Preview of Current Asia Pacific HSE News as of 10 June, 2009

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Current Asia Pacific HSE News as of 10 Jun, 2009
 
Australia - Commonwealth and NSW
1)     Dangerous Goods (Road and Rail Transport) Regulation 2009
Became effective and enters into force from 1 May 2009 :-
·        made under the Dangerous Goods (Road and Rail Transport) Act 2008, which entered fully into force on the same day.
·        replaces the Road and Rail Transport (Dangerous Goods) (Road) Regulation 1998, which was repealed by the act.
China
1)     Public Notice on the Newly Approved National Standards (2009 No.1,2,3) of May 2009, Standardization Administration of China)
Issued in May 2009 :-
·        contains nearly 540 national standards including 200 compulsory standards.
·        The national standards (Guobiao: GB) contain technical criteria on product design, product safety, product quality, emission limits, safety of processes, etc.
2)     Measures on the Management of Safety Accident Emergency Response Plan (State Administration of Work Safety Ordinance No.17 of 1 April 2009)
Adopted on 1 April 2009, by the State Administration of Work Safety, and became effective from 1 May 2009.
·        In accordance with the Safe Production Law and the Emergency Response Law the measures of 1 April 2009 have provided detailed requirements on emergency response plan drafting, examination, publishing, notification, training, etc.
Japan
1)     Amendments to Regulation on the Prevention of Lead Poisoning
Adopted on 31 March 2009 by the cabinet.
·        provides tighter performance standards for local exhaust systems to lower the concentration level of lead in the air at workplaces.
In particular, local exhaust systems must maintain the concentration level of lead below 0.05mg per cubic meter (previously, the concentration level of lead was 0.15mg per cubic meter).