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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!!!