Coal Combustion Products and REACH (status 31.01.2011)

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/a), by 30. June 2013 (production volume > 100 tonnes/a) or 30 June 2018 (production volume > 1 tonne/a). 

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 31.01.2011)

EC Nr	EC name/pre-SIEF	nr pre-registrants	CCPs	pre-SIEF facilitator	consortia
231-900-3	calcium sulfate	1619	FGD gypsum	EUROGYPSUM	Calcium Sulfate Consortium
268-627-4	ashes (residues)	1084	FA, BA, BS FBC-ash others	EVONIK Steag	Ash-REACH-Consortium By-Product Consortium ASVEP Consortium
300-212-6	Ashes (residues) Cenospheres	113	CE	B-Lands Consult (inactive) // ELKEM active	Interest Group formed
270-708-4	slags, coal	524	FA, BA, BS, FBC-ash, others	EVONIK Steag	Ash-REACH-Consortium By-Product Consortium ASVEP Consortium
302-652-4	SDA product - > 10 % ash  - < 10  % ash	99 11	SDA-product	B-Lands Consult (inactive)// UPS/UTEX active	By-Products Consortium -
297-049-5	biomass ash	97	BMA	-	ASVEP Consortium

The pre-registered parties agreed about the sameness of substances, defined Substance Identity Profiles (SIP) and formed Substance Information Exchange Fora (SIEF) for the preparation of joint registration dossiers with chemical, physical, toxicological and ecotoxicological data. For the registration of one substance only one registration dossier with the specific registration data can be filed. The SIEF members agreed for a so-called „Lead Registrant“ who submitted the substance specific joint registration dossier to the ECHA. 

Consortia were formed for calcium sulfate, ashes (fly ash, bottom ash and boiler slag), for FBC-ash and for SDA product. 

By 1st December 2010, the following substances were registered 

- Calcium sulfate (natural and FGD gypsum) 

- SDA-Product* 

- Ashes from wet and dry bottom boilers (fly ash, bottom ash, boiler slag)* 

- Ashes from fluidized bed combustion boilers* 

- Cenospheres 

* for ashes and SDA-Product new EC numbers were used for registration. 

Legal entities being members of the joint registration referred to the joint registration dossier by a token number provided by the lead registrant. 

Pre-registered parties which will register at a later stage and are not members of a consortium can contact the lead registrant or contact partners listed below and ask for a letter of access (LoA) to the joint registration dossier. 

Parties not being pre-registered can also ask for a LoA. However, they have to send an inquiry to ECHA to get a company specific number for registration and contact data to the lead company which has registered the same substance. 

Information regarding sameness of substances for registration of CCPs and details of consortia are given below.

Calcium sulfate

Calcium sulfate (the registration covers FGD-and natural gypsum):

substance definition:	calcium sulfate
joint registration:	Calcium sulfate 231-900-3
EC nr:	231-900-3
Number of parties for registration:	> 260

Calcium sulfate Consortium:

Lead Registrant :	SAINT GOBAIN PLACO IBERICA, S.A.
Project Manager:	EUROGYPSUM
Contact:	info@eurogypsum.org

Note: For using rights for studies from Korea a second LoA has to be ordered.

SDA Product

SDA-product (the registration covers “clean” SDA product (< 10 % ash content):

substance definition:	SDA product
joint registration:	JS_SDA_Product
EC nr:	931-259-6
Number of parties for registration:	> 20

By-Products Consortium:

Lead Registrant :	UTEX
Project Manager:	UPS-Polish CCP Union
Contact:	magda.kornacka@unia-ups.pl

Ashes from wet and dry bottom boilers

Ashes (Fly ash, bottom ash and boiler slag) from wet and dry bottom boilers:

substance definition:	Ashes (residues), coal
joint registration:	JS_Ashes (residues),coal
EC nr:	931-322-8
Number of parties for registration:	> 250

Ash-REACH-Consortium together with the By-Products Consortium and the ASVEP-Consortium:

Lead Registrant :

Evonik Steag GmbH

Contact details:

Ash-REACH Consortium

Project Manager:	VGB PowerTech
Contact:	feuerborn-reach@vgb.org kbucior@dr-knoell-consult.de

By-Products Consortium

Project Manager:	UPS - Polish CCP Union
Contact:	magda.kornacka@unia-ups.pl

ASVEP Consortium

Project Manager:	ASVEP Asociace pro Vyuziti produktu
Contact:	pavel.donat@cez.cz

Cenospheres

substance definition:	cenospheres
joint registration:	Joint submission 300-212-6
EC nr:	300-212-6
Number of parties for registration:	> 10

Cenospheres Interest Group:

Lead Registrant :	OMYA UK
Project Manager:	OMYA
Contact:	patrick.vandeweert@omya.com

FBC ash

Fluidized Bed Combustion boiler ash (FBC-ash):

substance definition:	FBC-ash
joint registration:	JS_FBC_Ash
EC nr:	931-257-5
Number of consortium members:	> 20

By-Products Consortium:

Lead Registrant :	UTEX Centrum
Project Manager:	UPS-Polish CCP-Union
Contact:	magda.kornacka@unia-ups.pl

Further information: Biomass ash

substance definition:	biomass ash
joint registration:	JS_Ashes (residues), plant
EC nr:	297-049-5
Number of parties for registration:	> 5

ASVEP Consortium:

Lead Registrant :	CEZ, a.s.
Project Manager:	ASVEP Consortium
Contact:	pavel.donat@cez.cz

Further information: Mixed Ash

In the pre-SIEF for ashes (residues) – EC 268-627-4 – also the

Mixed Ash Consortium

was formed.

substance definition:	mixed ash
joint registration:	Ash registration
EC nr:	931-597-4
Number of parties for registration:	> 60

Lead Registrant :	Kymin Voima Oy
Project Manager:	Linnunmaa Oy
Contact:	ash.consortium@linnunmaa.fi