Prakas No. 387 on the Launch of Standards of the Quantity of Toxins or Hazardous Substances Allowed to be Disposed

Vishnu Law Group Unofficial Translation Page 1 of 6 Kingdom of Cambodia Nation Religion King ******** Ministry of Environment No 387 Br.K.B.Sth Prakas on the Launch of Standards of the Quantity of Toxins or Hazardous Substances Allowed to be Disposed The Minister of Ministry of Environment Having seen the Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia Having seen Royal Decree NS/RKT/0913/903, dated 24 September, 2013, on the appointment of the Royal Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia Having seen Royal Kram 02/NS/94 dated 20 July, 1994 promulgating Law on the Organization and Functioning of the Council of Ministers Having seen Royal Kram NS/RKM/0196/21 dated 24 January, 1996 promulgating Law on the Establishment of the Ministry of Environment Having seen Royal Kram NS/RKM/0606/013 dated 16 June, 2006 on Cambodia Ratification in Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants Having seen Royal Kram NS/RK/0606/014 dated 16 June, 2006 on Cambodia Ratification in Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal Having seen Royal Kram NS/RKM/1296/36 dated 24 December, 1996 promulgating Law on Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Management Having seen Royal Degree NS/RKT/0515/403 dated 09 May 2015 on the Organization and Functioning of National Council for Sustainable Development Having seen Sub-decree 55 ANKr.BK dated 04 May, 2015 on the Organization and Functioning of Ministry of Environment Having seen Sub-decree 27 OrNKr/BK dated 06 April, 1999 on Water Pollution Control Having seen Sub-decree 36 OrNKr/BK dated 27 April, 1999 on Solid Waste Management Having seen Sub-decree 59 OrNKr/BK dated 18 May, 2015 on the Organization and Functioning of General Secretariat of National Council for Sustainable Development Pursuant to needs required Vishnu Law Group Unofficial Translation Page 2 of 6 Hereby Decides Article 1: It is decided to launch standards of the quantity of toxic chemicals or hazardous substances contained in hazardous waste which is allowed to be disposed in sanitary landfills and standards of the quantity of toxic chemicals or hazardous substances allowed in soils as stipulated in the table of annex 1 and annex 2 of this prakas. Article 2: Every disposal of toxic chemicals, hazardous substances or hazardous waste shall be proposed to Ministry of Environment. Article 3: Any provision which is contrast to this prakas shall be nullified. Article 4: The general secretary of General Secretariat of National Council for Sustainable Development, the general director of General Department of Administration and Finance, the general director of General Department of Environmental Education and Information, the general director of General Department of Environmental Protection, the general director of General Department of Administration for Natural Protection and Conservation, the inspector of Inspectorate, the director of Department of Hazardous Substances Management, Department of Internal Audit, Cabinets, all directors of any units supervised by Ministry of Environment shall be responsible for implementing this prakas in compliance with each of their duties since the date on which this praskas is signed. Phnom Penh 30 September, 2015 The Minister SAY Samal Vishnu Law Group Unofficial Translation Page 3 of 6 Annex 1 Standards of the quantity of toxic chemicals or hazardous substances contained in hazardous waste which is allowed to be disposed in sanitary landfills No Chemical Name Unit (mg/kg of dry