| Front page | | Next |

Assessment of the Impact of an EC Directive on Priority Substances under the WFD on the Current Regulation of Contaminated Sites

Contents

Summary and conclusions

Sammendrag og konklusioner

1 Introduction

• 1.1 Background
• 1.2 Objectives
• 1.3 Project scope and delimitation
  • 1.3.1 Point sources
  • 1.3.2 Diffuse contamination
• 1.4 Project Organisation

2 Methodology

• 2.1 Step 1
  • 2.1.1 Use and production in Denmark
  • 2.1.2 Substance characteristics
  • 2.1.3 Will the contamination be detected in the framework of normal practice/legislation?
  • 2.1.4 Types of contaminated sites and spreading of contamination
  • 2.1.5 An overall assessment of substances and contaminated sites of relevance
• 2.2 Step 2
• 2.3 Need for further action

3 Step 1 - Substances and types of contaminated sites of relevance

• 3.1 Present and historical uses of the 41 substances
• 3.2 Physical-chemical properties
• 3.3 Present administration and legislation
  • 3.3.1 Acts and orders
  • 3.3.2 Quality Guidelines
  • 3.3.3 Practice on environmental investigations and assessments
  • 3.3.4 Acts, orders and practice in relation to project objective
  • 3.3.5 Identification of substances of concern regarding quality standard scenarios
  • 3.3.6 Substances of concern regarding practice on analysis
• 3.4 Types of contaminated sites of concern
  • 3.4.1 Dilution of contaminated water leaching from point sources
  • 3.4.2 Dilution trough drainage systems
• 3.5 Substances constituting a risk of exceeding EQSs
  • 3.5.1 Relevant substances
  • 3.5.2 Need for dilution to comply with the EQS
• 3.6 Phase out of hazardous priority substances

4 Step 2 - Number of sites in Denmark constituting a risk

• 4.1 Geographic distribution of areas near surface waters
  • 4.1.1 Areas close to surface waters
• 4.2 Geographical distribution of sites
• 4.3 Number of major sites
• 4.4 Number of minor sites
  • 4.4.1 Sites contaminated with HCH/lindane
  • 4.4.2 Sites contaminated with nonylphenol/octylphenol
  • 4.4.3 Sites contaminated with tributyltin compounds
  • 4.4.4 Sites contaminated with trichlorobenzene
  • 4.4.5 Sites contaminated with pentachlorophenole
  • 4.4.6 Sites contaminated with trichloromethane
  • 4.4.7 Waste dumps
• 4.5 Total estimate on sites of relevance
  • 4.5.1 Sites at risk of exceeding the EQSs
  • 4.5.2 Sites of relevance regarding phase-out of PHS

5 Assessing the need for further action

• 5.1 General problem or not?

6 Conclusions

7 References

| Front page | | Next | | Top |

Version 1.0 February 2009, © Danish Environmental Protection Agency