Annex II Pollutants
United Kingdom
| Unless otherwise specified any pollutant specified in Annex II shall be reported as the total mass of that pollutant or, where the pollutant is a group of substances, as the total mass of the group. | |||||
| A hyphen (—) indicates that the parameter and medium in question do not trigger a reporting requirement. | |||||
| Total mass of hydrogen fluorocarbons: sum of HFC23, HFC32, HFC41, HFC4310mee, HFC125, HFC134, HFC134a, HFC152a, HFC143, HFC143a, HFC227ea, HFC236fa, HFC245ca, HFC365mfc. | |||||
| Total mass of perfluorocarbons: sum of CF4, C2F6, C3F8, C4F10, c-C4F8, C5F12, C6F14. | |||||
| Total mass of substances including their isomers listed in Group VIII of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 June 2000 on substances that deplete the ozone layer (OJ L 244, 29.9.2000, p. 1). Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1804/2003 (OJ L 265, 16.10.2003, p. 1). | |||||
| Total mass of substances including their isomers listed in Group I and II of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000. | |||||
| Total mass of substances including their isomers listed in Group III and VI of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000. | |||||
| All metals shall be reported as the total mass of the element in all chemical forms present in the release. | |||||
| Halogenated organic compounds which can be adsorbed to activated carbon expressed as chloride. | |||||
| Expressed as I-TEQ. | |||||
| Single pollutants are to be reported if the threshold for BTEX (the sum parameter of benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, xylenes) is exceeded. | |||||
| Total mass of the following brominated diphenylethers: penta-BDE, octa-BDE and deca-BDE. | |||||
| Total mass of phenol and simple substituted phenols expressed as total carbon. | |||||
| Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are to be measured for reporting of releases to air as benzo(a)pyrene (50-32-8), benzo(b)fluoranthene (205-99-2), benzo(k)fluoranthene (207-08-9), indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene (193-39-5) (derived from Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on persistent organic pollutants (OJ L 229, 29.6.2004, p. 5)). | |||||
| Total mass of tributyltin compounds, expressed as mass of tributyltin. | |||||
| Total mass of triphenyltin compounds, expressed as mass of triphenyltin. | |||||
| Total mass of xylene (ortho-xylene, meta-xylene, para-xylene). | |||||
| No | CAS number | Pollutantf2 | Threshold for releases(column 1) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| to air(column 1a)kg/year | to water(column 1b)kg/year | to land(column 1c)kg/year | |||
| 1 | 74-82-8 | Methane (CH4) | 100 000 | —f3 | — |
| 2 | 630-08-0 | Carbon monoxide (CO) | 500 000 | — | — |
| 3 | 124-38-9 | Carbon dioxide (CO2) | 100 million | — | — |
| 4 | Hydro-fluorocarbons (HFCs)f4 | 100 | — | — | |
| 5 | 10024-97-2 | Nitrous oxide (N2O) | 10 000 | — | — |
| 6 | 7664-41-7 | Ammonia (NH3) | 10 000 | — | — |
| 7 | Non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOC) | 100 000 | — | — | |
| 8 | Nitrogen oxides (NOx/NO2) | 100 000 | — | — | |
| 9 | Perfluorocarbons (PFCs)f5 | 100 | — | — | |
| 10 | 2551-62-4 | Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) | 50 | — | — |
| 11 | Sulphur oxides (SOx/SO2) | 150 000 | — | — | |
| 12 | Total nitrogen | — | 50 000 | 50 000 | |
| 13 | Total phosphorus | — | 5 000 | 5 000 | |
| 14 | Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs)f6 | 1 | — | — | |
| 15 | Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)f7 | 1 | — | — | |
| 16 | Halonsf8 | 1 | — | — | |
| 17 | Arsenic and compounds (as As)f9 | 20 | 5 | 5 | |
| 18 | Cadmium and compounds (as Cd) | 10 | 5 | 5 | |
| 19 | Chromium and compounds (as Cr) | 100 | 50 | 50 | |
| 20 | Copper and compounds (as Cu) | 100 | 50 | 50 | |
| 21 | Mercury and compounds (as Hg) | 10 | 1 | 1 | |
| 22 | Nickel and compounds (as Ni) | 50 | 20 | 20 | |
| 23 | Lead and compounds (as Pb) | 200 | 20 | 20 | |
