UNITED NATIONS SC UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/27 Distr.: General 11 April 2011 Stockholm Convention English only on Persistent Organic Pollutants Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants Fifth meeting Geneva, 25–29 April 2011 Item 4 (j) of the provisional agenda* Matters related to the implementation of the Convention: effectiveness evaluation Draft revised guidance on the global monitoring plan for persistent organic pollutants Note by the Secretariat 1. By its decision SC-4/31 the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants adopted the terms of reference and mandate of the regional organization groups and the global coordination group and requested the Secretariat to support the global coordination group in updating the guidance document for the global monitoring plan with additional chapters on long-range transport, specimen banking and the impact of listing new chemicals in the Convention. 2. In response to the above request, the Secretariat convened an expert group comprising members of the global coordination group and invited experts from relevant fields and organized two meetings from 12 to 14 April 2010 and 4 to 6 October 2010 to evaluate the impact on the guidance on the global monitoring plan for persistent organic pollutants of the listing by the Conference of the Parties of nine new chemicals in the annexes to the Convention, and to revise the guidance document as appropriate. 3. The results of the expert group’s work were considered by the global coordination group for the global monitoring plan at a meeting held from 8 to 10 March 2011. The report of that meeting is provided in document UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/25. 4. The coordination group assessed the draft revised technical guidance on the sampling and analysis of new persistent organic pollutants in ambient air and human milk and blood, new information on environmental specimen banking, and sampling and analysis of new persistent organic pollutants in other media. The coordination group also revised the strategy, process and draft structure for the regional reports to include aspects related to subsequent effectiveness evaluations. 5. The coordination group has submitted the draft revised guidance on the global monitoring plan for persistent organic pollutants for consideration by the Conference of the Parties. It is provided in the annex to the present note and has not been formally edited. * UNEP/POPS/COP.5/1. K1171261 180411 UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/27 DDRRAAFFTT RREEVVIISSEEDD GGUUIIDDAANNCCEE OONN TTHHEE GGLLOOBBAALL MMOONNIITTOORRIINNGG PPLLAANN FFOORR PPEERRSSIISSTTEENNTT OORRGGAANNIICC PPOOLLLLUUTTAANNTTSS UNEP March 2011 2 UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/27 Draft revised guidance for the Global Monitoring Plan for persistent organic pollutant UNEP, March 2011 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The following experts are gratefully acknowledged for their valuable contributions to the revision of this guidance document: Mr. Tom Harner (Canada)*, Mr. Derek Muir (Canada), Mr. Zongwei Cai (China), Mr. Minghui Zheng (China)**, Mr. Ivan Holoubek (Czech Republic)*, Ms. Jana Klanova (Czech Republic), Mr. Yasuyuki Shibata (Japan)*, Mr. Roland Kallenborn (Norway), Mr. Torkjel Sandanger (Norway), Mr. Ramon Guardans (Spain)*, Mr. Bert van Bavel (Sweden), Ms. Britta Hedlund (Sweden) and Ms. Heidelore Fiedler (UNEP/DTIE Chemicals Branch). In addition, the revised guidance document was reviewed by further members of the global coordination group for the global monitoring plan: Mr. Malverne P. Spencer (Antigua and Barbuda), Ms. Anahit Aleksandryan (Armenia), Ms. Sara Broomhall (Australia), Mr. Lorenzo Caballero (Chile)***, Mr. Trajce Stafilov (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia), Mr. Sundar Ramanhathan (India), Mr. Vincent Odongo Madadi (Kenya), Ms. Halimatou Kone Esp Traore (Mali), Ms. Ana Patricia Martínez Bolivar (Mexico)*** and Mr. Najib Belmekki (Morocco). The following experts are acknowledged for their initial contributions to the production of the preliminary version of the guidance document: Mr. Juan Carlos Colombo (Argentina); Mr. Lars-Otto Reiersen (AMAP); Mr. Tom Harner (Canada); Mr. Oladele Osibanjo (Nigeria); Mr. Janneche Utne Skaare (Norway); Mr. Hindrik Bouwman, (South Africa); Mr. Anders Bignert (Sweden); Mr. Bo Jansson (Sweden); Mr. Bo Wahlström (Sweden); Ms. Heidelore Fiedler (UNEP/DTIE Chemicals Brach); Mr. Jørgen Schlundt (WHO). Initial input was also provided by further members of the Provisional ad hoc Technical Working Group for the global monitoring plan: Mr. Peter Weiss (Austria), Ms. Therese Yarde (Barbados), Mr. Mansourou Moudachirou (Benin), Ms. Tsvetanka Dimcheva (Bulgaria), Mr. Indrani Chandrasekharan (India), Mr. Demba Sidibe (Mali), Mr. Nee Sun Choong Kwet Yive (Mauritius), Ms. Anna Cumanova (Moldova) and