waste) Maximum Condensation of Toxic Chemicals in Waste 1 Arsenic and its compounds (As) mg/kg < 40 2 Cadmium and its compounds (Cd) mg/kg < 5.0 3 Chromium and its compounds (Cr) +6 mg/kg < 380 4 Copper and its compounds (Cu) mg/kg < 190 5 Lead and its compounds (Pb) mg/kg < 420 6 Mercury and its compounds (Hg) mg/kg < 10 7 Molybdenum and its compounds (Mo) mg/kg < 57 8 Nickel and its compounds (Ni) mg/kg < 75 9 Selenium and its compounds (Se) mg/kg < 100 10 Zinc and its compounds (Zn) mg/kg < 500 11 and its compounds (CN) mg/kg < 50 12 Fluorine and its compounds (F) mg/kg < 400 13 Manganese and its compounds (Mn) mg/kg < 500 14 Benzene (C6H6) mg/kg < 1.0 15 Toluene (C6H5CH3) mg/kg < 130 16 Ethyl Benzene (C6H5CH2CH3) mg/kg < 50 17 Xylene (C6H4C2H6) mg/kg < 25 18 Phenol (C6H6O) mg/kg < 40 19 Cresol (CH3C6H4OH) mg/kg < 5.0 20 Styrene (C6H5CH=CH2) mg/kg < 100 21 Polyhydroxyalkanoates (All of 10 kinds of PHA) mg/kg < 40 22 Naphthalene (C10H8) mg/kg < 40 23 Phenanthrene (C14H10) mg/kg < 40 24 Anthracene (C14H10) mg/kg < 40 25 Fluoranthene (C16H10) mg/kg < 40 26 Benz(a)anthracene (C18H12) mg/kg < 40 27 Chrysene (C18H12) mg/kg < 40 28 Benzo(k)fluoranthene (C20H12) mg/kg < 40 29 Benzopyrene (C20H12) mg/kg < 40 30 Benzo(ghi)pyrene (C22H12) mg/kg < 40 31 Indeno(1 2 3-cd)pyrene (C22H12) mg/kg < 40 32 Dichloromethane (CH2Cl2) mg/kg < 10 34 Trichloromethane (CHCl3) mg/kg < 10 35 Carbon Tetrachloride (CCl4) mg/kg < 1.0 36 Tetracholoethylene (Cl2C=CCl2) mg/kg < 60 37 1,1-dichloroethane (C2H4Cl2) mg/kg < 40 38 1,2-dichloroethane (ClCH2-CH2Cl) mg/kg < 15 39 Vinyl Chloride (C2H3Cl) mg/kg < 4.0 40 1,1,1-trichloroethane (CH3CCl3) mg/kg < 0.1 41 1,1,2-dichloroethane (C2H3Cl3) mg/kg < 15 42 Chlorobenzene (C6H5Cl) mg/kg < 10 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyhydroxyalkanoates Vishnu Law Group Unofficial Translation Page 4 of 6 43 Chlorophenol (C6H5ClO) mg/kg < 30 44 Chloronaphthalene (C10H7Cl) mg/kg < 10 45 Polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) mg/kg < 1.0 46 Dioxins and Fluorans(TCDDs/Fs) mg/kg < 1.0 47 Dichloropropane (CH3CHClCH2Cl) mg/kg < 2.0 48 dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT/DDD/DDE) mg/kg < 4.0 49 Aldrin (C12H8Cl6) mg/kg < 4.0 50 Dieltrin (C12H8Cl6O) mg/kg < 4.0 51 Endrin (C12H8Cl6O) mg/kg < 4.0 52 Hexachlorocyclohexane (CHC-compounds) mg/kg < 2.0 53 Carbaryl (C12H11NO2) mg/kg < 5.0 54 Carbofuran (C12H15NO3) mg/kg < 2.0 55 Atrazine (C8H14 ClN5) mg/kg < 6.0 56 Chlordecone (C10Cl10O) mg/kg < 4.0 57 Heptachlor (C10H5Cl7) mg/kg < 4.0 58 Heptachlor Epoxide (C10H5Cl7) mg/kg < 4.0 59 Endosulfan (C9H6Cl6O3S) mg/kg < 4.0 60 Chlordecone (C10Cl10O) mg/kg < 4.0 61 Organic tin and it compounds (C-Sn) mg/kg < 2.5 62 Natural oil (Mineral oil) mg/kg < 5000 63 Pyridine (C5H5N) mg/kg < 0.5 64 Tetrahydrofuran (C4H8O) mg/kg < 2.0 65 Monoethylene glycol (C2H6O2) mg/kg < 100 66 Diethylene glycol (C4H10O3) mg/kg < 270 67 Acrylonitrile (C3H3N) mg/kg < 0.1 68 Formaldehyde (CH2O) mg/kg < 0.1 69 Methanol (CH3OH) mg/kg < 30 70 Butanol (C4H9OH) mg/kg < 30 71 1,2 butyl acetate (C6H12O2) mg/kg < 200 72 Tribromoform (CHBr3) mg/kg < 75 73 Ethyl acetate (C4H8O2) mg/kg < 75 74 Isopropyl alcohol (C3H7OH) mg/kg < 220 Note: Every disposal of chemical waste or hazardous substances as stipulated in the above annexes out of sites determined by the ministry and competent institutions shall be absolutely prohibited and deemed as the infringement of law. Vishnu Law Group Unofficial Translation Page 5 of 6 Annex 2 Standards of the quantity of toxic chemicals or hazardous substances allowed in soils No Chemical Name Unit (mg/kg of dry waste) Maximum Condensation of