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CANADIAN PCB EMISSIONS INVENTORY
Sediment | PCBs in Use and in Storage | Fish Advisories | Accidental Spills and Releases | Surface Water | Air
PCBs in Use and in Storage (page 2 of 3)
2. Ontario
Ontario. Ministry of the Environment. Annual report on PCBs in storage. July 2000. (CD-ROM).
The inventory does not include all federal PCB storage sites which are under Environment Canada jurisdiction. There were 1574 active PCB storage sites in Ontario as of July 2000, "however, the quantities and site information are constantly changing".
The Ontario data is divided into quantities of high-level PCBs (>10,000 ppm) and quantities of low-level PCBs (<10,000 ppm), and within those two groups, into various types of PCBs. The totals for the different categories are as follows:
High-Level PCBs
| Description |
Total
Amount
|
| Weight of bulk liquid (L) |
366,806.8
|
| Weight of liquid in transformers (kg) |
443,587.4
|
| Number of transformers |
1,328
|
| Number of drums of ballasts |
13,739.7
|
| Weight of drums of ballasts (kg) |
214,479.2
|
| Calculated weight* of drums of ballasts (kg) |
25,566,140
|
| Number of capacitors |
82,168.7
|
| Weight of capacitors (kg) |
383,031.4
|
| Number of drums of soil |
1321.6
|
| Weight of drums of soil (kg) |
51,968
|
| Calculated weight of drums of soil** (kg) |
470,600
|
| Weight of soil (not in drums) (kg) |
1,047,053
|
| Number of drums of other material |
672.5
|
| Weight of drums of other material (kg) |
7941.7
|
| Calculated weight*** of drums of other material (kg) |
86,550
|
| Weight of other material (not in drums) (kg) |
688,434.9
|
* number
of drums of ballast x 200 kg. if weight of drums not available
** number of drums of soil x 400 kg. if weight of drums not available
*** number of drums of other material x 150 kg. if weight of drums not
available
Low-Level PCBs
| Description |
Total
Amount
|
| Weight of bulk liquid (L) |
972,964.25
|
| Weight of liquid in transformers (kg) |
121,149.7
|
| Number of drums of soil |
2,167.8
|
| Weight of drums of soil (kg) |
559,785.4
|
| Calculated weight* of drums of soil (kg) |
796,200214,479.2
|
| Weight of soil (not in drums) (kg) |
85,650,048.2
|
| Number of drums of other material (kg) |
1,553.882,168.7
|
| Weight of drums of other material (kg) |
15,313.9
|
| Calculated weight** of drums of other material (kg) |
223,624.5
|
| Weight of other material (not in drums) (kg) |
121,631.8
|
* number of drums of soil x 400 kg. if weight of drums not available
** number of drums of other material x 150 kg. if weight of drums not
available
In December
2001, the Ontario Ministry of the Environment announced a hazardous
waste plan with the intent to destroy remaining PCBs in storage within
a fixed time period. PCB waste in storage will be required to be destroyed
within 3 years, and a destruction schedule for PCB wastes that are placed
in storage after the regulation takes effect. PCBs stored at sensitive
locations such as schools and hospitals will have an accelerated deadline
of destruction within one year of the time the regulation takes effect.
The plan states that about 99,000 tonnes of PCB waste remain in storage at over 1,000 sites in Ontario. 7,000 tonnes are high level (>1% PCBs) and 92,000 tonnes are low level PCB wastes. Every year more PCBs are being placed in storage as electrical equipment is being decommissioned.
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