Classification and Exemption of Hazardous Substances, Regulations, 1996 (5754-1994)

This is an unofficial translation. The binding version is the official Hebrew text. Readers are consequently advised to consult qualified professional counsel before making any decision in connection with the enactment, which is here presented in translation for their general information only. Hazardous Substances Regulations (Classification and Exemption) 5756-1996 By the power vested in me under sections 10, 12 and 13 of the Hazardous Substances Law 5753-1993 (hereafter: the Law) and after consultation with the Minister of Health, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Minister of Labor and Social Welfare and the Minister of Industry and Trade, I hereby make the following regulations: Definitions 1. In these regulations – "Category A hazardous material" – a hazardous material listed in the First Schedule in the concentration stated next to it, or in a lower concentration; "Category B hazardous material" – a hazardous material listed in the First Schedule in the quantity stated next to it, or in a smaller quantity; "hazardous material" – a Category A hazardous material, a Category B hazardous material and radioactive elements and their compounds; "radioactive elements and their compounds" – item 182 in Schedule Two to the Law. Exemption 2. The provisions of sections 3, 4, 5, 8(1) and 9 of the Law shall not apply to a hazardous material, except as said in regulation 3. Reservations 3. The provisions of regulation 2 shall not apply – (1) to any of the hazardous materials specified in Schedule Two in a total quantity of more than 50kg. (2) to a dealer in forty or more Category B hazardous materials, excluding domestic use. Saving of laws 4. The provisions of these regulations shall not derogate from any other law. Commencement 5. These regulations shall enter into force 30 days after their publication. SCHEDULE ONE (Regulation 1 – Hazardous Materials of Category "A" and Hazardous Materials of Category "B") concentration quantity (%) (kg) 1. Acetals 25 2. Acridines 10 3. Acrylic acid and derivatives 5 4. Acyl halides 1 5. Adhesives containing organic liquids 500 6. Aflatoxins 10-5 7. Alcoholates 5 8. Alcohols, liquid 100 8a. Ethanol 80 200 8b. Isopropanol 80 9. Aldehydes, liquid 50 10. Aliphatic compounds, halogenic 100 10a. Carbon tetrachloride 1 10b. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) 130 10c. Chloroform 1 10d. Dichloroethane, 1,2- 5 10e. Halons (bromochlorofluorocarbons) 20 10f. Hydrobromofluorocarbons 10 10g. Hydrochlorofluorocarbons 10 10h. Methyl bromide 1 10i. Methyl bromide containing chloropicrin 500 10j. Perchloroethylene 5 10k. Trichloroethane, 1,1,1- 10 10l. Vinyl chloride 0.1 11a. Sodium hydroxide 20 11b. Alkali metal hydroxides 100 11c. Alkali metal oxides 5 12. Alkali metals 0.5 13. Alkaline earth metals 1 14. Alkynes 5 15. Alkenes 5 16. Aluminates, alkali metal 100 17. Aluminum halides, anhydrous 5 18. Amides, metal 0.1 19. Amines 50 19a. Aminobiphenyl, 4- 0.1 19b. Amino-1H-1,2,4-triazole, 3- 5 19c. Auramine 0.1 19d Benzidines 0.1 19e. Chlornaphazine (N,N-Bis(2-chloroethyl)-2-naphtylamine 0.1 19f. Dichlorobenzidine, 3,3'- 5 19g Dimethylaminoethanol, 2- 0.1 19h. Ethylamine, 2-chloro-N,N-dimethyl- 0.1 19i. Naphthylamine, 2- 0.1 19j. Phenacetin 0.1 19k. Toluidine, ortho- 1 20. Aminoalcohols and derivatives 100 21. Aminotriazole 5 22. Ammonia 10 22a Ammonia solution 10 1000 23. Antimony and its compounds 10 24. Aromatic compounds, halogenic 1 24a. Dichlorobenzene, para- 50 25 Arsenic and its compounds 0.1 26. Asbestos 10 50 27. Azathioprine 0.1 28. Azides 0.5 29. Azo compounds 50 30. Barium compounds 