Provisions on Environmental Administration of New Chemical Substances Order Number

1 Provisions on Environmental Administration of New Chemical Substances (Order Number 17) 

The Provisions on the Environmental Administration of New Chemical Substances (SEPA Order Number 17) [139] required manufacturers and importers to notify and register new chemical substances (defined as substances coming into commerce after 2003) with the CRC-MEP, unless the substance could be exempted based on quantity or specific use. 

The Provisions specified that notification must include the name(s) and the molecular structure the method(s) applied in measuring the use(s) of the new chemical substance the scheduled aimual amount of manufacture or import the physi-chemical [sic] properties, toxicological and eco-toxicological characteristics the measures for accident prevention and emeigency responses and the measures for pollution prevention and elimination and for waste disposal, etc. The form of notification depended upon the amoimt of the chemical in commerce basic level ( 1 ton per annum), level 1 (10 to 1,000 tons per annum), and level 2 ( 1,000 tons per annum). In addition, the provisions allowed for certain special cases, for example, simplified notification for a substance already listed in four or more existing inventories aroimd the world. The amoimt of data required increased with the tonnage level [140,141]. 

Product Stewardship Life Cycle Analysis and the Environment 

The Provisions provided for the authorities to review each dossier for administrative and technical content and then to approve or reject the notification. The technical assessment followed the protocol in Guidance for the Hazard Assessment of New Chemical Substances (HJ/T 154-2004), which reportedly resulted in a new chemical being classified according to four health hazard levels (low to extremely high) and five environmental hazard levels (nonhazardous to extremely high), with each evaluation based on the toxicity of the substance and potential exposure. Technical reviewers made four types of recommendations based on this assessment  

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