The Ukrainian government has allocated Hr 175 million for the removal, transportation and disposal of hexachlorobenzene and mononitrochlorobenzene in 2011.
According to cabinet resolutions No. 267-r and No. 268-r of April 4, which have been posted on the government Web site, some Hr 115 million will be spent on the disposal of hexachlorobenzene stored in Dombrovsky quarry (Kalush district, Ivano-Frankivsk region) and Hr 60 million for the disposal of mononitrochlorobenzene stored at the Horlivka Chemical Plant (Donetsk region).
The manager of the allocated funds is the Ukrainian Ecology and Natural Resources Ministry, which by January 20, 2012 is to report on the use of the funds to the Finance Ministry and the State Treasury of Ukraine.
As reported, in 2010 Ukraine started the active removal of hexachlorobenzene from Kalush district, where initially about 22.8 tonnes of this waste was stored.
Work is being gradually carried out on the disposal of mononitrochlorobenzene, about 2.5 tonnes of which are stored on the territory of Horlivka Chemical Plant.
