Considering the proposal, Ministry of Environment appointed PPV as a project starring committee member of the project named вЂњEnvironmentally sound management and disposal of PCBs wastes and PCB contaminated equipment in Sri LankaвЂќ in the year 2008 and awarded a project component to inventories welding sector transformers in Sri Lanka. With the experience gained from the projects conducted in welding sector, PPV proposed a project to inventories contaminated welding sector transformers to the Ministry of Environment. Based on the research projects conducted by PPV, was able to identify potential PCB contamination in welding transformers in Sri Lanka and has been involved in controlling the spread of PCBs in the welding sector for many years. Parallel to this project, PPV (PEOPLE TO PEOPLE VOLUNTEERS (PPV) is a local NGO working on strengthen the community for environmental sustainability in relation to Persistent Organic Pollutant management (POPs) and PCB management) independently conducted several projects under GEF small grant to investigate POPs and PCB management in Sri Lanka. National Implementation Plan (NIP) for the Stockholm Convention in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, identified, disposal of PCBs as a priority that requires immediate attention and above-mentioned project was formulated and implemented under the GEF grant with the coordination of UNIDO.

Based on the NIP, with the collaboration of CEB, Ministry of Environment was formulated a project named вЂњEnvironmentally sound management and disposal of PCBs wastes and PCB contaminated equipment in Sri LankaвЂќ The country signed the Convention on Septemand ratified it on Decemand NIP has identified three major Transformer Owners in Sri Lanka: Ceylon Electricity Boar (CEB), Lanka Electricity Company (Pvt) Ltd (LECO) and Independent Power Producers (IPP). The National Implementation Plan (NIP) for the Stockholm Convention in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka has identified the removal and disposal of PCBs as a priority that requires immediate attention and action. Project Management Structure PCB Management in Privately owned transformers Welding sector transformers

Disposal of 1000 tons of PCBs, PCB containing equipment and wastes.

Policy and regulations relevant to PCBs formulated and enforced.

Institutional capacities and stakeholdersвЂ™ awareness on PCB issues strengthened.

Objectives: To implement environmentally sound management of PCB waste stockpiles and PCB-containing equipment Ministry of Environment (ME) Ministry of Power and Energy (MPE), Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), Lanka Electricity Company (LECO), Central Environmental Authority (CEA), Industrial Technology Institute (ITI), People to People Volunteers (PtoPV) However, the project has been extended up to May 2021 due to the delay of inventorying the transformers belongs to Ceylon Electricity Board due to security issues prevailed in the country.Дemocratic Socialist Republic of Sri LankaД¬ounterpart: Ministry of Environment (ME) Ministry of Power and Energy (MPE) Being a signatory, the country is obligated to eliminate PCBs containing equipment by 2025. Currently, PCBs are found in transformers used in the Utility sector and Welding sector. Sri Lanka became a signatory to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) on 5th September 2001 and ratified the convention on 22nd December 2005.

Final cleanup and documentation report for recordkeeping purposes.Title of the project вЂњEnvironmentally sound management and disposal of PCBs wastes and PCB contaminated equipment in Sri LankaвЂќ Sri Lankan Scenario of PCBs.

Disposal of PCB waste at an approved disposal facility.

Soil is excavated and the ground backfilled with clean soil. PCB remediation procedures include the following: PCB REMOVAL AND CLEAN UP SERVICESД®nviro-Vac has the capabilities and experience to remove and dispose of any caulking material containing PCBs. PCBs can also be found in old utility transformer oils, mineral oils, and fluorescent light ballasts, coatings, caulkings, paint and mastics. The caulk was used to seal gaps to make windows, door frames, masonry and joints in buildings and other structures watertight or airtight.

Recent EPA findings conclude, many industrial coatings and buildings, (including schools,) built or renovated in the 1950s through the 1970s have caulking that contains PCBs. Poly Chlorinated Biphenyl's or more commonly named PCBs are linked to numerous health effects including cancer and non-cancer effects of the endocrine, reproductive and immune systems.

Enviro-Vac has extensive experience with PCB remediation and decontamination.

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