Subject: Follow up to decision OEWG-V/12: Technical guidelines on
persistent organic pollutants
Invites Parties and others to submit comments to the Secretariat on the
updating of the following issues in the general technical guidelines:
(a) Destruction and irreversible transformation methods and related
disposal operations (section IV.G.2), taking into account the
suggestions by Germany on waste-to-gas conversion and thermal and
metallurgical production of metals;
Comments: Brazil does not object the inclusion of the waste-to-gas
conversion process in the General Technical Guidelines on POPs. It is
noted that this process was already mentioned in Document
UNEP/CHW/OEWG/5/INF/21 referred to the comments by the European
Community. We would like to clarify, however that we do not have
substantial information about the capacity for destruction and irreversible
transformation related to this technology.
(b) Other disposal methods when destruction or irreversible
transformation does not represent the environmentally preferable option
(section IV.G.3);
(b) Other disposal methods when persistent organic pollutant content is
low (section IV.G.4);
Comments: At the present time, Brazil does not have this information
accurately. Although, we expect to provide this data through the National
Implementation Plan.
(d) Examples of pertinent national legislation (annex II) and selected
analytical methods for persistent organic pollutants (annex III);
Comments:
Examples of pertinent national legislation
Legislation
Brief description
Inter ministerial
Act (MME, MDIC, MI)
N°19/1981
Bans the establishment of manufacturing
processes whose major purpose is to
produce PCBs
Norm ABNT/NBR
N° 8371/1997
Procedures for handling, transport and
storage of materials containing PCBs
Resolution CETESB
(São Paulo state)
N° 007/1997
Norm MAPA
Determines limits for PCDDs and PCDFs on
emissions from medical waste incinerators with
capacity > 200 kg/day
Registers all food and feed manufacturers;
N° 8/1999, N° 10/1999
Resolution CONAMA
N° 264/1999
Resolution CONAMA
N° 313/2002
Resolution CONAMA
N° 316/2002
Resolution CONAMA
N ° 334/2003
Decision CETESB
(São Paulo state)
N° 26/2003
Regulation ANVISA
N° 518/2004
Resolution CONAMA
N° 357/2005
establishes limits to permitted dioxin/furan
contamination in products, monitors
production
Procedures for environmental licensing on
waste co-processing in cement kilns
Provides for an inventory of PCB stocks and
industrial wastes
Procedures and criteria for operating
thermal wastes treatment systems, provides
limits on dioxin and furan emissions
Procedures for environmental licensing for
those establishments responsible for receiving
pesticides package
Determines limits for PCDDs and PCDFs on
waste co-processing in cement kilns
Provides maximum permitted levels for aldrin,
chlordane, DDT, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlore
and HCB in effluents discharged to potable
water and sets out responsibilities for control
and monitoring
Provides maximum permitted levels for POPs in
effluents discharged to water
Selected analytical methods for persistent organic pollutants
Norm NBR N° 13882:1997 : Electrical Insulating Liquids - Determination of
PCB contents.