Division Part 2 Wastes and operations to which Article 7(4)(b) applies

Alkanes C₁₀-C₁₃, chloro (short-chain chlorinated paraffins) (SCCPs): 10 000 mg/kg;

• Aldrin: 5 000 mg/kg;

• Chlordane: 5 000 mg/kg;

• Chlordecone: 5 000 mg/kg;

• DDT (1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis (4-chlorophenyl) ethane): 5 000 mg/kg;

• Dieldrin: 5 000 mg/kg;

• Endosulfan: 5 000 mg/kg;

• Endrin: 5 000 mg/kg;

• Heptachlor: 5 000 mg/kg;

• Hexabromobiphenyl: 5 000 mg/kg;

• Hexabromocyclododecane^f3: 1 000 mg/kg;

• Hexachlorobenzene: 5 000 mg/kg;

• Hexachlorobutadiene: 1 000 mg/kg;

• Hexachlorocyclohexanes, including lindane: 5 000 mg/kg;

• Mirex: 5 000 mg/kg;

• Pentachlorobenzene: 5 000 mg/kg;

• Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and its derivatives (PFOS) (C₈F₁₇SO₂X) (X = OH, Metal salt (O-M+), halide, amide, and other derivatives including polymers): 50 mg/kg;

• Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)^f4: 50 mg/kg;

• Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans: 5 mg/kg;

• Polychlorinated naphthalenes (*): 1 000 mg/kg;

• F5Sum of the concentrations of tetrabromodiphenyl ether (C₁₂H₆Br₄O), pentabromodiphenyl ether (C₁₂H₅Br₅O), hexabromodiphenyl ether (C₁₂H₄Br₆O), heptabromodiphenyl ether (C₁₂H₃Br₇O) and decabromodiphenyl ether (C₁₂Br₁₀O;

• Toxaphene: 5 000 mg/kg F6;

• Sum of the concentrations of Pentachlorophenol, its salts, and its esters: 1000 mg/kg;

• Dicofol: 5000 mg/kg;

• Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds (as defined in Annex 1): 50 mg/kg for the sum of the concentrations of PFOA and its salts, 2000 mg/kg for the sum of the concentrations of PFOA-related compounds;

• Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), its salts and PFHxS-related compounds (as defined in Annex 1): 50 mg/kg for the sum of the concentrations of PFHxS and its salts, 2000 mg/kg for the sum of the concentrations of PFHxS-related compounds

Permanent storage shall be allowed only when all the following conditions are met:

1. (1)

   The storage takes place in one of the following locations:

   • safe, deep, underground, hard rock formations,

   • salt mines,

   • a landfill site for hazardous waste, provided that the waste is solidified or partly stabilised where technically feasible as required for classification of the waste in subchapter 19 03 of Decision 2000/532/EC.

2. (2)

   F7The provisions of the Landfill Regulations were respected.

3. (2A)

   In point (2), the “Landfill Regulations” means—

   1. (a)

      in relation to England and Wales, the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016;

   2. (b)

      in relation to Scotland, the Landfill (Scotland) Regulations 2003.

4. (3)

   It has been demonstrated that the selected operation is environmentally preferable.