Amendments to the registration scheme for environmental management of new chemical substances

the Ministry ofEnvironment and Ecology has recently issued the "New Chemical Sinsubstance Environmental Management Registration Measures" (hereinafter referred to as the "Measures"), which will be implemented from January 1, 2021The Ministry of Ecological Environment Solid Waste and Chemicals Department said that the revision of the Measures to deepen the "release of management" requirements, optimize the application requirements, the original simple declaration adjusted to the record, the original conventional declaration of low-volume level adjusted to simple declaration, reduce the burden of enterprises, in addition to refining registration standards, improve the approval requirements, strengthen the source of prevention, enhance operabilityit is understood that the Measures apply to the environmental management registration of new chemical substances research, production, import and processing activities in China, except for new chemical substances stored in the special customs control area after import and exported without any processingChemicals that do not apply to these Measures include pharmaceuticals, pesticides, veterinary drugs, cosmetics, food, food additives, feed, feed additives, fertilizers and other products, except for new chemicals that are changed to other industrial uses, as well as as new chemicals as raw materials and intermediates for the above-mentioned products, and the person in charge of radioactive materialssaid that compared with the original method, the revision is mainly around five aspectsFirst, focus on environmental risks and highlight control stakesFrom the purpose of effective prevention of environmental risks, the clear control focus is on new chemicals with durability, bioaccumulation, environment and health hazardssecond is to optimize the application requirements and reduce the burden on enterprisesDrawing on the experience of international chemical environmental management, and based on China's multi-year management practice, the application type setting was optimized, the original simple declaration was adjusted to the record, the original conventional declaration of the low-volume level adjusted to the simple declaration;third is to refine the registration standards and improve the approval requirementsAfter the revision of the Measures, the specific criteria for registration and non-registration are clarified, and other cases of non-registration, as well as re-application for registration, alteration, withdrawal and revocation of registration, etc., highlight ingenuity of environmental risk control requirements, strengthen the prevention of the source, enhance operabilityfourth is to strengthen the after-the-fact supervision of the matter, improve the efficiency of managementThe Measures put forward the tracking management requirements of "two strengthenings" and "three optimizations", strengthened the targeting of environmental risk control measures, and optimized the information reporting requirements, supervision methods and regulatory prioritiesThe supervision of new chemical substances is carried out in accordance with the principle of "double random one disclosure" and is carried out by means of supervision and spot checks, which is conducive to improving management efficiencyfifth is to track new hazard information, and continue to prevent environmental risksThe Measures require researchers, producers, importers and processing users of new chemical substances to report to the competent department of ecological environment under the State Council in a timely manner if they discover that the new chemical substances have new environmental or health hazards or environmental risks;the person in charge also said that the Measures also emphasize the implementation of corporate responsibilityTherefore, enterprises and institutions engaged in the research, production, import and processing of new chemical substances should take effective measures to prevent and control the environmental risks of new chemical substancesFirst of all, a registration certificate or a record shall be obtainedBefore the production of new chemical substances or before import, the new chemical substances environmental management routine registration certificate or simple registration certificateSecond, environmental risks should be prevented and controlledIn the course of research, production, import and processing, effective measures should be taken to prevent and control the environmental risks of new chemical substancesThird, tracking management requirements should be implementedIn accordance with the Measures, the implementation of information transmission, data record-keeping and activity reporting and other tracking management requirementsFinally, supervised spot checks should be subject toWhen the competent department of ecological environment carries out spot checks on environmental supervision in accordance with the law, it shall cooperate with itthe background of the revision of the Measures
the environmental management of new chemical substances is an internationally accepted chemical environmental management system that requires that the environmental hazards of new chemical substances be identified before they are produced or imported, the potential environmental risks of their production, processing and use, waste disposal, registration permits, the establishment of a "firewall" for source management, and the prevention of new chemicals with unreasonable environmental risks from entering the economy and society to prevent such chemicals from harming the ecological environment and harming public healththe former State Environmental Protection Administration issued the Measures for environmental management of new chemical substances in 2003 and revised them for the first time in 2010The implementation of the original measures has provided institutional guarantees for the environmental management of new chemical substances, effectively strengthened the environmental management of the production and import of new chemical substances, and played a positive role in preventing and reducing the disorderly use and environmental pollution of new chemical substances in China, and promoting green innovation and high-quality development in related industriesbut after many years of practice, some provisions of the original approach have not been able to adapt to the current requirements of environmental management workThis revision aims to implement the decision-making and deployment of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on the fight against pollution, highlight precision pollution control, scientific pollution control, rule by law, promote the continuous improvement of the quality of the ecological environment, further in-depth implementation of the "put the management" reform requirements, and constantly improve the environmental management system of new chemical substances