United Nations chemicals regulation

Calcium carbide is classed as a ha2ardous chemical under Department of Transportation regulations. Domestic shipments are mainly in steel tote bins varying in capacity from 2.5—4.5 t. A small amount continues to be shipped in industrial wide mouth steel dmms of 270 kg capacity. Containers must be marked "Flammable soHd, dangerous when wet" and have the United Nations designation UN 1402. 

DOT Identification Numbers Four-digit numbers proceeded by UN (United Nations) or NA (North American) that are used to identify the particular hazardous materials for regulation of transportation (e.g., the UN code number for chlorine trifluoride is UN1749). Haz Mat Response Teams (HMRTs) often refer to such numbers to identify specific chemicals listed in the Department of Transportation s Emergency Response Guidebook Double Gloving An additional set of gloves worn in addition to the already in-place protection. 

The other reason for a prominent PTS pollution is, India is yet to formulate a comprehensive policy on pesticides and other chemicals. The Insecticides Act, 1968 does regulate the manufactures, registration, use, export and import of pesticides in the country but does not have much control on its consumers. There are many other policy decisions and Acts on environmental management in India which will be discussed later in this chapter. India has already banned the use of 9 of the 12 POPs slated for ultimate elimination from the world use in a United Nations treaty adopted in Stockholm on May 23, 2001. The three remaining POPs include PCBs, DDT and dioxins and furans. 

A major amendment was made to the Japanese Chemical Substances Control Law in April 2004 on the recommendations made by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in the Environmental Conservation Review - Further Expansion of the Regulation Scope for Conservation of Ecosystem in line with the Agenda 21 - Human Action Program for Sustainable Development of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). In order to conform to international harmonisation, the amended Chemical Substances Control Law has introduced a new examination and regulation system to prevent not only hazards to human health but also damages to animals and plants. 

UNCED (1993) Report of the Conference of the United Nations on Environment and Development (UNCED), Rio de Janeiro, 3-14 June 1992, vol. 1-3. New York United Nations, von Moltke, K. (1988) The Vorsorge-Prinzip in West-German Policy. In Twelfth Report of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, Annex 3. London H.M. Stationery Office. Wagner, W. E. (2000) The Precautionary Principle and Chemicals Regulation in the U.S. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 6, 459 177. 

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods, Model Regulation Volume I, Fifteenth Revised Edition, United Nations, New York and Geneva, 2007 U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards, Interim Final Rule, 6 C.F.R. Part 27, April 2007 U.S. Department of Justice, Chemical Facility Vulnerability Assessment Methodology, NIJ Special Report, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, July 2002... 

Based on the Rotterdam Convention of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), known as Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Hade , known as the PIC Convention , the EC Regulation 304/2003/EC [4-19] concerning the Export and Import of Dangerous Chemicals was adopted. 

Most, but not all, hazardous substances are already covered by chemical name or generic entry on the lists of regulated dangerous goods in transportation, for example, methanol, sodium cyanide, and methyl chloroform each appear under their chemical names in both the DOT S List of Hazardous Substances and Reportable Quantities and on the United Nations Dangerous Goods List. If no entry is appropriate, and if they are not hazardous wastes, the DOT requires that hazardous substances be shipped under the entry environmentally hazardous substances. ... 

At least all transported chemicals that are classified as dangerous according to the United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods—Model Regulations ( Orange Book ) should be considered. At a further stage, companies may decide to also take into account the chemicals that are not classified by these Recommendations. 

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