| 24 | Zinc and compounds (as Zn) | 200 | 100 | 100 | |
| 25 | 15972-60-8 | Alachlor | — | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | 309-00-2 | Aldrin | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | 1912-24-9 | Atrazine | — | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | 57-74-9 | Chlordane | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | 143-50-0 | Chlordecone | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | 470-90-6 | Chlorfenvinphos | — | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | 85535-84-8 | Chloro-alkanes, C10-C13 | — | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | 2921-88-2 | Chlorpyrifos | — | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | 50-29-3 | DDT | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | 107-06-2 | 1,2-dichloroethane (EDC) | 1 000 | 10 | 10 |
| 35 | 75-09-2 | Dichloromethane (DCM) | 1 000 | 10 | 10 |
| 36 | 60-57-1 | Dieldrin | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | 330-54-1 | Diuron | — | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | 115-29-7 | Endosulphan | — | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | 72-20-8 | Endrin | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Halogenated organic compounds (as AOX)f10 | — | 1 000 | 1 000 | |
| 41 | 76-44-8 | Heptachlor | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | 118-74-1 | Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 43 | 87-68-3 | Hexachlorobutadiene (HCBD) | — | 1 | 1 |
| 44 | 608-73-1 | 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane(HCH) | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 | 58-89-9 | Lindane | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 46 | 2385-85-5 | Mirex | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 47 | PCDD + PCDF (dioxins + furans) (as Teq)f11 | 0,0001 | 0,0001 | 0,0001 | |
| 48 | 608-93-5 | Pentachlorobenzene | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 49 | 87-86-5 | Pentachlorophenol (PCP) | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 50 | 1336-36-3 | Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) | 0,1 | 0,1 | 0,1 |
| 51 | 122-34-9 | Simazine | — | 1 | 1 |
| 52 | 127-18-4 | Tetrachloroethylene (PER) | 2 000 | 10 | — |
| 53 | 56-23-5 | Tetrachloromethane (TCM) | 100 | 1 | — |
| 54 | 12002-48-1 | Trichlorobenzenes (TCBs) (all isomers) | 10 | 1 | — |
| 55 | 71-55-6 | 1,1,1-trichloroethane | 100 | — | — |
| 56 | 79-34-5 | 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane | 50 | — | — |
| 57 | 79-01-6 | Trichloroethylene | 2 000 | 10 | — |
| 58 | 67-66-3 | Trichloromethane | 500 | 10 | — |
| 59 | 8001-35-2 | Toxaphene | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 60 | 75-01-4 | Vinyl chloride | 1 000 | 10 | 10 |
| 61 | 120-12-7 | Anthracene | 50 | 1 | 1 |
| 62 | 71-43-2 | Benzene | 1 000 | 200 (as BTEX)f12 | 200 (as BTEX) |
| 63 | Brominated diphenylethers (PBDE)f13 | — | 1 | 1 | |
| 64 | Nonylphenol and Nonylphenol ethoxylates (NP/NPEs) | — | 1 | 1 | |
| 65 | 100-41-4 | Ethyl benzene | — | 200 (as BTEX) | 200 (as BTEX) |
| 66 | 75-21-8 | Ethylene oxide | 1 000 | 10 | 10 |
| 67 | 34123-59-6 | Isoproturon | — | 1 | 1 |
| 68 | 91-20-3 | Naphthalene | 100 | 10 | 10 |
| 69 | Organotin compounds(as total Sn) | — | 50 | 50 | |
| 70 | 117-81-7 | Di-(2-ethyl hexyl) phthalate (DEHP) | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 71 | 108-95-2 | Phenols (as total C)f14 | — | 20 | 20 |
| 72 | Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)f15 | 50 | 5 | 5 | |
| 73 | 108-88-3 | Toluene | — | 200 (as BTEX) | 200 (as BTEX) |
| 74 | Tributyltin and compoundsf16 | — | 1 | 1 | |
| 75 | Triphenyltin and compoundsf17 | — | 1 | 1 | |
| 76 | Total organic carbon (TOC) (as total C or COD/3) | — | 50 000 | — | |
| 77 | 1582-09-8 | Trifluralin | — | 1 | 1 |
| 78 | 1330-20-7 | Xylenesf18 | — | 200 (as BTEX) | 200 (as BTEX) |
| 79 | Chlorides (as total Cl) | — | 2 million | 2 million | |
| 80 | Chlorine and inorganic compounds (as HCl) | 10 000 | — | — | |
