National Plan for Implementation of Stockholm Convention, with an Action Plan for 2019-2023
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Ministry of Sustainable Develoment and Tourism NATIONAL PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF STOCKHOLM CONVENTION, WITH AN ACTION PLAN FOR 2019-2023 July 2019 SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................................................. 7 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................................... 8 I NATIONAL PROFILE OF MONTENEGRO .................................................................................................................... 9 Geographic characteristics and economic profile of the country .......................................................................... 9 1.2. Water resources ............................................................................................................................................ 10 1.3. Forests ........................................................................................................................................................... 10 1.4. Agriculture ..................................................................................................................................................... 11 1.5. Manufacturing industry ................................................................................................................................. 12 II OVERVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION ....................................................................................................... 13 2.1. Air .................................................................................................................................................................. 13 2.2. Water ............................................................................................................................................................. 14 2.3. Land ............................................................................................................................................................... 14 2.4. Environmental risk factors ............................................................................................................................. 17 III INSTITUTIONAL AND LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR POPs MANAGEMENT ...................................................... 19 3.1. Institutional framework for POPs management ............................................................................................ 19 3.2. International agreements .............................................................................................................................. 24 3.3. European legislation ...................................................................................................................................... 27 3.4. Master strategy papers ................................................................................................................................. 29 3.5. Sectoral strategic documents ........................................................................................................................ 30 3.6. Montenegrin Legislation ................................................................................................................................ 32 IV MANAGING OF POPs CHEMICALS IN MONTENEGRO ........................................................................................... 41 4.1. Assessment of POPs pesticides...................................................................................................................... 41 4.2. Preliminary inventory of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) ........................................................................ 58 4.3. PFOS and its related substances .................................................................................................................... 71 4.4. Overview of POP-PBDEs and HBB management ........................................................................................... 84 4.4.3. Initial assessment (Level I) ........................................................................................................................ 94 4.4.4 Preliminary inventory (Level II) ................................................................................................................... 95 4.4.5. Inventory of POP-PBDE in electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) and related waste (WEEE) ........... 108 4.5. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) ................................................................................................................ 119 4.6. Assessment of releases of unintentionally produced POPs from Annex C (PCDD/PCDF, HCB and PCB) of the Stockholm Convention ....................................................................................................................................... 134 V. HEALTH IMPACT OF POPs CHEMICALS IN MONTENEGRO ................................................................................. 156 VI. OVERVIEW OF TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ASSESSMENT OF POPS CHEMICALS, TESTING AND MEASUREMENT ..................................................................................................................................................... 158 VII APPLYING GENDER SENSITIVE APPROACH IN NIP UPDATE ............................................................................... 159 VIII STRATEGIC AND OPERATIONAL GOALS WITH ACCOMPANYING PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND ACTIVITIES ............................................................................................................................................................................... 160 8. 1. Monitoring Implementation of the Plan and Reporting ............................................................................. 165 IX ACTION PLAN ..................................................................................................................................................... 168 ACTION PLAN FOR PRODUCTS CONTAINING PBDEs, HBB AND HBCDD ................................................................. 168 ACTION PLAN FOR PRODUCTS CONTAINING PFOS ................................................................................................ 172 ACTION PLAN FOR MONITORING AND RESEARCH OF POPs .................................................................................. 175 2 ACTION PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRATEGY FOR COMMUNICATION, AWARANESS RAISING AND EDUCATION ON POPs ............................................................................................................................................. 182 ACTION PLAN FOR UNINTENTIONALYLY PRODUCED POPs .................................................................................... 187 ACTION PLAN FOR POPs PESTICIDES ...................................................................................................................... 194 ACTION PLAN FOR WASTE CONTAINING PBDEs, HBB and HBCDD ........................................................................ 196 ACTION PLAN FOR THE WASTE CONTAINING PFOS ............................................................................................... 201 ACTION PLAN FOR THE USE OF PCB FLUIDS IN DEVICES ........................................................................................ 204 ACTION PLAN FOR CONTAMINATED SITES ............................................................................................................. 206 3 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONIMS BAT Best Available Techniques BEP Best Environmental Practices DDE Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene DDT Dichlorodiphenyl Trichloroethane EC European Community ECHA European Chemical Agency EEC European Economic Community EFSA European Food Safety Authority of the European Union FAO Food and Agriculture Organization GDP Gross Domestic Product GEF Global Environment Facility HBB Hexabromobiphenyl HBCD Hexabromo cyclo dodecane HCB Hexachlorobenzene HCH Hexachloro Cyclohexane IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer IPCS International Programme on Chemical Safety IPPC Integrated Prevention and Pollution Control ISO International Organisation for Standardisation MSDT Ministry of sustainable development and tourism MARD Ministry of agriculture and rural development MIA Ministry of interior affairs MTMA Ministry of transport and maritime affairs 4 NGOs Non-Governmental Organizations NIP National Implementation Plan NEPA Agency for Nature and Environment Protection OCPs Organochlorine pesticides OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development PAH Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons PBDEs Polybrominated diphenyl ethers PCB Polychlorinated biphenyl PCDD/PCDF Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans PCT Polychlorinated Terphenyls PFOS Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid or perfluorooctane sulfonate PFOSF Perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride POPs Persistent Organic Pollutants PRTR Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers REACH Regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals SAICM Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management SC Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants SVHC Substances of very high concern TEQ Toxic Equivalent UN United Nations UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization UNEP United Nations Environmental Program 5 USEPA United States Environmental Protection Agency WHO World Health Organization