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Tuesday, September 16, 2008 — 3E Company®, the leading provider of environmental health and safety (EH&S) compliance and information management services, today announces the availability of Ariel GHS Rules for SAP EH&S, a new tool for SAP EH&S users which facilitates compliance with the Globally Harmonized System for Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) by simplifying mixture classification and labeling practices.

GHS aims to establish a consistent infrastructure to control chemical exposure, thereby protecting people and the environment. It provides a single framework for the classification and labeling of chemicals so that hazards are consistently defined across different national jurisdictions. Ariel GHS Rules for SAP EH&S facilitates GHS-compliant mixture classification and labeling. Classification is based on the physical, health and environmental hazards of the mixture.

Ariel GHS Rules for SAP EH&S considers the underlying physical, chemical, eco-toxicity, toxicity and regulatory data on the substance and mixture when performing hazard classifications. Once classification is complete, the Ariel GHS Rules provide a detailed audit trail of the decision making process. Then, labeling Rules assign the correct hazard and precautionary statements for the respective classifications.

The Ariel GHS Rules also take into account the variations in the GHS implementation in different legislative systems. The current version reflects the variations introduced in the Japanese, Korean and Taiwanese implementations. It also takes into consideration a variety of regulatory sources such as EU Directive 67/548 Risk and Safety phrases, National Toxicology Program (NTP), International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the American Conference of Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) when making classification determinations.

"GHS compliance can be a real challenge. Now companies that are using SAP EH&S as a hazard communication compliance solution can rely on our new Ariel GHS Rules to ease this burden," said Julia Tsvetkova, Product Manager, 3E Company. "Our customers will surely benefit from streamlined mixture classification and labeling practices, which are two of the most cumbersome aspects of GHS compliance."

3E Company's own regulatory team gathers, analyzes and maintains all of the Company's regulatory data and information, including Ariel GHS Rules. The team is responsible for updating the Rules when regulations change, thus ensuring customers are compliant and their systems are up to date.

Ariel GHS Rules for SAP EH&S is available immediately.

About 3E Company
3E Company is the first company to provide a comprehensive suite of services for environmental, health and safety (EH&S) related chemical and hazardous materials information and compliance management that addresses the entire chemical lifecycle. This suite of services includes regulatory research; MSDS authoring, distribution and management; transportation; emergency response; training; regulatory reporting; and hazardous waste management. 3E has the industry leading combination of a 24-7-365 hazmat mission control call center, with an online platform for hazmat compliance information management, all built on a foundation of the world's premier hazardous substance database of global regulatory and compliance information. Its international, multi-lingual professional staff is composed of regulatory specialists, experienced product stewards, industrial hygienists, attorneys, chemists and chemical engineers, MSDS experts and EH&S systems consultants.

3E's services offer a cost effective program for global regulatory compliance management by alleviating the pain, managing risk, increasing the efficiency and enhancing staff productivity and enabling EH&S professionals to focus on more strategic functions. Today more than 7,000 customers have partnered with 3E including Costco Wholesale Corporation, America West, Eastman Chemical, Temple-Inland, Menasha and PacifiCorp. 3E was founded in 1988 and is the recipient of the 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006 Commitment to Worker Safety Awards in Online and MSDS Services from Compliance Magazine, which also recognized 3E Online-MSDS in 2005 with an Award of Excellence for its Best of the Web Awards. The privately held company is headquartered in Carlsbad, CA with additional operations in Massillon, OH, Bethesda, MD, Kingsport, TN, Montreal, Quebec and Copenhagen, Denmark. For more information on 3E Company, visit www.3ecompany.com, send e-mail to info@3ecompany.com or call 800-360-3220, 760-602-8700 or, in Europe, +45 70 22 81 70.