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OECD Chemicals Committee

OECD Chemicals Committee. Accession Review of Israel 8.6.2009 Dr. Yossi Inbar Director General Ministry of Environmental Protection. www.environment.gov.il. 140 Km. Facts & Figures. 640 p/ km 2. Area: 22,072 km 2 Population: 7.4 Million (>1.8%/y) 92% Urban (>20,000) 60% coastal

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OECD Chemicals Committee

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  1. OECD Chemicals Committee Accession Review of Israel 8.6.2009 Dr. Yossi Inbar Director General Ministry of Environmental Protection www.environment.gov.il

  2. 140 Km Facts & Figures 640 p/km2 Area:22,072 km2 Population: 7.4 Million (>1.8%/y) 92% Urban (>20,000) 60% coastal Density: 316 p/km2 470 Km 45 p/km2

  3. Facts & Figures GDP pc $26,860 GDP by Industry Manufacturing: 11.5% Chemical Industry: 20% Average annual growth (2004-2008) Manufacturing: 6% Chemical Industry: 19% Exports by value Manufacturing: $40 billion Chemical Industry: $15.6 billion Number of employees Manufacturing: 422,000 Chemical Industry: 31,700

  4. Industry in Israel(Export by sector, 2008) Total revenue $98 billion Total export $40 billion

  5. Chemical industry in Israel(Export distribution by sector, 2008) Total revenue $29 billion Total export $15.6 billion

  6. Major Industrial Zones Haifa Bay – Power plant, Refinery, Port, Petrochemicals, Pesticides, Pharmaceuticals, Basic chemicals, Crude Oil and Chemicals Storage Mishor Rotem – Minerals, Basic chemicals Haifa Tel Aviv Beer Sheba Ashdod - Power plant, Refinery, Port, Petrochemicals, Pesticides, Crude Oil and Chemicals Storage Ramat Hovav- Bromine compounds, Pesticides, Pharmaceuticals, Basic chemicals

  7. Environmental administration • Central Government • Ministry of Environmental Protection • Other Ministries: Infrastructure, Health, Agriculture, Interior, Industry, Trade & Labor • Parliament (Knesset) • Environmental Protection & Internal Affairs Committee • Parliamentary pressure group • Local Government • Environmental units and associations • Civil Society • Voluntary national and local environmental organizations (>200 NGOs) • Civil - legal actions against polluters

  8. Ministry of Environmental Protection 520 employees

  9. Ministry of Environmental Protection 70 professional staff – Head Office 50 professional staff - Regions

  10. Legal framework • Main legislation • Business licensing • Public health • Abatement of nuisances • Freedom of information • Specific environmental • Clean air • Hazardous substances • Specific principle • Polluter pays • Environmental impact assessment

  11. Chemicals Management in Israel Existing Systems Registration of chemicals: pesticides, biocides, pharmaceuticals Legal framework: Hazardous Substances Law and Regulations Permit for the Possession of hazardous substances: quantities, composition, conditions on handling, labeling, risk management etc. Alignment with OECD Instruments Revision of hazardous substances legislation Extension of registration to industrial chemicals

  12. Chemicals management and new chemicals C(77)97 C(74)215 C(82)196 Accepts with time frame • Completed preliminary study to identify gaps • Tender issued for consultant: alternatives in OECD countries, options for implementation in Israel • Timeframe for implementation: 2010 – Selection of the preferred mechanism for chemical management in Israel. 2011 – Presentation of draft legislation to Parliament 2012 – Establishment of a new administrative unit for the registration and assessment of chemicals 2013 - Implementation of chemical management mechanism. • HPV – Israel in cooperation with the chemical industry is committed to contributing to the HPV Programme.

