Document Repository

WHAT IS THE DOCUMENT REPOSITORY?

The Document Repository is a library of reports and documents containing information of value to companies in the pine chemicals industry.

 
WHERE DO THE REPORTS COME FROM?

These documents have been contributed by industry organizations such as the Pine Chemicals Association (PCA) and the Hydrocarbon and Rosin Resin Producers Association (HARRPA) sector group of CEFIC, individual member companies and outside groups under contract to the organizations or companies. They may also be public documents of use to the industry.

 
WHAT TYPES OF REPORTS ARE INCLUDED?

The reports encompass physical property, environmental, toxicity and skin sensitization tests; end use information; risk analyses; technical and engineering studies; standard test methods and other information concerning turpentine, tall oil fatty acids and rosin and their derivatives.

 
WHO CAN VIEW THE REPORTS?

Access to a report is variable and is at the discretion of the contributing organization. Some documents may have full access to the public and can be located during an Internet search. For some reports, only the summary is open to the public and the full report can be accessed only after permission from the President of the PCA or his designee. Most restricted are the reports open only to persons with a password.

 
HOW DO I GET ACCESS PRIVILEGES TO VIEW THE DOCUMENT REPOSITORY?

To gain access to all parts of the Repository you must be part of the personnel of a PCA member company, a designated PCA consultant or a member of a sister organization such as HARRPA. You must have a password that allows specific access privileges to the Document Repository. To obtain a password to the Repository, please click on the following link, complete the registration for Employee of a Member Company and submit it to the PCA.

If a report summary has been located through an Internet search and the searcher has no access privileges, he will not be allowed to download the full report. He can request access to the report from the President of the PCA or his designee. If such access is given it will be specific to the requested report and only for a limited time period.

All reports that are deemed confidential will have a warning appended to each page: “This report is the confidential property of the Pine Chemicals Association, the HARRPA Sector Group of CEFIC and/or one or more of its members. Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of it is prohibited.”

 
HOW DO I FIND REPORTS IN THE DOCUMENT REPOSITORY?

When you click on the “Enter the Document Repository” button at the top or bottom of this page you will be taken to the initial search page where you can choose from a “Document Search” or simply “Browse the Repository.”

 

HOW DOES THE “SEARCH DOCUMENTS” WORK?

You can search for any words or phrases that might occur in a report by typing them into the empty field of the Search bar that is located in the left toolbar of this page and clicking on the “Search” button. This will bring up all the summaries or abstracts of all reports containing the word or phrase somewhere in the document. If you wish to see a full report, (and you have signed in with your password) simply click on the link to “View Report” and it will be downloaded as a PDF file to your computer.


 

