To keep up with the demands of increasingly complex, global chemical substance regulatory requirements, aerospace and defense (AD) industry companies must continue to obtain and report product-related substance data. The International Aerospace Environmental Group® (IAEG) has released an updated version of the Aerospace and Defense Declarable Substances List (AD-DSL).

The AD-DSL is a common list of chemical substances that may be incorporated into AD industry products or required for product manufacture, operations, maintenance, overhaul or repair. The AD-DSL is intended to be used in substance declarations to obtain information from the AD industry supply chain. The information obtained through such declarations is then used to meet increasing demands on AD industry companies to report on product-related substances, as well as to support internal compliance and risk management activities. Use of the AD-DSL promotes efficiency, reduces reporting burdens on suppliers and can help minimize business disruption due to regulatory or supply chain material obsolescence risks.

This updated version 8.0 of the AD-DSL includes a revised declarable substances list that reflects changes in regulatory requirements that affect the global AD industry and updates the regulatory criteria definitions for substances that have been affected by regulatory changes.  These definitions allow users to determine whether each substance is subject to product and/or material restrictions, reporting requirements, or combinations of all three.

All versions of the lists, including Version 8.0 AD-DSL are available on the IAEG website at http://www.iaeg.com/chemicalrpt/addsl/ for voluntary use by members of the AD industry and its associated supply chain. The materials can be downloaded in several formats, including MS Excel and Adobe Acrobat, and an Extensible Markup Language (XML) version that conforms to the data exchange standard IPC-1754, Materials and Substances Declaration for Aerospace and Defense and Other Industries.

The AD-DSL was developed through the collaborative efforts of IAEG member companies, representing a cross-section of the industry, including AD product manufacturers and component suppliers, as well as solution providers and service contractors.

IAEG^® (www.iaeg.com) is a non-profit organization of global aerospace and defense companies created to collaborate on and share innovative environmental solutions for the industry. The group works to promote the development of voluntary consensus standards and provide accessible solutions for key environmental issues. For additional information about IAEG, please contact Jamie Reyes, IAEG Program Manager, at jreyes@iaeg.com or Kathleen Oldham, IAEG Communications Officer at koldham@bellflight.com.

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