Toxic Chemicals Allowed in Soils 1 Arsenic and its compounds (As) mg/kg < 15 2 Barium and it compounds (Ba) mg/kg < 160 3 Cadmium and its compounds (Cd) mg/kg < 0.8 4 Chromium and its compounds (Cr) +6 mg/kg < 100 5 Copper and its compounds (Cu) mg/kg < 125 6 Lead and its compounds (Pb) mg/kg < 85 7 Mercury and its compounds (Hg) mg/kg < 0.3 8 Molybdenum and its compounds (Mo) mg/kg < 3.0 9 Nickel and its compounds (Ni) mg/kg < 35 10 Selenium and its compounds (Se) mg/kg < 0.7 11 Zinc and its compounds (Zn) mg/kg < 140 12 Manganese and its compounds (Mn) mg/kg < 300 13 Cobalt (Co) mg/kg < 9 14 Antimony (Sb) mg/kg < 3 15 Beryllium (Be) mg/kg < 1.1 16 Silver (Ag) mg/kg < 1.1 17 Thorium (Th) mg/kg < 1 18 Vanadium (V) mg/kg < 42 19 Free cyanide(CN) mg/kg < 1 20 Bromine (Br) mg/kg < 20 21 Fluorine and its compounds (F) mg/kg < 400 22 Benzene (C6H6) mg/kg < 0.01 23 Toluene (C6H5CH3) mg/kg < 0.01 24 Ethyl Benzene (C6H5CH2CH3) mg/kg < 0.03 25 Xylene (C6H4C2H6) mg/kg < 0.1 26 Phenol (C6H6O) mg/kg < 0.05 27 Styrene (C6H5CH=CH2) mg/kg < 0.3 28 Polyhydroxyalkanoates (All of 10 kinds of PHA) mg/kg < 1 29 Naphthalene (C10H8) mg/kg < 1 30 Phenanthrene (C14H10) mg/kg < 1 31 Anthracene (C14H10) mg/kg < 1 32 Fluoranthene (C16H10) mg/kg < 1 33 Benz(a)anthracene (C18H12) mg/kg < 1 34 Chrysene (C18H12) mg/kg < 1 35 Benzo(k)fluoranthene (C20H12) mg/kg < 1 36 Benzopyrene (C20H12) mg/kg < 1 37 Benzo(ghi)pyrene (C22H12) mg/kg < 1 38 Indeno(1 2 3-cd)pyrene (C22H12) mg/kg < 1 39 Dichloromethane (CH2Cl2) mg/kg < 0.4 40 Trichloromethane (CHCl3) mg/kg < 0.02 41 Carbon Tetrachloride (CCl4) mg/kg < 0.4 42 Trichloroethylene (C2HCl3) mg/kg < 0.1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyhydroxyalkanoates Vishnu Law Group Unofficial Translation Page 6 of 6 43 Tetracholoethylene (Cl2C=CCl2) mg/kg < 0.002 44 1,1-dichloroethane (C2H4Cl2) mg/kg < 0.02 45 1,2-dichloroethane (ClCH2-CH2Cl) mg/kg < 0.02 46 Vinyl Chloride (C2H3Cl) mg/kg < 0.01 47 1,1,1-trichloroethane (CH3CCl3) mg/kg < 0.07 48 1,1,2-dichloroethane (C2H3Cl3) mg/kg < 0.4 49 Chlorobenzene (C6H5Cl) mg/kg < 0.03 50 Chlorophenol (C6H5ClO) mg/kg < 0.01 51 Chloronaphthalene (C10H7Cl) mg/kg < 0.01 52 Dioxins and Fluorans (TCDDs/Fs) mg/kg < 5 53 Dichloropropane (CH3CHClCH2Cl) mg/kg < 0.002 54 Polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) mg/kg < 0.02 55 dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT/DDD/DDE) mg/kg < 0.001 56 Aldrin (C12H8Cl6) mg/kg < 0.00006 57 Dieltrin (C12H8Cl6O) mg/kg < 0.0005 58 Endrin (C12H8Cl6O) mg/kg < 0.00004 59 Hexachlorocyclohexane (CHC compounds) mg/kg < 0.002 60 Alpha-hexachlorocyclohexane (α-HCH) mg/kg < 0.003 61 Beta-hexachlorocyclohexane (β-HCH) mg/kg < 0.009 62 Gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane (γ-HCH) mg/kg < 0.0005 63 Carbaryl (C12H11NO2) mg/kg < 0.005 64 Carbofuran (C12H15NO3) mg/kg < 0.02 65 Atrazine (C8H14 ClN5) mg/kg < 0.02 66 Chlordecone (C10Cl10O) mg/kg < 0.02 67 Heptachlor (C10H5Cl7) mg/kg < 0.02 68 Heptachlor Epoxide (C10H5Cl7) mg/kg < 0.02 69 Endosulfan (C9H6Cl6O3S) mg/kg < 0.02 70 Chlordecone (C10Cl10O) mg/kg < 0.02 71 Organic tin and it compounds (C-Sn) mg/kg < 0.02 72 Natural oil (Mineral oil) mg/kg < 0.1 73 Pyridine (C5H5N) mg/kg < 50 74 Tetrahydrofuran (C4H8O) mg/kg < 0.1 75 Monoethylene glycol (C2H6O2) mg/kg < 0.1 76 Diethylene glycol (C4H10O3) mg/kg < 0.1 77 Acrylonitrile (C3H3N) mg/kg < 0.01 78 Formaldehyde (CH2O) mg/kg < 0.01 79 Methanol (CH3OH) mg/kg < 0.1 80 Butanol (C4H9OH) mg/kg < 0.01 81 1,2 butyl acetate (C6H12O2) mg/kg < 0.01 82 Tribromoform (CHBr3) mg/kg < 0.2 83 Ethyl acetate (C4H8O2) mg/kg < 0.2 84 Isopropyl alcohol (C3H7OH) mg/kg < 0.2