Philippine Regulations on Chemicals The Global Summit on Chemical Safety and Security

18-20 April 2016, Kielce, Poland

Health

ENGR. JEAN C. BORROMEO Supervising Environmental Management Specialist

DENR Environmental Management Bureau-National Capital Region

Government Agencies Regulating Chemicals

in the Philippines

DENR (RA 6969 – The Toxic

Substances & Nuclear & Hazardous

Waste Control Act of 1992)

BFP (RA 9514 – Revised Fire Code

of the Philippines)

PNP (different MCs and EOs

implemented by the Firearms and

Explosives Office)

PDEA (RA 9165 – The Dangerous

Drugs Act of 1972)

FPA (PD 1144 – Creating the FPA)

FDA (RA 3720 - Foods, Drugs,

Medical Devices and Cosmetics Act)

Republic Act 6969 – The Toxic Substances

and Hazardous and Nuclear Wastes Control

Act of 1990

Coverage:

Chemical Management

PICCS

PMPIN

PCL

CCO

Hazardous Wastes Management

PICCS Philippine Inventory of Chemicals &

Chemical Substances

It is a list of all existing chemicals &

chemical substances used, sold, distributed,

imported, processed, manufactured, stored,

exported, treated or transported in the

Philippines

It serves as a guide for manufacturers and

importers of chemicals

PMPIN Pre-Manufacturing & Pre-Importation

Notification

Purpose is to screen harmful substances

before they enter the Philippine’s commerce

A process where the safety of the chemical to

be introduced must be adequately

documented (conduct of toxicological

studies/risk assessment)

PCL

Priority Chemical List

It is a list of existing & new chemicals that DENR has determined to potentially pose unreasonable risk to public health, workplace & the environment

Users/Importers/Manufacturers/Distributors of chemicals included in the PCL are required to register their hazardous wastes & chemical substances & submit biennial report (Prescribed Form) beginning Sept. 1996

Criteria for PCL The following criteria has been established by

DENR for PCL based on the selection criteria used in other industrial nations such as Australia, Japan, Canada and the United States:

Persistence refers to the property of a substance whose half-life in water, sediment, soil, or air exceeds a duration of 50 days.

Toxicity refers to the quality of a substance which meets any of the following criteria:

Acute lethality Chronic or sub-chronic toxicity

Teratogenicity Carcinogenicity

Bioaccumulation potential is the measure of a substance’s ability to bioaccumulate in the food chain.

Priority Chemical List

0 Dichlorobenzene Diethyl sulfate Phenic acid

1,2 Dibromoethane Ethylene Dibromide Phosgene

1,2 Dichloroethane Ethylene Oxide Phthalic anhydride

1,2 Diphenylhydrazine Glutaraldehyde Polybrominated biphenyls

1,4 Chlorobenzene Formaldehyde Trichloroethylene

1,4 Dichlorobenzene Hexachlorobenzene Tributylin

3 Hydroxyphenol Hexachloroethane Selenium

Antimony Pentachloride Hydrazine Vinyl chloride

Arsenic compounds Lead and its compounds Asbestos

Benzene MBT Cyanide and its compounds

Beryllium compounds Mercaptan, perchloromethyl Mercury and its compounds

Cadmium compounds Methyl Chloride Polychlorinated biphenyls, PCBs

Chlorinated Ethers Methylene Chloride Carbon Tetrachloride (ODS)

Chloroform Mirex Chlorofluoro Carbons (ODS)

Chloropicrin pentachlorophenol Halons (ODS)

Chromium compounds Perchloroethelyne 1,1,1 – trichloroethane (ODS)

CCO Chemical Control Order

Prohibits, limit, or regulate the use, manufacture, import, export, transport, processing, storage, possession, and wholesale of those priority chemicals that DENR determined to be regulated, phased-out, or banned due to the serious risks they pose to public health, workplace & environment.

Required to register with DENR, secure Import Clearance and submit annual report (production & management information)

The Control in a CCO maybe in the form of:

Gradual phase-out plan that may apply to:

Importation/Exportation

Manufacturing & distribution

Industrial use

Limitation of use that may apply to:

Product or material/chemical

Premise

Industrial use

Substitution-substituting certain chemical substances that pose less risks to human health and the environment

Chemicals subject to CCO

Mercury & Mercury Compounds

Cyanide & Cyanide Compounds

Asbestos

Ozone Depleting Substances

Polychlorinated Biphenyls

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Philippine Inventory of Chemicals and Chemical Substances

CAS RN Chemical Name PICCS

certificate

PCL

clearance

CCO

registration

IMPORTATION

clearance

PMPIN

certificate

Small Quantity

Importation

clearance

Permitting Procedures

Way forward…

Introduce regulations on the transport of

chemicals in addition to the regulations on

importation.

Strenghten inter-agency collaboration in

ensuring chemical process safety.

“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.”

Native American Proverb

THANK YOU!!!