| 81 | 1332-21-4 | Asbestos | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 82 | Cyanides (as total CN) | — | 50 | 50 | |
| 83 | Fluorides (as total F) | — | 2 000 | 2 000 | |
| 84 | Fluorine and inorganic compounds (as HF) | 5 000 | — | — | |
| 85 | 74-90-8 | Hydrogen cyanide (HCN) | 200 | — | — |
| 86 | Particulate matter (PM10) | 50 000 | — | — | |
| 87 | 1806-26-4 | Octylphenols and Octylphenol ethoxylates | — | 1 | — |
| 88 | 206-44-0 | Fluoranthene | — | 1 | — |
| 89 | 465-73-6 | Isodrin | — | 1 | — |
| 90 | 36355-1-8 | Hexabromobiphenyl | 0,1 | 0,1 | 0,1 |
| 91 | 191-24-2 | Benzo(g,h,i)perylene | 1 | ||
Annotations
Footnotes
- f1
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Releases of pollutants falling into several categories of pollutants shall be reported for each of these categories.
- f2
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Unless otherwise specified any pollutant specified in Annex II shall be reported as the total mass of that pollutant or, where the pollutant is a group of substances, as the total mass of the group.
- f3
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A hyphen (—) indicates that the parameter and medium in question do not trigger a reporting requirement.
- f4
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Total mass of hydrogen fluorocarbons: sum of HFC23, HFC32, HFC41, HFC4310mee, HFC125, HFC134, HFC134a, HFC152a, HFC143, HFC143a, HFC227ea, HFC236fa, HFC245ca, HFC365mfc.
- f5
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Total mass of perfluorocarbons: sum of CF4, C2F6, C3F8, C4F10, c-C4F8, C5F12, C6F14.
- f6
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Total mass of substances including their isomers listed in Group VIII of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 June 2000 on substances that deplete the ozone layer (OJ L 244, 29.9.2000, p. 1). Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1804/2003 (OJ L 265, 16.10.2003, p. 1).
- f7
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Total mass of substances including their isomers listed in Group I and II of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000.
- f8
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Total mass of substances including their isomers listed in Group III and VI of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000.
- f9
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All metals shall be reported as the total mass of the element in all chemical forms present in the release.
- f10
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Halogenated organic compounds which can be adsorbed to activated carbon expressed as chloride.
- f11
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Expressed as I-TEQ.
- f12
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Single pollutants are to be reported if the threshold for BTEX (the sum parameter of benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, xylenes) is exceeded.
- f13
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Total mass of the following brominated diphenylethers: penta-BDE, octa-BDE and deca-BDE.
- f14
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Total mass of phenol and simple substituted phenols expressed as total carbon.
- f15
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are to be measured for reporting of releases to air as benzo(a)pyrene (50-32-8), benzo(b)fluoranthene (205-99-2), benzo(k)fluoranthene (207-08-9), indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene (193-39-5) (derived from Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on persistent organic pollutants (OJ L 229, 29.6.2004, p. 5)).
- f16
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Total mass of tributyltin compounds, expressed as mass of tributyltin.
- f17
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Total mass of triphenyltin compounds, expressed as mass of triphenyltin.
- f18
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Total mass of xylene (ortho-xylene, meta-xylene, para-xylene).