Document Repository
Item Name Posted By Date Posted
Inert Reassessment-Rosins and Rosin Derivatives PDF (4.29 MB)1 Administration 10/19/2017
500.EPA.TSCA.InvReset PCA COMMENTS TO USEPA ON PROPOSED TSCA INVENTORY RESET PDF (299.12 KB) Administration 3/26/2015
500.FDA.NoObjectionLtr United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) No Objection Letters to Using Gardner Color PDF (525.52 KB) Administration 3/26/2015
800.GD.DTO.BLENDING GUIDANCE DOCUMENT: DISTILLED TALL OIL BLENDING  PDF (193.6 KB) Administration 3/26/2015
800.GD.GMOS GUIDANCE DOCUMENT: GENETICALLY MODIFI IED ORGANISMS (GMOS) PDF (192.39 KB) Administration 3/26/2015
500.EPA.022206 USEPA LETTER - ORPHAN CHEMICALS - TALL OIL ROSIN & DIMER LIGHT ENDS PDF (156.28 KB) Administration 3/26/2015
500.EPA.050495 USEPA Dimer Letter (May 4, 1995) PDF (354.55 KB) Administration 3/26/2015
500.EPA.051292 USEPA LETTER ON TSCA NOMENCLATURE OF ROSIN and ROSINS  PDF (1.58 MB) Administration 3/26/2015
200.PCTM.02 PCTM 2 Method of determining acid number of tall oil using a colorimetric end point PDF (236.17 KB) Administration 3/26/2015
200.PCTM.03 PCTM 3 Specific gravity of tall oil PDF (212.84 KB) Administration 3/26/2015
200.PCTM.04A PCTM 4A Moisture content of tall oil by azeotropic distillation  PDF (238.39 KB) Administration 3/26/2015
200.PCTM.04B PCTM 4B Moisture content of tall oil by coulometry PDF (284.33 KB) Administration 3/26/2015
200.PCTM.04C PCTM 4C Moisture content of tall oil by Karl Fischer titration PDF (265.19 KB) Administration 3/26/2015
200.PCTM.06 PCTM 6 Recovery of tall oil from black liquor soap skimmings PDF (226.53 KB) Administration 3/26/2015
200.PCTM.07 PCTM 7 Content of tall oil in tall oil soap PDF (64.88 KB) Administration 3/26/2015
200.PCTM.08 PCTM 8 Method to determine lignin, fiber, and foreign matter in tall oil soap PDF (233.56 KB) Administration 3/26/2015
100.HPV.TABLE PCA HPV TEST SUMMARY TABLE PDF (49.44 KB) Administration 3/24/2015
200.PCTM.01 PCTM 1 Method of determining acid number of tall oil using apotentiometric end point PDF (214.97 KB) Administration 3/25/2015
200.PCTM.10 PCTM 10 METHOD TO ESTIMATE CRUDE TALL OIL IN SPENT ACID  PDF (201.07 KB) Administration 3/25/2015
200.PCTM.11 PCTM 11 DETERMINATION OF SOLIDS CONTENT OF BLACK LIQUOR SOAP PDF (247.09 KB) Administration 3/25/2015
200.PCTM.12 PCTM 12 Method to determine ash content of tall oil soap PDF (248.3 KB) Administration 3/25/2015
200.PCTM.13 PCTM 13 Method of determining residual soap in crude tall oil PDF (252.08 KB) Administration 3/25/2015
200.PCTM.14 PCTM 14 Method to determine free water-soluble acid in crude tall oil PDF (213.43 KB) Administration 3/25/2015
200.PCTM.15 PCTM 15 Method to determine free acid in tall oil spent acid PDF (244.83 KB) Administration 3/25/2015
200.PCTM.16 PCTM 16 Method to determine the saponification value of tall oil PDF (247.33 KB) Administration 3/25/2015
200.PCTM.17 PCTM 17 Method to determine rosin acids in tall oil PDF (225.81 KB) Administration 3/25/2015
200.PCTM.19 PCTM 19 Method to determine unsaponifiables in tall oil PDF (251.25 KB) Administration 3/25/2015
200.PCTM.20 PCTM 20 Method of calculating fatty acid content of tall oil PDF (219.64 KB) Administration 3/25/2015
200.PCTM.21 PCTM 21 Method to determine insolubles in crude tall oil PDF (252.99 KB) Administration 3/25/2015
200.PCTM.23 PCTM 23 Method of estimating total crude tall oil in wood pulp PDF (325.19 KB) Administration 3/25/2015
200.PCTM.24 PCTM 24 Method of estimating crude tall oil (CTO) in black liquor PDF (236.79 KB) Administration 3/25/2015
200.PCTM.25 PCTM 25 Method of estimating crude tall oil in wood chips PDF (238.14 KB) Administration 3/25/2015
200.PCTM.26 PCTM 26 Method to determine viscosity of crude tall oil PDF (225.32 KB) Administration 3/25/2015
200.PCTM.27 PCTM 27 Method for Characterization of Gum Rosin by Capillary Gas Chromatography PDF (804.07 KB) Administration 3/25/2015
200.PCTM.28A PCTM 28A Determination of anthraquinone in crude tall oil by HPLC PDF (251.46 KB) Administration 3/25/2015
200.PCTM.28B PCTM 28B Determination of Anthraquinone in Crude Tall Oil by Gas Chromatography  PDF (221.94 KB) Administration 3/25/2015
500.EPA.090811 PCA COMMENTS TO USEPA ON PROPOSED PROGRAM FOR IDENTIFYING PRIORITY CHEMICALS FOR REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT PDF (343.58 KB) Administration 3/25/2015
900.CTO.HarmEnvSub CRUDE TALL OIL (CTO) AND HARMFUL ENVIRONMENTAL SUBSIDIES  PDF (377.8 KB) Administration 3/25/2015
900.HARRPA_Fortified_Rosin Skin Sensitization For PDF (80.57 KB)2 Administration 3/25/2015
900.HOTMELT.FLAMMABILITY HOT-MELT ADHESIVE COMPONENTS FLAMMABILITY PDF (856.34 KB) Administration 3/25/2015
900.RESIN.DustExpHaz RESIN DUST EXPLOSION RISK PDF (1.12 MB) Administration 3/25/2015
900.ROSIN.SURVEY Rosin Technical Development Survey Report PDF (15.03 MB) Administration 3/25/2015
900.ROSIN.USRGScale Procedure to correlate the USRG (Rosin) Scale to the Gardner ScalePDF (260.14 KB) Administration 3/25/2015
900.SAFE.HANDLING HARRPA SAFE HANDLING OF HOT ROSIN AND HYDROCARBON RESINS PDF (345.5 KB) Administration 3/24/2015
900.TOFA.JUN.1989 Tall Oil Fatty Acids in Animal Feed PDF (876.43 KB) Administration 3/24/2015
Tall oil [distilled tall oil], CAS No. 8002-26-4 D DOCX (18.4 KB)3 Administration 10/9/2014


