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Key Points of Tracking Control of New Chemical Substances
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2019-12-24 17:53
According to China's "Environmental Management Measures for New Chemical Substances", the tracking control of new chemical substances is organized into the following points.
1. Management Requirements
1. The environmental protection department shall register the new chemical substance as a condition for examining and approving the environmental impact assessment documents of the construction project of the production or processing of the new chemical substance.
2. The holder of the registration certificate declared by the regular shall specify the hazard characteristics of the new chemical substance in the chemical safety technical specification and transmit the following information to the processing user:(1) the risk control measures specified in the registration certificate;(2) the chemical safety technical specification;(3) the classification results of the safety specification according to the chemical classification, warning label and warning;(4) other relevant information.
3. The holder of the registration certificate declared by the regular shall not transfer the new chemical substance approved for registration to the processing user who is not capable of taking risk control measures.
4. Scientific research activities of new chemical substances and research and development activities of processes and products shall be carried out in special facilities and under the guidance of professionals in strict accordance with relevant management regulations. New chemical substances produced or imported for the purpose of scientific research or research and development of processes and products shall be properly preserved and shall not be used for other purposes. If it needs to be destroyed, it shall be disposed of in accordance with the relevant regulations on hazardous waste.
The holder of the registration certificate shall keep the declaration materials of the new chemical substance and the actual situation of the production and import activities for more than ten years.
2. risk control
(I) general risk control measures. The holder of the registration certificate declared by the regular and the corresponding processing users shall, in accordance with the provisions of the registration certificate, take one or more of the following risk control measures:(1) carry out education on the risk and protection of new chemical substances;(2) strengthen personal protection for personnel exposed to new chemical substances;(3) set up safety protection such as sealing and isolation, and arrange warning signs;(4) improve the production and use of new chemical substances, to reduce releases and environmental exposure;(5) improve pollution prevention and control processes to reduce environmental emissions;(6) develop emergency plans and emergency response measures; and (7) take other risk control measures.
Holders of registration certificates for hazardous new chemical substances (including hazardous new chemical substances under key environmental management) and processing users shall abide by the relevant provisions of existing laws and administrative regulations such as the Regulations on the Safety Management of Hazardous Chemicals.
(II) key risk control measures. Holders of registration certificates and processing users of key environmental management hazardous new chemical substances shall also take the following risk control measures:
(1) During production or processing, the discharge of new chemical substances of the key environmental management hazards into the environmental medium shall be monitored or estimated. If they do not have the ability to monitor, they may entrust monitoring institutions or social testing institutions affiliated to environmental protection departments recognized by environmental protection departments at or above the prefecture level to carry out monitoring.
(2) At the time of transfer, corresponding equipment shall be equipped in accordance with relevant regulations, and appropriate measures shall be taken to prevent new chemical substances of key environmental management hazards from entering the environment in the event of an emergency, and prompt emergency handling methods in the event of an emergency.
(3) After the disposal of hazardous new chemical substances under key environmental management, they shall be disposed of in accordance with the relevant hazardous waste disposal regulations.
3. reporting system
(I) activity reports. The holder of the registration certificate declared by the regular shall, within 30 days of the first production activity, or within 30 days of the first import and transfer to the processing user, submit the report form of the first activity of the new chemical substance to the registration center.
The holder of the registration certificate of the new chemical substance of the key environmental management hazardous category shall also report the flow direction information of the new chemical substance to the registration center within 30 days from the date of each transfer of the new chemical substance of the key environmental management hazardous category to different processing users.
(II) annual report. The holder of the registration certificate for simple declaration shall report to the registration center the actual production or import of the new chemical substances approved for registration in the previous year before February 1 of each year.
Holders of registration certificates for hazardous new chemical substances (including key environmental management hazardous new chemical substances) shall report to the registration center the following information about the new chemical substances approved for registration in the previous year before February 1 of each year:(1) Actual production or import;(2) Implementation of risk control measures;(3) Environmental exposure and release;(4) The actual situation of the impact on the environment and human health;(5) Other information related to environmental risks.
The holder of the registration certificate of the new chemical substances in the key environmental management hazardous category shall also report to the registration center the production or import plan of the new chemical substances registered this year, as well as the preparation for the implementation of risk control measures.
4. supervision and inspection
1. The local environmental protection department responsible for supervision and management shall, in accordance with the requirements of the new chemical substance supervision notice and in accordance with the new chemical substance supervision and management inspection specifications formulated by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, supervise and inspect the production, processing and use of new chemical substances.
2. If it is found that the production or processing of new chemical substances causes or may cause immediate or cumulative environmental pollution hazards, the producers and processing users shall be ordered to take immediate measures to eliminate the hazards or dangers, and the relevant situation shall be reported to the Ministry of environmental protection step by step.
3. The Ministry of Environmental Protection may, according to the report, require the holder of the registration certificate to provide information on the possible new hazard characteristics of the new chemical substance approved for registration, and deal with it in accordance with the new hazard characteristics report and handling regulations of the new chemical substance in these Measures.
5. deregistration
If the holder of the registration certificate fails to carry out production or import activities or stops production or import activities, he may submit an application for cancellation to the registration center, explain the situation, and return the registration certificate. The Ministry of Environmental Protection shall cancel the registration of new chemical substances if it is confirmed that there is no production or import activity or that there is no environmental hazard, and shall announce the information on the cancellation of the registration of new chemical substances.
6. inclusion in the list of existing chemical substances
1. General new chemical substances shall be listed in the list of existing chemical substances in China by the Ministry of environmental protection for five years from the date of the first production or import activities of the holder of the registration certificate.
2. The holder of the registration certificate of hazardous new chemical substances (including key environmental management hazardous new chemical substances) shall submit a report on the actual activities to the registration center six months before the expiration of five years from the date of the first production or import activities.
3. The Ministry of Environmental Protection organized the experts of the evaluation committee to conduct a retrospective evaluation of the actual activity report, and listed the announcement of hazardous new chemical substances (including key environmental management hazardous new chemical substances) in the "List of Existing Chemical Substances in China" based on the evaluation results.
New chemical substances that are simply declared for registration and scientific research are not included in the List of Existing Chemical Substances in China.
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