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Updates:
By the MoE Announcement No. 2024-38 issued on 16 February 2024, South Korea's MoE adopted the proposed handling quantity limits for 55 newly designated toxic substances (NIER Given No. 2023-1-1119 ~ 2023-1-1173), which came into force immediately.
The announcement can be accessed here.
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On January 23, 2024, South Korea’s Ministry of Environment (MoE) issued a notice to solicit comments on the proposed handling quantity limits for certain toxic substances (NIER Given No. 2023-1-1119 ~ 2023-1-1173), which were newly designated on November 17 last year (CL news). Comments are welcome before February 12, 2024.
Under K-CCA, toxic substances, restricted substances, prohibited substances and the substances subject to authorization are required to submit a chemical accident prevention management plan if exceeding the corresponding handling limits. The concerned chemical lists are attached to the Stipulated Quantities for Toxic Substances, Restricted Substances, Prohibited Substances, and Substances Subject to Authorization (hereinafter referred to as the Regulation), including Annex 1 for toxic substances, Annex 2 for restricted substances, and Annex 3 for prohibited substances. As for the substances subject to authorization, eleven candidate substances for authorization under K-REACH have been proposed, including benzene, bisphenol A, DBP, BBP, etc. (CL news). Currently, there’re no substances in the Authorization List.
This time the proposed amendments to the Regulation are for Annex 1 toxic substances. Details are available here (See Page 55~57, marked in red).
According to K-CCA and the Regulation, for a target chemical, exceeding the upper handling limit requires submitting the Grade 1 chemical accident prevention management plan, while the Grade 2 chemical accident prevention management plan can apply if it only exceeds the lower handling limit.
