Environmental Protection and Management (Hazardous Substances) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

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Published in Subsidiary Legislation Supplement
on 12 Jul 2019

No. S 492

Environmental Protection
and Management Act

(CHAPTER 94A)

Environmental Protection and
Management (Hazardous Substances)
(Amendment) Regulations 2019

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 77 of the Environmental Protection and Management Act, the National Environment Agency, with the approval of the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the Environmental Protection and Management (Hazardous Substances) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 and come into operation on 12 February 2020.

Amendment of Schedule

2. The Schedule to the Environmental Protection and Management (Hazardous Substances) Regulations (Rg 4) is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately below the item “Acetic Anhydride”, the following item:

“

Acetochlor

”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately below the item “Allyl isothiocyanate”, the following item:

“

Amitraz

”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately below the item “Arsenical substances”, the following items:

“

Atrazine

Benzidine; its salts

Bis(chloromethyl)ether

”;

(d)

by inserting, immediately below the item “Diethyl sulphate”, the following item:

“

Dinoterb

”;

(e)

by inserting, immediately below the item “Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD)”, the following item:

“

Hexazinone

”;

(f)

by inserting, immediately below the item “Organo-tin compounds”, the following items:

“

Paraquat; its salts

Pentadecafluorooctanoic acid (PFOA); its salts and related compounds

”; and

(g)

by deleting the item “Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS)” and substituting the following items:

“

Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS); its salts and related compounds

Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS)

”.

[G.N. Nos. S 59/2009; S 553/2010; S 440/2011; S 675/2014; S 790/2014; S 782/2017; S 360/2018]

Made on 1 July 2019.

LEE CHUAN SENG

Chairman,
National Environment Agency,
Singapore.

[NEA/LD/40 V. 2; AG/LEGIS/SL/94A/2015/8 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 77(3) of the Environmental Protection and Management Act).

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