China Issues 2022 Draft List of New Pollutants for Priority Management [English Translation Available]

China\’s first official list of new pollutants for priority management is expected to come out soon.

On September 27, 2022, the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment released a notice to solicit public comments for the Draft List of New Pollutants for Priority Management (2022) (hereinafter referred to as “2022 Draft”).The 2022 Draft contains 14 types of new pollutants, specifying their names, CAS numbers and major environmental risk control measures. Comments are welcome before October 28, 2022. The official list is expected to be made public by the end of 2022 as scheduled in the Action Plan for New Pollutants Treatment.

Proposed 14 Types of New Pollutants in the 2022 Draft

Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and its salts and perfluorooctyl sulfonyl fluoride (PFOS)
Perfluorooctanoic acid and its salts and related compounds (PFOA)
Decabromodiphenylether
Short-chain chlorinated paraffins
Hexachlorobutadiene
Pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters
Dicofol
Perfluorohexyl sulfonic acid and its salts and related compounds (PFHxS)
Dechlorane and its cis and trans isomers
Dichloromethane
Trichloromethane
Nonyl phenol
Antibiotics
Phase-out category (including hexabromocyclododecane, chlordane, mirex, hexachlorobenzene, dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane, α-hexachlorocyclohexane, β-hexachlorocyclohexane, lindane, technical endosulfan and its related isomers, polychlorinated biphenyls)

The 2022 Draft recategorizes 23 of 28 types of new pollutants listed in the 2021 Draft into the above 14 types. It deletes the following 5 types, i.e., dioxins, formaldehyde, ethanal, tetrachloroethylene and trichloroethylene. In addition, the 2022 Draft provides more detailed information for chemical identification (i.e., CAS number).

Enlish Translation Available: Draft List of New Pollutants for Priority Management (2022)

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