Design Workshop As approved at the San Francisco national meeting, the Division co-sponsored a fume hood design workshop in October, 2014 with several sister professional organizations and fume hood vendors. The final agenda can be found at https://acsdchas.wordpress.com/fume-hood-design-workshop/ The format was designed to support both on site and distance participation, however technical difficulties arose with the Internet connection that limited distance participation. The draft report on the event has been received from the contractor engaged for this purpose and a final version of the report is expected to be ready by the end of this spring.

2. Ongoing Discussions with ABSA As noted in the SF secretary’s report, we have begun discussions with the American Biosafety Association (ABSA) to coordinate our efforts are promoting laboratory safety, as 21st Century laboratory sciences often contain issues of both biological and chemical safety concern. The initial work has been handed to the Government Relations Committee for ongoing cooperation.

3. DCHAS Podcast Opportunity Due to my move from Cornell University to Keene State College, I have been unable to follow up on the proposal to work with SafetyStratus to develop a podcast presence for the division. We believe that the idea is still viable, but we are interested in help from other DCHAS EC members in moving this idea forward.

4. Joint work with CINF and CHED on electronic chemical safety information Discussions are continuing with CINF and CHED members about opportunities to improve access to chemical safety information on the Internet. This includes not only data sources, but information logics and training materials that will support use of this information in the laboratory setting. This work included trips to the Royal Society of Chemistry in the UK and OpenTox 2015 in Baltimore, MD. These activities will be summarized in a joint symposium with CINF to be held at the Boston national meeting.

Report of Immediate Past Chair Many of last year’s numerous activities have continued into this year. CHAS’s leadership role in the discussion and improvement of safety in chemistry laboratories has been demonstrated repeatedly. We continue to improve collaboration with other divisions and committees, and this has resulted in strong technical programs at the national meetings. My thanks also go to those who took the time to organize or participate in technical symposia or workshops at ACS regional meetings. The Task Force for Safety Education Guidelines (TFSEG), sponsored by CCS, is working to improve safety education guidelines in academic institutions at all levels. This task force will provide a document of initial efforts to CCS at the Denver meeting. Thanks to TFSEG co-chairs Jack Breazeale and Kirk Hunter and the members of the task force for providing such useful information and suggestions for guidelines that are relevant to teachers and principal investigators. In our 2015 election, CHAS will elect several officers: Chair-Elect, Treasurer, and a Member-at-Large. If you would like to be considered for one of these positions or if you want to nominate someone for a position, please let me know. You can discuss potential nominees or position descriptions with any of the CHAS officers. On Tuesday, April 14, 2015, at 7:00 PM EDT, ACS Webinars will present a Small Chemical Business Event “Program in a Box.” The title of the webinar is How to Create a Safety Culture While Growing Your Business. Neal Langerman and I are participating in this webinar. This is another way that CHAS is making a difference in the ACS appreciation of the important role of safety in the science of chemistry. Other divisions that are partnering with CHAS in this program are the Division of Business Development & Management, the Division of Professional Relations, and the Division of Small Chemical Businesses. Three CHAS members were selected at ACS Fellows in 2014: Debbie Decker, Ralph Stuart, and Darlene Slattery. Note that all three are serving on the CHAS Executive Committee or on CCS. Thanks for an active and productive 2014. Keep up the good work and give Debbie the high level of support that you have provided in the past. Ken Fivizzani

Division'of'Chemical'Health'&'Safety'

COUNCILOR'REPORT''

American Chemical Society 248th ACS National Meeting

San Francisco, California Division Councilors Bob Hill and Russ Phifer attended the Council meeting in San Francisco. The following report summarizes actions that may be of interest to DCHAS members. • Following selection of Peter K. Dorhout and William A. Lester, Jr. as the

Candidates for President-Elect at the Council meeting, Donna Nelson was added by petition. Tthe results of the Fall 2014 election are as follows: Donna Nelson 13,934 Peter Dorhout 8,944 William Lester 4,886

Committee Reviews Council Policy (CPC) CPC announced that the recommendations of its Task Force to Review the Councilor Reimbursement Policy, approved in March 2014, were forwarded to the Society Committee on Budget and Finance and ultimately will go to the Board for action. Subsequent to the meeting, the Board voted to approve funding for the changes, which increase Local Section and Division reimbursements for Councilor travel. At the spring meeting in 2015, CPC will set the divisor for 2016 – 2019. The formula will be based on membership numbers as of December 31, 2014. Official notification of the Councilor divisor and the number of Councilors permitted for Local Sections or Divisions will be sent to Local Sections and Divisions no later than May 1, 2015, as it will affect elections conducted in 2015. CPC will form a small task force on Councilor Divisor Communications to assist staff.

• After voting to postpone its implementation by one year, the Council voted to approve a revised formula for allocating dues funds to divisions. This formula, which was presented by the Committee on Divisional Activities, will be effective with allocations for 2015 division performance.

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Meetings & Expositions (M&E) Meeting Registration Report • M&E reported that 11,847 papers were accepted for the 248th National

Meeting in San Francisco. As of August 13, total attendance was 15,761. The Exposition had 432 booths with 285 exhibiting companies. The Committee voted to recommend to the Board of Directors the following sites for National Meetings:

o Boston - Fall 2024, 2029, 2031 o San Diego - Spring 2025, 2031, and Fall 2027 o New Orleans - Spring 2027, 2032 o Chicago - Fall 2022

• The new ACS Mobile Application had over 6,000 downloads by meeting attendees.

• M&E voted to eliminate the author index in the hard program meeting program book beginning with the spring 2015 meeting, The searchable author index is now available via the mobile application and other electronic means.

Divisional Activities (DAC) • DAC is conducting a pilot program with the ACS Presentations on Demand Coordinating Editor regarding a new type of recorded meeting content – three to five-minute videos (ACS POD Shorts) that focus on the most notable aspects of a full-length presentation. DAC voted to fund eight Innovative Project Grants, totaling $33,750. DAC is also developing a process to more readily permit divisions to benefit from one another’s innovations. The Multidisciplinary Program Planning Group is proposing the following 2018-2019 national meeting themes to the divisions for their consideration: 2018 Spring – Energy Solutions and the Environment Fall – Chemistry – from Bench to Market 2019 Spring – Chemistry for New Frontiers Professional Training (CPT) At the SF meeting, CPT evaluated 42 periodic reports from currently approved programs, two from programs on probationary status, and one site visit report from a school applying for ACS approval. Four new programs were approved, and one institution was removed from the approved list. The Committee concluded discussion of the guidelines revision and voted provisional approval of the draft document. The draft will be distributed to department chairs of chemistry programs this fall. CPT also approved the

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final report of a survey on chemical information resources that will be published in the Committee newsletter and website. The ACS Board of Directors has announced that Thomas Connelly, Jr. has been appointed as Executive Director of the Society, and will take office on February 17, 2015. Dr. Connelly is retiring as Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer for DuPont. Respectfully submitted, Russ Phifer Bob Hill Councilors for the Division of Chemical Health & Safety

Volume 15 Number 1 March 2015 www.acs.org

American Chemical Society

Councilor Bulletin

Inside this issue:

