Plan for the implementation by the Russian Federation of the obligations under the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants sets forth the following objectives: objective 1 -improvement of legal regulation in the field of handling persistent organic pollutants, taking into account the requirements of the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants, including establishing a ban and/or taking other measures required to eliminate the production and use of chemicals listed in Annex A to the Stockholm Convention, including the establishment of a ban on the operation of equipment containing polychlorinated biphenyls from 2025, in accordance with the provisions of point "a" of part 1 Article 3 of the Stockholm Convention and Annex A to the Stockholm Convention, establishment of restrictions on the production and use of chemicals listed in Annex B of the Stockholm Convention, in accordance with the provisions of point "b" of part 1 of Article 3 of the Stockholm Convention and Annex B to the Stockholm Convention, establishment of a ban on the import and export of chemicals listed in Annex A to the Stockholm Convention, in accordance with the provisions of Part 2 of Article 3 of the Stockholm Convention and point "c" of Part II of Annex A of the Stockholm Convention establishing requirements for the identification and labelling of equipment containing PCBs, the identification of other products containing PCBs, as well as operational requirements for equipment used, containing PCBs in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs "a", "b", "d" and "f" "Part II of Annex A to the Stockholm Convention, and establishing a requirement to ensure, by 2028, the environmentally sound disposal of liquids containing PCBs and equipment contaminated with PCBs in accordance with paragraph "e" of Part II of Annex A to the Stockholm Convention; objective 2 - improvement of the management system in the field of persistent organic pollutants management, conducting a comprehensive inventory of sources of persistent organic pollutants (including industrial sources, storage and disposal sites with an assessment of their condition) with the creation of an inventory of sources of persistent organic pollutants implementation of the operation of equipment containing polychlorinated biphenyls in accordance with established environmental safety requirements and the termination of the use of such equipment no later than 2025 ensuring that existing wastes (stockpiles) containing persistent organic pollutants are handled, collected, transported and stored in an environmentally sound manner until they are sent for disposal in accordance with established requirements, and creation of conditions for the functioning of enterprises specializing in the environmentally safe disposal of waste (stocks) containing persistent organic pollutants, including equipment (liquids) contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls; objective 3 - destruction/utilization of accumulated unusable and banned pesticides, industrial waste and equipment containing persistent organic pollutants - implementation of projects in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation for the environmentally safe disposal of accumulated unusable and prohibited pesticides, industrial waste and equipment containing persistent organic pollutants; objective 4 cleaning up areas contaminated with persistent organic pollutants - implementation of projects in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation to clean up territories contaminated with persistent organic pollutants; objective 5 monitoring the content of persistent organic pollutants in the environment, monitoring the health status of the population in connection with the impact of persistent organic pollutants - organization in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation of monitoring the state of public health in connection with the impact of persistent organic pollutants; objective 6 outreach and awareness-raising work - development of methodological materials for organizations engaged in educational activities, including information on the management of persistent organic pollutants.
Federación de Russia · 2017-10-03