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Questions What laws/regulations are there for the management of PCBs?
Canada -
Australia -
Taiwan -
Malaysia The Environmental Quality (Scheduled Waste) Regulation 1989
The Environmental Quality (Prescribed Premises) (Scheduled Waste Treatment and Disposal Facilities) Regulation 1989.
The Environmental Quality (Prescribed Premises) (Scheduled Waste Treatment and Disposal Facilities) Order 1989.
Japan YES.
The Chemical Substances Control Law (1974).
The Law for the Promotion of Environmentally Sound Destruction of PCB Waste (2001).
The Waste Disposal and Public Cleaning Law(1976)
Korea YES
*Toxic Chemicals Control Law
*Waste Management Law
*Electronic Business Act
--allowed transformer which installed before '79.8.30
Hong Kong CAP. 354 The Waste Disposal Ordinance (WDO), Law of Hong Kong enacted in 1980.
China -
Indonesia No, there is no specific law on PCBs. But Indonesia have regulations for treatment of toxic and hazardous materials: Government Regulation Number 18, 1999 about treatment of waste of toxic and hazardous materials, and the new regulation number 74, 2001.

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