Message from the President 1

Strategic Plan 2015 & Beyond Launches

2

ACS Meetings Recording Policy Under Review

2

Senior Chemists Breakfast: Marvin Caruthers

3

Improving ACS for Industry 4

New Councilor Orientation 5

Councilor Divisor 5

Councilor Caucuses 5

ACS Fellows Program 6

Presidential Symposia and Events

7

Town Hall Meeting: 2016 Press-Elect Nominees

7

T he 249th ACS national meeting re-turns to Den-ver where Chemistry of Natural Re-

sources is the theme. It is my pleasure to join all of you in the Mile High City, one of the most gorgeous locales for our meetings. We have an exciting pro-gram planned rich with scien-tific papers. As President, I will host 29 technical divi-sions and eight committees in original programming based on the meeting theme of Chemistry of Natural Re-

sources. More than 10,000 papers will be presented, and nearly 4,000 poster presenta-tions will take place at the meeting. The ACS Board of Directors Open Session will be an opportunity to hear from Deborah Blum, bestsel-ling author of The Poisoner’s

Handbook. She will discuss her thoughts on communi-cating chemistry. Please join your colleagues from noon to 1:00 p.m. in the Four Seasons Ballroom 4 of the Colorado Convention Center. Sand-wiches will be provided for the first 200 attendees. There are three Presidential Symposia I encourage you to attend as well as several oth-ers I am recommending. The first is on the morning of Sun-day, March 22, Chemistry

Without Borders: The Trans-

national Practice of Chemis-

try and Allied Sciences and

Engineering (8:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m., Colorado Convention Center, Ballroom 3A,). The other two presidential sympo-sia focus on nanotechnology, with the first beginning later that afternoon on Sunday, March 22, and continuing all day on Monday. Nanotechnol-

ogy: Delivering on the Prom-

ise will highlight the fascinat-ing research, development, and commercialization of nano-chemistry and nanotechnology and will include 16 senior-level speakers from industry, aca-deme, and government. The third presidential symposium, DOE Nanoscience Research

Centers: National Resources

for the Nanoscience Commu-

nity (Tuesday, 8:30 - 11:30 a.m.), will feature the five heads of chemistry at U.S. na-tional laboratories. This is the first symposium of its type to highlight these speakers collec-tively. A must attend highlight at ACS national meetings are the Kavli lectures. On Monday afternoon, Theodore Betley, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University, will deliver The Kavli Foundation Emerging Leader in Chemistry Lecture on ‘Radical Frontiers in Ca-

talysis.’ He is followed by Laura Kiessling, at the Univer-sity of Wisconsin-Madison, with The Fred Kavli Innova-tions in Chemistry Lecture (Colorado Convention Center, Bellco Theater) who will speak on ‘Us Versus Them: Distin-

guishing Humans from Mi-

crobes with Carbohydrates.’ The entire meeting program is filled with outstanding sci-entific, educational, and pro-fessional content. Please con-sult the listings in this program or go to www.acs.org/denver2015 for all the specific details pertaining to these events. There is plenty to se-lect from and I am sure you will find something to satisfy your needs and expectations. The exposition will feature more than 250 companies that will showcase services, instru-ments, books, lab equipment, and much more in more than 400 booths. For job seekers and employ-ers, the ACS Career Fair will provide opportunities for inter-views (both on-site and on-line). Job seekers will also find one-on-one career assistance, and more than 30 career-related workshops. I express thanks to the mem-bers of the Colorado Local Section; the Committee on Meetings and Expositions; thematic program chair Robert S. Weber of the Pacific North-west National Laboratory; the divisional program chairs and symposium chairs responsible for organizing this meeting’s technical sessions; and the ACS staff for making it all happen. And thanks to you for contributing to the success of this meeting. Of course, thanks to all of you for attending.

From the ACS President Diane G. Schmidt

Peter Cutts Photography

ACS COUNCIL MEETING

WEDNESDAY

March 25, 2015 8:00 a.m.

Hyatt Regency Denver Colorado Convention

Center Hotel

Grand Ballroom B

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ACS Strategic Plan for 2015 and Beyond Launches

T he newly revised ACS Strategic Plan for 2015 and Beyond defines the Society’s value proposition to our mem-bers and the chemical enter-prise. From our Core Values to our Goals to the opportunities for stakeholders to “Get In-volved” the plan positions the Society to address the chal-lenges that our members, the scientific community, and the world face. We continue in the strategic direction that will enable us to achieve our Vision of “Improving people’s lives through the transforming pow-er of chemistry” and our Mis-sion to “Advance the broader chemistry enterprise and its practitioners for the benefit of Earth and its people.” Substan-tive changes to the plan are reflected in the Objectives that

the Board and its Planning Com-mittee have developed. As we make progress in these areas, we are advancing our Goals and our offerings to chemistry and chem-ists. Each goal presents Ongoing Activities, Recent Progress, and ways in which our members can “Get Involved” in the ACS pro-grams that will make the plan a success. You can find detailed information about the plan at http://strategy.acs.org. ACS will marshal our unique resources to: x� Goal 1: Provide Information

Be the most authoritative, comprehensive, and indispen-sable provider of chemistry-related information.

x� Goal 2: Advance Member Careers Empower an inclusive commu-nity of members with net-works, opportunities, re-sources, and skills to thrive in

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Councilors’ perspectives are vital in ensuring that the ACS Goals, Vision, and Mission are achieved. You are invited to share any additional ideas and suggestions for the Society’s strategic direction at strategy@acs.org. Thank you for all the work that you do for the Society on behalf of chem-ists and the chemistry enter-prise.

O ver the past year, several governance units – the Board Committee on Professional and Member Relations (P&MR), the Committee on Divisional Activities (DAC), and the Committee on Meetings and Expositions (M&E) – have been reviewing the Society’s policy regarding recording content delivered at ACS meet-ings. The committees are pri-marily interested in assessing whether the policy continues to meet the needs of the Society, including those who present and consume information de-livered at our meetings. The policy reads as follows: “The use of any device to cap-ture images (e.g., cameras and camera phones) or sound (e.g., tape and digital record-ers) or to stream, upload or

rebroadcast speakers or presentations is strictly prohib-ited at all official ACS meet-ings and events without the express written consent from the ACS.” As 2014 drew to a close, P&MR endorsed recommenda-tions from DAC to undertake the following in 2015: (1) Maintain the current policy for the time being, (2) Increase efforts to publicize the exist-ence of the policy to national meeting registrants, and (3) Conduct a survey of recent national meeting attendees to obtain their perspectives on the current recording policy - in their distinct personas as speakers, and as members of the audience. ACS is interested in learning if presenters and audience members differ in how they

view the current recording policy. If it turns out they do indeed differ, the committees will investigate how they dif-fer, and whether the competing views can be reconciled with one another, and other Society interests on this topic. Among other things, the sur-vey is also expected to provide insights into national meeting attendee awareness of the re-cording policy, and how much recording is currently occur-ring (in violation of the poli-cy). The final survey results will be reported to P&MR in June by DAC and M&E. Subse-quently, the three committees will consider how the new data impacts the review of the cur-rent recording policy.