Mr. Tor Johannessen (Norway). The support from Stockholm Convention Secretariat technical staff and contribution from UNEP/DTIE Chemicals Brach for the production of the initial draft is gratefully acknowledged. These contributions include input from Mr. David Stone, Mr. Frank Wania, Ms. Pierrette Blanchard, Mr. Len Barrie and Mr. José Sericano. DISCLAIMER The designations employed and the presentations in this volume are possible options, based on expert judgment, for the purpose of providing comparable POPs monitoring data for the effectiveness evaluation of the Stockholm Convention. UNEP or contributory organizations cannot be liable for misuse of the information contained in it. * Members of the expert group on the revision of the guidance document, of the global coordination group for the global monitoring plan and the provisional ad hoc technical working group for the global monitoring plan ** Member of the expert group on the revision of the guidance document and of the global coordination group for the global monitoring plan *** Also members of the provisional ad hoc technical working group for the global monitoring plan 3 UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/27 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND GLOSSARY OF TERMS List of abbreviations AMAP Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme ANCOVA Analysis of Covariance ANOVA Analysis of Variance BCF Bioconcentration Factor CEEPOPsCTR Central and Eastern European Centre for Persistent Organic Pollutants CEP Caspian Environment Programme CITES Conference on International Trade in Endangered Species COP Conference of the Parties (to a Convention) CRM Certified Reference Material CTD The characteristic travel distance– defined as the “half-distance” (analogous to a half-life) for a substance present in a mobile phase CV Coefficient of Variation DDD Metabolite of DDT DDE Metabolite of DDT ECD Electron capture detector ECEH European Centre for Environment and Health EMEP Co-operative Programme for Monitoring and Evaluation of the Long-Range Transmission of Air Pollutants in Europe EPA Environmental Protection Agency FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations GAPS Global Atmospheric Passive Sampling Survey GAW Global Atmosphere Watch GC Gas chromatography GEF Global Environment Fund GEMS Global Environment Monitoring System GMP Global Monitoring Plan GPC Gel permeation chromatography GPS Global positioning system HELCOM Helsinki Commission/The Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission HPLC High performance liquid chromatography HRGC High resolution gas chromatography (capillary column) HRMS High resolution mass spectrometer I L Instrumentation level IADN Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network ICES International Council for the Exploration of the Sea IMO International Maritime Organisation 4 UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/27 INSPQ Centre de Toxicologie du Québec IP/RP International/regional programmes IPCS International Programme on Chemical Safety JECFA Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives LOD Limit of detection LOQ Limit of quantification LRM Laboratory Reference Material LRMS Low resolution mass spectrometer LRTAP Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution Convention (under the auspices of UNECE) LRTP Long-range transport potential MDL Method detection limit MONARPOP Monitoring Network in the Alpine Region for Persistent Organic pollutants MS Mass selective detector NGOs Non-governmental organisations OC Organochlorine OCP Organochlorine pesticide OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OSPAR Oslo Paris Commissions, Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North East Atlantic PCB Polychlorinated biphenyls PCDD Polychlorinated dibenzo-para-dioxins PCDF Polychlorinated dibenzofurans POPs Persistent organic pollutants PRTRs Pollutant release and transfer registers PTS Persistent toxic substances PUF Polyurethane foam QA/QC Quality assurance and quality control regimes ROGs Regional organization groups for the Global Monitoring Plan SMOC The Sound Management of Chemicals (SMOC) initiative under the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (NAAEC) SOP Standard operating procedure TCDD Tetrachlorodibenzo-para-dioxin TEF Toxic equivalency factor TEQ Toxicity equivalents UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe UNEP United Nations Environment Programme WHO World Heath Organisation WMO World Meteorological Organization XAD Styrene/divinylbenzene-co-polymer resin 5 UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/27 Glossary of terms Activity Any programme or other activity or project that generates data or information on the levels of POPs in the environment or in humans that can contribute to the effectiveness evaluation under Article 16 of the Stockholm Convention Core matrices These are the matrices identified