No. S 605
Environmental Pollution Control Act 1999
(Act 9 of 1999)
Environmental Pollution Control
(Amendment of Second Schedule) Order 2000
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 77(1) of the Environmental Pollution Control Act 1999, the Minister for the Environment hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1.  This Order may be cited as the Environmental Pollution Control (Amendment of Second Schedule) Order 2000 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2001.
Amendment of Second Schedule
2.  The Second Schedule to the Act is amended —
(a)by deleting the items relating to the following substances in Part I:
(i)bromodichlorofluoromethane;
(ii)bromotrifluoromethane;
(iii)chlorofluorocarbons;
(iv)dibromotetrafluoroethane;
(v)hydrobromofluorocarbons; and
(vi)methyl bromide;
(b)by inserting, immediately below the item relating to organo-tin compounds in Part I, the following item:
Substance
Exclusions
Ozone depleting substances, namely:
Products containing any ozone depleting substance other than the following products:
(a) Chlorofluorocarbons, the following:
(a) in the case of chlorofluorocarbons —
Chloroheptafluoropropane
Chloropentafluoroethane
Chlorotrifluoromethane
Dichlorodifluoromethane
Dichlorohexafluoropropane
Dichlorotetrafluoroethane
Heptachlorofluoropropane
Hexachlorodifluoropropane
Pentachlorofluoroethane
Pentachlorotrifluoropropane
Tetrachlorodifluoroethane
Tetrachlorotetrafluoropropane
Trichlorofluoromethane
Trichloropentafluoropropane
Trichlorotrifluoroethane
(i) air-conditioners in vehicles registered on or after 1st January 1995 or intended for such vehicles;
 
(ii) equipment for domestic or commercial refrigeration or air-conditioning installed on or after 1st January 1993, or heat pump equipment, which contains any chlorofluorocarbon substance as a refrigerant or in any insulating material of such equipment;
 
(iii) refrigerators that have a compressor rating which exceeds one horsepower;
 
(iv) non-pharmaceutical aerosol products;
 
(v) insulation boards, panels or pipe covers;
 
(vi) polystyrene sheets or finished products;
(b) Halons, the following:
(b) in the case of Halons, portable fire extinguishers; and
Bromochlorodifluoromethane
Bromochloromethane
Bromotrifluoromethane
Dibromotetrafluoroethane
(c) in the case of bromotrifluoromethane, fire protection systems with building plans approved after 17th June 1991 and installed after 31st December 1991.
(c) Hydrochlorofluorocarbons, the following:
 
1,1-dichloro-1-fluoro-ethane
 
1,1-dichloro-2,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropane
 
1,3-dichloro-1,2,2,3,3-pentafluoropropane
 
1-chloro-1,1-difluoro-ethane
 
Chlorodifluoroethane
 
Chlorodifluoromethane
 
Chlorodifluoropropane
 
Chlorofluoroethane
 
Chlorofluoromethane
 
Chlorofluoropropane
 
Chlorohexafluoropropane
 
Chloropentafluoropropane
 
Chlorotetrafluoroethane
 
Chlorotetrafluoropropane
 
Chlorotrifluoroethane
 
Chlorotrifluoropropane
 
Dichlorodifluoroethane
 
Dichlorodifluoropropane
 
Dichlorofluoroethane
 
Dichlorofluoromethane
 
Dichlorofluoropropane
 
Dichloropentafluoropropane
 
Dichlorotetrafluoropropane
 
Dichlorotrifluoroethane
 
Hexachlorofluoropropane
 
Pentachlorodifluoropropane
 
Pentachlorofluoropropane
 
Tetrachlorodifluoropropane
 
Tetrachlorofluoroethane
 
Tetrachlorofluoropropane
 
Tetrachlorotrifluoropropane
 
Trichlorodifluoroethane
 
Trichlorodifluoropropane
 
Trichlorofluoroethane
 
Trichlorofluoropropane
 
Trichlorotetrafluoropropane
 
Trichlorotrifluoropropane
 
(d) Hydrobromofluorocarbons, the following:
 
Bromodifluoroethane
 
Bromodifluoromethane
 
Bromodifluoropropane
 
Bromofluoroethane
 
Bromofluoromethane
 
Bromofluoropropane
 
Bromohexafluoropropane
 
Bromopentafluoropropane
 
Bromotetrafluoroethane
 
Bromotetrafluoropropane
 
Bromotrifluoroethane
 
Bromotrifluoropropane
 
Dibromodifluoroethane
 
Dibromodifluoropropane
 
Dibromofluoroethane
 
Dibromofluoromethane
 
Dibromofluoropropane
 
Dibromopentafluoropropane
 
Dibromotetrafluoropropane
 
Dibromotrifluoroethane
 
Dibromotrifluoropropane
 
Hexabromofluoropropane
 
Pentabromodifluoropropane
 
Pentabromofluoropropane
 
Tetrabromodifluoropropane
 
Tetrabromofluoroethane
 
Tetrabromofluoropropane
 
Tetrabromotrifluoropropane
 
Tribromodifluoroethane
 
Tribromodifluoropropane
 
Tribromofluoroethane
 
Tribromofluoropropane
 
Tribromotetrafluoropropane
 
Tribromotrifluoropropane
 
(e) Carbon tetrachloride
 
(f) 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl chloroform)
 
(g) Methyl bromide
 
(c)by inserting, immediately above the words “Photographic paper;” in Part II, the words “Pharmaceutical aerosols;”; and
(d)by inserting, immediately after the word “Propellants” in Part II, the words “other than those containing ozone depleting substances”.

Made this 28th day of December 2000.

TAN GEE PAW
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of the Environment,
Singapore.
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