ACS Meetings Recording Policy Under Review

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Senior Chemists Breakfast to Feature Marvin Caruthers in Denver

T he Senior Chemists Committee (SCC) is pleased to announce that Marvin H. Caruthers, Dis-tinguished Professor of Bio-chemistry and Chemistry at the University of Colorado, Boulder ,is the keynote speaker at the Senior Chem-ists Breakfast at the Denver National Meeting. The breakfast is on Tuesday, March 24, at the Hyatt Re-gency at the Colorado Con-vention Center, Centennial Room A/B, 7:30-9:30 a.m. Professor Caruthers’ in-terests include nucleic acids chemistry and biochemis-try. Approximately 30 years ago, the methodolo-gies that are used today for chemically synthesizing

DNA were developed in his laboratory and incorporated into so-called gene machines for the purpose of synthesizing DNA used by biochem-ists, biologists, and molecular biolo-gists for many re-search applications. More recently his laboratory has de-veloped methods for RNA chemical synthesis and for the synthesis of DNA/RNA on chips. The title of his presentation is Wearing Two Hats-Basic Research and Biotechnology. Ticket price is $20.00 for the breakfast and can be pur-chased through the meeting registration. There will also

be a limited amount of tick-ets available at the door. Also in Denver, SCC will

co-sponsor, with the Pol-ymer Am-bassadors, a workshop for K-12 teach-ers who will participate in polymer sci-ence learning experiments that can be

used in the classroom. Topics include: PolyWhat? What In the World is a Pol-ymer? Polymers: New Twist on Old Favorites, and Manufacturing Plastics and Bioplastics. The work-shop is Monday, March 23, 4:30-8:00 p.m. at the Sher-

aton Denver Downtown Hotel, Gold Room. SCC will also be in-volved in the fourth Under-graduate Speed Network-ing with Chemistry Profes-sionals event on Monday, March 23, 3:45-5:15 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Den-ver at Colorado Conven-tion Center, Centennial B. SCC encourages all Coun-cilors to attend this suc-cessful and highly reward-ing event. To volunteer, contact Lori Betsock at l_betsock@acs.org.

Electronic Voting at Council Meeting A t the ACS Council Meeting in Denver, Councilors will again be using a hand-held audience response system for bal-loting for Elected Committees and for other votes when necessary. Early in the Council meeting, there will be a hands-on demonstration. A numbered ‘clicker’ will be issued to each voting Councilor at the Council check in. These clickers will be collected after voting is complete. There is a $100 fine for each clicker not returned!

The American Association of Chemistry Teachers (AACT), a new organization sponsored by the American Chemical Society, launched last September. Members of AACT will receive customized curriculum resources, a peer-reviewed periodical, a subscription to ChemMatters magazine, and professional development opportunities including webinars and workshops. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in chemistry education. ACS President Diane Grob Schmidt is championing this new initiative and looks

forward to working with ACs local sections to support it. Please visit www.acs.org/aact to learn more, stay in touch, and get involved.

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GREAT CHEMISTRY HAPPENS AT

REGIONAL MEETINGS

2015

Central/Great Lakes Regional Meeting CERM)/(GLRM)

May 27-30 Grand Rapids, MI

Northeast

Regional Meeting (NERM) June 10-13 Ithaca, NY

Northwest

Regional Meeting (NORM) June 21-24 Pocatello, ID

Midwest

Regional Meeting (MWRM) October 21-24 St. Joseph, MO

Southeast/Southwest

Regional Meeting (SERMACS)/(SWRM)

November 4-7 Memphis, TN

Western

Regional Meeting (WRM) November 6-8

San Marcos, CA

2016

Central Regional Meeting (CERM)

May 18-21 Cincinnati, OH

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For more information, link to the individual

meeting sites at www.acs.org/meetings/

regional

of Chemistry and Allied Sci-

ences and Engineering and Nanotechnology: Delivering

on the Promise and DOE Na-

noscience Research Centers:

National Resources for the

Nanoscience Community un-der the PRES banner. And we will have industry-specific net-working events to promote information sharing. We have teamed up with the Committee on Economic and Professional Affairs and our Career Consultants to present ACS Career Pathways work-shops, professional training courses, and leadership courses for all members through the ACS Career Navigator. These workshops and courses have been updated during the past few months to include case studies, scenarios and examples from industry as a way to make them even more relevant to industry scientists. Two national awards and several divisional awards will be presented to industry scien-tists in Denver. Look for the CA sponsored, “ACS Award for Creative Invention” and “ACS Award for Team Innova-tion” presentations during the gala on Tuesday evening in Denver. Also look for the many division-sponsored award symposia and presentations throughout the meeting that

A pproximately one-fourth of the U.S. GDP, and nearly 800,000 American jobs, are supported by the chemical industries. Still, we have seen declines in chemistry jobs, and a de-crease in the number of ACS members from industry over the past decade. ACS has a role to play in advocating for a business climate that sup-ports chemical businesses and in supporting the people that power the industrial workforce. As ACS President and as Chair of the Committee on Corporation Associates (CA), we are working to-gether to deliver on the promise that Diane made in her C&EN Presidential Statement this past January. With the help of dedicated CA members, we are en-hancing access to technical information, optimizing pro-fessional development and training for industry, and providing opportunities to network and share best prac-tices at our meetings. We are also working with other committees and divisions to recognize industry scientists for their contributions to society, and to advocate for policies that advance busi-ness, employment and eco-nomic prosperity. You can look for joint pro-motions and programming at our national meetings. For example, in Denver we will have an ACS Industry Con-cierge in the Expo to facili-tate business meetings, and to respond to industry mem-ber concerns. With regard to programming, you will see Chemistry Without Borders:

The Transnational Practice

ACS President and Corporation Associates: Improving ACS for Industry Diane Grob Schmidt, ACS President and Dawn Mason, Chair, Committee on Corporation Associates

honor scientists from industry. There are 66 companies whose employees are present-ing research during the ACS National Meeting in the fields of biofuels, polymers, hydrau-lic fracturing, smart materials, agriculture, food, quality by design, biosimilars, biomateri-als, biodegradables, nano-materials and solar energy. Since pharmaceutical, specialty chemical and consumer prod-uct companies have been forced to reduce their internal capabilities for research, and have become more dependent upon academic researchers and entrepreneurial ventures to feed their innovation pipelines. And since, government support of academic research has been markedly reduced, and the competition for financial sup-port for basic research has be-come fierce. It makes sense that these presentations are ideal places to network to iden-tify opportunities for industry/academic partnerships. As the year progresses, you can expect to hear more from us about the needs of industry scientists and their employers, because we need your help to improve the value that industry members see in our associa-tion, and the many valuable offerings that your committees provide.

Don’t Miss It!

SCI-MIX

Monday, March 23 8 - 10 p.m.

Colorado Convention Center

Hall C/D

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THE ACS 2015 NEW COUNCILOR ORIENTATION AND RECEPTION

Saturday, March 21, 2015 Hyatt Regency Denver Hotel at Colorado Convention Center

Centennial Ballroom A

Orientation and Strategy Café from 3:30-6:00 PM Reception with ACS Committees at 7:00 PM

Come and meet other ACS leaders, learn more about the Society, receive information about ACS

committees, and establish mentoring relationships.

If you are a new Councilor or an Alternate Councilor, please mark your calendars for this event and respond to Semora Smith at s_smith@acs.org.

