Appendix D - Dossier (PDF) - Tera

date: 20–JUL–2005
3. Environmental Fate and Pathways Substance ID: 71–43–2
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6.5 – 7.0 / 21.1 – 22.7: 1.11 %
> 7.0 / > 22.7: 2.36 %
Source: German Rapporteur
Test condition: Measurements took place in Thessaloniki, the second largest
city in Greece, from December 1993 to August 1994. The
measuring site was located on the campus of the University
with the two ends of the measuring path (165 m length, 50m
above ground) on two different buildings.
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Type of measurement: concentration at contaminated site
Medium: air
Method: Air samples on a monthly average basis were collected by
passive absorption on Chromosorb–106 in stainless steel
tubes following ISO/CD 16017–2 (air quality – sampling and
analysisof VOC by sorbent tube/thermal desorption/capillary
gas chromatography – Part 2: diddusive sampling). The
samples were thermally desorbed and analysed by
capillary–GC–FID. Calibration was performed by external
standards; the limit of detection was estimated at lower
than 0.01 µg/m**3 for all alkane, alkene and aromatic
compounds.
Remark: Benzene concentrations dropped markedly after the shut–down
of the waste incinerator only at sites south–east to east of
the incinerator while remaining almost constant west,
north–east and south of the incinerator.
Result: Benzene concentrations measured were in the range
5.1 – 136.9 µg/m**3.
Breakdown of monitored data in terms of monitoring site and
the periods before and after the shutdown of the waste
incinerator:
Sampling site before shutdown after shutdown
SS1 (1) 16.1 20.7
SS2 (1) 15.3 19.5
SS3 (1) 14.1 12.3
SS4 (2) 120.6 46.4
SS5 (2) 80.7 35.1
SS6 (2) 59.4 30.3
SS7 (2) 40.2 21.4
SS8 (1) 17.3 16.6
SS9 (1) 6.6 5.9
(1) Sites to the west (SS1–3),north–east (SS8) and south
(SS)) of the incineration plant, (2) sites to the east to
south–east of the incineration plant.
Source: German Rapporteur
Test condition: The industrial area south of the Southampton container Port
Area contains a sewage treatment plant, a municipal waste
incinerator and a waste recycling and processing centre. In
this area, sampling took place at 9 different sites on a
monthly basis from the first day to the last day of the
months April, July, September and December 1996, April and
August 1997. The waste incinerator was shut down in November
1996.
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Appendix D: Benzene SIDS Dossier
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