Order under section 23W of the National Environmental Act 1980

1309/20 PART 1: SECTION (1) – GENERAL Government Notifications L.D – B 4/81 THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ACT NO 47 OF 1980 Order under Section 23W BY virtue of the powers vested in me by Section 23W of the National Environmental Act, No 47 of 1980, I, Rukman Senanayake, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, do by this Order: (1) Prohibit the use of the substances specified in the Schedule hereto, with effect from October 15, 2003 from being used for any new process, trade or industry as being Ozone depleting substances, which will endanger the quality of the Environment: Provided that the said substances specified in the Schedule hereto, may be used for the limited purpose of servicing equipment or industrial plants already in operation or which have been installed prior to January 01, 2000. (2) The Order published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 850/4 of December 20, 1994 is hereby rescinded. SCHEDULE CFC - 212 C3F2Cl6 Hexachlorodifluropropane CFC - 213 C3F3Cl5 Pentachlorotrifluropropane CFC - 214 C3F4Cl4 Tetrachlorotetrafluroprone CFC - 215 C3F5Cl3 Trichloropentafluropropane CFC - 216 C3F6Cl2 Dichlorohexafluropropane CFC - 217 C3F7Cl Chloroheptafluropropane Code Symbol Substance CFC – 11 (R 11) CFCl3 Trichlorofluoromethane CFC – 12 (R 12) CF2Cl2 Dichlorodifluoromethane CFC – 113 (R 113) C2F3Cl2 Trichlorofluoroethane CFC – 114 (R 114) C2F4Cl2 Dichlorodifluromethane CFC – 115 R 115) C2F5Cl Chloropentafluroethane Halon – 1211 CF2BrCl Bromochlorodifluoromethane Halon – 1301 CF2Br Bromotrifluoromethane Halon - 2402 CF4Br2 Dibromotetrafluroethane CFC – 13 CF3Cl Chlorotrifluromethane CFC – 111 C2FCl5 Pentachlorofluroethane CFC – 112 C2F2Cl4 Tetrachlorodifluroethane CFC – 211 33FCl7 Heptachlorofluropropane 2 RUKMAN SENANAYAKE Minister of Environment And Natural Resources Colombo, 10th October, 2003.