Registration Dossier
Registration Dossier
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EC number: 222-492-8 | CAS number: 3495-36-1
Manufacture, use & exposure
Uses at industrial sites
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Uses at industrial sites
- Registration/ Notification status for the use:
- use registered according to REACH Article 10; total tonnage manufactured/imported >=10tonnes/year per registrant
Contributing activity / technique for the environment
- Name of activity / technique:
- Use of cesium formate in offshore drilling operations
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC4: Use of non-reactive processing aid at industrial site (no inclusion into or onto article)
Contributing activity / technique for workersopen allclose all
- Name of activity / technique:
- Sampling of cesium formate fluids for testing
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 9: Transfer of substance or mixture into small containers (dedicated filling line, including weighing)
- Name of activity / technique:
- Testing of cesium formate fluid at offshore facility
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 15: Use as laboratory reagent
- Name of activity / technique:
- Line-breaking activities (changing of valves, flushing lines etc.)
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 20: Use of functional fluids in small devices
- Name of activity / technique:
- Mixing of chemicals into the drilling fluid via hopper or directly into the pit
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 5: Mixing or blending in batch processes
- Name of activity / technique:
- Changing of filter cartridges
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 19: Hand-mixing with intimate contact and only PPE available.
- Name of activity / technique:
- Disconnecting hose pipes
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 9: Transfer of substance or mixture into small containers (dedicated filling line, including weighing)
- Name of activity / technique:
- Working on pumps
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 19: Hand-mixing with intimate contact and only PPE available.
- Name of activity / technique:
- Pit and storage tank cleaning
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 8a: Transfer of substance or mixture (charging and discharging) at non-dedicated facilities
- Name of activity / technique:
- Immersion in mud during cleaning of storage tanks and pits
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 19: Hand-mixing with intimate contact and only PPE available.
- Name of activity / technique:
- Transfer of cesium formate by pumping into tote tanks or IBCs or cement units
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 8b: Transfer of substance or mixture (charging and discharging) at dedicated facilities
- Name of activity / technique:
- Maintenance activity involving solid cesium formate
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 8a: Transfer of substance or mixture (charging and discharging) at non-dedicated facilities
- Name of activity / technique:
- Maintenance activity involving cesium formate in liquid phase
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 8a: Transfer of substance or mixture (charging and discharging) at non-dedicated facilities
- Name of activity / technique:
- Mini RVF operation
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 3: Manufacture or formulation in the chemical industry in closed batch processes with occasional controlled exposure or processes with equivalent containment conditions
- Name of activity / technique:
- Maintenance and cleaning of RVF
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 8a: Transfer of substance or mixture (charging and discharging) at non-dedicated facilities
- Product category used:
- PC 24: Lubricants, greases, release products
- Sector of end use:
- SU 2a: Mining (without offshore industries)
- Substance supplied to that use in form of:
- in a mixture
- Subsequent service life relevant for this use:
- no
- Related assessment:
- use assessed in an own CSR
Contributing scenario for the environment (related to workers activities)
Conditions of use for the environment
Technical and organisational conditions and measures
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Conditions and measures related to Biological Sewage Treatment Plant
- Biological Sewage Treatment Plant (STP):
- no
Conditions and measures related to external treatment of waste (including article waste)
- Particular considerations on the waste treatment operations:
- no
Other conditions affecting environmental exposure
Other conditions of use
Releases to waste and the environment
Release to the environment
ReleaseEnvirRepopen allclose all
- Release from the site to::
- surface water
- Release estimation method:
- estimated release factor
- Remarks:
- 0
- Release from the site to::
- ambient air
- Release estimation method:
- estimated release factor
- Remarks:
- 0
- Release from the site to::
- non-agricultural soil
- Release estimation method:
- estimated release factor
- Remarks:
- 0
Release to external waste
Exposure of the environment
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- Exposed compartment:
- freshwater
- Exposure estimation method:
- exposure estimation tool
- Exposure estimation tool name:
- EUSES
- Exposed compartment:
- sediment (freshwater)
- Exposure estimation method:
- exposure estimation tool
- Exposure estimation tool name:
- EUSES
- Exposed compartment:
- marine water
