EHS News

Status of Voluntary EHS Notification and Registration posted on 12 Mar 2010

Dated Started : 2 January, 2009
No. of Companies Identified for EHS Notification : 1101
No. of Chemical Companies Registered To-Date : 159
Main Sectors : resins, electronics, oilfied, petrochemicals, paints, printing,   
oleochemicals, sewage and water treatment, gas, construction, rubber, lubricants, 
adhesives, textiles, leather, detergents
No. of EHS Entries Officially Notified To DOE (Basic Notification): 417
No. of EHS Officially Notified To DOE : 238
No. of EHS Not In EHS Reference List (Detailed Notification Required): 65
No. of EHS Entries Officially Notified in Detail by Industry to DOE : 34
No. of EHS Reviewed and Profiled in Details by DOE : 59
Date and Time of Status Report: Friday 12 March 2010 (1200) 

New Version Of EHS Notification and Registration Scheme posted on 02 Mar 2010

A new version for the on-line EHS Notification and Registration System has been successfully developed and already available in the EHS website. The new system is similar to the previous one but has been enhanced with the following additions and changes:

 - Option for Malaysian importers to request overseas suppliers to make detailed   notification of EHS
 - A module for overseas suppliers to undertake detailed notification of EHS on behalf of Malaysian importers, with login using user ID and password after nomination by Malaysian companies
 - Change in data entry format during detailed notification of EHS – from the existing left right format to a top down format
 - Option to select hazard classes based on the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) or the Malaysian Classification, Packaging and Labeling (CPL) during the detailed notification of EHS
 - Provision for industry to report different GHS hazard classification for chemicals on EHS Reference List during basic notification of EHS

Announcement to Chemical Industry in Malaysia posted on 01 Jan 2010

Is your company a manufacturer of environmentally hazardous substances (EHS)? 
Is your company an importer of EHS or an importer of chemical mixtures or finished chemical products containing EHS as their constituents?
Is your company a product manufacturer, importing EHS to be used in the manufacturing process?
If your company meets one of these criteria, then a notification of these substances must be made to the Department of Environment Malaysia. Please browse our website to see the definition of EHS and learn more about the EHS Notification and Registration Scheme. 
Contact Ms Rosiah Mohd Ali at rosiah@doe.gov.my or 03-8871 2361 or Mr Nor Azam Abdul Aziz  at  norazam@doe.gov.my or 03-8871 2116

Voluntary Period For EHS Notification And Registration Scheme posted on 01 Jan 2010

The voluntary period for EHS Notification and Registration Scheme will be extended until further notice.  The proposed date for this scheme to be mandatory will be published in the website two months prior to the implementation date.