Environmental and Regulatory Affairs Committee (ERAC)

Mission:
To promote understanding of the regulation of the precious metals industry among producers, refiners and users of precious metals, and among regulators and governments, and to provide a forum for discussion of technical and scientific information upon which such regulation should be based.

Membership:
Membership in the ERAC is open to members of the IPMI who are willing and able to contribute their time to its activities, with a limit of fifteen. Other IPMI members are welcome as observers at all meetings.

John Bullock serves as Chair

Scheduled Meetings: 5-24-2006 10 am
The ERAC meets periodically, as regulatory developments require. Meetings are open to all members of the IPMI to attend as observers, subject only to meeting room size and logistical limitations.
Next scheduled meeting: 14 October 2008

IPMI ERAC
October 14, 2008  10:00 am
Marriott Hotel BWI - Baltimore-Washington Intl Airport

1. US EPA Definition of Waste 2. US EPA Health Study of Platinum and Platinum Compounds 3. AML  FATF Guidance for Dealers in Precious Metals 4. The EU REACH 5. European Precious Metals Federation 6. Basel Convention Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment (PACE) 7. GAO Report on Export of Electronic Scrap

Current Issues:
The IPMI ERAC closely follows U.S. regulatory developments, as well as international developments in the Basel Convention and its OECD counterpart. On Anti-Money Laundering, the ERAC follows US and FATF developments. There are a number of issues on which the IPMI ERAC is currently active, including:

1) Anti-Money Laundering Regulations issued by the U.S. Treasury for Dealers in Precious Metals.
2) Process Safety in Secondary Precious Metal Processs.
3) Regulation of International Trade in Precious Metal Secondary Materials and Intermediate Products.
4) U.S. RCRA Classification of Precious Metal-bearing Materials and Intermediate Products.
5) Environmentally Sound Management of Used Personal Computers and Electronic Scrap.

Links:
General links of interest:
             Basel Convention
             USEPA
             OSHA

Disclaimer:
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