- Exposure estimation method:
- exposure estimation tool
- Exposure estimation tool name:
- EUSES
ContribScenWorkersRepopen allclose all
Contributing scenario for the workers
Conditions of use for workers
Product (article) characteristics
- Physical form of the used product:
- liquid, including paste/slurry/suspension
Amounts used (or contained in articles), frequency and duration of use/exposure
Other conditions affecting workers exposure
- Place of use:
- indoor
Other conditions of use
Exposure of workers
Contributing scenario for the workers
Conditions of use for workers
Product (article) characteristics
- Physical form of the used product:
- liquid, including paste/slurry/suspension
Amounts used (or contained in articles), frequency and duration of use/exposure
Other conditions affecting workers exposure
- Place of use:
- indoor
Other conditions of use
Exposure of workers
Contributing scenario for the workers
Conditions of use for workers
Product (article) characteristics
- Physical form of the used product:
- liquid, including paste/slurry/suspension
Amounts used (or contained in articles), frequency and duration of use/exposure
Other conditions affecting workers exposure
- Place of use:
- indoor
Other conditions of use
Exposure of workers
Contributing scenario for the workers
Conditions of use for workers
Product (article) characteristics
- Physical form of the used product:
- liquid, including paste/slurry/suspension
Amounts used (or contained in articles), frequency and duration of use/exposure
Other conditions affecting workers exposure
- Place of use:
- indoor
Other conditions of use
Exposure of workers
Contributing scenario for the workers
Conditions of use for workers
Product (article) characteristics
- Physical form of the used product:
- liquid, including paste/slurry/suspension
Amounts used (or contained in articles), frequency and duration of use/exposure
Other conditions affecting workers exposure
- Place of use:
- indoor
Other conditions of use
Exposure of workers
Contributing scenario for the workers
Conditions of use for workers
Product (article) characteristics
- Physical form of the used product:
- liquid, including paste/slurry/suspension
Amounts used (or contained in articles), frequency and duration of use/exposure
Other conditions affecting workers exposure
- Place of use:
- indoor
Other conditions of use
Exposure of workers
Contributing scenario for the workers
Conditions of use for workers
Product (article) characteristics
- Physical form of the used product:
- liquid, including paste/slurry/suspension
Amounts used (or contained in articles), frequency and duration of use/exposure
Other conditions affecting workers exposure
- Place of use:
- indoor
Other conditions of use
Exposure of workers
Contributing scenario for the workers
Conditions of use for workers
Product (article) characteristics
- Physical form of the used product:
- liquid, including paste/slurry/suspension
Amounts used (or contained in articles), frequency and duration of use/exposure
Other conditions affecting workers exposure
- Place of use:
- indoor
Other conditions of use
Exposure of workers
Contributing scenario for the workers
Conditions of use for workers
Product (article) characteristics
- Physical form of the used product:
- liquid, including paste/slurry/suspension
Amounts used (or contained in articles), frequency and duration of use/exposure
Other conditions affecting workers exposure
- Place of use:
- indoor
Other conditions of use
Exposure of workers
Contributing scenario for the workers
Conditions of use for workers
Product (article) characteristics
- Physical form of the used product:
- liquid, including paste/slurry/suspension
Amounts used (or contained in articles), frequency and duration of use/exposure
Other conditions affecting workers exposure
- Place of use:
- indoor
Other conditions of use
Exposure of workers
Contributing scenario for the workers
Conditions of use for workers
Product (article) characteristics
- Physical form of the used product:
- solid (material with no or very low dustiness)
Amounts used (or contained in articles), frequency and duration of use/exposure
Other conditions affecting workers exposure
- Place of use:
- indoor
Other conditions of use
Exposure of workers
Contributing scenario for the workers
Conditions of use for workers
Product (article) characteristics
- Physical form of the used product:
- liquid, including paste/slurry/suspension
Amounts used (or contained in articles), frequency and duration of use/exposure
Other conditions affecting workers exposure
- Place of use:
- indoor
Other conditions of use
Exposure of workers
Contributing scenario for the workers
Conditions of use for workers
Product (article) characteristics
- Physical form of the used product:
- liquid, including paste/slurry/suspension
Amounts used (or contained in articles), frequency and duration of use/exposure
Other conditions affecting workers exposure
- Place of use:
- indoor
Other conditions of use
Exposure of workers
Contributing scenario for the workers
Conditions of use for workers
Product (article) characteristics
- Physical form of the used product:
- liquid, including paste/slurry/suspension
Amounts used (or contained in articles), frequency and duration of use/exposure
Other conditions affecting workers exposure
- Place of use:
- indoor
Other conditions of use
Exposure of workers
Contributing scenario for the workers
Conditions of use for workers
Product (article) characteristics
- Physical form of the used product:
