Ⅰ. Background and Purpose of Study
o [Background] Article 3 Paragraph 1 of the Chemical Substances Control Act stipulates 14 chemical substances to be excluded from the Act. Except for Paragraph 1 No. 1 (radioactive substances under the Nuclear Safety Act), chemical substances referred to in Numbers 2 through 14 are stipulated to be subject to the relevant provisions of the Chemical Substances Control Act (Article 3, Paragraph 3) notwithstanding Paragraph 1, unless there are provisions on the management of chemicals and response measures for chemical accidents in the relevant statutes, such that there is room for various interpretations of the scope of application of the Act, resulting in confusion.

o [Purpose] To examine the need to apply the Chemical Substances Control Act to the excluded chemical substances, propose safety management measures for cases excluded from the Chemical Substances Control Act, and prepare improvement measures to clarify the application targets and regulation levels for chemical substances excluded from the scope of the Chemical Substances Control Act.

Ⅱ. Analysis of the Management of Chemical Substances Excluded from the Scope of the Chemical Substances Control Act.
1. Analysis of the Management of Chemical Substances per Type Handled by Different Businesses
oReview of the operation of the statistical investigation system by the relevant ministries to identify the management status of chemical substances excluded from the scope of the Chemical Substances Control Act
ㅇThe Chemical Substances Control Act has provisions for the statistical inve