Top Ten of Biggest Environmental Polluters of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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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

www.eko.ba Groups of chemicals covered in the register sorted by dangerous Carcinogenic health effects

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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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