- liquid, including paste/slurry/suspension
Amounts used (or contained in articles), frequency and duration of use/exposure
Other conditions affecting workers exposure
- Place of use:
- indoor
Other conditions of use
Exposure of workers
Contributing scenario for the workers
Conditions of use for workers
Product (article) characteristics
- Physical form of the used product:
- liquid, including paste/slurry/suspension
Amounts used (or contained in articles), frequency and duration of use/exposure
Other conditions affecting workers exposure
- Place of use:
- indoor
Other conditions of use
Exposure of workers
Contributing scenario for the workers
Conditions of use for workers
Product (article) characteristics
- Physical form of the used product:
- liquid, including paste/slurry/suspension
Amounts used (or contained in articles), frequency and duration of use/exposure
Other conditions affecting workers exposure
- Place of use:
- indoor
Other conditions of use
Exposure of workers
Uses at industrial sites
- Registration/ Notification status for the use:
- use registered according to REACH Article 10; total tonnage manufactured/imported >=10tonnes/year per registrant
Contributing activity / technique for the environment
- Name of activity / technique:
- Onshore processing of fluids containing cesium formate (recovery operations)
- Environmental release category (ERC):
- ERC4: Use of non-reactive processing aid at industrial site (no inclusion into or onto article)
Contributing activity / technique for workersopen allclose all
- Name of activity / technique:
- Sampling of cesium formate fluids for testing
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 9: Transfer of substance or mixture into small containers (dedicated filling line, including weighing)
- Name of activity / technique:
- Testing of cesium formate fluid at onshore installation
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 15: Use as laboratory reagent
- Name of activity / technique:
- Line-breaking activities (changing of valves, flushing lines etc.)
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 20: Use of functional fluids in small devices
- Name of activity / technique:
- Mixing of chemicals into the drilling fluid via hopper or directly into the pit
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 5: Mixing or blending in batch processes
- Name of activity / technique:
- Changing of filter cartridges
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 19: Hand-mixing with intimate contact and only PPE available.
- Name of activity / technique:
- Disconnecting hose pipes
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 9: Transfer of substance or mixture into small containers (dedicated filling line, including weighing)
- Name of activity / technique:
- Working on pumps
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 19: Hand-mixing with intimate contact and only PPE available.
- Name of activity / technique:
- Pit and storage tank cleaning
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 8a: Transfer of substance or mixture (charging and discharging) at non-dedicated facilities
- Name of activity / technique:
- Immersion in mud during cleaning of storage tanks and pits
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 19: Hand-mixing with intimate contact and only PPE available.
- Name of activity / technique:
- Transfer activity - pumping or filling RVF/cartridge unit/evaporator/tanks/IBCs
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 8a: Transfer of substance or mixture (charging and discharging) at non-dedicated facilities
- Name of activity / technique:
- Mini RVF operation
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 3: Manufacture or formulation in the chemical industry in closed batch processes with occasional controlled exposure or processes with equivalent containment conditions
- Name of activity / technique:
- Maintenance and cleaning of RVF
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 8a: Transfer of substance or mixture (charging and discharging) at non-dedicated facilities
- Name of activity / technique:
- G-press unit operation - maintenance and cleaning
- Process category (PROC):
- PROC 8a: Transfer of substance or mixture (charging and discharging) at non-dedicated facilities
- Product category used:
- PC 24: Lubricants, greases, release products
- Sector of end use:
- SU 2a: Mining (without offshore industries)
- Substance supplied to that use in form of:
- in a mixture
- Subsequent service life relevant for this use:
- no
- Related assessment:
- use assessed in an own CSR
Contributing scenario for the environment (related to workers activities)
Conditions of use for the environment
Technical and organisational conditions and measures
Conditions and measures related to Biological Sewage Treatment Plant
- Biological Sewage Treatment Plant (STP):
- no
Conditions and measures related to external treatment of waste (including article waste)
- Particular considerations on the waste treatment operations:
- no
Other conditions affecting environmental exposure
Other conditions of use
Releases to waste and the environment
Release to the environment
ReleaseEnvirRepopen allclose all
- Release from the site to::
- surface water
- Release estimation method:
- estimated release factor
- Remarks:
- 0
- Release from the site to::
- ambient air
- Release estimation method:
- estimated release factor
- Remarks:
- 0
- Release from the site to::
- non-agricultural soil
- Release estimation method:
