China Released the “Inventory of Specially Controlled Hazardous Chemicals (first edition)” - Regulatory News - Chemicals

Specially controlled hazardous chemicals are highly inherently hazardous with large circulation, which may pose a high safety risk of accidents and cause serious consequences, which need special control. According to the “Inventory of Specially Controlled Hazardous Chemicals”, hazardous chemicals can be classified as “explosive chemicals”, “toxic chemicals (including toxic gases, volatile toxic liquids, and solid highly toxic chemicals)”, “flammable gases”, and “flammable liquids”. The first edition of this inventory contains 20 specially controlled hazardous chemicals. This inventory is not applicable to reagent products essential for scientific experiments. According to the "Regulation on the Administration of Urban Gas", this inventory and special control measures are not applicable to urban gas.

Specially controlled hazardous chemicals transported by water, air, railway and pipeline shall be managed in accordance with relevant laws, administrative regulations and the provisions of the competent departments concerned, and where otherwise provided by laws, administrative regulations and rules, in accordance with their provisions.

Control measures for methanol and ethanol are limited to strengthening transportation management. The sale and purchase of ammonium nitrate shall be managed in accordance with the relevant regulations of civil explosives.

Specific control measures will be conducted from the following aspects:

Establish an information platform to implement traceability control of life-cycle information, mainly through the introduction of QR code or electronic label;
Standardize the packaging management, mainly promoting the packaging performance inspection and packaging use identification of hazardous chemicals;
Strict the access to safety production and the approval of construction projects for special controlled hazardous chemicals;
Strengthen transportation management by establishing strict waybill management and vehicle dynamic monitoring, with special prior control over the whereabouts of hazardous chemicals.
Implement stationary storage management. Specially controlled hazardous chemicals shall be stored in a specific area in the special warehouse for hazardous chemicals.

Inventory of Specially Controlled Hazardous Chemicals (first edition)

No.	Chinese name	Alias	English name	CAS No.	UN code	Main hazards
1. Explosive chemicals
1	硝酸銨[(鈍化）改性硝酸銨除外]	硝銨	Ammonium nitrate [other than (passivated) modified ammonium nitrate]	6484-52-2	0222 1942 2426	Will explode when heated sharply; may form explosive mixtures by mixing with reducing agents, organics, etc.
2	硝化纖維素（包括屬于易燃固體的硝化纖維素）	硝化棉	Nitrocellulose	9004-70-0	0340 0341 0342 0343 2555 2556 2557	Can conduct spontaneous combustion when dry; may burn and explode when exposed to high heat and sparks
3	氯酸鉀	白藥粉	Potassium chlorate	3811-04-9	1485	Strong oxidizer, may form explosive mixtures by mixing with reducing agents, organics, flammable substances, metal powders, etc.
4	氯酸鈉	氯酸魯達、氯酸堿、白藥鈉	Sodium chlorate	7775-09-9	1495	Strong oxidizer, may form explosive mixtures by mixing with reducing agents, organics, flammable substances, metal powders, etc.
2. Toxic chemicals (including toxic gases, volatile toxic liquids, and solid highly toxic chemicals)
5	氯	液氯、氯氣	Chlorine	7782-50-5	1017	Highly toxic gas, lethal if inhaled
6	氨	液氨、氨氣	Ammonia	7664-41-7	1005	Toxic gas, will cause toxic emphysema if inhaled; can form explosive mixtures with air
7	異氰酸甲酯	甲基異氰酸酯	Methyl isocyanate	624-83-9	2480	Highly toxic liquid, lethal if inhaled its vapour; highly flammable liquid; its vapour can form explosive mixtures with air
8	硫酸二甲酯	硫酸甲酯	Dimethyl sulfate	77-78-1	1595	Toxic liquid, lethal if inhaled its vapour; combustible
9	氰化鈉	山奈、山奈鈉	Sodium cyanide	143-33-9	1689 3414	Highly toxic, will produce highly toxic and flammable hydrogen cyanide gas in contact with acid
10	氰化鉀	山奈鉀	Potassium cyanide	151-50-8	1680 3413	Highly toxic, will produce highly toxic and flammable hydrogen cyanide gas in contact with acid
3. Flammable gases
11	液化石油氣	LPG	Liquefied petroleum gas	68476-85-7	1075	Flammable gas, can form explosive mixture with air
12	液化天然氣	LNG	Liquefied natural gas	8006-14-2	1972	Flammable gas, can form explosive mixture with air
13	環氧乙烷	氧化乙烯	Ethylene oxide	75-21-8	1040	Flammable gas, can form explosive mixture with air; will decompose violently when heated, presenting a fire and explosion hazard
14	氯乙烯	乙烯基氯	Vinyl chloride	75-01-4	1086	Flammable gas, can form explosive mixture with air; easy to occur dangerous polyreaction at fire temperature
15	二甲醚	甲醚	Dimethyl ether	115-10-6	1033	Flammable gas, can form explosive mixture with air
4. Flammable liquids
16	汽油（包括甲醇汽油、乙醇汽油）		Petroleum ether (including methanol gasoline and ethanol gasoline)	86290-81-5	1203 3475	Extremely flammable liquid, its vapour can form explosive mixtures with air
17	1,2-環氧丙烷	氧化丙烯Propylene oxide	75-56-9	75-56-9	1280	Extremely flammable liquid, its vapour can form explosive mixtures with air
18	二硫化碳		Carbon disulfide	75-15-0	1131	Extremely flammable liquid, its vapour can form explosive mixtures with air; toxic liquid
19	甲醇	木醇、木精	Methanol	67-56-1	1230	Highly flammable liquid, its vapour can form explosive mixtures with air; toxic liquid
20	乙醇	酒精	Ethanol	64-17-5	1170	Highly flammable liquid, its vapour can form explosive mixtures with air

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