National Implementation Plan for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Management in Turkey National Implementation Plan for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Management in Turkey August 2016 National Implementation Plan for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Management in Turkey Table of Contents Table of Contents ....................................................................................................................... 1 Abbreviations ............................................................................................................................. 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................ 5 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................. 7 1.1. Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and International POPs regulation ................... 7 1.2. Stockholm Convention ................................................................................................. 9 1.3. CRLTAP &POPs Protocol ......................................................................................... 11 1.4. EU Regulations .......................................................................................................... 11 1.5. Turkish National Implementation Plan of the SC ...................................................... 12 2. Country Profile ........................................................................................................... 13 2.1. General Information ................................................................................................... 13 2.2. Legal and Institutional Framework Regarding Environmental Policies .................... 13 2.2.1. Turkey’s Environmental Policy and Strategies .......................................................... 13 2.2.2. Roles and Responsibilities ......................................................................................... 14 2.2.3. Agreements/Conventions Related with POPs ............................................................ 16 2.2.4. Legal Framework on POPs ........................................................................................ 18 2.3. Inventory of POPs – status in Turkey (UNIDO, 2014) .............................................. 18 2.3.1. Agricultural and industrial chemicals (Annexes A and I of the Conventions) .......... 18 2.3.1.1. Pesticides and HCB .................................................................................................... 18 2.3.1.2. Hexabromobiphenyl (HBB) ....................................................................................... 19 2.3.1.3. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) ............................................................................. 19 2.3.1.4. Polybrominateddiphenylethers (PBDEs) ................................................................... 20 2.3.1.5. Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD, HBCDD) .......................................................... 21 2.3.1.6. Other and newly listed and candidate POPs .............................................................. 22 2.3.2. Agricultural and industrial chemicals (Annexes B and II of the Conventions) ......... 22 2.3.2.1. DDT ........................................................................................................................... 22 2.3.2.2. PFOS .......................................................................................................................... 22 2.3.3. Unintentionally produced POPs (uPOPs) (Annexes C and III of the Conventions) .. 23 2.3.3.1. PCDDs/Fs Inventory .................................................................................................. 25 2.3.3.2. Unintentionally produced PCBs ................................................................................. 27 2.3.3.3. Other unintentionally produced POPs ........................................................................ 27 2.3.4. Stockpiling, Wastes and Contaminated Sites ............................................................. 27 1 National Implementation Plan for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Management in Turkey 2.3.5. Future POPs Production, Use and Emissions ............................................................ 28 2.3.6. Current Programs and Results on Monitoring of POPs Emissions and Effects on Human Health and Environment ................................................................................ 28 2.3.7. Current level of information, awareness and education among target groups; existing systems to communicate such information to the various groups; mechanism for information exchange with other Parties to the Convention ...................................... 29 2.3.8. Activities of Non-Governmental Stakeholders related to POPs ................................ 30 2.3.9. Overview of technical infrastructure for POPs assessment, measurement, analysis, alternatives and prevention measures, management, research and development - linkage to international programs and projects .......................................................... 30 2.3.10. Identification of Impacted Populations or Environments, Estimated Scale and Magnitude of Threats to Public Health and Environmental Quality and Social Implications for Workers and Local Communities .................................................... 30 2.3.11. Details of any relevant system for the assessment and listing of new chemicals (Existing regulatory schemes for assessing new chemicals) ..................................... 31 2.3.12. Details of any relevant system for the assessment and regulation of chemicals already in the market (Existing regulatory schemes for assessing chemicals already in the market) ....................................................................................................................... 32 3. Strategy and Action Plan Elements of the POPs National Implementation Plan ...... 33 3.1. Introduction ................................................................................................................ 33 3.2. POPs National Priority Areas .................................................................................... 34 3.3. Activities, Strategies and Action Plans ...................................................................... 34 3.3.1. Institutional and Regulatory Strengthening Measures ............................................... 34 3.3.2. Management of Annex A Pesticides .......................................................................... 37 3.3.3. Management of PCBs and PCB Containing Equipment ............................................ 38 3.3.4. Management of BFRs ................................................................................................ 40 3.3.5. Management of DDT ................................................................................................. 42 3.3.6. Management of PFOS ................................................................................................ 43 3.3.7. Activities and Measures to reduce releases from the unintentional production of POPs ........................................................................................................................... 44 3.3.8. Identification of stockpiles, articles in use and wastes plan for assessment and management of releases from stockpiles and wastes ................................................. 45 3.3.9. Identification of contaminated sites (Annex A, B and C Chemicals) and remediation in an environmental sound manner ............................................................................ 46 3.3.10. Facilitating or undertaking information exchange and stakeholder involvement ...... 47 3.3.11. Public awareness, information and education ............................................................ 48 3.3.12. Assessment of Effectiveness ...................................................................................... 49 2 National Implementation Plan for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Management in Turkey 3.3.13. Reporting .................................................................................................................... 50 3.3.14. Research, development and monitoring ..................................................................... 51 3.3.15. Technical and Financial Assistance ........................................................................... 52 3.4. Timetable for Implementation and Measures to Take for Success ............................ 53 3.5. Final statement ........................................................................................................... 53 4. References .................................................................................................................. 55 ANNEXES................................................................................................................................56 3 National Implementation Plan for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Management in Turkey Abbreviations BEP Best Environmental Practices NPC National Project Coordinator BAT Best Available Techniques PAHs Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons CLRTAP Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air PBDEs Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers Pollution COP Conference of Parties PCBs Polychlorinated Biphenyls DDD Dichloro diphenyl dichloroethane PNCB Para-nitrochlorobenzene DDE Dichloro diphenyldichlor ethylene PCDD/Fs Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furans DDT Dichloro diphenyl