73Export of certain industrial chemicals subject to conditions

73 Export of certain industrial chemicals subject to conditions

(1) For the purposes of paragraph 163(1)(b) of the Act and subject to subsection (1A) of this section, export of an industrial chemical specified in subsection (2) of this section by a person is subject to the following conditions: (a) that the export has been approved by the Executive Director, in writing, before the industrial chemical is exported; (b) that the person keep the records relating to the introduction of the industrial chemical that are required by Part 8 of Chapter 4 of this instrument.

Note: Applications for approval must be made to the Executive Director in writing: see section 74.

(1A) Subsection (1) does not apply to the export of an industrial chemical specified in subsection (2) by a person in a registration year if: (a) the industrial chemical is to be exported solely for use in research or analysis; and (b) the total volume of the industrial chemical exported by the person in the registration year does not exceed 100 kg. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the industrial chemicals are the following (which are the subject of the Rotterdam Convention): (a) commercial octabromodiphenyl ether, including: (i) hexabromodiphenyl ether; and (ii) heptabromodiphenyl ether; (b) commercial pentabromodiphenyl ether, including: (i) tetrabromodiphenyl ether; and (ii) pentabromodiphenyl ether; (ba) decabromodiphenyl ether; (c) hexabromocyclododecane; (d) perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, perfluorooctane sulfonates, perfluorooctane sulfonamides and perfluorooctane sulfonyls, including: (i) potassium perfluorooctane sulfonate; and (ii) lithium perfluorooctane sulfonate; and (iii) ammonium perfluorooctane sulfonate; and (iv) diethanolammonium perfluorooctane sulfonate; and (v) tetraethylammonium perfluorooctane sulfonate; and (vi) didecyldimethylammonium perfluorooctane sulfonate; and (vii) N‑ethylperfluorooctane sulfonamide; and (viii) N‑methylperfluorooctane sulfonamide; and (ix) N‑ethyl‑N‑(2‑hydroxyethyl) perfluorooctane sulfonamide; and (x) N‑(2‑hydroxyethyl)‑N‑methylperfluorooctane sulfonamide; and (xi) perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride; (da) perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA‑related compounds; (e) polybrominated biphenyls, including: (i) hexabromobiphenyl; and (ii) octabromobiphenyl; and (iii) decabromobiphenyl; (f) polychlorinated biphenyls; (g) polychlorinated terphenyls; (h) short chain chlorinated paraffins; (i) tetraethyl lead; (j) tetramethyl lead; (k) tributyl tin compounds; (l) tris (2,3‑dibromopropyl) phosphate.