South Korea South Korea announces draft amendment of Stipulated Quantities for Toxic, Restricted, Prohibited and Authorized Substances

South Korea announces draft amendment of Stipulated Quantities for Toxic, Restricted, Prohibited and Authorized Substances

The Ministry of Environment (MOE) of South Korea issues draft amendment of the Regulations on the Stipulated Quantities for Toxic Substances, Restricted Substances, Prohibited Substances and Substances Subject to Authorization (MOE Notification No. 2021-51) and invited comments on the draft for the period from June 1 to 21, 2021.

The Regulations are subordinate to the Chemicals Control Act. The aim of the amendment is to differentiate the levels of implementation of Chemical Accident Prevention Management Plans mandated under the Act, by providing the upper and lower stipulated quantities for newly designated and planned toxic substances under the NIER Notification No. 2021-17: Notice on Designation of Toxic Substances, NIER Notification No. 2021-94: Administrative Announcement on Partial Amendment of the Notice on Designation of Toxic Substances.

The draft amendment can be viewed at:
https://www.epeople.go.kr/cmmn/idea/redirect.do?ideaRegNo=1AE-2105-0002300
The Regulations on the Stipulated Quantities for Toxic Substances, Restricted Substances, Prohibited Substances and Substances Subject to Authorization (MOE Notification No. 2021-51)
https://www.law.go.kr/LSW/admRulLsInfoP.do?admRulSeq=2100000199662#AJAX

The newly added substances (No. 1148 to No. 1198) are as follows:

No. Unique number Name of chemical substance CAS number Lower quantity (ton) Upper quantity (ton)
1148 2021-1-1009 Cobalt sulfate 10124-43-3 20 400
400* -*
1149 2021-1-1010 Cobalt nitrate 10141-05-6 5 200
1150 2021-1-1010 Cobalt nitrate 14216-74-1 5 200
1151 2021-1-1011 Cobalt acetate 71-48-7 20 400
1152 2021-1-1011 Cobalt acetate 5931-89-5 20 400
1153 2021-1-1012 2-Ethylhexanoic acid cobalt(2+) salt; cobalt bis(2-ethylhexanoate) 136-52-7 20 400
1154 2021-1-1013 Cobalt chloride 7646-79-9 20 400
1155 2021-1-1014 N-(1-Methylethyl)-N’-phenyl-1,4-benzenediamine 101-72-4 20 400
400* -*
1156 2021-1-1015 Dicyclohexylamine 101-83-7 20 500
1157 2021-1-1016 n-Butylamine 109-73-9 5 400
1158 2021-1-1017 Triethylamine 121-44-8 5 200
1159 2021-1-1018 2(3H)-Benzothiazolethione 149-30-4 20 400
400* -*
1160 2021-1-1019 N-Cyclohexyl-2-benzothiazolesulfenamide 95-33-0 20 400
400* -*
1161 2021-1-1020 1,3-Benzenediol; Resorcinol 108-46-3 20 400
400* -*
1162 2021-1-1021 1,1′-Biphenyl; Diphenyl; Phenylbenzene 92-52-4 20 400
400* -*
1163 2021-1-1022 Chloroalkanes(C=14∼17) 85535-85-9 20 400
1164 2021-1-1023 Tetrakis(1,2,2,6,6-pentamethyl-4-piperidyl) 1,2,3,4-butanetetracarboxylate 91788-83-9 20 400
400* -*
1165 2021-1-1024 2-Naphthol 135-19-3 20 400
400* -*
1166 2021-1-1025 1,3,4,6,7,8-Hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylcyclopenta[g]-2-benzopyran 1222-05-5 20 400
1167 2021-1-1026 1-Pyrenol; 1-Hydroxypyrene 5315-79-7 20 400
400* -*
1168 2021-1-1027 Trimethylamine 75-50-3 2 20
1169 2021-1-1028 1,2-Dichlorobenzene 95-50-1 20 400
1170 2021-1-1029 3,6,9,12-Tetraazatetradecane-1,14-diamine 4067-16-7 20 400
1171 2021-1-1030 3-Chloro-1-propene; Allyl chloride 107-05-1 2 20
1172 2021-1-1031 Ethylenediamine; 1,2-Ethanediamine 107-15-3 20 400
1173 2021-1-1032 Hexachloroethane 67-72-1 20 400
1174 2021-1-1033 Methylamine 74-89-5 2 20
1175 2021-1-1034 N-Phenyl-1-naphthalenamine 90-30-2 20 400
400* -*
1176 2021-1-1035 Bis(diethylcarbamodithioato-S,S’)zinc; Zinc diethyldithiocarbamate 14324-55-1 20 400
400* -*
1177 2021-1-1036 Zinc dibutyldithiocarbamate 136-23-2 20 400
400* -*
1178 2021-1-1037 Copper chloride 7758-89-6 20 400
400* -*
1179 2021-1-1038 1-(Phenylmethyl)-1H-pyrrole-2,5-dione 1631-26-1 20 500
1180 2021-1-1039 Fatty acids, (C=15〜18), tetramethylpiperidinol esters 86403-32-9 20 400
1181 2021-1-1040 Dihydrogen hexahydroxyplatinate compound with 2-aminoethanol (1:2); (OC-6-11)-Platinate (Pt(OH)62-), hydrogen compd. with 2-aminoethanol (1:2:2) 68133-90-4 20 400
1182 2021-1-1041 N,N-Bis(1-methylpropyl)silanamine 914981-36-5 20 400
1183 2021-1-1042 Methyl phosphate compds. with branched dodecylbenzenamine 1412893-77-6 20 400
1184 2021-1-1043 Hexabromocyclododecane 3194-55-6 20 400
400* -*
1185 2021-1-1043 Hexabromocyclododecane 25637-99-4 20 400
400* -*
1186 2021-1-1044 α-(Nonylphenyl)-ω-hydroxypoly(oxy-1,2-ethanediyl); Nonylphenol ethoxylated 9016-45-9 20 400
1187 2021-1-1045 (Butoxymethyl)oxirane 2426-08-6 20 400
1188 2021-1-1046 Benzyl chloroformate 501-53-1 5 200
1189 2021-1-1047 Cyclohexane; Hexahydrobenzene 110-82-7 5 200
1190 2021-1-1048 Methyl acrylate; 2-Propenoic acid methyl ester 96-33-3 2 400
1191 2021-1-1049 Isooctyl acrylate; 2-Propenoic acid isooctyl ester 29590-42-9 20 400
1192 2021-1-1050 Hydroxyethyl acrylate 818-61-1 20 400
1193 2021-1-1051 Benzoyl chloride 98-88-4 5 200
1194 2021-1-1052 1-Imidazolidineethanol 77215-47-5 20
1195 2021-1-1053 2-Butanone peroxide; Ethyl methyl ketone peroxide 1338-23-4 4 20
1196 2021-1-1054 Styrene; Ethenylbenzene; Vinylbenzene 100-42-5 5 200
1197 2021-1-1055 Triphenyl phosphite 101-02-0 20 400
1198 2021-1-1056 Acetonitrile; Methyl cyanide 75-08-5 5 200

Author / Responsibility

YAMANOUCHI Kengo

Senior Research Associate, Research & Consulting Dept. EnviX Ltd.

Business Performance

In charge of South Asia (India, Bangladesh, etc.), South Korea, Latin America (Mexico, Colombia, etc.) and Turkey for managing infomation on the environmental regulations

Background

MA, Environment, Development and Policy, University of Sussex

YAMANOUCHI Kengo