What regulatory approvals have been obtained?
(a) Australia Registration for Phoslock has been obtained under the National Industrial Chemical Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS) for commercial use in water treatment in Australia. (b) United States The US EPA has issued a Pre Manufacture Notice for Phoslock. All toxicity tests that have been completed in Australia for NICNAS registration have conformed to the same toxicity characterization leachate protocol (TCLP) that is used in the US as well as many other countries. (c) New Zealand At a national level, ERMA approval to import and sell Phoslock has been obtained. Environment Bay of Plenty has issued a Resource Consent to permit the treatment of Lake Okareka in the Rotorua region. (d) European Union Phoslock has been certified as being neither a “Biocide” nor a “New Chemical”. (e) China The Lake Dianchi Authority (LDA) has approved Phoslock for use in listed projects in Yunnan Province. Listed projects include a number of large lakes and rivers in and around Lake Dianchi
