Coal Combustion Products and REACH (status 5.03.2010)
On 1st June 2007, the REACH-Regulation (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) entered into force. By this, also each producer or importer of coal combustion products (CCPs) has to register the marketed or imported substances at the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) situated in Helsinki. Since 1 June 2008, CCPs which are not registered can not be produced and placed on the market. Exemption: For CCPs which have been pre-registered by 1. December 2008 the deadline for registration is extended by 1. December 2010 (production volume > 1000 tonnes).
The producers/importers of CCPs have pre-registered FGD-gypsum, spray dry absorption product (SDA-product), fly ash ((FA) from hard coal/lignite), bottom ash (BA), boiler slag (BS) and fluidised bed combustion ash (FBC-ash) as well as cenospheres (CE) and ashes from biomass combustion (BMA) with the CAS- and EC-numbers of the specific substances. The producers/importers of substances with the same EC-numbers form so-called pre-SIEFs (Substance Information Exchange Forum). Out of these pre-registered parties a „facilitator“ organises the pre-SIEF communication and cares for open questions within the pre-SIEF.
Table: Situation pre-SIEFS for registration of Coal Combustion Products (CCPs) (status 5.03.2010)
EC Nr | EC name/pre-SIEF | nr pre-registrants | CCPs | pre-SIEF facilitator | consorita |
231-900-3 | calcium sulphate | 1578 | FGD gypsum | EUROGYPSUM | Calcium Sulphate Consortium |
268-627-4 | ashes (residues) | 1084 | FA, BA, BS | EVONIK Steag | Ash-REACH-Consortium By-Product Consortium Mixed Ash Consortium |
300-212-6 | Ashes (residues) Cenospheres | 113 | CE | B-Lands Consult ELKEM active | not defined |
270-708-4 | slags, coal | 524 | FA, BY, BS, | EVONIK Steag | Ash-REACH-Consortium By-Product Consortium |
302-652-4 | SDA product - < 10 % ash | 99 | SDA-product | B-Lands Consult (inactive) | By-Products Consortium |
297-049-5 | biomass ash | 97 | BMA | - | not defined |
FGD-gypsum
FGD-gypsum (the registration covers FGD-and natural gypsum):
Calciumsulfate (EINECS-NR. 231-900-3; CAS-Nr. 7778-18-9)
substance definition: | |
Number of consortium members: | > 240 |
Lead Registrant : | Saint Gobain Gyproc |
Project Manager: | EUROGYPSUM |
Contact: |
 REACH/Subs_Spec_CS.pdf | Substance description Calcium Sulphate |
Ashes
Ashes, residues (EINECS-Nr. 268-627-4; CAS-Nr. 68131-74-8) and
Slags, coal (EINECS-Nr. 270-708-4; CAS-Nr. 68476-96-0).
Ash-REACH-Consortium
substance definition: | see SIP for ash (residues); Fly ash (incl. cenospheres), bottom ash and boiler slag from hard and lignite combustion (>1100°C) with and without co-combustion materials" |
Number of consortium members: | > 85 |
Lead Company: | Evonik Steag GmbH |
Project Manager: | VGB PowerTech |
Contact: |
By-Products Consortium
substance definition: | - SIP for ash (wet/dry-bottom boilers) see ash-REACH Consortium - in addition see SIP for FBC-ash: Ashes from fluidized bed combustion coal fired power stations (800 – appr. 950 °C) with and without co-combustion of secondary fuels" |
Number of consortium members: | > 100 |
Lead Company: | divers |
Project Manager: | UPS - Polish CCP-Union |
Contact: |
Mixed Ash Consortium
substance definition: | Ashes from combustion of bio fuels, peat, deinking sludge, pulp and paper industry sludge, coal in fuel mix and recycled fuel (REF, only in co-incineration) |
Number of consortium members: | > 53 |
Lead Company: | Pohjolan Voima Oy |
Project Manager: | Linnunmaa Oy |
Contact: |
| REACH/SIP_classicalash_draft.pdf | Substance Identity Profile SIP "Classical Ash" |
| REACH/SIP_FBC-ash_draft.pdf | Substance Identify Prodile SIP "FBC Ash" |
Cenospheres
More than 100 legal entities have pre-registered cenospheres with the EC number 300-212-6. Some of these legal entities are going to for registration. Details on organisation are not available yet.
substance definition: | |
Number of consortium members: | > - |
Lead Company : | Trelleborg Fillite |
SIEF Facilitation Manager: | ELKEM Norway |
Project Manager: | not defined |
Contact: |
| REACH/SIPCenospheres.pdf | SIP Cenospheres |
Bottom ash, boiler slag
Covered by substance identity of ashes and will be registered by the Ash-REACH-Consortium (see also SIP)
FBC ash
FBC-ash was pre-registered with EC nr for “Ashes (residues)” as well as for “Slags/coal”. The registration is coordinated by the by-products consortium.
substance definition: | see SIP FBC ash |
Number of consortium members: | - |
Lead Company: | CEZ Energetické produkty, s.r.o. |
Project Manager: | UPS - Polish CCP-Union |
Contact: |
SDA Product
SDA product was pre-registered as UVCB substance if the ash content exceeds 10 % by mass and as multi constituent if the ash content is < 10 % by mass. The registration of SDA product is coordinated by the By-Products Consortium (contaqct: Magda Kornacka). The technical work is organised by UTEX (contact: Malgorzata Golec).
substance definition: | - |
Number of consortium members: | - |
Lead Company: | UTEX Sp.z.o.o. |
Project Manager: | UPS - Polish CCP-Union |
Contact: |
Biomass ash
Biomass ash was pre-registered as “Ashes (residues)”, “Slags/coal” as well as "biomass ash". Specific information regarding the status of registration work is still not available.
Particular tests on a sample of pure biomass ash (mixture of wooden chips and plants combustion products) are performed on behalf of CEZ Energetické produkty, s.r.o. . There will be no separate dossier but biomass ash will be a part of mixed ash dossier.
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