NATIONAL PROFILE on Chemicals Management - UNITAR

● General Affairs Division,Environmental Management Bureau● Office of Dioxins Control, GeneralAffairs Division, EnvironmentalManagement Bureau● Air Quality Management Division,Environmental Management Bureau● Water Environment ManagementDivision, Water EnvironmentDepartment● Soil Environment ManagementDivision, Water EnvironmentDepartment● Agricultural Chemicals ControlOffice, Water EnvironmentDepartment● Office of Groundwater and GroundEnvironment, Water EnvironmentDepartment● Waste Management Division, WasteManagement and RecyclingDepartment● Industrial Waste ManagementDivision, Waste Management andRecycling Department● Office of Waste DisposalManagement, Waste ManagementRecycling Department- Matters related to environmental standards regarding air pollution.- Matters related to preventing environmental pollution caused by dioxins.- Matters related to regulations of the pollution prevention as well as pollutionprevention (air pollution, noise, vibration and odour).- Matters related to environmental standards regarding water contamination(including bottom sediment contamination).- Matters related to environmental standards regarding soil contamination.- Matters related to regulations regarding the prevention of soil contamination.- Matters related to the establishment of standards for withholding registrationand the usage restrictions on agricultural chemicals from an environmentalconservation point of view.- Matters related to regulations for preventing groundwater contamination.- Matters related to the formulation of standards and regulations regardinggroundwater contamination.- Matters related to controlling the disposal and correct treatment of domesticwastes.- Matters related to the formulation of standards and regulations regarding themaintenance and management of the sewage system’s back-end purificationplants as well as the implementation of such regulations from an environmentalconservation point of view.- Matters related to overall administration regarding the development anddiffusion of technology in relation to matters under the jurisdiction of theWaste Management and Recycling Department.- Matters related to controlling the disposal and correct treatment of industrialwaste.- Matters related to regulations regarding the export, import, transport anddisposal of specified hazardous wastes.- Matters related to the correct treatment of waste which has properties such asexplosiveness, toxicity or infectiousness and others causing damage to humanhealth or the living environment.INCORPORATED ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES(IAA)● National Institute of IndustrialHealth (NIIH)● National Institute of AdvancedIndustrial Science and Technology(AIST)● National Institute of Technologyand Evaluation (NITE)OVERVIEW OF BUSINESSES- Investigation of mechanism of health effects and new chemicals of hazardassessment techniques for establishment.- Development of measurement and control methods for physical and chemicalfactors at work.- Research and development of industrial infrastructure technology, includingmeasurement standards, geological surveys and development of basetechnologies necessary for the maintenance of the techno-infrastructure ofJapan.- Research on energy and environmental technology which requires initiatives ofthe government to develop.- Interdisciplinary and broad-spectrum research activities to promote innovationand reinforce the international competitive strength of Japanese industry andencourage the creation of new industries.- Systematic collection, evaluation, organisation and provision of technologicalknowledge, experiences and know-how required for the administration ofeconomy, trade and industry, in the fields of biotechnology, chemicalmanagement, conformity assessment and human life and welfare, through37