Inventory, Regulations and Environmental Impacts of Toxic Mining Wastes in Pre-Accession Countries

Project Information

PECOMINES

Grant agreement ID: P.A.42

Project closed

Start date 1 May 2001

End date 30 April 2003

Funded under

• Scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and European non-member countries, 1992-

Total cost No data

EU contribution No data

Coordinated by

JRC
Italy

Objective

The main objective of the project is to involve EU Candidate Countries (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia) in an EU research action on the environmental impact of mining waste in collaboration with DG Environment and EEA.

Specific objectives are:
- to compare criteria for assessment and remediation of contaminated areas in Candidate Countries with regulations adopted by EU Member States and with the existing EU legislative framework in the area of waste;
- to compile an inventory of toxic waste sites from mineral mining in relation to “sensitive” catchment areas, by combining an indicator approach according to the DPSIR framework and an analysis of information provided by satellite remote sensing;
- to contribute to the assessment of the toxic streams originating from mining waste in a perspective of ecosystem protection, by comparing approaches to site monitoring and restoration.

Keywords

• Impact Assessment
• Mining
• PECO Countries
• Risk Assessment
• Waste Water

Programme(s)

• IC-PECO/COPERNICUS - Scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and European non-member countries, 1992-

Topic(s)

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Call for proposal

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Funding Scheme

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Coordinator

JRC

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Via E. Fermi ; 21020 Ispra ; Italy
• Total cost: No data