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Top Ten of Biggest Environmental Polluters According to Data of Integrated Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) of Bosnia and Herzegovina Report for years 2011 to 2013
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and probably or potentially carcinogenic substances
1.
4. 7.
Carcinogenic substances
2. Carbon monoxide (CO)
3.
Greenhouse gases
5. Gases causing acid rain
Reprotoxic substances (except carbon monoxide)
Mutagenic substances
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)
8.
6. 9.
Particulate matter (PM10 )
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Carcinogenic and Probably or Potentially Carcinogenic Substances The order of factories sorted by the quantity of substances and their compounds classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as carcinogenic (1), probably carcinogenic (2A), and potentially carcinogenic (2B) to humans, contained in total releases to air, water, and soil according to the data published in PRTR for the years 2011 to 2013. Group 1 covers the following chemical substances or their compounds reported in PRTR: Arsene, asbestos, benzene, ethylene oxide, chromium, cadmium, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), and vinyl chloride. Group 2A and Group 2B covers the following chemical substances and their compounds reported in PRTR: 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), 1,2-dichlorethane (DCE), bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), dichloromethane (DCM), ethylbenzene, heptachlor, hexachlorobenzene (HCB), chloroalkanes (C10-13), chlordane, chlordecone, lindane, mirex, naphthalene, nickel, lead, mercury, tetrachlorethylene, tetrachloromethane (TCM), toxaphene, trichlorethylene, and trichlormethane.
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7000
6000
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Order
Organization/company
Factory
Year
Quantity [kg]
1.
ArcelorMittal Zenica
Sintering Plant Department
2011
7,020
2.
ArcelorMittal Zenica
Energy Department
2011
772
3.
ArcelorMittal Zenica
Basic Oxygen Furnace Department
2011
304
4.
Cement factory Kakanj
Rotary kiln and accompanying facilities
2012
17
5.
Cement factory Kakanj
Cement production
2013
10
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Carcinogenic Substances The order of factories sorted by the quantity of substances and their compounds classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as carcinogenic (1), contained in total releases to air, water, and soil according to the data published in PRTR for the years 2011 to 2013. Group 1 covers the following chemical substances or their compounds reported in PRTR: Arsene, asbestos, benzene, ethylene oxide, chromium, cadmium, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), and vinyl chloride.
Order
Organization/company
Factory
Year
Quantity [kg]
1.
ArcelorMittal Zenica
Sintering Plant Department
2011
6,206
2.
ArcelorMittal Zenica
Energy Department
2011
59
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Reprotoxic Substances (except carbon monoxide) Industrial plants releasing the most of the reprotoxic substances (affecting reproduction), except carbon monoxide, in the years 2011 to 2013. The classification of the substances as reprotoxic is based on the evaluation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the state of California* and on the toxicological profile of the substances listed on the website of Integrated Pollutant Release and Transfer Register. Therefore, reprotoxic substances cover the following substances: 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), arsene, benzene, benzo(ghi)perylene, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), diuron, ethylene oxide, fluoranthene, hexachlorobenzene, chlordecone, chromium, cadmium, mirex, nonylphenol and nonylphenolethoxylate, organic compounds of tin, carbon monoxide, pentachlorobenzene, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB), polychlorinated dioxines + furans (PCCD/F), mercury, simazine, toluene, toxaphene. tributyltin and its compounds, trifenyltin and compounds, and xylenes. * State of California EPA - Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment 2006: Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 - Chemicals Known to the State to Cause Cancor or Reproductive Toxicity, 29.IX.06. Proposition 65. Available at: http://www.oehha.ca.gov/prop65/prop65_list/Newlist.html#list
Order
Organization/company
Factory
Year
Quantity [kg]
1.
ArcelorMittal Zenica
Sintering Plant Department
2011
6,206
2.
ArcelorMittal Zenica
Transport Department
2011
2,051
3.
Natron-Hayat Maglaj
Pulp production
2013
1,637
4.
Cement factory Kakanj
Rotary kiln and accompanying facilities
2012
1,394
5.
Bosnalijek Sarajevo
Pharmaceutical and chemical industry
2011
1,076
6.
Aggregate and concrete Put Sarajevo
Aggregate and concrete Put Sarajevo
2011
582
7.
Gramat
Stone pit Sklop
2013
252
8.
BBM Vareš
Facility for limestone and spilite processing
2013
85
9.
ŠPD Unsko-sanske Šume Bosanska Krupa
Stone pit Bukovača
2013
77
10.
ArcelorMittal Zenica
Energy Department
2011
59
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9 10
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Carbon Monoxide Industrial plants releasing the most of the reprotoxic carbon monoxide in the years 2011 to 2013.
Order
Organization/company
Factory
Year
Quantity [kg]
1.
Aluminij
Aluminum production
2012
8,354,404
2.
Cement factory Kakanj
Cement production
2013
816,513
3.
ArcelorMittal Zenica
Sintering Plant Department
2011
607,947
4.
Cement factory Kakanj
Rotary kiln and accompanying facilities
2012
550,207
5.
KJKP Sarajevogas Sarajevo
Gas pipeline with a 300 to 500 mm section and with pressure higher than 0.4 MPa (4 bars)
2013
125,529
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Mutagenic Substances The order of factories sorted by the quantity of substances and their compounds classified as mutagenic (1), contained in total releases to air, water, and soil, according to the data published in PRTR for the years 2011 to 2013. The classification of the substances as mutagenic is based on the toxicological profile of the substances listed on the website of PRTR. The group of mutagenic substances covers the following chemical substances or their compounds reported in PRTR: Alachlor, anthracene, 1,2-dichloroethane, diuron, ethylene oxid, phenols, mirex, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), trifluralin, trichloroethylene, and vinyl chloride.