10 30a. Barium sulphate 100 31. Beryllium and its compounds 0.1 32. Bismuth and its compounds 5 33. Bisulphates 100 34. Boranes 0.1 35. Borides 0.1 36. Borohydrides, metal 0.5 37. Boron and its organic compounds 0.5 38. Bromic acid and its salts (bromates) 10 38a. Calcium bromate 3 39. Bromine 1 5 40.. Cadmium and compounds 0.1 0.01 41. Camphor 100 42. Carbamates 5 43. Carbides, metal 100 44. Carbon disulphide 10 45. Carbon, activated 50 46. Carbonic acid organic derivatives 1 47. Carbonyl halides 1 48. Carboxylic acids (C1 - C7), monobasic, and their derivatives 10 48a. Acetic acid 10 10 100 49. Carboxylic acids, dibasic, aromatic or alicyclic and their derivatives 50 50. Chlorambucil 0.1 51. Chloric acid and its salts (chlorates) 10 52. Chlorine 1 5 53. Chlorites 10 54. Chloropicrin 2.5 1 55. Chloroplatinic acid 1 56. Chromium compounds 0.1 57. Coal tar distillates 100 58. Cobalt compounds 5 59. Copper compounds 10 60. Cyanamide and derivatives 1 61. Cyanamide, calcium 10 62. Cyanates and isocyanates 1 63. Cyanides, inorganic 1 64. Cyanuric acids. derivatives and analogs 5 65. Cyclophosphamide 0.1 66. DDT 1 67. Dibenzofurans 0.1 68. Diethylstilboestrol 0.1 69. Diesel oil 200000 70. Diketene 0.5 71. Dimethylcarbamyl chloride 5 72. Dimethylformamide, N,N- 5 73 Dimethulsulfoxide 10 74. Dioxins 0.1 75. Epihalohydrins 1 76. Epoxides (alkylene oxides) 5 76a. Propylene oxide 1 77. Esters, liquid (excl. triglycerides) 100 78. Ethers, liquid 10 78a. Bis(chloromethyl)ether 0.1 78b. Chloromethyl ether 0.1 78c. Diethylene glycol butyl ether 10 10 78d. Dioxane, 1,4- 5 79. Ethylene glycol 70 250 80. Ethylene oxide 0.1 81. Astrogenic substances, conjugated 0.1 82. Ferric chloride, anhydrous 10 83. Fluorides 1 83a. Calcium fluorides 10 84. Fluorosilicic acid and its salts 50 85. Fuel oil 200000 86. Gallium and its compounds 1 87. Gases, compressed or liquefied 1 87a. Acetylene 250 87b. Gases, liquefied petroleum (LPGs) 8000 87c. Gases, nonflammable 500 87d. Oxygen 500 88. Gasoline 200000 89. Halides of non-metals 1 90. Halocarboxylic acid and derivatives 0.5 91. Halogenated alcohols, ketones, aldehydes 5 92. Haloorganometallic compounds 0.5 93. Halophosphoric acids and derivatives 1 94. Halosulphonic acids and derivatives 1 95. Hexamethylphosphoramide 0.5 96. Hydrazine and its derivatives 1 97. Hydrides, metal 0.1 98. Hydrocarbons, aliphatic and alicyclic, liquid 100 99. Hydrocarbons, aromatic 100 99a. Benzene 5 1 99b. Toluene 30 99c. Xylene 30 100. Hydrocarbons, aromatic, polycyclic 1 101. Hydrohalogenic acids 1 101a. Hydrochloric acid 10 100 102. Hydroxylamine and its derivatives 1 103. Hypochlorites 1 103a. Sodium hypochlorite 5 100 104. Imines, alkylene 1 105. Indium and its compounds 1 107. Iodates 1 108. Iodine 10 109. Kerosene 100000 110. Ketones, liquid 50 110a. Acetone 50 100 110b. Methyl ethyl ketone 40 111. Lachrymating substances 2 0.1 112a. Lead 20000 112b. Lead compounds 0.5 112c. Lead, battery 100 113 Magenta 0.1 114. Maleic acid and its derivatives 1 115. Malonic acid and its derivatives 1 116. Manganese compounds 5 117. Melphalan 5 118. Mercaptans 0.5 0.1 119a. Mercury 1 119b. Mercury compounds 0.1 120. Metal alkyls and aryls 0.5 121. Metal carbonyls 0.5 122. Metal catalyst 5 123. Metal powder 1 124. Metal silicon powders 1 125. Molybdenum compounds 5 126. Morpholine and its derivatives 1 128. Nickel compounds 5 129. Nitric acid and its salts 10 129a. Nitric acid 20 129b. Nitric acid, fuming 0.1 129c. Potassium nitrate 5000 130. Nitrides (excl. silicon nitride) 0.1 131. Nitriles 1 132 Nitrites 3 1 133. Nitroaliphatic compounds and their derivatives 1 134. Nitroaromatic compounds and their derivatives 1 