  1. 2005-11-29 Reclassify
    Action: Reassessment of nine inert exemptions from the requirement of tolerance. The reassessment decision is to maintain each of the nine inert tolerance exemptions ''as-is.''
    Chemical (as Listed in 40 CFR 180): Calcium salt of partially dimerized rosin, conforming to 21 CFR 172.210; Pentaerythritol ester of maleic anhydride modified wood rosin; Rosin, dark wood (as defined in 21 CFR 178.3870(a)(1)(v)); Rosin, gum; Rosin, partially dimerized (as defined in 21 CFR 172.615); Rosin, partially hydrogenated (as defined in 21 CFR 172.615); Rosin, tall oil; Rosin, wood; and, Sodium of salt of the insoluble fraction of rosin.
    CFR: 40 CFR part 180.910 and 40 CFR part 180.920
    Use Summary: Commercially, rosins and rosin derivatives are used in paper sizing, printing inks, tackifiers, and adhesives. As inert ingredients in pesticide formulations, rosins and rosin derivatives are used in coating agents, plasticizers, surfactants, and related adjuvants of surfactants.
     
  2. 900.HARRPA_Fortified_Rosin Skin Sensitization Fortified Rosin Esters: Classification Packaging & Labelling - Impact of New Test Data.
    HARRPA revision 4, 27th March 2012

  3. Abstract:
    This study was designed to determine the median effective loading (EL50) of Tall Oil [distilled tall oil], CAS No. 8002-26-4 by exposing Daphnia under static conditions to solutions prepared as Water Accommodated Fractions (WAF) at different loading rates. This study was performed based on procedures in OECD (1984) Guideline 202 Part 1 for Testing of Chemicals and following procedures in OECD (2000) Guidance Document No. 23 on Testing Difficult Substances. Tall oil, a dark brown liquid, is a poorly soluble complex mixture. The method of preparation was selected to maximise the solubility of the test item under specific test exposure conditions, but reduce exposure of the test organism to insoluble fractions. The effects of both filtering and adjusting pH were investigated in the range finding test. For both the range finding and definitive-limit tests, the test item was prepared and tested at a temperature appropriate to the test organisms as WAF, up to a maximum...