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What
is a Test Plan | Current Test Plan Submission
Schedule | What is a Robust Summary |
Introduction to Petroleum Product Categories | EU
Petroleum Groups and Descriptions |
What Is A Test Plan?
A test plan is a document describing which tests a company or organization
plans to conduct in order to meet the HPV Challenge requirements described
by the EPA. It contains a summary of existing information on the HPV chemical
or chemical category and a summary table (matrix) which identifies information
gaps. In most instances, the test plan uses the same tests, testing protocols,
and information summary formats used by the Screening Information Data Set
(SIDS) program, a cooperative, international effort to secure basic toxicity
information on HPV chemicals worldwide.
The 400 HPV chemicals, which are actually chemical mixtures called petroleum
streams, have been organized into 13 categories that correspond to the petroleum
based fuels and products used by consumers and businesses. A test plan will
be generated for each of the 13 categories. The test plans for petroleum
HPV categories will generally be organized as follows:
Plain Language Summary - this is a one
page, non-technical summary of the existing data and what tests will be
conducted for that category.
Description of the Category - this section
contains a physical and chemical description of the constituents and products
in the category.
Test Material Justification - this section,
along with the Description of the Category, provides the rationale for
grouping the HPVs into one category, and why the materials chosen for
testing are the best for characterizing the potential hazards and environmental
fate for that category.
Evaluation of Existing Health Effects Data and Proposed
Testing - this section provides brief summaries of existing health
effects data, and outlines additional testing planned.
Evaluation of Existing Physicochemical and Environmental
Fate Data - this section provides brief summaries of existing
physicochemical and environmental fate data, and outlines additional testing
planned.
Evaluation of Existing Ecotoxicity Data and Proposed
Testing - this section provides brief summaries of existing environmental
hazard information (e.g. toxicity to fish), and outlines additional testing
planned.
Matrix of Available Adequate Data and Proposed Testing
on the Category - this is a summary table listing existing data
and proposed testing for the category.
References - this section provides the
scientific literature citation of the information presented in the previous
sections of the test plan.
Appendix 1, Category Constituents by CAS #
- this section lists the HPVs chemicals in the category and gives the
TSCA (Toxic Substances Control Act) definition of each HPV chemical.
Additional Appendices - will be included
for individual categories when additional information may be helpful in
understanding the test plan.
Petroleum Category Robust Summaries (separate document)
- provides detailed scientific summaries of the material and studies included
in the test plan. These are intended to provide a more detailed technical
review to verify the adequacy of the studies to EPA and the scientific
community.
Information obtained in this testing program will be shared
with other organizations in Europe which are also developing chemical
hazard data, in order to avoid duplication of effort. For more detailed
descriptions on what tests are in a SIDS battery, or for more information
on the HPV program, please visit the EPA.
Current HPV Test Plan Submission Schedule
2000
Petroleum Coke (2 Substances)
2001
Petroleum Gases (LPGs) (161 Substances)
Gasoline (87 Substances)
2002
Waxes and Related Products (8 Substances)
2003
Crude Oils (1 Substance)
Aromatic Extracts (5 Substances)
Asphalts, Vacuum Residues, and Pitch (8 Substances)
Heavy Fuel Oils (30 Substances)
Kerosenes/Jet Fuel (15 Substances)
Lubricating Oil Basestocks (36 Substances)
Gas Oils (diesel fuels/heating oils) (31 Substances)
Lubricating Grease Thickeners (6 Substances)
Reclaimed Petroleum Substances (17 Substances)
What is a Robust Summary?
Companies and consortia which sponsor chemicals in the HPV Challenge Program
begin by identifying and assessing all existing data to determine whether
there are any missing data on SIDS endpoints which will need to be filled
by new testing. A Robust summary is a compilation of existing data in
a International Uniform Chemical Information Database (IUCLID) tabular
format. Robust summaries contain enough information and data to permit
an assessment of the quality of the study being summarized.
