Definitions
- Defines key terms covering applicants, chemical control orders, disposal, equipment, importers, industrial users, lead forms, lead compounds, paints, wastes, manufacturers, pigments, premises, preparations, recyclers, recycling, storage, and unreasonable risk.
Coverage
- Applies to importers, distributors, manufacturers, industrial users, recyclers, and waste service providers related to lead and lead compounds.
Prohibited Uses
- Lead and lead compounds prohibited in packaging for food/drink, fuel additives, water pipes, toys, school supplies, cosmetics.
- Lead in paints limited to below 90 ppm after transitional periods (3 years for architectural/decorative; 6 years for industrial uses).
Registration and Permitting
- Requires registration with EMB for existing/new stakeholders involved with lead substances and wastes.
Lead Management Plan
- Requires submission of Safety Data Sheet to ensure proper lead management minimizing environmental release.
Labeling Requirements
- Must comply with Global Harmonized System (GHS).
- Warning labels required indicating lead dust hazard to vulnerable groups.
Manufacturing and Training Requirements
- Applicants must provide operation flow charts.
- Use engineering controls, preventive measures, housekeeping programs.
- Provide personal protective equipment (PPE).
- Secure environmental permits and conduct regular monitoring (water, air).
- Provide continual worker training on hazards and safe practices, submitting training certifications.
Storage Requirements
- Maintain proper chemical inventory, secure facilities, adequate labeling and signage.
- Maintain records and proper packaging.
Transport, Treatment, and Disposal
- Comply with GHS and Hazardous Waste Management IRR provisions.
- EMB to prescribe additional guidelines as necessary.
Substitution and Phase-Out
- Follow FDA restrictions when adopting lead alternatives in toys, cosmetics, packaging.
Information, Education, and Communication (IEC)
- DENR, EMB, alongside stakeholders, to promote awareness and compliance on lead hazards.
Public Access to Records and Confidentiality
- Public can access most records, except for trade secrets and proprietary business info under conditions.
Compliance Monitoring
- EMB Regional Offices to monitor compliance via Self-Monitoring Reports.
- Sampling/testing to follow good lab practices.
- Lead paint concentration limit set at 90 ppm.
Revision of Requirements
- DENR can amend standards after stakeholder consultation and public hearing.
- EMB Director can issue clarifications.
Capacity Building
- Conduct continuous training for regulators and industry.
- Support research on lead paint standards.
- Foster interagency and sector harmonization on lead regulations.
Transitory Provisions
- Lead paint allowed with labeling until specified phase-out dates for various industrial and household uses.
- Uniform standards to be developed with government agencies.
Penalties
- Violations subject to administrative and criminal sanctions per related DENR orders and RA 6969 provisions.
Separability Clause
- Invalidity of any provision does not affect the rest of the Order.
Effectivity
- Takes effect 15 days after publication and ONAR acknowledgment.