Order
Organization/company
Factory
Year
Quantity [kg]
1.
ArcelorMittal Zenica
Transport Department
2011
2,051
2.
Natron-Hayat Maglaj
Pulp production
2013
1,637
3.
Cement factory Kakanj
Rotary kiln and accompanying facilities
2012
1,377
4.
Bosnalijek Sarajevo
Pharmaceutical and chemical industry
2011
1,076
5.
Aggregate and concrete Put Sarajevo
Aggregate and concrete Put Sarajevo
2011
582
6.
Gramat
Stone pit Sklop
2013
252
7.
BBM Vareš
Facility for limestone and spilite processing
2013
85
8.
ŠPD Unsko-sanske Šume Bosanska Krupa
Stone pit Bukovača
2013
77
9.
Lasta
Cookies and wafers production
2013
54
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
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Greenhouse Gases The order of factories sorted by the quantity of greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane) in terms of their potential to contribute to the greenhouse effect in total releases to air according to the data published in PRTR for the years 2011 to 2013. The figures are in tons. First places are affected by the emissions of carbon dioxide only.
Order
Organization/company
Factory
Year
Quantity [kg]
1.
Cement factory Kakanj
Cement production
2013
269,379
2.
Farmavita
Farmavita
2013
223,199
3.
Cement factory Kakanj
Rotary kiln and accompanying facilities
2012
214,891
4.
ZD RMU Zenica
Coal mine Raspotočje
2011
72,960
5.
Presal extrusion
Presal extrusion
2013
71,524
6.
ZD RMU Zenica
Coal mine Stara Jama with separation
2011
33,411
7.
Regional waste disposal area Mošćanica
Regional waste disposal area Mošćanica
2013
23,520
8.
ZD RMU Zenica
Coal mines Stranjani
2011
16,661
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
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Gases Causing Acid Rain The following industrial plants released the most of the gases causing the acid rain (ammonia, nitrogen oxides, sulphur oxides, hydrogen fluoride oxides, and hydrogen chloride oxides) in the years 2011 to 2013:
Order
Organization/company
Factory
Year
Quantity [kg]
1.
Public Corporation Elektroprivreda BaH
Power plant Block 4
2012
18,291,000
2.
Public Corporation Elektroprivreda BaH
Power plant Block 5
2012
16,684,000
3.
ArcelorMittal Zenica
Energy department
2011
8,347,511
4.
Public Corporation Elektroprivreda BaH
Power plant Block 6
2012
7,928,000
5.
Public Corporation Elektroprivreda BaH
Power plant Block 3
2012
5,537,000
6.
ArcelorMittal Zenica
Coke plant department
2011
2,660,748
7.
ArcelorMittal Zenica
Sinter plant department
2011
1,149,255
8.
Natron-Hayat Maglaj
Pulp production
2013
979,561
9.
Aluminij
Aluminum production
2012
716,848
10.
ZD Rudnik mrkog uglja Đurđevik
Coal mine Stara Jama with separation
2012
485,568
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9 10
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Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) The following industrial plants released the most of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in the air in the years 2011 to 2013.
Order
Organization/company
Factory
Year
Quantity [kg]
1.
ArcelorMittal Zenica
Transport Department
2011
2,051
2.
Natron-Hayat Maglaj
Pulp production
2013
1,637
3.
Cement factory Kakanj
Rotary kiln and accompanying facilities
2012
1,377
4.
Bosnalijek Sarajevo
Pharmaceutical and chemical industry
2011
1,076
5.
Aggregate and concrete Put Sarajevo
Aggregate and concrete Put Sarajevo
2011
582
6.
Gramat
Stone pit Sklop
2013
252
7.
BBM Vareš
Facility for limestone and spilite processing
2013
85
8.
ŠPD Unsko-sanske Šume Bosanska Krupa
Stone pit Bukovača
2013
77
9.
Lasta
Cookies and wafers production
2013
54
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
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Particulate Matter (PM10 )
The following industrial plants released the most of the particular matter in the air in the years 2011 to 2013:
Order
Organization/company
Factory
Year
Quantity [kg]
1.
Public Corporation Elektroprivreda BaH
Power plant Block 6
2012
1,042,000
2.
Public Corporation Elektroprivreda BaH
Power plant Block 4
2012
613,000
3.
ArcelorMittal Zenica
Sintering Plant Department
2011
448,262
4.
Public Corporation Elektroprivreda BaH
Power plant Block 5
2012
422,000
5.
ArcelorMittal Zenica
Coke Plant Department
2011
412,269
6.
ArcelorMittal Zenica
Energy Department
2011
346,676
7.
Aluminij
Aluminum production
2012
202,654
8.
Farmavita
Farmavita
2013
163,037
9.
ArcelorMittal Zenica
Basic Oxygen Furnace Department
2011
92,984
10.
Cement factory Kakanj
Cement production
2011
81,957
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9 10
www.eko.ba Comments: Values exceeding safe threshold limits for Bosnia and Herzegovina are related to only 32 factories in Bosnia and Herzegovina and cover only 14 substances (arsene, cadmium, lead, mercury, benzene, PAH, HCFC – only 1 entry, HCl, SO2 /SOx , NO2 /NOx, CO, methane, CO2, PM10 ). For comparison: In the Czech Republic, 1,657 facilities reported emissions in 2013 and the reports included 35 atmospheric pollutants, 32 water pollutants, 14 soil pollutants, 32 substances of transfers in wastewater, and 25 substances of transfers in wastes. In the Czech Republic, all companies report the emissions in the case of exceeding the threshold limit. Transfers in wastes are reported as well. Compared to E-PRTR (The European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register), the Czech factories also report styrene and formaldehyde emissions. The data for the Czech Republic are publicly available on: http://www.irz.cz