Environment

#DEVP1108760ARegulation of Treatment Residues in France

🇫🇷France··Other·High Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

The law regulates the assessment and management of treatment residues in France, specifically regarding their pollutant content and leachability. It establishes limits for various toxic parameters in residues to determine if they can be valorized or treated effectively. If any of the parameters exceed the set limits, the residues cannot be valorized. Additionally, it outlines specific sampling and testing procedures for determining the composition of these residues, ensuring compliance with environmental standards.

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Key Changes

  • Establishment of pollutant limits for treatment residues
  • Requirement for producers to develop formal sampling procedures
  • Specification of testing methods to analyze leachability and intrinsic pollutant content

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Do not valorize treatment residues if any parameter in Annex I Table 1 (leaching behavior) exceeds its limit value, expressed in mg/kg dry matter (As: 0.6, Ba: 56, Cd: 0.05, Cr total: 2, Cu: 50, Hg: 0.01, Mo: 5.6, Ni: 0.5, Pb: 1.6, Sb: 0.7, Se: 0.1, Zn: 50, Fluoride: 60, Chloride: 10,000, Sulfate: 10,000)

Producers and holders of treatment residues
prohibition
high

Do not valorize treatment residues if any parameter in Annex I Table 2 (intrinsic pollutant content) exceeds its limit value (TOC: 30 g/kg, BTEX: 6 mg/kg, PCB: 1 mg/kg, Hydrocarbons C10-C40: 500 mg/kg, PAH: 50 mg/kg, Dioxins and furans: 10 ng I-TEQOMS,2005/kg dry matter)

Producers and holders of treatment residues
prohibition
high

Establish a sampling procedure that ensures each element present in treatment residues has an equal probability of inclusion in the laboratory sample as it has in the monthly batch

Producers and holders of treatment residues
operational
high

Formalize the sampling procedure in a written document and transmit it to the operator of the non-hazardous waste storage facility

Producers and holders of treatment residues
disclosure
medium

Make the sampling procedure available to the classified installations inspection and the general tax service on polluting activities for inspection purposes

Producers and holders of treatment residues
disclosure

Affected Parties

Producers of treatment residuesWaste management facilities

Tags

waste management,pollution control,environmental regulation