134a. Nitrobiphenyls 0.1 135. Nitrosamines 0.5 136. Nitroso compounds 0.5 137. Orthoformic acids and their derivatives 0.5 138. Osmium tetroxide 0.5 139. Oxalic acid and its derivatives and salts 1 140. Oximes 1 141. Paints 2000 142. Percarbonates 5 143. Perhalogenic acids and salts 1 144. Permanganates 5 145. Peroxides 0.5 145a. Hydrogen peroxide 20 10 146. Persulphates 0.5 147. Pesticide, anticoagulant 0.005 1 148. Pesticide, arsenical 1 25 149. Pesticide, aryl urea and aryl thiourea 50 25 150. Pesticide, benzoic derivative 20 25 151. Pesticide, bipyridilium 15 25 152. Pesticide, carbamate 25 25 153. Pesticide, coumarin derivative 0.05 25 154. Pesticide, dithiocarbamate 15 25 155. Pesticide, fluoroacetic acid derivatives 1 156. Pesticide, mercury based 1 157. Pesticide, organohalogen 25 25 158. Pesticide, organophosphorus 25 25 159. Pesticide, organotin 20 25 160. Pesticide, phenoxy 20 25 161. Pesticide, phosphide 1 162. Pesticide, phthalimide derivative 25 25 163. Pesticide, pyrethrin and pyrethroid 30 25 164. Pesticide, substituted nitrophenol 10 25 165. Pesticide, triazine 80 25 166. Petroleum crude oil 200000 167. Phenols and their derivatives and salts 5 168. Phenytoin 1 169. Phosgene and thiophosgene 1 170. Phosphates, aliphatic and aromatic 10 171. Phosphides 0.1 172. Phosphites 5 173. Phosphonium compounds 0.5 174. Phosphorus 1 175. Phosphorus oxides and acid 1 175a. Phosphoric acid 10 100 176. Phosphorus oxyhalides 1 177. Phosphorus sulphides 1 178. Photoresists 1 179. Piperazine and its derivatives 1 180. Piperidine and its derivatives 1 181. Polyhalogenated byphenyls 0.1 182. Pyridines and picolines 1 183. Quaternary ammonium compounds 15 50 184. Quinones 1 185. Radioactive materials 186. Rare earth metals 1 187. Resinates, metal 100 188. Reserpine 1 189. Rubber solution 500 190. Selenium and its compounds 1 190a. Selenium sulphide 2 191. Silanes and their derivatives 1 192. Silicides 1 193. Silicon powder 1 194. Silver compounds 1 195. Sulphides, hydrosulphides and polysulphides 1 196. Sulphites and hydrosulphites 5 197. Sulphonic acids and their derivatives 10 197a. 1,4-Butanediol dimethanesulphonate (mylran) 0.1 197b. Treosulphan 0.1 198. Sulphonyl halides, organic 1 199 Sulphur 10 200a. Dimethyl sulphate 5 200b. Oleum 0.5 200c. Sulphuric acid 35 100 200d. Sulphuric acid derivatives 1 201. Sulphurous acid 1 202. Sulphuryl halides 0.5 203. Tars, liquid 100 204. Tellurium and its compounds 0.5 205. Tetraalkyl silicate 1 206. Thallium and its compounds 0.1 207. Thioalcohols 0.5 207a. Thiodiglycol 0.1 208. Thiocarbamates 0.5 209. Thiocarboxylic acis and derivatives 1 210. Thiocyanatas 0.5 211. Thionyl halides 1 212. Thiophene, hydrothiophene and their derivatives 10 213. Thiophosphoric acids and their derivatives 0.5 214. Thiosulphates 10 215. Tin compounds 1 216. Titanium compounds 5 216a. Titanium dioxide 50 1000 217 Turpentine, rosin oil and their substitutes 70 500 218. Urethanes 5 219. Used oils 5000 220. Vanadium compounds 5 221. Zinc compounds 10 222. Zirconium compounds 10 5 SCHEDULE TWO (Regulation 3(1)) 147. Pesticide, anticoagulant 148. Pesticide, arsenical 149. Pesticide, aryl urea and aryl thiourea 150. Pesticide, benzoic derivative 151. Pesticide, bipyridilium 152. Pesticide, carbamate 153. Pesticide, coumarin derivative 154. Pesticide, dithiocarbamate 155. Pesticide, fluoroacetic acid derivatives 156. Pesticide, mercury based 157. Pesticide, organohalogen 158. Pesticide, organophosphorus 159. Pesticide, organotin 160. Pesticide, phenoxy 161. Pesticide, phosphide 162. Pesticide, phthalimide derivative 163. Pesticide, pyrethrin and pyrethroid 164. Pesticide, substituted nitrophenol 165. Pesticide, triazine