PRTR Pollutants

Pollutants

Contaminant or pollutant is a substance or group of substances that may be harmful to the environment or to human health. Threshold of discharge is the amount of discharge of pollutant or group of pollutants for which the industry has a legal obligation to provide data only in case when the threshold is exceeded.

The table lists the thresholds for releases into the environmental media (air, water and land) for 91 pollutants, grouped into 7 groups covered by the register in accordance with Annex 2 of the Rulebook on the form, content, methodology and manner of keeping the Register of release and transfer of pollutants.;

Table: Threshold for releases of pollutants into environmental media

Pollutants

Air(kg/year)

Water(kg/year)

Soil(kg/year)

Arsenic and arsenic compounds

Cadmium and Cadmium compounds

Chromium and Chromium compounds

100

Copper and Copper compounds

100

Mercury and Mercury compounds

Nickel and Nickel compounds

Lead and Lead compounds

200

Zinc and Zinc compounds

200

100

Pollutants

Air(kg/year)

Water(kg/year)

Soil(kg/year)

Alachlor

—

Aldrin

Atrazine

—

Dieldrin

Diuron

—

Chlordane

Chlordecone

Chlorfenvinphos

—

Endosulfan

—

Dieldrin

Heptachlor

Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH)

Lindane

Mirex

Simazine

—

Toxaphene

Isoproturon

—

Tributyltin and compounds

—

Triphenyltin and compounds

—

Trifluralin

—

Isodrin

—

Pollutants

Air(kg/year)

Water(kg/year)

Soil(kg/year)

Total nitrogen

—

50 000

Total phosphorous

—

5 000

Chlorides (as total Cl)

—

2 милиони

Asbestos

Cyanide (as total CN)

—

Fluoride (as total F)

—

2 000

Particulate matter (PM10)

50 000

—

Pollutants

Air(kg/year)

Water(kg/year)

Soil(kg/year)

Anthracene

Benzene

1 000

200 (како BTEX) (11)

Nonylphenol and nonylphenol ethoxylates (NP / NPE)

—

Ethyl benzene

—

200 (како BTEX) (n)

Ethylene oxide

1 000

Naphthalene

100

Organotin compounds (as total Sn)

—

Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP)

Phenols (as total C)

—

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH)

Toluene

—

200 (како BTEX) (n)

Total organic carbon (TOC) (as total C or COD / 3)

—

50 000

—

Xylenes

—

200 (како BTEX) (n)

Octylphenols and octylphenols ethoxylates

—

Fluoranthene

—

Benzo(g,h,i)perylene

Pollutants

Air(kg/year)

Water(kg/year)

Soil(kg/year)

Methane

100 000

~(2)

—

Carbon dioxide

100 милиони

—

Hydrofluorocarbons

100

—

Nitrous oxide

10 000

—

Perfluorocarbons

100

—

Sulfur hexafluoride

—

Pollutants

Air(kg/year)

Water(kg/year)

Soil(kg/year)

Carbon monoxide

500 000

—

Ammonia

10 000

—

No methane volatile organic compounds

100 000

—

Nitrogen oxides

100 000

—

Sulfur oxides

150 000

—

Hydro chlorofluorocarbons

—

Chlorofluorocarbons

—

Halons

—

Chlorine and inorganic compounds (as HCl)

10 000

—

Fluorine and inorganic compounds (such as HF)

5 000

—

Hydrogen cyanide (HCN)

200

—

Pollutants

Air(kg/year)

Water(kg/year)

Soil(kg/year)

Chloroalkanes

—

Chlorpyrifos

—

Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT)

1,2-dichloroethane (EDC)

1 000

Dichloromethane (DCM)

1 000

Halogenated organic compounds

—

1 000

Hexachlorobenzene (HCB)

Hexachlorobutadiene (HCBD)

—

PCDD + PCDF (dioxins + furans) (as Teq)

0,0001

Pentachlorobenzene (PeCB)

Pentachlorophenol (PCP)

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB)

0,1

Tetrachloroethylene (PER)

2 000

—

Carbon tetrachloride (TCM)

100

—

Trichlorobenzene TCB (all isomers)

—

1,1,1 - Trichloroethane

100

—

1,1,2,2 - Tetrachloroethane

—

Trichloroethylene

2 000

—

Chloroform

500

—

Vinyl chloride (VCM)

1 000

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE)

—

Hexabromobiphenyl (HBB)

0,1

More details for the pollutants

Important notes:

Except where stated otherwise, any pollutant in Annex 2 is reported as total mass of that pollutant or in case the pollutant is represented by a group of pollutants a total mass of the group is reported.
A dash (—) marks that reporting data is not available for specific parameter and environmental media.
Total mass of fluoro-hydrocarbons: amount of HFC23, HFC32, HFC41, HFC43, HFC125,HFC134, HFC134a, HFC152a, HFC143a, HFC227ea, HFC226fa, HFC245ca, HFC365mfe
Total mass of perfluoro-carbons: amount of CF4, C2F6, C3F8, C4F10, c-C3F8, C5F12, C6F14.
Total mass of substances that deplete the ozone layer including their isomers, such as: CHFCl2, CHFCl2, CHF2Cl, C2HFCl4, C2HF2Cl3, C2HF3Cl2, C2HF4Cl, C2H2FCl3, C2H2F2Cl2, C2H2F3Cl, C2H3FCl2, CH3CFCl2, C2H3F2Cl, CH3CF2Cl, C2H4CFCl, C3HFCl6, C3HF2Cl5, C3HF3Cl4, C3HF4Cl3, C3HF5Cl2, CF3CF2CHCl, CF2ClCF2CHClF, C3HF6Cl, C3H2FCl5, C3H2F2Cl4, C3H2F3Cl3, C3H2F4Cl2, C3H2F5Cl, C3H3FCl4, C3H3F2Cl3, C3H3F3Cl2, C3H3F4Cl, C3H4FCl3 , C3H4F2Cl2, C3H4F3Cl, C3H5FCl2 , C3H5FCl2 , C3H6FCl и C3H6F2Cl.
Total mass of substances that deplete the ozone layer including their isomers, such as:
Total mass of substances that deplete the ozone layer including their isomers, such as: CF2BrCl, CF3Br, C2F4Br2, CCl4.
All metals are reported as total mass of the element in all chemical forms present in the release.
Halogenated organic compounds that can be adsorbed by activated carbon, expressed as chloride.
Expressed as I-TECH.
Single pollutants are disclosed if exceed the threshold for BTEX (summary parameter benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene).
Total mass of brominated diphenyllethers: penta - BDE, octa - BDE and deca – BDE.
Total mass of phenol and simple substituted phenols expressed as total carbon.
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), measured for reporting of discharges into the air as benzo (a) pyrene, benzo (b) fluorinates, benzo (k) fluorinates, indene (1, 2, 3 cd) pyrene.
Total mass of tributyltin compounds, expressed as mass of tributyltin.
Total mass of triphenyltin compounds, expressed as mass triphenyltin.
Total mass of xylene (ortho - xylene, meta – xylene and para - xylene).