ACS Councilor Caucuses

Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center

Sunday, March 22

6:00 p.m. District II Mineral Hall C Middle Atlantic Mineral Hall D District IV Mineral Hall E District V Mineral Hall F District VI Mineral Hall G

Tuesday, March 24 4:00 p.m. Division Officers Room 502 and Councilors 5:30 p.m. District I Mineral Hall C

Representation at Council by Local Sections and Divisions The ACS Bylaws require that for each four-year period beginning in a year divisible by four, the Council Policy Committee (CPC) establish a divisor to determine representation at Council by local sections and divisions. At its meeting in Denver, CPC will set the divisor for 2016 - 2019. This number (divisor) is then divided into the number of members in a local section as of De-cember 31, 2014, and determines the number of Councilors each local section is entitled to in 2016 - 2019. CPC will also set the limit for Councilor representation from the divisions based on the ACS constitutional requirement that 20% of elect-ed Councilors shall be elected by divisions and 80% shall be elected by local sections. The num-ber of Councilors authorized for each division is based on the number of paid ACS members in the division as of December 31, 2014. CPC typically chooses the divisor that affects the fewest number of local sections and divisions, and results in the least disruptive change to the size of Council. However, fluctuations can and do occur in local section and division annual member counts, and some local sections and divisions will experience a loss or gain.

Official notification of the Councilor divisor and the number of Councilors permitted for your local section or division will be sent no later than May 1, 2015, as required by the Bylaws. Please note that although this information will determine 2016 Councilor allotment, it will affect elections conducted in 2015.

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ACS Fellows Program 2015 Nominations are open for 2015 ACS Fellows. Nominations will be accepted online at www.nominatefellow.acs.org until April 1, 2015 (11:59 PDT). The American Chemical Society Fellows Program recognizes members of the ACS for excellence and leadership in both of two areas: (1) science, the profession, education, and/or management, and (2) volunteer service in the ACS community. We look forward to receiving your nominations and the opportunity to recognize chemical professionals who are making an impact. Eligibility: x� Nominees for ACS Fellows must be current members (including retired and emeritus members) in good standing of the American

Chemical Society. Former members or deceased members will not be considered as nominees for ACS Fellows. x� Current members of the Fellows Selection Committee, Fellows Oversight Committee, ACS Board of Directors, and current ACS

staff are not eligible to be nominees, or primary or secondary nominators. x� The selection of ACS Fellows is based on: (1) Excellence and leadership that have a lasting beneficial impact in science, the pro-

fession, education, and/or management; and (2) Volunteer service in the ACS community resulting in significant enhancements to ACS programs, products, or services.

x� There must be documented evidence of exceptional accomplishments, professional attainment, and impact in both of the above

two areas. Nominations: x� Nominations for ACS Fellows are solicited from the following groups:

x� ACS National Committees – Each Committee may nominate one nominee. x� ACS Technical Divisions – Each Division may nominate up to two times the number of Councilors from the Division.

Nominees must be current members of the Division. x� ACS Local Sections – Each Local Section may nominate up to the number of Councilors from the Local Section. Nomi-

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TOWN HALL MEETING an opportunity to question the

Nominees for ACS President-Elect 2016

SUNDAY, MARCH 22 4:30 - 5:30 PM Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center Hotel Centennial Ballroom F&G

Submit your questions in advance to nomelect@acs.org Sponsored by the Committee on Nominations and Elections

G. BRYAN BALAZS ALLISON A. CAMPBELL DAVID J. LOHSE CHRISTOPHER J. WELCH

ACS Division of Chemical Health & Safety Spring 2015, Denver, CO 249th National Meeting

Program Chair Report Debbie Decker

The San Francisco meeting was very busy, as is typical for this venue. Neal and Harry organized a session of Ask Dr. Safety which included a presentation and discussion from Haim Weizman from UC San Diego about producing high quality, authentic safety videos. Ralph’s symposium on green labs drew a rather different crowd from sustainability and energy conservation offices. Ralph also organized a retrospective of lab safety. Doug’s CHAS awards symposium honored Kim Jeskie for her work at Oak Ridge, Sheila Kennedy and her colleagues from the Student Disability Center at UC San Diego were honored for the nationwide reach of their work, and my own Chemistry Department at UCDavis was recognized. I also organized a symposium on facilitating students with disabilities in the academic laboratory. A presentation from Hoby Webler and his mentor, Dean Tantillo, about the creative ways Hoby (who happens to be blind) has been able to be successful in teaching and research was particularly well-received. Five posters in Sci-Mix rounded out our program.

For Spring 2015 in Denver, Larry Doemeny have organized a Presidential symposium on nanotechnology. It will be scheduled for Sunday afternoon and all day Monday. I was able to avoid programming opposite the PRES symposium on Sunday afternoon and Monday morning, since our very own Diane Schmidt will be President of the Society and we need to be supportive. Five posters are planned for Sci-Mix. The symposia planned are here:

• Legalized Marijuana & Health & Safety N. R. Langerman, R. W. Phifer, Organizers, Presiding

• Ask Dr. Safety: EH&S Support of Nanotechnology R&D H. J. Elston, N. R. Langerman, Organizers, Presiding

• Safety in Undergraduate Teaching F. K. Wood-Black, Organizer, Presiding

For Fall 2015 in Boston, Awards are planned for Monday afternoon, to coincide with our Social. Ralph is working on a chemical information symposium, and a symposium on 25 years after promulgation of the lab standard is planned. A session on new technology for fume hoods and ductless enclosures is planned. Ask Dr. Safety: After the incident, and demonstrations and undergraduate teaching symposia are planned. Submission deadline is March 16th, 2015.

Programming succession planning: Frankie, Joe, and I continue to work as a programming committee. The ACS abstract management system continues to be frustrating. We’ll work through it and hope it gets better.

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DIVISION OF CHEMICAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

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Please plan on attending the Division of Chemical Health and Safety’s Technical Program and Workshops in Denver, March, 2015. We have listed for your consideration our workshops and technical programming. We believe we have put together the best technical program to help you be successful and work safely in your laboratory.

WORKSHOPS All workshops are at the Embassy Suites Denver – Downtown Convention Center

Friday, March 20 (8:30 AM - 4:00 PM) • Laboratory Waste Management

Cripple Creek Ballroom 2 • Laboratory Safety

Cripple Creek Ballroom 1

Saturday, March 21 (8:30 AM - 4:00 PM) • How To Be a More EffectiveChemical

Hygiene Officer Silverton Ballroom 1

Coffee is available at 8 AM. One hour (no host) lunch break.

Social Hour

Monday Evening, March 23, 2015 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Grand Hyatt Denver, Capital Peak

Hosted by CHAL and CHAS !

TECHNICAL PROGRAM

DAY 1 & 2

PRES Sessions

Sunday, March 22 and Monday,

March 23, 2015

Colorado Convention Center Mile High Ballroom 3A

Sunday PM: Nanotechnology: Delivering on the Promise: Research & Development

Cosponsored by AGFD, AGRO, ANYL, CARB, CCPA, CCS, CHAS, COLL, COMSCI, CORP, ENFL, HIST, I&EC, IAC, MPPG, PMSE, POLY, SCHB and SOCED

D. G. Schmidt, Organizer

L. J. Doemeny, C. Geraci, Organizers, Presiding

Session begins at 1:30 PM

Monday AM: Nanotechnology: Delivering on the Promise: Opportunities and Challenges

for Health, Safety and the Environment

Cosponsored by AGFD, AGRO, ANYL, CARB, CCPA, CCS, CHAS, COLL, COMSCI, CORP, ENFL, HIST, I&EC, IAC, MPPG, PMSE, POLY, SCHB and SOCED

D. G. Schmidt, Organizer

L. J. Doemeny, C. Geraci, Organizers, Presiding

Session begins at 8:30 AM

Please join the Division leadership at the Executive Committee breakfast meeting.

