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Polychlorinated Biphenyls

• Fires in Electrical Equipment Containing PCBs: Recommendations to Prevent Contamination by PCDFs
  The purpose of this publication is both to enhance awareness of fires involving electrical equipment that contains polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and to recommend a course of action for the prevention of contamination by polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs).
  
  
• Handbook on PCBs in Electrical Equipment
  This handbook is primarily intended for owners and users of electrical equipment designed to contain polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). It provides background information on PCBs, including federal legislation that pertains to them and simple procedures for identifying equipment containing PCBs. Procedures and options for handling and controlling PCBs and PCB-containing equipment are discussed, including preventive maintenance, PCB substitutes, containment systems, preparation for storage, and storage.
  
  
• Identification of Lamp Ballasts Containing Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
  This report addresses the commonly asked questions about the identification of lamp ballasts that may contain PCBs. It describes types of ballasts and provides step-by-step guidance, illustrated by photographs, on how to identify those likely to contain PCBs. As the disposal of PCB wastes is a provincial responsibility (with the exception of federal wastes), the report includes a list of provincial environment ministry offices that can provide additional information on the safe disposal of such ballasts.
  
  
• Options for the Treatment/Destruction of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and PCB-Contaminated Equipment
  This report investigates and evaluates technologies that were commercially available in 1991, or nearing commercial availability, in Canada for the treatment and destruction of liquids and equipment containing PCBs. Options are described and recommended for these technologies and for waste transformer and capacitor decontamination and destruction technologies.
  
  
• Reference Method for the Analysis of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
  This comprehensive analytical procedure for analyzing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) is intended for use in support of the various regulations governing the use and disposal of PCB-containing materials. Section 1 describes a screening method that uses gas chromatography-electron capture detection (GC-ECD) with simple clean-up to determine the level of PCBs. Section 2 describes a confirmative method that uses gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis (GC-MS), carbon-13 labelled surrogates (isotope dilution), and thorough clean-up to unambiguously identify and quantify total PCBs.(This document supersedes the previous publication 1/RM/3).
  
  
• The Technical Feasibility of Landfilling PCB-Amended Painted Materials: 1999 Workshop Proceedings
  A multi-stakeholder workshop was held in Edmonton on July 6 and 7, 1999, to address the feasibility of landfilling PCB-amended paint in demolition debris. The workshop's objective was to address knowledge and information gaps and issues identified at the previous workshop (June 1998). Teams of scientific and technical experts had been commissioned to address four areas that the 1998 workshop had identified as needing more research: leachate testing methodology, bioavailability, landfill design and an analysis of disposal options.
  
  
• The Technical Feasibility of Landfilling PCB-Amended Painted Materials: Workshop Proceedings Synopsis
  This publication summarizes the proceedings of a multistakeholder workshop held in June 1998 to examine the technical feasibility of landfilling PCB-amended painted materials found in some facilities at Canada's Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line Sites. The proceedings include consensus statements on the potential for PCB release from paint in northern landfills, the design criteria for a landfill option, and issues identified for further study.
  
  
• Toxic Substances Management Policy,Scientific Justification: Polychlorinated Biphenyls
  This report assesses PCBs against the criteria for Track 1 management of the Toxic Substances Management Policy (TSMP). Based on information summarized in recent reviews and obtained from the primary scientific literature, it concludes that PCBs meet all the criteria for management under Track 1 of the TSMP and that they should be virtually eliminated from the environment.