Division 4.2 Safe and environmentally sound management of hazardous materials

United Kingdom

The ship recycling facility is authorised to accept a ship for recycling that contains hazardous materials as specified in the following table subject to the conditions noted below:

Management of hazardous materials^f1	Descriptions of the management steps^f2
For the management of each item, the national and/or international requirements should be identified for reference. Any limitations imposed under the authorisation granted by the competent authority/-ies of the country where the facility is located should be mentioned. The hazardous materials may be present in parts of the ship or equipment (e.g. in paint or as plastic additives) or in chemical mixtures (e.g. cooling fluids).
As per Article 15(2)(f)(ii) of the Regulation, please 1) indicate which management process will be applied, 2) indicate the location where the activity takes place (either within the facility or at a downstream waste management facility — in the latter case, information should also be provided, including the facility name and contact information) and 3) provide evidence that the applied process will be carried out without endangering human health and in an environmentally sound manner.
1) Asbestos	Removal Storage Waste treatment
Management of hazardous materials	Descriptions of the management steps
2) Ozone-depleting substances	Removal Storage Waste treatment
Heavy metals: 3)) Tinorganic anti-fouling compounds and system 4)) Cadmium and Cadmium Compounds 5)) Hexavalent Chromium and Hexavalent Chromium Compounds 6)) Lead and Lead Compounds 7)) Mercury and Mercury Compounds	Removal Storage Waste treatment
Flame retardants: 8)) Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) 9)) Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) 10)) Polybrominated Biphenyl (PBBs)	Removal Storage Waste treatment
11) Radioactive substances	Removal Storage Waste treatment
Management of hazardous materials	Descriptions of the management steps
Other Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) 12)) Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) 13)) Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) 14)) Polychlorinated Napthalenes (more than 3 chlorine atoms) 15)) Certain Short-Chain Chlorinated Paraffins (SCCP) (Alkanes, C10-C13, chloro)	Removal Storage Waste treatment
16) Hazardous liquids, residues and sediments	Removal Storage Waste treatment
17) Paints and coatings that are highly flammable and/or lead to toxic release	Removal Storage Waste treatment
18) Other Hazardous Materials not listed above and that are not part of the ship structure (specify)	Removal Storage Waste treatment

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: For the management of each item, the national and/or international requirements should be identified for reference. Any limitations imposed under the authorisation granted by the competent authority/-ies of the country where the facility is located should be mentioned. The hazardous materials may be present in parts of the ship or equipment (e.g. in paint or as plastic additives) or in chemical mixtures (e.g. cooling fluids).
f2: As per Article 15(2)(f)(ii) of the Regulation, please 1) indicate which management process will be applied, 2) indicate the location where the activity takes place (either within the facility or at a downstream waste management facility — in the latter case, information should also be provided, including the facility name and contact information) and 3) provide evidence that the applied process will be carried out without endangering human health and in an environmentally sound manner.

Notes on the whole EU Decision

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Title substituted (31.12.2020) by The Ship Recycling (Facilities and Requirements for Hazardous Materials on Ships) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/277), regs. 1, 7(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)