1. Colombia’s update from the Latin American and Caribbean Region
Nanosafety Workshop for the Latin American and Caribbean region
1 – 2 February, 2018
Panamá
Today’s presentation will focus how Colombia is advancing in the direction of achieving a comprehensive strategy to manage chemical accidents in accordance with OECD Council Acts.
Total: 21 Legal Instruments
Approved: 7
With implementation timeframes: 13
Without implementation timeframes: 8
ANA MARÍA OCAMPO GÓMEZ - ChE, MSc, PhD

2. Outline Summary of activities 2015 – 2017
Programme for the Management of Chemicals for Industrial Use
Other accomplishments

3. Summary of activities

4. National Chemicals Policy
Background:
Establish long term objectives to manage the environmental and health risks associated with the use of chemicals.
Align the efforts of institutions involved.
Incorporate OECD guidelines and commitments.
Implement the Programme for the Management of Chemicals for Industrial Use and the Major Accident Prevention Programme.
Define funding requirements and sources to implement the programmes.
CONPES 3868 of 2016:
The National Policy for the Management of Risk Associated with the Use of Chemical Substances, was approved by all Ministers on October 5th, 2016.
Objective: Strengthen the management of chemical substances throughout their life cycle in order to reduce risk on the environment, health and infrastructure associated to their use.
14 out of the 21 Legal Instruments from the Chemicals Committee are included in the Policy.
Life Cycle: Import, Production, Transport, Storage, Use, Marketing/Distribution, and Export
OECD Instruments covered by the Policy:
Industrial Chemicals (8) and PRTR (1): C(82)196/FINAL, C(77)97/FINAL, C(74)215, C(96)41/FINAL, C(90)163/FINAL, C(87)90/FINAL, C(83)98/FINAL, C(83)96/FINAL and C(83)97/FINAL.
Chemical Accidents (3):
C(2003)221 - Chemical accident prevention, preparedness and response.
C(88)85/FINAL - Provision of information to the public and public participation in decision-making processes related to the prevention of, and response to, accidents involving hazardous substances.
C(88)84/FINAL - Exchange of information concerning accidents.
MAD and BPL (2):
C(81)30/FINAL - Mutual Acceptance of Data.
C(89)87/FINAL - Good Laboratory Practice.

5. National Chemicals Policy
Elements of the Policy:
Action Plan (2017 – 2020):
Specific activities by all involved Ministries and Agencies, and allocates resources for their implementation.
Strengthen the management of risk associated with the use of chemicals at all stages of the life cycle
Crosscutting elements:
Strengthen institutional capacity
Financial sustainability
Regulatory framework
Information management
PRTR
GHS
GLP
MAD
Programme for the Management of Chemicals for Industrial Use
Major Accident Prevention Programme
Resources for the Implementation of the Policy:
Specific Investment Projects have already been presented and approved by the Ministries of Environment and Trade.
It is now the responsibility of each Ministry to allocate funds in these and other Investments Projects once the National Budget is approved.
Many activities and commitments are accomplished with operating resources by giving specific responsibilities to current public servants or by hiring new ones.
Focus on chemicals
Focus on hazardous installations

6. Programme for the Management of Chemicals for Industrial Use

7. Programme for the Management of Chemicals for Industrial Use
Brief Context:
Government created the Industrial Chemicals Committee to design and implement the Programme.
The IOMC Toolbox web application was a key reference framework.
OECD Legal Instruments taken into account to design the Programme are: C(77)97/FINAL, C(74)215, C(96)41/FINAL, C(90)163/FINAL, C(87)90/FINAL, C(83)98/FINAL, C(83)96/FINAL, C(82)196/Final, and C(83)97/FINAL.
Objective:
Protect human health and the environment in the national territory from the risks associated with the use of industrial chemicals.
Scope:
The Programme will cover the following chemicals when exceeding predetermined thresholds:
Imported and manufactured, identified in the National Chemicals Inventory;
New and existing substances;
Pure substances and homogeneous mixtures of industrial use and with a fully defined composition.
Subsequent stages will also cover heterogeneous mix and products.
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CHEMICALS MANAGEMENT: C(82)196/FINAL, C(77)97/FINAL, C(74)215.
C(77)97/FINAL Anticipating the Effects of Chemicals on Man and in the Environment, and, C(74)215 Assessment of the Potential Environmental Effects of Chemicals: Colombia will require submission of the Hazards assessment, Environmental and toxicological risk assessment, and Industrial risk management actions prior to commercialization:
INVESTIGATION AND RISK REDUCTION OF EXISTING CHEMICALS: C(90)163/FINAL, C(87)90/FINAL.
C(90)163/FINAL Co-operative Investigation and Risk Reduction of Existing Chemicals, and, C(87)90/FINAL Systematic Investigation of Existing Chemicals: The Programme will be subject to performance assessments based on information obtained from health monitoring, environmental monitoring, hazard and risk assessments, and will serve to support decision-making and the adoption of additional risk reduction measures and research programmes.
POLLUTANT RELEASE AND TRANSGFER REGISTERS (PRTR): C(96)41/FINAL.
C(96)/41/FINAL Implementing PRTR: Colombia is completing the design of the conceptual model of the PRTR system and is strengthening its Environmental Information System in order to fully implement PRTR.

8. Programme for the Management of Chemicals for Industrial Use
Progress:
Draft regulation for the Adoption of the Programme ready by the end of 2017, issued in 1Q-2018.
Information to be collected through the National Registry has been defined.
Draft Decree for the Adoption of the GHS under review by stakeholders, to be issued in 1Q-2018.
Programme will take into account the OECD Test Guidelines when testing and managing risks of manufactured nanomaterials.
Requires Risk Management Plan?
Health prioritisation: carcinogenic, mutagenic and toxic.
Environment prioritisation: persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic for the environment.

9. 3. Other accomplishments

10. In 2015, Colombia hosted the Technical Workshop for the Latin American and Caribbean Region on Nanotechnology and Manufactured Nanomaterials: Safety Issues, organized by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). Participants included representatives from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, St. Vicent & the Grenadines and Uruguay. The workshop was a perspective-gathering exercise for the establishment of regional nanosafety requirements.
The Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development and the Academia will work in a project to inventory the nano materials in use in the country as a starting point to further assessment of nano materials waste.

12. Develop a GUIDE aimed at government entities
MinAmbiente
Evaluación de riesgos al ambiente
Disposición de nanomateriales (nanodesechos)
MinTrabajo
Exposición de trabajadores
Evaluación de riesgo
Estrategias de protección
MinSalud
Exposición de consumidores
Establecimiento de medidas de evaluación por exposición

13. ANA MARÍA OCAMPO GÓMEZ - ChE, MSc, PhD
Thank you very much!
ANA MARÍA OCAMPO GÓMEZ - ChE, MSc, PhD