- estimated release factor
- Remarks:
- 0
Release to external waste
Exposure of the environment
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- Exposed compartment:
- freshwater
- Exposure estimation method:
- exposure estimation tool
- Exposure estimation tool name:
- EUSES
- Exposed compartment:
- sediment (freshwater)
- Exposure estimation method:
- exposure estimation tool
- Exposure estimation tool name:
- EUSES
- Exposed compartment:
- marine water
- Exposure estimation method:
- exposure estimation tool
- Exposure estimation tool name:
- EUSES
ContribScenWorkersRepopen allclose all
Contributing scenario for the workers
Conditions of use for workers
Product (article) characteristics
- Physical form of the used product:
- liquid, including paste/slurry/suspension
Amounts used (or contained in articles), frequency and duration of use/exposure
Other conditions affecting workers exposure
- Place of use:
- indoor
Other conditions of use
Exposure of workers
Contributing scenario for the workers
Conditions of use for workers
Product (article) characteristics
- Physical form of the used product:
- liquid, including paste/slurry/suspension
Amounts used (or contained in articles), frequency and duration of use/exposure
Other conditions affecting workers exposure
- Place of use:
- indoor
Other conditions of use
Exposure of workers
Contributing scenario for the workers
Conditions of use for workers
Product (article) characteristics
- Physical form of the used product:
- liquid, including paste/slurry/suspension
Amounts used (or contained in articles), frequency and duration of use/exposure
Other conditions affecting workers exposure
- Place of use:
- indoor
Other conditions of use
Exposure of workers
Contributing scenario for the workers
Conditions of use for workers
Product (article) characteristics
- Physical form of the used product:
- liquid, including paste/slurry/suspension
Amounts used (or contained in articles), frequency and duration of use/exposure
Other conditions affecting workers exposure
- Place of use:
- indoor
Other conditions of use
Exposure of workers
Contributing scenario for the workers
Conditions of use for workers
Product (article) characteristics
- Physical form of the used product:
- liquid, including paste/slurry/suspension
Amounts used (or contained in articles), frequency and duration of use/exposure
Other conditions affecting workers exposure
- Place of use:
- indoor
Other conditions of use
Exposure of workers
Contributing scenario for the workers
Conditions of use for workers
Product (article) characteristics
- Physical form of the used product:
- liquid, including paste/slurry/suspension
Amounts used (or contained in articles), frequency and duration of use/exposure
Other conditions affecting workers exposure
- Place of use:
- indoor
Other conditions of use
Exposure of workers
Contributing scenario for the workers
Conditions of use for workers
Product (article) characteristics
- Physical form of the used product:
- liquid, including paste/slurry/suspension
Amounts used (or contained in articles), frequency and duration of use/exposure
Other conditions affecting workers exposure
- Place of use:
- indoor
Other conditions of use
Exposure of workers
Contributing scenario for the workers
Conditions of use for workers
Product (article) characteristics
- Physical form of the used product:
- liquid, including paste/slurry/suspension
Amounts used (or contained in articles), frequency and duration of use/exposure
Other conditions affecting workers exposure
- Place of use:
- indoor
Other conditions of use
Exposure of workers
Contributing scenario for the workers
Conditions of use for workers
Product (article) characteristics
- Physical form of the used product:
- liquid, including paste/slurry/suspension
Amounts used (or contained in articles), frequency and duration of use/exposure
Other conditions affecting workers exposure
- Place of use:
- indoor
Other conditions of use
Exposure of workers
Contributing scenario for the workers
Conditions of use for workers
Product (article) characteristics
- Physical form of the used product:
- liquid, including paste/slurry/suspension
Amounts used (or contained in articles), frequency and duration of use/exposure
Other conditions affecting workers exposure
- Place of use:
- indoor
Other conditions of use
Exposure of workers
Contributing scenario for the workers
Conditions of use for workers
Product (article) characteristics
- Physical form of the used product:
- liquid, including paste/slurry/suspension
Amounts used (or contained in articles), frequency and duration of use/exposure
Other conditions affecting workers exposure
- Place of use:
- indoor
Other conditions of use
Exposure of workers
Contributing scenario for the workers
Conditions of use for workers
Product (article) characteristics
- Physical form of the used product:
- liquid, including paste/slurry/suspension
Amounts used (or contained in articles), frequency and duration of use/exposure
Other conditions affecting workers exposure
- Place of use:
- indoor
Other conditions of use
Exposure of workers
Contributing scenario for the workers
Conditions of use for workers
Product (article) characteristics
- Physical form of the used product:
- liquid, including paste/slurry/suspension
Amounts used (or contained in articles), frequency and duration of use/exposure
Other conditions affecting workers exposure
- Place of use:
- indoor
Other conditions of use
Exposure of workers
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