§ Mr. Bob RussellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will publish a breakdown of the content of unauthorised emissions from United Kingdom incinerators since January 1996. [56746]
§ Mr. MealeThe table sets out the content of unauthorised releases into the environment since 1 January 1996 from the incinerators in England and Wales regulated by the Environment Agency under the Integrated Pollution Control regime.
Parameter Number of unauthorised releases Hydrogen Chloride 370 Particulate Matter 47 Oxides of Nitrogen 33 Carbon Monoxide 27 Sulphur Dioxide 9 Metals 7 Hydrogen Fluoride 4 Iodine 2 Estimates of the mass release, causes and likely environmental impact of each unauthorised release 7W have been reported to the Environment Agency under the terms of the operator's authorisations. Copies of the notifications will have been placed on the relevant Agency and local authority public registers, unless they are subject to commercial confidentiality arrangements provided for by the legislation.
No central record is kept of unauthorised releases from the smaller incinerators regulated by local authorities in England and Wales under the Local Air Pollution Control regime. However, details of any such releases will have been entered on the relevant local authority public register.
For details of unauthorised releases from incinerators in Scotland and Northern Ireland, I refer the hon. Gentlemen to my right hon. Friends the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland respectively.
Edmonton Incinerator Substance Actual Emissions 1996 (Kgs) Actual Emissions 1997 (Kgs) Atrazine 0.0559 0.0700 Cadmium 3.8000 6.0100 Carbon Monoxide 276000.0000 330000.0000 Dichlorvos 0.0311 0.0300 Dieldrin 0.0138 0.0100 Fenitrothion 0.0332 0.0300 Hexachlorobenzene 0.0081 0.0100 Hexachlorobutadiene 0.0081 0.0081 Hexachlorocyclohexane 0.0088 0.0100 Hydrogen Chloride 2070000.0000 24800.0000 Hydrogen Fluoride 1487.0000 1800.0000 Mercury (to water) 0.1850 0.1200 Mercury (to air) 60.3000 139.0000 Metals—Group 3 (AS+CR+CU+MN+NI+PB+2N) 57.2000 1100.0000 Nitrogen Oxides (as NO2) 478000.0000 588000.0000 Organic Tin Compounds 0.0340 0.0300 Particulates 263000.0000 21900.0000 Pentachlorophenol Compounds 0.1080 0.0400 Polychlorinated Biphenyls 0.0300 0.0400 Simazine 0.0538 0.0700 Sulphur Dioxide 250000.0000 30700.0000 TEQ (Toxic Equivalent of PCDD + PCDF) 0.0055 0.0003 Trichlorobenzene—all isomers 0.0308 0.0400 Triflualin 0.0081 0.0100 Volatile Organic Compounds 1570.0000 11900.0000
Lewisham Incinerator Substance Actual Emissions 1996 (Kgs) Actual Emissions 1997 (Kgs) Cadmium 3.0000 12.1000 Carbon Monoxide 26500.0000 23400.0000 Hydrogen Chloride 15140.0000 27360.0000 Hydrogen Fluoride 80.0000 112.70000 Mercury 60.0000 40.3000 Metals—Group 3 (AS+CR+CU+MN+NI+PB+SN) 340.0000 57.7000 Nitrogen Oxides (as NO2) 986000.0000 914400.0000 Particulates 14610.0000 14000.0000 Polychlorinated Dibenzo-P-Dioxin—All congeners 0.00014 0.00003 Sulphur Dioxide 13440.0000 10640.0000 Volatile Organic Compounds 6150.0000 6342.0000