Sunday, March 22, 2015 from 8:00 - 11:30 AM Silverton Ballroom 3

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TECHNICAL PROGRAM

DAY 2 & 3

Monday, March 23, 2015

PM CHAS Session

All CHAS Sessions are at the Embassy Suites - Downtown Convention Center

Silverton Ballroom 1

Legalized Marijuana & Health & Safety

Cosponsored by CCS

N. R. Langerman, R. W. Phifer, Organizers, Presiding 1:30 Introductory Remarks. 1:40 Taking care of Mary Jane’s workers. J. Lieberman 2:10 Safety considerations in the development of sensible workplace drug testing policies for legalized marijuana. R.W. Phifer 2:40 Marijuana health and safety for licensed and regulated businesses. C. Villano 3:10 State mandated testing of retail marijuana in Colorado. A. LaFrate 3:55 Safety and health standard of cannabis extractions with an emphasis on C02. A. Cahoj 4:25 Recent improvements in chromatography: Advancing chromatographic data quality to make a safer Cannabis product. A. Rigdon, R. Lake, R. Freeman, F. Carroll, T. Kahler 4:55 GC methods for Cannabis safety and potency testing. A. Rigdon, J. Cochran, C. Hilliard, W. Schroeder, C. Schroeder, T. Flood 5:25 Concluding Remarks.

Monday, March 23, 2015

Sci-Mix

Colorado Convention Center Halls C/D

J. M. Pickel, Organizer

8:00 - 10:00 PM 8. Division of Chemical Health and Safety. D.M. Decker 9. Potency and contaminant testing of retail marijuana in Colorado. A. LaFrate 10. Safety survey of chemistry teaching laboratories in Nepal. B. Giri, K. Kandel 11. Lessons learned from a hood fire and deflagration event. J.M. Pickel 12. Increasing sample throughput of Cannabis analyses on any LC system. R. Lake, A. Rigdon, R. Freeman, F. Carroll, T. Kahler

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

AM CHAS Session

Ask Dr. Safety: EH&S Support of Nanotechnology R&D

Cosponsored by AGFD, CCS and PRES

H. J. Elston, N. R. Langerman, Organizers, Presiding

9:00 Introductory Remarks. 9:05 13. How hazardous can nanostructured titanium dioxide be to humans in a water purification application? P. Zuniga, J. Quesada-Kimzey 9:25 14. Ask Dr. Safety: EH&S support of nanotechnology R&D. N.R. Langerman, H.J. Elston 10:55 Concluding Remarks.

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

AM CHAS Session

Safety in Undergraduate Teaching

Cosponsored by CCS

F. K. Wood-Black, Organizer, Presiding

1:30 Introductory Remarks. 1:40 15. Moving from a danger culture to a safety culture. R. Stuart 2:00 16. Teaching basic technique: A view into preparing for a safer educational and work environment. F.K. Wood-Black, K. Black 2:20 17. Using traditional safety rules to teach more advanced concepts in chemical hygiene. S.B. Sigmann 2:40 18. Talk dirty to me: Teaching undergraduate students the importance of good hygiene in the teaching laboratory. L. Gallion, A.M. Wilson, M.J. Samide 3:00 19. Risk hazard assessment in the general chemistry laboratory. S.D. Wiediger, A. Hyett 3:20 Intermission. 3:35 20. Developing a safety synergy in the chemistry department at Stanford University. C.T. Cox, S. Chan 3:55 21. Safety Friday: Do in-class safety presentations impact student behavior and perceptions of laboratory safety? A.M. Wilson, P.M. Morgan 4:15 22. Student view of safety in the undergraduate laboratory. T. Black, F.K. Wood-Black 4:35 23. Case study: Impact of chemical safety training in undergraduate teaching. O. Oluwaniyi, O.O. Fadare 4:55 24. Nitric acid acts upon trousers: Learning about hazardous chemicals. K.P. Fivizzani 5:15 Concluding Remarks.

JCHAS Editor’s Report Spring 2015

(Denver ACS Meeting) Prepared 13 March 2015

Pipeline Since the San Francisco meeting, the pipeline has substantially rebounded to the point where it can be described as “robust.” We are currently filling the March/April 2016 issue (Volume 23 #2). Assistant Editor (for Business Continuity) At the February 2015 Executive Committee conference call, I mentioned that we should probably start searching for an assistant editor in the event something untoward happens and I become incapacitated. We will be continuing that discussion in the upcoming months. At the present time we not soliciting names until we have duties and responsibilities worked out. Subscription rates There will be no increase in subscription rates for 2016. Harry Elston

Report'of'Activities'of'the'Government'Relations'Committee:'Submitted by Ellen Sweet

1. OSHA Request for Information,!Docket No. OSHA-2012-0023 2. CHAS/ABSA white paper 3. NIH Request for Information

OSHA Docket Office

Docket No. OSHA-2012-0023

U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-2625

200 Constitution Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20210

To be submitted electronically at: www.regulations.gov upon ACS review

The Division of Chemical Health and Safety of the American Chemical Society (herein referred to as DCHAS) is responding to OSHA’s Request for Information (RFI) published in the Federal Register, Vol. 79, No. 197 on Friday, October 10, 2014.

The American Chemical Society (ACS) is the world’s largest scientific organization composed of approximately 150,000 chemists, chemical engineers and allied scientists. DCHAS is the technical division of the ACS devoted to all aspects of chemical safety, chemical handling and chemical management, and is taking the lead in preparing this response. Other components of the Society have provided review of this comment, including the Committee on Chemical Safety (CCS), which authors technical guidance related to this issue, and the ACS Office of Public Affairs, which provides staff support to addressing the issues raised by the RFI. Members of the Division and the Committee are recognized as global leaders in chemical safety.

By way of background, we have attached the ACS policy position on Chemical Risk Assessment and Regulatory Decision Making. This document succinctly states our principles and recommendations for chemical risk assessment, particularly with regard to government regulation of chemical commerce.

Because DCHAS and CCS’s expertise is well recognized in laboratory situations as defined by the OSHA laboratory standard, we will focus our comments on how OSHA’s questions apply in the laboratory setting. The stated purpose of the OSHA RFI is:

… to present background information and request comment on a number of technical issues related to aspects of OSHA’s rulemaking process for chemical hazards in the workplace.

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• Review OSHA’s current approach to chemical regulation in its historical context;

• Describe and explore other possible approaches that may be relevant to future strategies to reduce and control exposure to chemicals in the workplace;

• Inform the public and obtain public input on the best approaches for the Agency to advance the development and implementation of approaches to reduce or eliminate harmful chemical exposures in the 21st century workplace.

DCHAS provides the following responses to these elements of OSHA’s RFI, using the questions OSHA poses as starting points.

Question IV.A.2: If there is no OSHA PEL for a particular substance used in your facility, does your company/firm develop and/or use internal occupational exposure limits (OELs)? If so, what is the basis and process for establishing the OEL? Do you use an authoritative source, or do you conduct a risk assessment? If so, what sources and risk assessment approaches are applied? What criteria do facilities/firms consider when deciding which authoritative source to use? For example, is rigorous scientific peer review of the OEL an important factor? Is transparency of how the OEL was developed important?

