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Norway Since 2015, Norway nominated PFHxS its salts and PFHxS-related compounds to the Stockholm convention in May 2017, and these were found to fulfill the screening criteria (persistence, bioaccumulation, long-range transport and toxicity) in October 2017. In 2018, a risk profile for PFHxS has been developed, and accepted by the persistent organic pollutant (POP) review committee under the Stockholm convention.The next phase in the Stockholm convention is the development of a risk management evaluation which includes a proposal for possible measures and a recommendation for future regulation. This work will take place during 2018/2019 and should be finalized in the fall of 2019. Norway has also started the work on a restriction proposal of PFHxS and PFHxS-related compounds under the REACH regulation. The restriction proposal will be sent to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) in april 2019. Furthermore, PFHxS has been included in the national priority list. This listing means that the discharge of this substance shall be reduced as much as possible, and that industry shall monitor and report the use and discharge of this substance. In addition, an SVHC (substance of very high concern) dossier is under development for PFBS. The dossier will be sent to ECHA in 2019 and if accepted PFBS will then be listed on the candidate list, which means that it is a candidate for further regulation in the EU. Fluorine-containing fire-fighting foam has been substituted with fluorine-free alternatives in Avinor, the owner of most civil airports in Norway, and fluorinecontaining foam is no longer in use at fire-fighting training sites with the Norwegian military forces. Fluorine-containing fire-fighting foam is gradually substituted with fluorine free-alternatives in the offshore sector, and the use volumes of fluorine-containing foam are decreasing. Focus of future activities in relation to risk reduction: Norway will complete the work with the proposal for regulation of PFHxS at the EU and global level, and inclusion of PFBS on the EU candidate list, as a substance of very high concern. Norway will continue to have focus on PFASs and assess the need for further risk reducing measures. Table 2: Risk reduction appraoches - Norway Action(s) Path Taken BEPs Implementedi Category of PFASss addressed Articles covered? Monitoring and screening programs of PFASs in the Continuous monitoring environment: Environmental pollutants in large Norwegian lakes Riverine inputs and direct discharges to Norwegian coastal waters Monitoring of environmental contaminants in air and precipitation (see also EBAS.nilu.no) Contaminants in coastal waters of Norway (MILKYS) Environmental Contaminants in an Urban Fjord Environmental pollutants in the terrestrial and urban environment Screening programme Atmospheric deposition of organic contaminants in Norway (single report only) Not relevant Varies from year to year No relevant Life cycle stage(s) addressed Method of approach Publicprivate partnership encouraged ? Level of constraint Discharges Analysis No from all life cycles are addressed None Action(s) Discharge permits for waste treatment plants (WTP) Path Taken BEPs Implementedi Category of PFASss addressed Articles covered? WTP must apply for permission to discharge selected PFASs Under development Primarily PFHxS, PFOS, PFOA, C9C14 PFCA Not relevant Monitoring and clean-up of PFAS polluted soil at airport fire drill Link to Perfluorinated alkylated substances, brominated flame retardants and chlorinated paraffins in the Norwegian Environment - Screening 2013 Airports must monitor levels of PFAS at their fire drill sites and propose measures to reduce pollution Link to Screening of Polyfluorinated Organic Compounds at Four Fire Training Facilities in Norway Under development PFOS and some No other relevant PFASs from AFFF Follow-up of the PFOS regulation under the Stockholm Convention, with an aim to minimise exemptions Continuous assessment Guidelines PFOS and PFOS Yes of the necessity of implemented for related exemptions from the acceptable purpose substances PFOS ban in the applications under Stockholm Convention the Stockholm Convention Life cycle stage(s) addressed Method of approach End of lifestage Regulatory End use Regulatory All Regulatory Publicprivate partnership encouraged ? Level of constraint No WTP must screen and report levels of PFASs in their discharges, and must apply for permission for discharges No Airports must screen and report levels of selected PFASs in their soil, and must propose measures to reduce pollution No Fewer exemptions Action(s) Path Taken Nomination of PFHxS, its salts and PFHxS-related compounds to the Stockholm Convention in May 2017. PFHxS fulfilled the screening criteria in October 2017. The risk profile of PFHxS will be evaluated by the POP review committee under the Stockholm convention autum 2018. Ban on manufacture, production, import and retail of consumer products containing PFOA (as of June 2014) Possible global ban or restriction Ban Analysis of PFAS in products Link to PFASs in fire fighting foam Compliance and monitoring Link to Survey, screening and analyses of PFCs in consumer products Link to Monitoring of environmental contaminants in air and precipitation, annual report 2013 Listing of PFHxS, PFOS, PFOA and C9-C14 perfluorinated carboxylic acids on the national priority list Political target to reduce the use and emissions of compounds on the priority list BEPs Implementedi Category of PFASss addressed Articles covered? PFHxS and Yes PFHxS related substances Not relevant Minimisation of PFASs used PFOA and some Yes closely related substances Compounds Yes subject to national regulation and other PFAS Minimisation of PFASs used PFHxS, PFOS, Yes PFOA and C9-C14 per-fluorinated carboxylic acids Life cycle stage(s) addressed Method of approach All Regulatory Publicprivate partnership encouraged ? Level of constraint No Ban/Restrictio n All, except waste Use in products Regulatory No Enforce-ment, No monitoring Ban Enforcement All, including Policy No waste Political i Guidance on best available techniques and best environmental practices for the use of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and related chemicals listed under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. Revised March 2014.