Hong Kong Regulations

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL (VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS) REGULATION - SCHEDULE 4

LITHOGRAPHIC HEATSET WEB PRINTING MACHINES: MEANING OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND

[section 2]

1. For the purposes of Part 5 of this Regulation, “volatile organic
compound” (揮發性有機化合物) means any volatile compound of carbon
excluding methane, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, carbonic acid, metallic
carbides, metallic carbonates, ammonium carbonate and exempt compounds.

2. In section 1, unless the context otherwise requires, “exempt compound”
(豁免化合物) means any of the following compounds—

   (a)  acetone;

   (b)  1-chloro-1,1-difluoroethane (HCFC-142b);

   (c)  chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22);

   (d)  1-chloro-1-fluoroethane (HCFC-151a);

   (e)  chlorofluoromethane (HCFC-31);

   (f)  chloropentafluoroethane (CFC-115);

   (g)  2-chloro-1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (HCFC-124);

   (h)  cyclic, branched, or linear, completely fluorinated alkanes;

   (i)  cyclic, branched, or linear, completely fluorinated ethers with no
        unsaturations;

   (j)  cyclic, branched, or linear, completely fluorinated tertiary amines
        with no unsaturations;

   (k)  cyclic, branched, or linear, completely methylated siloxanes (VMS);

   (l)  1,1,1,2,3,4,4,5,5,5-decafluoropentane (HFC-43-10mee);

   (m)  dichlorodifluoromethane (CFC-12);

   (n)  1,1-dichloro-1-fluoroethane (HCFC-141b);

   (o)  3,3-dichloro-1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane (HCFC-225ca);

   (p)  1,3-dichloro-1,1,2,2,3-pentafluoropropane (HCFC-225cb);

   (q)  1,2-dichloro-1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane (CFC-114);

   (r)  2,2-dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane (HCFC-123);

   (s)  1,2-dichloro-1,1,2-trifluoroethane (HCFC-123a);

   (t)  1,1-difluoroethane (HFC-152a);

   (u)  difluoromethane (HFC-32);

        (v)    2-(difluoromethoxymethyl)-1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropane
               ((CF3)2CFCF2OCH3);

   (w)  ethane;

        (x)    2-(ethoxydifluoromethyl)-1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropane ((CF3
               )2CFCF2OC2H5);

   (y)  1-ethoxy-1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,4-nonafluorobutane (C4F9OC2H5);

   (z)  ethylfluoride (HFC-161);

   (za) 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane (HFC-236ea);

   (zb) 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoropropane (HFC-236fa);

   (zc) methyl acetate;

   (zd) methylene chloride (dichloromethane);

   (ze) 1,1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4-nonafluoro-4-methoxy-butane (C4F9OCH3);

   (zf) parachlorobenzotrifluoride (PCBTF);

   (zg) 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluorobutane (HFC-365mfc);

   (zh) pentafluoroethane (HFC-125);

        (zi)   1,1,2,2,3-pentafluoropropane (HFC-245ca);

   (zj) 1,1,2,3,3-pentafluoropropane (HFC-245ea);

   (zk) 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane (HFC-245eb);

   (zl) 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane (HFC-245fa);

   (zm) perchloroethylene (tetrachloroethylene);

   (zn) sulphur-containing perfluorocarbons with no unsaturations and with
        sulphur bonds only to carbon and fluorine;

   (zo) 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134);

   (zp) 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134a);

   (zq) 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl chloroform);

   (zr) trichlorofluoromethane (CFC-11);

   (zs) 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane (CFC-113);

   (zt) 1,1,1-trifluoroethane (HFC-143a);

   (zu) trifluoromethane (HFC-23). “volatile organic compound”
        (揮發性有機化合物) “exempt compound” (豁免化合物)