Many research laboratories in academic and industrial settings face this situation, not only with regard to OSHA PEL’s, but with regard to other safety data for novel chemicals. To help address this challenge, the ACS Committee on Chemical Safety (CCS) has published a risk assessment guidance document for research laboratories1. The key concept in this document is that of a scalable risk assessment, in which the level of detail required for the risk assessment is based on the hazards associated with the laboratory operations being conducted. In laboratories, these hazards extend beyond chemical concerns to address biological, radiation and equipment hazards, which must be considered as part of the overall risk assessment.

The risk assessment methods described in the CCS document include control-banding, Job Hazard Analysis, HAZOP and What-If analyses. ACS technical divisions are currently collaborating to identify ways to support this document with ready access to electronic information resources. We believe that this guidance document can be used to outline a method for moving from raw data to appropriate management plans that meet the intent of OELs in these settings. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!! Identifying and Evaluating Hazards in Research Laboratories!http://www.acs.org/content/dam/acsorg/about/governance/committees/chemicalsafety/identifying;and;evaluating;hazards;in;research;laboratories;draft.pdf!(verified!5!Dec!2014)!

Question IV.A.3: OSHA is considering greater reliance on peer-reviewed toxicological evaluations by other Federal agencies, such as NIOSH, EPA, ATSDR, NIEHS and NTP for hazard identification and dose-response analysis in the observed range. What advantages and disadvantages would result from this approach and could it be used in support of the PEL update process?

Public peer-reviewed data sources are core to the risk assessment methods described above and we believe that they provide a prudent opportunity to address situations when data is lacking. The attached ACS policy statement specifically addresses limitations in current Agency risk assessments and makes specific recommendations for improving the process.

Insofar as OSHA relies on other Federal agencies’ risk assessments, OSHA should ensure that the approach used is scientifically reviewed, as explained in the ACS statement. The quality of the data used in these determinations is integral; in order for OSHA to promulgate a health standard using peer reviewed information it should limit sources to those that publish manuscripts reviewed by multiple reviewers.

Question V.A.2. How might the information on the properties and toxicity of chemicals generated by CompTox, ToxCast, and/or Tox21 be utilized by employers to identify chemical hazards and protect workers from these hazards?

While we recognize the opportunities presented by such tools, as described in the attached statement, we believe that it is important that the responsibility for hazard identification and assessment remain with the manufacturer of a chemical, as outlined in the Safety Data Sheet requirements of the Hazard Communication standard. We believe that only the most well-resourced employers will have the ability to hire experts able to use the tools named in this question effectively.

Question IV.C.1: Should OSHA consider greater use of process oriented regulations, such as regulations on abrasive blasting, welding, or degreasing, as an approach to health standards? Should such an approach be combined with a control banding approach?

We believe that the OSHA Lab Standard (Occupational exposure to hazardous chemicals in laboratories) is a good example of a process oriented regulation that has provided a valuable alternative to reliance on PELs in the laboratory setting. This approach is predicated on the clear definition of “laboratory scale” and “laboratory use” in the Standard; such well-bounded process descriptions are necessary to support this type of regulation.

Question V.B.1 To what extent do you currently consider elimination and substitution for controlling exposures to chemical hazards?

Elimination and substitution are the highest order of hazard control in the hierarchy of controls for risk reduction and are at the core of Green Chemistry methodology.2 The ACS Green Chemistry Institute promotes the principles of Green Chemistry and Green Engineering and provides education and opportunities for collaboration.3 Through this institute the ACS encourages laboratory workers and other chemical users to use less hazardous chemicals as an initial form of protection against exposure.

V.B.4: What information and support do businesses need to identify and transition to safer alternatives? What are the most effective means to provide this information and support?

ACS supports government agency efforts in enabling sustainability in laboratories.4,5 Green Chemistry and Engineering principles, utilized in EPA’s Design for the Environment program, has been shown to be an effective guide to substitution opportunities in many chemical uses; developing a strong partnership with the Green Chemistry Institute and associated programs should be a key strategy for OSHA to develop a living risk assessment program. A database of suitable substitutions that is searchable by chemists as they prepare their experiments would support the transition.

Question V.B.8: How could OSHA use the information generated under HazCom 2012 to pursue means of managing and controlling chemical exposures in an approach other than substance-by-substance regulation?

The GHS control bands can be used to support specific uses of hazardous chemicals if they are also supported by a chemical hazard management plan specific to the workplace in question. For example, in laboratories, the GHS classifications, in concert with a Laboratory Ventilation Management Plan, can support determinations of general ventilation rates appropriate for a particular lab. Similarly, but distinctly, the GHS classifications can be used, in conjunction with a Chemical Management Plan to establish the engineering, administrative (i.e., supervision, training) and PPE needed to

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!2!Paul!Anastas,!Ph.D.!and!John!Warner,!Ph.D.,!Green%Chemistry:%Theory%and%Practice!(Oxford!University!Press,!2000)!3!ACS!Green!Chemistry!Institute,!http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/greenchemistry.html!(verified!December!23,!2014)!4!Sustainability!and!the!Chemical!Enterprise.!http://www.acs.org/content/dam/acsorg/policy/publicpolicies/promote/chemicalenterprise/2011;10;sustainability;and;the;chemical;enterprise.pdf.!(Verified!December!8,!2014).!

!5!Inherently!Safety!Technology!for!Chemical!and!Related!Industrial!Process!Operations.!http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/policy/publicpolicies/promote/ist.html!(verified!December!8,!2014)!

perform a specific procedure at an acceptable level of risk This strategy is more fully discussed in the CCS publication referenced above.

Question V.B.10: Please describe your experience in using health hazard and/or control banding to address exposures to chemicals in the workplace.

Control banding processes have been used at Cornell University in the setting of general ventilation rates in laboratories6. In this way, control bands can be used to control exposure to airborne chemicals, controlling heat or odor, and identifying when point source (local) exhaust is needed. Discussions around this occur during design for renovations or new construction and also when there are health and safety concerns reported by lab workers. These bands are part of the Lab Ventilation Management Plan based on ANSI Z9.5, that is structured according to the ANSI Z10 standard for Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems. The process includes a visit to an individual lab by a qualified person, as named in the Lab Ventilation Management Plan, and is documented for periodic review along with other elements of the management system.7

Similarly, a different control banding process has also been used in the University of California system to establish Personal Protective Equipment and other requirements for laboratory workers8.

It is important to recognize that any control banding scheme must be supported by management plan that describes the scope of the scheme and the roles and responsibilities of management and labor in implementing the scheme. An example is of this is the approach to environmental management system developed by the Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates (SOCMA) in the “ChemStewards FOR LABS”9 program.

Question V.B.13: How might OSHA use voluntary guidance approaches to assist businesses (particularly small businesses) with implementing the principles of hazard banding in their chemical safety plans? Could the GHS chemical classifications be the starting point for a useful voluntary hazard banding scheme?

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• 6!! Ellen Sweet, Ralph Stuart Identifying general laboratory ventilation requirements using a control banding strategy, Journal of Chemical Health and Safety, Volume 21, Issue 1, January–February 2014, Pages 9-14

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Small businesses, particularly those with annual gross receipts of less than $50 million USD generally lack the technical resources to implement a complex regulation with internal resources. The concept of a voluntary implementation of hazard control banding is sound; however, its implementation will be quite different in different workplaces. For example, if an abrasive blasting workplace, a welding workplace, or a degreasing workplace were each using a product classified as ACUTE TOXICITY DUSTS & MISTS, Category 3 and SKIN CORROSION/IRRITATION, Category 1B, very different controls will be needed. The informed assessment of the most beneficial and cost effective controls will require a high degree of experience and technical expertise.

