Environmental Protection and Management Act (Amendment of Second Schedule) Order 2019

First published in the Government Gazette, Electronic Edition, on 12 July 2019 at 5 pm. No. S 491 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT ACT (CHAPTER 94A) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT ACT (AMENDMENT OF SECOND SCHEDULE) ORDER 2019 In exercise of the powers conferred by section 76(1) of the Environmental Protection and Management Act, the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources makes the following Order: Citation and commencement 1. This Order is the Environmental Protection andManagement Act (Amendment of Second Schedule) Order 2019 and comes into operation on 12 February 2020. Amendment of Part I of Second Schedule 2. Part I of the Second Schedule to the Environmental Protection and Management Act is amended — (a) by inserting, immediately below the item relating to the substance “Acetic Anhydride”, the following item: “ Acetochlor . ”; (b) by inserting, immediately below the item relating to the substance “Alkali metal bifluorides; Ammonium bifluoride; Potassium fluoride; Sodium fluoride; Potassium silicofluoride; Sodium silicofluoride; Silicofluoric acid”, the following item: “ Amitraz . ”; S 491/20191 (c) by inserting, immediately below the item relating to the substance “Asbestos in the form of crocidolite, actinolite, anthophyllite, amosite, tremolite, chrysotile and amphiboles and products containing these forms of asbestos”, the following items: “ Atrazine . Benzidine; its salts Bis(chloromethyl)ether ”; (d) by inserting, immediately below the item relating to the substance “Dinoseb and its salts and esters, which includes but is not limited to — Binapacryl”, the following item: “ Dinoterb . ”; (e) by inserting, immediately below the item relating to the substance “Hexavalent chromium in controlled EEE”, the following item: “ Hexazinone . ”; (f) by inserting immediately below the item relating to the substance “Paraquat; its salts”, the following item: “ Pentadecafluorooctanoic acid (PFOA); its salts and related compounds . ”; (g) by deleting the item relating to the substance “Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS)” and substituting the following items: “ Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS); its salts and related compounds . Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) ”; and S 491/2019 2 (h) by deleting the item relating to the substance “Pyrethroid compounds used as pesticides, the following: Fenvalerate” and substituting the following item: “ Pyrethroid compounds used as pesticides, the following: Fenvalerate Lambda-cyhalothrin Formulated products containing Fenvalerate approved for household use and belonging to Table 5 of the WHO Recommended Classification of Pesticides by Hazard ”. Amendment of Part II of Second Schedule 3. Part II of the Second Schedule to the Environmental Protection and Management Act is amended — (a) by inserting, immediately after the words “this Schedule:” in the item “Adhesives other than those containing any of the following substances as defined in Part I of this Schedule: polychlorinated naphthalenes or short-chain chlorinated paraffins;”, the words “Pentadecafluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and its salts and related compounds, Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS) and its salts and related compounds,”; (b) by deleting the item “Fillers;” and substituting the following item: “Fillers other than those containing any of the following substances as defined in Part I of this Schedule: Pentadecafluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and its salts and related compounds or Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS) and its salts and related compounds;”; (c) by deleting the item “Glazes;” and substituting the following item: “Glazes other than those containing any of the following substances as defined in Part I of this Schedule: Pentadecafluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and its salts and related compounds or Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS) and its salts and related compounds;”; S 491/20193 (d) by inserting, immediately after the words “mercury compounds,” in the item “Paints other than those containing any of the following substances as defined in Part I of this Schedule: asbestos, lead compounds, mercury compounds, polychlorinated naphthalenes, or short-chain chlorinated paraffins;”, the words “Pentadecafluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and its salts and related compounds, Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS) and its salts and related compounds,”; and (e) by deleting the item “Varnishes;” and substituting the following item: “Varnishes other than those containing any of the following substances as defined in Part I of this Schedule: Pentadecafluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and its salts and related compounds or Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS) and its salts and related compounds;”. Made on 4 July 2019. ALBERT CHUA Permanent Secretary, Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, Singapore. [MEWR C030/01/118; AG/LEGIS/SL/94A/2015/2 Vol. 2] S 491/2019 4