For more information on robust summaries refer to EPA.
Introduction to Petroleum Product Categories
Petroleum HPV Testing Consortium sponsored substances
are being evaluated according to petroleum product categories.
The Petroleum HPV Testing Consortium has used the same
categorization of petroleum substances that has been adopted by the European
Union (EU) in their legislation (Official Journal of the European Communities,
L84 Volume 36, 5 April 1993. Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 of 23
March 1993 on the evaluation and control of risks of existing substances).
Adoption of this existing categorization facilitates international harmonization
of classification of these complex chemical substances of variable composition.
Additionally, use of the same categories will also facilitate coordination
of efforts to summarize existing data and develop new hazard data which
will be appropriate for hazard and risk characterization worldwide and
therefore, avoid unnecessary duplication of testing.
There are currently 37 EU Petroleum Substances Categories.
The US HPV Testing Group has grouped these 37 categories into 13 product-related
test plans.
HPV Test Plan Categories compared with EU Substance
Groups
| HPV Petroleum Product Category |
EU Group Name with old ECB substance group number |
Crude oil
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Crude oil |
Petroleum gases
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Petroleum Gases
Other Petroleum Gases |
Gasoline
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Gasoline Components from Crude Oil Distillation
Gasoline Components from Alkylation, Isomerization, Solvent Extraction
Gasoline Components from Catalytic Cracking
Gasoline Components from Catalytic Reforming
Gasoline Components from Thermal Cracking
Gasoline Components from Hydrotreating
Other Gasoline Components |
Kerosines/jet fuel
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Straight Run Kerosene Components
Cracked Kerosene Components
Other Kerosene Components |
Gas oils (#2 diesel fuels/heating oils)
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Straight Run Gas Oil Components
Cracked Gas Oil Components
Hydrocracked Gas Oil Components
Vacuum Gas Oil Components
Other Gas Oil Components
Distillate Fuel Oils |
Heavy gas oils
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Fuel Oil Components |
Grease thickeners
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Lubricating Greases |
Lubricating oil basestocks
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Unrefined or Acid Treated Vacuum Distillates
Non-carcinogenic Lubricant Base Oils
Other Lubricant Base Oils
Used and Re-refined Oils |
Aromatic extracts
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Residual Aromatic Extracts
Untreated Aromatic Extracts from Vacuum Distillates
Treated Aromatic Extracts from Vacuum Distillates
Other Aromatic Extracts |
Waxes and related products
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Petroleum Waxes
Foots Oils
Slack Waxes
Petrolatum |
Bitumens, vacuum resid, and pitch
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Bitumens (Asphalts) and Vacuum Residues |
Petroleum coke
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Petroleum Cokes |
Reclaimed petroleum substances
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Reclaim Petroleum Substances
Other Petroleum Substances |
EU Petroleum Groups and Descriptions
Crude Oil (1)
Raw petroleum oil obtained in its natural state from the ground (excluding
hydrocarbons from shale and coal) and containing aliphatic, alicyclic,
and aromatic hydrocarbons, with small quantities of nitrogen, oxygen and
sulphur compounds.
Petroleum Gases (2)
Streams obtained from crude oil distillation, cracking processes and tail
gases, containing saturated and/or olefinic hydrocarbons mainly in the
range C2 to C5 including liquefied gases, predominantly propane and butane.
Gasoline Components from Crude Oil Distillation (3A)
Streams obtained from the atmospheric distillation of crude oil and containing
saturated and aromatic hydrocarbons, mainly in the range C4 to C12 and
boiling in the range ca. -20 to 230°C.
Gasoline Components from Alkylation, Isomerisation and Solvent
Extraction (3B)
Streams obtained by alkylation (catalytic reaction), isomerisation (catalytic
conversion) and solvent extraction, and containing saturated hydrocarbons,
mainly in the range C5 to C12 and boiling in the range ca. 35 to 230°C.