The most effective Control Band model for laboratories – the CDC’s Biological Safety Levels – works because these workplaces have similar hazards and similar approaches to risk management. There are a number of current peer-reviewed publications10 which address this in detail.

We recognize that the United Kingdom’s Health and Safety Executive has established an important model in this respect with its Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) program. Their Essential web tool model uses control banding concepts to help small employers to identify appropriate hazard control strategies for their workplace. It is important to note that this tool has specific limitations and identifies situations where further expertise is required to address specific issues completely.

We applaud OSHA’s initiative to update its Permissible Exposure Levels. We at the ACS stand ready to further assist this effort as it proceeds.

Signed

Debbie Decker, 2015 Chair, Division of Chemical Health and Safety

Elizabeth Ann Howsom, Chair, Committee on Chemical Safety

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• 10!! David M. Zalk, Ga Henri Heussen Banding the World Together; The Global Growth of Control Banding and Qualitative Occupational Risk Management, Safety and Health at Work, Volume 2, Issue 4, December 2011, Pages 375-379

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Opportunities'for'joint'between'ACS'Division'of'Chemical'Health'and'Safety'and'the'American'Biological'Safety'Association'Executive Summary There is a disparity between the way biological and chemical materials are overseen and assessed for safety in academic research laboratories. In some cases, the guidance between the two materials is inconsistent, sometimes nonexistent, and sometimes conflicting. This creates confusion, a lack of risk awareness, and inconsistent risk management within the laboratories, leading to safety concerns, both in the laboratory and by the public. We believe that an alliance between ABSA and DCHAS would provide a formal mechanism for addressing this issue with specific proposals

Introduction The missions of both the ACS DCHAS and ABSA’s (see Appendix for a description of these organizations) involve providing health and safety expertise in order to support appropriate risk management for laboratory work, particularly in the higher education research laboratory. The goal of this mission is to protect lab workers, the general public, and the environment from potential impacts of chemical and biological hazards used in the course of this research. The organizations’ missions particularly converge in the sphere of laboratory-based academic research, where the techniques, science and people conducting work are in a continuous state of flux.

Parallel to this convergence of DCHAS and ABSA mission’s is the convergence described by the National Research Council in 2014 (Council, Convergence, Facilitating Transdisciplinary Integration of Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering and Beyond 2014) that is unfolding in the science being explored by the laboratories themselves. Labs focused traditionally on chemistry and physics are exploring work with biological materials in non-traditional ways, while life science laboratories are venturing into engineering and other fields. These interdisciplinary changes require the development of new laboratory safety skills, as chemical safety and biological safety principles and practices are not interchangeable. Another emerging challenge is the fact that the regulatory authorities and schema for oversight of these issues are quite distinct between the chemical and biological safety world. This concern has been raised by the NRC in the admin overhead report in 2014.

While the management of risk when using hazardous materials in the laboratory is ultimately the responsibility of the employer, providing united, consistent hazard information and protocols for risk management in these multidisciplinary laboratories requires the partnership of knowledge hubs such as DCHAS and ABSA.

This paper outlines areas in which convergence of biological and chemical research hazards occurs and recommends steps to guide alignment of relevant regulations and

standards when possible. This integrated approach will be valuable to those laboratory work, providing oversight of this work by conducting risk assessments in multi-disciplinary laboratories. Elimination of overlap, inconsistencies, and contradictory guidance offers greater clarity to the risk assessment process, allows researchers to more easily understand and implement safe practices into the planning of laboratory procedures, and can significantly reduce administrative burden.

Examples of problems:

Oversight: Institutional Biosafety Committee review of laboratory risk is limited to biological agents. Is there an example of an immediate chemical hazard that was not identified by this? Probably fire hazard associated with ethanol use?

Training: Multiple trainings on chemical and biosafety that don’t connect to each other or share a common paradigm

Emergency Planning: Bio-response vs hazmat response

Safety Protocols: The use of personal protective equipment is a significant ergonomic challenge for lab workers. Concepts such as Green Chemistry and Green Toxicology could use analogues in the biosafety world (Society 2015). (Alexandra Maertens 2014)

Current Conditions Academic research laboratories that handle both biological and chemical materials are often given inconsistent or incompatible requirements to manage these substances. These are three overarching examples:

1) There is administrative burden and overhead because of the complexity of regulations and requirements that only encompass one area.

2) Because of the previous example, oversight is often perceived differently at different institutions.

3) The potential for chemical exposures in laboratories conducting primarily biological work, particularly the potential for exposure to animals, often cannot be well assessed.

Target Conditions Provide a single, unified message and centrally accessible information regarding both chemical and biological hazards. Specifically, we believe there are three overlapping areas between chemical and biological laboratories that could be addressed jointly through DCHAS and ABSA:

a. Use of the Global Harmonization System (GHS) for chemical hazard awareness included in the risk assessment processes for all procedures in which chemicals are used (Council, Prudent Practices in the Laboratory 2011) (Adminsitration 2012) (Administration 2013)

b. Convergence – acknowledging the evolution of life sciences research by nontraditional researchers, such as engineers, physicists, and chemists,

and present information in “their languages” will help facilitate communication and understanding of expectations (Council, Convergence, Facilitating Transdisciplinary Integration of Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Engineering and Beyond 2014)

c. Animal Use – the administration of chemicals and chemotherapeutics to animals is an area of opportunity to develop “animal containment and handling” guidance based on risks of shedding these chemicals (Prevention 2009)

Host a central website for researchers & institutional safety officials to access that provides educational materials and easily adoptable risk assessment methodologies.

Development of a standardized risk assessment process for post-purchase chemical mixtures/procedure modifications that models the widely accepted institutional biosafety and radiation models.

Development of standardized guidance regarding the benefits and drawbacks for Inventory management, purchasing controls, and possible funding controls.

Action Plan There are multiple steps to addressing this issue:

• Host a workshop or symposium to explore these recommendations among research and safety peers;

• Benchmark best practices regarding the integration of chemical and biosafety issues across U.S. academic research institutions and industry;

• Combine DCHAS & ABSA efforts regarding common legislative concerns; • Integrate the dialogue regarding chemical and biosafety issues where

appropriate between the associations.

Metrics How will success be measured?

• Successful completion of a workshop or symposium • Benchmarking data acquisition • Discussion among DCHAS and ABSA leadership • Engagement of legislators where possible • Development of report outlining best practices for integration of chemical &

biosafety issues

Other Resources • NIH Guidelines • 7,9,42 CFR Select Agent Regulations

The Organizations • The American Chemical Society (ACS) is the world’s largest scientific

organization composed of approximately 150,000 chemists, chemical engineers and allied scientists. The Division of Chemical Health and Safety (DCHAS) is the technical division of the ACS that provides expertise in laboratory safety and chemical management and safe chemical work practices to the Society and the general public.

• The American Biological Safety Association (ABSA) was founded in 1984 to foster biosafety as a scientific discipline and serve the growing needs of biosafety professionals throughout the world. The Association's mission is to provide a forum for the timely development and exchange of biosafety information. Our members are biosafety professionals who work in and around laboratories, in government, academic, private, and industrial settings, and their job is to help set and maintain the conditions in the lab that help protect workers, the public, and the environment from harm.

