Serbian Railways” - Polluted Soils
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JSC “Serbian Railways” - polluted soils Mr. Dragan Marinković MSc, Director of the Center for Sustainable Development NEW ORGANISATION STRUCTURE JSC “SERBIAN RAILWAYS” JSC “SERBIAN RAILWAYS” Holding Infrastructure Railway Asset Passenger Service Freight Service Management Management Company Company Company Company Number of employees: 18,389 TERRITORY ORGANISATION JSC “SERBIAN RAILWAYS” 13 NODE SECTIONS: • Beograd • Niš • Kraljevo • Zaječar • Lapovo • Užice • Novi Sad • Subotica • Zrenjanin • Ruma • Pančevo • Kosovo Polje Serbian Legislation Umbrella Act Law on Environmental Protection, “Official Gazette of RS”, No 135/04 and 36/09 Polluter and its Legal Successor Responsibility Principle Legal entity or natural person that by their illegal or unduly activities causes the environmental pollution is deemed responsible in accordance with law. Serbian Legislation Umbrella Act Law on Environmental Protection, “Official Gazette of RS”, No 135/04 and 36/09 “Polluter Pays“ Principle - A polluter is charged with the environmental protection fee when by carrying out activities that cause or may cause load of environment, i.e. if produce, use or put on sale raw material, semi-finished product or product containing substances harmful for environment. JSC “Serbian Railways” plans its activities taking the following into account: • National Millenium Development Goals in the Republic of Serbia, 2006. • National Programme for Integration of the Republic of Serbia into the European Union, 2008. • National Sustainable Development Strategy, 2008. • National Environmental Approximation Strategy for the Republic of Serbia, 2011 Contaminated Spots of JSC Serbian Railways The biggest system soil pollutants: i. Rolling Stock Maintenance Department (ZOVS) ii. Fuel, Oil and Grease Warehouses i. Rolling Stock Maintenance Department (ZOVS) deals with Current and investment maintenance of traction and hauled railway vehicles; Manufacture and recuperation of spare parts and brake equipment i. Rolling Stock Maintenance Department (ZOVS) is territorially and organizationally divided into several sections, as follows: • Central -Beograd; •Novi Sad; •Subotica; •Niš; •Kraljevo. i. Rolling Stock Maintenance Department (ZOVS) There are organizational units: •For the investment and current maintenance of: passenger coaches; freight wagons; DMUs and EMUs • For the maintenance of wheel-sets; brake equipment; • Storage Activities Services. Land contamination around workshops and depots for rolling stock maintenance occur due to: • Aged and insuffficiently maintained workshop and depot facilities, as well as derelict canals for rolling stock repair. ii. Fuel, Oil and Grease Warehouses - They belong to Train Traction Department in organizational terms and territorially are divided in several sections, as follows: 1. Beograd; 2. Lapovo; 3. Kraljevo; 4. Niš; 5. Zaječar; 6. Novi Sad; 7. Ruma; 8. Zrenjanin; 9. Subotica; 10. Užice. ii. Fuel, Oil and Grease Warehouses They are used for the following purposes : Delivery of driving fuel, oil and grease necessary for operation and maintenance of rolling stock. Take-over and temporary storage of used oil generated in workshops and depots for rolling stock maintenance. ii. Fuel, Oil and Grease Warehouses THE MOST POLLUTED SPOTS • STORAGES • PUMP STATIONS • ROLLING STOCK WASHING FACILITES • SERVICE WORKSHOPS STORAGES : Absence of adequate containers and plants for collection and disposal of used motor, hydraulic and mineral transformer oil. STORAGES : Absence of containers for adequate disposal of oily filters and cloths for hands, tools and parts. STORAGES : Land contamination around warehouses for fuel, oil and grease delivery occur due to: Dilapidated and insufficiently maintained warehouse premises for oil and grease storage as well as pumps for diesel-fuel delivery; Incompliance with legal standards for the construction of warehouse space; STORAGES : Land contamination around warehouses for fuel, oil and grease delivery occur due to: STORAGES: Land contamination around warehouses for fuel, oil and grease delivery occur due to : PUMP STATION: Inadequate technical solutions concerning the tracks for the locomotive feeding without collector for leaked oils and petroleum collecting. PUMP STATION: Inadequate technical solutions concerning the tracks for the locomotive feeding without collector for leaked oils and petroleum collecting. DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES average age is 30-40 years. During the running many of these locomotives spill the oils that leave the trails along the rail line. PRELIMINARY MEASURES UNDERTAKEN TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS: THE NODE: NIŠ 50 samples Area covered: 500sqm Findings: contaminated, mostly with mineral oils PRELIMINARY MEASURES UNDERTAKEN TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS: REPORTING of the JSC Serbian Railways (in progress): Identification of the contaminated locations in the JSC Serbian Railways – the obligations towards the Environmental Protection Agency. Plans of the JSC Serbian Railways : Methodology for the treating of the soil pollution problem: 1. Development of the documents plan concerning the priority locations for the remediation– we are asking the assets based on the laboratory findings and the proposed Study 2. Study on the determination of soil pollution level and the size of contaminated areas– For each contaminated site 3. REMEDIATION PROCESS clean soil! 4. MONITORING THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION Mr. Dragan Marinkovic M Sc. [email protected] .