  13. GLP – MADC(81)30 C(97)114 C(89)87 Accepts • Became provisional adherent to MAD Council Acts in 2000 • Accepted to the OECD mutual acceptance of data agreement in 2004 • Fully adherent to the Council Act related to the mutual acceptance of data in the assessment of the chemicals • Israel Laboratory Accreditation Authority participates in GLP Working Party

  14. Chemical Accidents: Institutional capabilityC(88)85 C(2003)221 C(88)84 C(89)88 Accepts • Duties and authorities of emergency services are specified by law • Detailed national programme for emergency response • Collaboration and communication among emergency services includes joint training and frequent exercises • High level of public preparedness by the Home Front Command for all kinds of disasters applies to hazardous substances incidents • MoEP serves as the National Coordinator for Hazardous Substances

  15. Chemical Accidents: RiskManagement and CommunicationC(88)85 C(2003)221 C(88)84 C(89)88 Prevention, Preparedness and Response are incorporated into the conditions of user permits for the possession of hazardous substances in installations Risk Management Program - for hazardous installations National Coordinator for Hazardous Substances includes risk communication Freedom of Information regulations Plans for new major installations deposited for public comment, often subject to EIA Accepts

  16. Existing System Legal framework: Business Licensing Law Framework conditions by sector Classification by scale of environmental impacts (A,B,C) Further Application Aim: 150 major (IPPC) manufacturing plants General binding rules for Small & Medium Enterprises with Environmental Impact Current focus on improving air & wastewater quality Permit Based on BAT Extension of Stakeholder Involvement IPPCC(90)164 Accepts

  17. IPPCImplementation Status & Work Plan • Already adopted in major Industrial Zones • Ramat Hovav – in process • Haifa Bay – in process • Ashdod – begins mid 2009 • Implementation following Clean Air Law in 2011 • Sectorial binding rules for SME’s

  18. PRTRC(96)41 Accepts with time frame Existing Inventories Existing Legal framework • Air Inventory(SOx, NOx, PM, CO & NMVOC) • Green House Gases Inventory(Mainly CO2, CH4, N20) • Dioxin and Furan • Effluent quality and quantity in Domestic & Industrial Waste Water Treatment Plants • Business Licensing Law • Freedom of Information Law • Clean Air Law

  19. PRTR Work Plan • Phase A • Screening of Existing PRTR’s - completed • Defining Scope for Israel (Chemicals, Sectors) – in process • Define the preferred alternative configurations • Select alternative and define system for implementation • Phase B • Pilot study (Jan 2010 - Sectorial/Regional/Substance) • New/amendment of existing legislation • 2012 - Implementation Substances/Media/Sectorial/Diffused End of 2009 3 years

  20. Specific ChemicalsC(87)2, C(73)172, C(71)83, C(96)42 Accepts • PCB • Mercury • Lead Existing measures to reduce risks from these chemicals include: • Ban on PCB oils for transformers and requiring the safe disposal of existing ones • Elimination of alkyl mercury compounds for agriculture, and mercury compounds in the paper and pulp industry • Restrictions on Lead in paints, gasoline, toys etc.

  21. Banned or severely restricted chemicalsC(84)37 Accepts with time frame • By 2010 Israel will provide information to importing countries regarding banned or severely restricted chemicals (including PIC chemicals).

  22. Confidentiality and proprietary rights C(83)98 C(83)97 C(83)96 Accepts 83(98) OECD list of non-confidential data on chemicals - Work safety regulations require producers, importers and distributors of chemicals to supply MSDS containing all data required in this recommendation

  23. Confidentiality and proprietary rights C(83)98 C(83)97 C(83)96 Accepts with time frame 83(96) the protection of proprietary rights to data submitted in notifications of new chemicals 83(97) exchange of confidential data on chemicals Proprietary rights are protected by law. These recommendations will be incorporated specifically in the future chemical registration system to be implemented by 2013.

  24. International Conventions and Agreements • The Montreal Protocol - Israel signed, ratified and implements the Montreal Protocol and its subsequent amendments • The Rotterdam Convention - Israel signed the Rotterdam convention in 1999 and intends to ratify by 2010 • Basel Convention - Israel has ratified the Basel Convention on the transboundary movement of hazardous waste in 1994

  25. International Conventions and Agreements • SAICM – Israel participates in SAICM and is committed to its goals • The Stockholm Convention -Israel signed the Convention in 2001 and intends to proceed with its ratification and currently preparing its national implementation plan • all chemicals in annexes A and B are banned in Israel

  26. Thank You

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