Gasoline Components from Catalytic Cracking (3C)
Streams obtained from the catalytic cracking of heavy distillates into
lighter fractions, and containing saturated, olefins and aromatic hydrocarbons,
mainly in the range C4 to C12 and boiling in the range ca. -20 to 230°C.
Gasoline Components from Catalytic Reforming (3D)
Streams obtained from the catalytic reforming of mainly n-alkane and cycloparaffinic
feedstocks into aromatic and branched chainhydrocarbons, mainly in the
range C5 to C12 and boiling in the range ca. 35 to 230°C.
Gasoline Components from Thermal Cracking (3E)
Streams obtained by the high temperature splitting of heavy distillates
into lighter fractions, and containing saturated, olefinic and aromatic
hydrocarbons, mainly in the range C4 to C12 and boiling in the range ca.
-20 to 230°C.
Gasoline Components from Hydrotreating (3F)
Streams obtained by the catalytic reaction of feedstocks with hydrogen
to remove unsaturated and organs-sulphur compounds, and containing mainly
saturated hydrocarbons, mainly in the range C4 to C12 and boiling in the
range ca. -20 to 230°C.
Other Gasoline Components (3G)
Streams obtained by processes such as steam and hydro cracking and sweetening,
and containing saturated, aromatic and olefinic hydrocarbons, mainly in
the range C4 to C12 and boiling in the range ca -20 to 230°C.
Straight Run Kerosene Components (3H)
Streams obtained from the atmospheric distillation of crude oil, and containing
saturated and aromatic hydrocarbons, mainly in the range C9 to C16 and
boiling in the ca. range 145 to 300°C.
Cracked Kerosene Components (31)
Streams obtained from processes involving the cracking of hydrocarbon
feedstocks, and containing saturated, olefinic and aromatic hydrocarbons,
mainly in the range C8 to C16 and boiling in the ca. range 90 to 290°C.
Other Kerosene Components (3J)
Streams obtained from processes not sufficiently defined to enable them
to be placed in groups 10 or 11 and containing saturated, aromatic and
olefinic hydrocarbons, mainly in the range C7 to C16 and boiling in the
range ca. 90 to 290°C.
Straight Run Gas Oil Components (4A)
Streams obtained from the atmospheric distillation of crude oil, and containing
saturated and aromatic hydrocarbons, mainly in the range C9 to C25 and
boiling in the range ca. 150 to 400°C.
Cracked Gas Oil Components (4B)
Streams obtained from processes involving the cracking of hydrocarbon
feedstocks, and containing saturated, olefinic and aromatic hydrocarbons,
mainly in the range C9 to C25 and boiling in the range ca. 150 to 400°C.
Hydrocracked Gas Oils (new)
Streams obtained from processes involving the hydrocracking of hydrocarbon
feedstocks, and containing predominantly staurated hydrocarbons, mainly
in the C10 to C20 range and boiling in the range ca. 160 to 350oC.
Vacuum Gas Oil Components (5A)
Streams obtained from the vacuum distillation of atmospheric residues,
and containing saturated and aromatic hydrocarbons, mainly in the range
C11 to C25 and boiling in the range ca. 200 to 450°C.
Other Gas Oil Components (5B)
Streams obtained from processes not sufficiently defined to enable them
to be placed in groups 13, 14 or 15 and containing saturated, aromatic
and olefinic hydrocarbons mainly in the range C9 to C25 and boiling in
the range ca. 150 to 450°C.
Other Gas Oils – Distillate Fuel Oils (new)
Streams obtained from distillation and cracking processes, and containing
saturated, olefinic and aromatic hydrocarbons mainly in the range C9 to
C25 and boiling in the range ca.160 to 400oC.
Fuel Oil Components (6A)
Streams obtained as either distillates or residues from distillation and
cracking processes, and containing saturated, aromatic and olefinic hydrocarbons
mainly in the range C9 to C50 and boiling in the range ca. 160 to 600°C.
