(BAT) Reference Document for the Production of Chlor-alkali ...

Chapter 3
Table 3.36: Examples of chlor-alkali sites contaminated with PCDDs/PCDFs, PCBs, PCNs and PAHs
Country
code
Site
Estimated
amount of
pollutant
Dioxin-like pollutant
concentration in
Og TEQ/kg of dry
substance
DE Bitterfeld NI NI
DE Rheinfelden
8.5 kg TEQ
PCDDs/PCDFs
SE NI NI
SE
SE
NI
Lake Vänern and
lake
Bengtsbrohöljen
NI
US Brunswick/Georgia NI
NB: NI = no information provided.
PCDDs/PCDFs:
maximum 26 in topsoil,
maximum 3800 in deep
soil
PCDDs/PCDFs:
0.26 and 37
PCDDs/PCDFs:
7.6
NI NI
PCDDs: 0.012 – 0.041
PCDFs: 0.62 – 1.3
PCBs: 1.6 – 29
Polychlorinated naphthalenes
(PCNs) concentration in
mg/kg of dry substance
Penta-CNs: 0.88 mg/kg
Hexa-CNs: 0.54 mg/kg
Hepta-CNs: 1.1 mg/kg
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Remarks [Reference]
Composite sediment sample from creek affected by a chloralkali
plant [ 260, Brack et al. 2003 ]
NI PAHs up to 4345 mg/kg [ 240, Otto et al. 2006 ]
NI Figures refer to soil samples [ 253, Nording et al. 2006 ]
Tri-CNs: 1.7 mg/kg
Tetra-CNs: 2.9 mg/kg
Penta-CNs: 2.2 mg/kg
Hexa-CNs: 0.62 mg/kg
Sum of Tri-, Tetra- and penta-
CNs: 0.0080 – 0.26
Tri-CNs: 0.05 – 0.1 mg/kg
Tetra-CNs: 0.53 – 0.65 mg/kg
Penta-CNs: 2.2 – 2.6 mg/kg
Hexa-CNs: 5.8 – 7.3 mg/kg
Hepta-CNs: 7.1 – 9.6 mg/kg
Octa-CNs: 2.0 – 3.3 mg/kg
Aged soil of a chlor-alkali plant [ 254, van Bavel et al. 1999 ]
Sediment samples from lakes affected by chlor-alkali plants
[ 261, Järnberg et al. 1997 ]
Soil and sediment samples from marsh and creek affected by
a chlor-alkali plant. The plant had used a mixture of PCBs as
graphite electrodes lubricant [ 255, Kannan et al. 1998 ],
[ 256, Kannan et al. 1997 ], [ 257, Kannan et al. 1998 ].
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