Works'Cited'Administration,!Occupational!Safety!and!Health.!2013.!Hazard%Communication.!Washington,!DC,!

February!13.!

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Below is the request for Information concerning future programing of the National Libraries of Medicine. This committee submitted comments on March 13, 2015.

“The!National!Institutes!of!Health!(NIH)!has!issued!a!call!for!participation!in!a!Request!for!Information!(RFI),!allowing!the!public!to!share!its!thoughts!with!the!NIH!Advisory!Committee!to!the!NIH!Director!Working!Group!charged!with!helping!to!chart!the!course!of!the!National!Library!of!Medicine,!the!world’s!largest!biomedical!library!and!a!component!of!the!NIH,!in!preparation!for!recruitment!of!a!successor!to!Dr.!Donald!A.B.!Lindberg,!who!will!retire!as!NLM!Director!at!the!end!of!March!2015."!

Comment 1 Current NLM elements that are of the most, or least, value to the research community (including biomedical, clinical, behavioral, health services, public health, and historical researchers) and future capabilities that will be needed to support evolving scientific and technological activities and needs.

Response: The research community needs easy access to raw data about a broad range of chemicals and their associated hazards, information about toxicological responses following exposure to chemicals and information about the methods used to derive this data. These data are used in developing scientific plans and proposals and developing risk assessments for novel experimental work. Databases that link hazard and risk of use to families of chemicals, such as CAMEO, are useful for the research community.

Comment 2 Current NLM elements that are of the most, or least, value to health professionals (e.g., those working in health care, emergency response, toxicology, environmental health, and public health) and future capabilities that will be needed to enable health professionals to integrate data and knowledge from biomedical research into effective practice.

Response: Health professionals need reliable, peer reviewed, information about chemical hazards, toxicological responses following exposure, personal protective equipment to use to protect against exposure and also when administering emergency response for both specific chemicals and classes of chemicals. This information is used when informing others of these hazards and generating institutional policies and procedures. Integration with the Globally Harmonized System should be a high priority for this audience, as the GHS is necessary to organize this information in a unified, coherent manner and can aid in risk assessment.

ChemID Plus Advanced links to other databases, such as the Hazardous Substance database, and also pulls in information from other databases administered by the NIH. ToxNet, Cameo, Iris, PubChem and Wiser are used by health professionals and emergency responders that may need different platforms for receiving chemical information. But, a unified user interface that pulls data from all other tools would allow for more effective browsing and searching of this information. This would also integrate

the terminology used by the various audiences about chemicals, their hazards and the risks associated with them.

Comment 3 Current NLM elements that are of most, or least, value to patients and the public (including students, teachers, and the media) and future capabilities that will be needed to ensure a trusted source for rapid dissemination of health knowledge into the public domain.

The chemical information needed by patients and the public needs to be of the same nature as that which is used by health professionals although written in broader, less specific language. Databases such as Household Products and DrugPortal are useful for this audience. The dissemination of this information should use lay terms with easy access to a glossary of those terms and support this audience in its interactions with health professionals and scientists. Integration with GHS, which uses pictograms to communicate chemical hazards to those who may not understand the descriptions or the language, can aid in the understanding by this audience. Teachers that need chemical information are introducing this to students who must gain understanding of the terminology used by the health professional.

In addition to direct access to these data, these audiences would benefit from educational materials that assist in understanding the logic of hazard identification, risk assessment and safety management related to these materials.

Long%Range%Planning%Committee%Report%

Samuella%Sigmann%<sigmannsb@appstate.edu>% Over the past year the Long Range Planning Committee has worked on updating the Administrative Manual. The committee chair has reported to the Executive Committee on the progress of the updates in the monthly conference calls. The completed updates are presented here for discussion and approval. The updates have primarily been focused on aligning the committee administrative issuances (AIs) to the current activities and functions performed by each committee. The following is a summary of the updates that are in progress or have been completed. In the 2015 AM, the in progress issuances are highlighted in yellow and the completed ones are highlighted in green. There are also some questions to be addressed at the Denver EC meeting. Question: Do we currently have any affiliates in the Division? Division Organization – AI 02 – See Chart Below Stationary – AI 03 Updated as follows:

An electronic template for the division stationery using the ACS brand is available from the Division Secretary.

Membership Roster – AI 04 According to Bylaw IV(e) the Secretary is to track the membership for the Society:

(e) By April 1 of each year, the Secretary of the Division shall send the Executive Director of the SOCIETY a complete list of the members and Society Affiliates of that Division for checking and verification.

However, in AI 04 #3, it states that: The American Chemical Society, Committee on Divisional Activities provides an electronic version of the Division’s membership quarterly.

Best Practices for Election Procedures: A Guide for Conducting Elections – AI 08 and tied to AI 110 – Nominations and Elections (N&E) Committee

Question: Do we remove references to “tellers”? They are not mentioned in the Bylaws. With electronic balloting the agent now acts as the “teller”. 7 Role of Tellers

Tellers will be drawn from the Nominating Committee. Tellers cannot be on the ballot. Tellers review and approve the vendor electronic balloting procedures to assure the procedures meet the requirements defined above, and where appropriate, count ballots, tally votes, and determine invalid ballots based division bylaws. The handling of tie votes is stated in the bylaws. Two approaches to resolving tie votes is 1) a toss of a coin, or 2) a vote of the Executive Committee using the election vendor. Tellers should report the vote tally, including rejected ballots to the division secretary or other officer and the report should reach the secretary as soon as possible.

Audit Committee – AI 104 – Current function is listed as: The Audit Committee is tasked with examining the Division's treasurer accounts and/or books, and any other accounts within the division, at least once a year to ensure the financial integrity of the Division. Question: Is this committee obsolete?

CHAS Notes Board of Editors - Appointment and Term of Office – AI – 403/404

Comment: I guess this has been morphed into the Journal? It defines how the editorial staff is appointed. It needs to be updated.

Regulatory and Public Affairs Committee – AI 105 – Update complete Publicity Committee AI 107 – Update complete Program Committee – AI 108 – Update complete Membership Committee – AI 109, in progress Nominations and Elections (N&E) Committee – AI 110, in progress Social Committee – AI 111, in progress Awards Committee – AI 112 (Unchanged) & Part 7 “Awards” – Update complete Long Range Planning Committee – AI 113, in progress Website Committee – AI 115 – Unchanged CHAS Publications Committee – AI 116 – NEW, in progress Regional Committee Coordinator – AI 117 – NEW – Update complete Workshop Manual – AI 507 – Update complete

COMMITTEE ON CORPORATION ASSOCIATES COMMITTEE ON CHEMICAL SAFETY

DIVISION OF CHEMICAL HEALTH & SAFETY LIAISON REPORT

Three guidance documents were approved in San Francisco

• Best Chemical Practices • Influencing Safety Performance • Employer Expectations

The first two were distributed at a regional meeting of the College Safety, Health, and Environmental Management Association in Boise, ID. The third is being used as the basis of a presentation at Pacifichem – 2015

Safety as part of Divisions and Committees

• Active idea in CHED • Implemented in CA • If desirable, how to advance within the Society?

eLearning Project

• Stalled for funding