Lubricating Greases (6B)
A complex combination of hydrocarbons mainly in the range C12 to C50 and
containing organic compounds of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals and/or
aluminium.
Unrefined or Acid Treated Vacuum Distillates (7A)
Untreated and acid treated streams obtained from the vacuum distillation
of atmospheric residues, and containing saturated and aromatic hydrocarbons,
mainly in the range C15 to C50.
Non-carcinogenic Lubricant Base Oils (7B)
Streams obtained by (a) severe refining of vacuum distillates to remove
aromatic hydrocarbons or (b) the treatment of vacuum residues, and containing
saturated and aromatic hydrocarbons, mainly in the range C12 to C50.
Other Lubricant Base Oils (7C)
Streams obtained from vacuum distillates, vacuum residues and atmospheric
distillation residues by processes such as solvent extraction or hydrogenation,
and containing saturated and aromatic hydrocarbons, mainly in the range
C10 to C50.
Residual Aromatic Extracts (8)
Streams obtained from the solvent extraction of vacuum residues, and containing
saturated and aromatic hydrocarbons, mainly in the range > C25.
Untreated Aromatic Extracts from Vacuum Distillates (9A)
Streams obtained from the solvent extraction of vacuum distillates, and
containing mainly aromatic hydrocarbons, mainly in the range C15 to C50.
Treated Aromatic Extracts from Vacuum Distillates (9B)
Streams obtained by subjecting untreated aromatic extracts from vacuum
distillates to processes such as hydrogenation, and containing predominantly
saturated and aromatic hydrocarbons, mainly in the range C15 to C50.
Other Aromatic Extracts (10)
Stream obtained by the solvent extraction of straight run gas oils, vacuum
gas oils and distillation residues etc., and containing saturated and
aromatic hydrocarbons, mainly in the range C9 to C30 and boiling in the
range ca. 150 to 450°C.
Petroleum Waxes (11A)
Streams obtained as the insoluble phase from the solvent treatment of
atmospheric and vacuum distillates or vacuum residues, and containing
saturated straight and branched chain hydrocarbons, mainly in the range
C20 to C50.
Foots Oils (11B)
Streams obtained as the liquid phase in the separation of paraffin wax
from slack wax, and containing mainly branched chain saturated hydrocarbons,
mainly in the range C20 to C50.
Slack Waxes (11C)
Streams obtained by the solvent dewaxing of vacuum distillates, and containing
straight and branched chain saturated hydrocarbons, mainly in the range
>C20.
31 Petrolatums (11D)
Streams obtained by the solvent dewaxing of vacuum residues, and containing
mainly branched chain saturated hydrocarbons, mainly in the range >C20.
Used and Re-refined Oils (12)
Spent formulated oils derived from various uses, most of which are treated
by processes such as clay percolation, hydrogenation and distillation,
and mainly in the range C15 to C50.
Bitumens (Asphalts) and Vacuum Residues (13)
Streams obtained as residues from vacuum distillation and cracking processes,
some of which are subjected to further processing, and containing saturated
and aromatic hydrocarbons mainly in the range >C25
Petroleum Cokes (14)
Granular or needle like substances, basically carbon, contained by the
high temperature decomposition of heavy oils. May contain some high molecular
weight hydrocarbons.
Other Petroleum Gases (New)
Stream obtained from various processes and containing C1 to C5 hydrocarbons,
together with significant concentrations of other gases, such as hydrogen,
nitrogen, hydrogen sulphide, carbon monoxide etc.
Reclaim Petroleum Substances (New)
Miscellaneous hydrocarbon containing stream derived from a variety of
refinery processes and which may be, or have been, reclaimed.
Other Petroleum Substances (New)
Hydrocarbon streams which are either undefined, or which have broad compositions,
such that they cannot be placed in any of the other groups.
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