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Schedule 10—Prohibited carcinogens, restricted carcinogens and restricted hazardous chemicals
Regulations 340 and 380—384
The prohibition of the use of carcinogens listed in table 10.1, column 2 and the restriction of the use of carcinogens listed in table 10.2, column 2 apply to the pure substance and where the substance is present in a mixture at a concentration greater than 0.1% unless otherwise specified.
Table 10.1—Prohibited carcinogens
Item
Prohibited carcinogen [CAS number]
2-Acetylaminofluorene [53-96-3]
Aflatoxins
4-Aminodiphenyl [92-67-1]
Benzidine [92-87-5] and its salts (including benzidine dihydrochloride [531-85-1])
bis(Chloromethyl) ether [542-88-1]
Chloromethyl methyl ether [107-30-2] (technical grade which contains bis(chloromethyl) ether)
4-Dimethylaminoazobenzene [60-11-7] (Dimethyl Yellow)
2-Naphthylamine [91-59-8] and its salts
4-Nitrodiphenyl [92-93-3]
Table 10.2—Restricted carcinogens
Item
Restricted carcinogen [CAS number]
Restricted use
Acrylonitrile [107-13-1]
All
Benzene [71-43-2]
All uses involving benzene as a feedstock containing more than 50% of benzene by volume
Cyclophosphamide [50-18-0]
When used in preparation for therapeutic use in hospitals and oncological treatment facilities, and in manufacturing operations
3,3'-Dichlorobenzidine [91-94-1] and its salts (including 3,3'-Dichlorobenzidine dihydrochloride [612-83-9])
All
Diethyl sulfate [64-67-5]
All
Dimethyl sulfate [77-78-1]
All
Ethylene dibromide [106-93-4]
When used as a fumigant
4,4'-Methylene bis(2-chloroaniline) [101-14-4] MOCA
All
3-Propiolactone [57-57-8] (Beta-propiolactone)
All
o-Toluidine [95-53-4] and o-Toluidine hydrochloride [636-21-5]
All
Vinyl chloride monomer [75-01-4]
All
Table 10.3—Restricted hazardous chemicals
Item
Restricted hazardous chemical
Restricted use
Antimony and its compounds
For abrasive blasting at a concentration of greater than 0.1% as antimony
Arsenic and its compounds
For abrasive blasting at a concentration of greater than 0.1% as arsenic
Benzene (benzol), if the substance contains more than 1% by volume
Beryllium and its compounds
For abrasive blasting at a concentration of greater than 0.1% as beryllium
Cadmium and its compounds
For abrasive blasting at a concentration of greater than 0.1% as cadmium
Carbon disulphide (carbon bisulphide)
Chromate
Chromium and its compounds
For abrasive blasting at a concentration of greater than 0.5% (except as specified for wet blasting) as chromium
Cobalt and its compounds
For abrasive blasting at a concentration of greater than 0.1% as cobalt
Free silica (crystalline silicon dioxide)
For abrasive blasting at a concentration of greater than 1%
Lead and compounds
For abrasive blasting at a concentration of greater than 0.1% as lead or which would expose the operator to levels in excess of those set in the regulations covering lead
Lead carbonate
Methanol (methyl alcohol), if the substance contains more than 1% by volume
Nickel and its compounds
For abrasive blasting at a concentration of greater than 0.1% as nickel
Nitrates
Nitrites
Radioactive substance of any kind where the level of radiation exceeds 1 Bq/g
For abrasive blasting, so far as is reasonably practicable
Tetrachloroethane
Tetrachloromethane (carbon tetrachloride)
Tin and its compounds
For abrasive blasting at a concentration of greater than 0.1% as tin
Tributyl tin
Regulation 377 deals with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).
Schedule 11—Placard and manifest quantities
Regulations 347—350, 361, 390 and 391
1—Determination of classification of flammable liquids
For the purposes of this table, if a flammable liquid category 4 is used, handled or stored in the same spill compound as one or more flammable liquids of categories 1, 2 or 3, the total quantity of flammable liquids categories 1, 2 or 3 must be determined as if the flammable liquid category 4 had the same classification as the flammable liquid in the spill compound with the lowest flash point.
Table 11.1
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Column 4
Column 5
Item
Description of hazardous chemical
Placard quantity
Manifest quantity
Flammable gases
Category 1A, category 1B or any combination of categories 1A and 1B
200L
5 000L
Gases under pressure
With acute toxicity, categories 1, 2, 3 or 4
50L
500L
With skin corrosion categories 1A, 1B or 1C
50L
500L
Not specified elsewhere in this Table
Flammable liquids
50L
500L
250L
2 500L
Any combination of chemicals from Items 5 to 7 where none of the items exceeds the quantities in columns 4 or 5 on their own
Category 4
10 000L
100 000L
Self‑reactive substances
Type A
Type B
Type C to F
Flammable solids
250kg
2 500kg
1 000kg
10 000kg
Any combination of chemicals from Items 11 to 14 where none of the items exceeds the quantities in columns 4 or 5 on their own
Pyrophoric liquids and pyrophoric solids
Self‑heating substances and mixtures
Any combination of chemicals from Items 16 to 18 where none of the items exceeds the quantities in columns 4 or 5 on their own
Substances which in contact with water emit flammable gas
Any combination of chemicals from Items 20 to 22 where none of the items exceeds the quantities in columns 4 or 5 on their own
10 000kg or 10 000L
Oxidising liquids and oxidising solids
Any combination of chemicals from Items 24 to 26 where none of the items exceeds the quantities in columns 4 or 5 on their own
Organic peroxides
Type A
Type B
Type C to F
Any combination of chemicals from Items 29 and 30 where none of the items exceeds the quantities in columns 4 or 5 on their own
2 500kg or 2 500L
Acute toxicity
Any combination of chemicals from Items 32 to 34 where none of the items exceeds the quantities in columns 4 or 5 on their own
Skin corrosion
Category 1A
Category 1B
Category 1C
Corrosive to metals
Any combination of chemicals from Items 36 to 39 where none of the items exceeds the quantities in columns 4 or 5 on their own
Unstable explosives
Unstable chemicals
Any combination of chemicals from Items 10, 28 and 41 where none of the items exceeds the quantities in columns 4 or 5 on their own
Aerosols
Category 1, category 2, category 3 or any combination of categories 1, 2 and 3
5 000L
1 In item 2, Gases under pressure with acute toxicity, category 4 only applies up to a LC50 of 5000 ppmV. This is equivalent to dangerous goods of Division 2.3.
2 Item 43 includes flammable aerosols.
For placarding and manifest purposes, a spill compound containing 1 000L of flammable liquid category 1 and 1 000L of flammable liquid category 4 is considered to contain 2 000L of flammable liquid category 1.