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    OSCE PRESENTS AND DISCUSSES REMEDIATION SCENARIOS OF NUBARASHEN TOXIC BURIAL SITE IN ARMENIA

    States News Service
    October 29, 2013 Tuesday

    YEREVAN

    The following information was released by the Organization for Security
    and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE):

    Outcomes of a two-year OSCE-supported project studying the obsolete
    pesticides and persistent organic pollutants in the Nubarashen burial
    site, located near Yerevan, and their impact on the environment were
    presented and discussed today.

    The Nubarashen landfill was established in the mid-1970s as a disposal
    site for persistent organic pollutants, a form of toxic waste, and
    is located in a valley subject to severe erosion processes. Although
    the Armenian Government has taken some measures to repair it, until
    recently it posed serious environmental and human health risks.

    "Considering the close relationship between environment and security,
    the OSCE implemented an important project in the area of prevention
    of environmental degradation. This project gathered detailed data
    on the boundaries, volume and contents of toxic waste contained in
    the burial site in Nubarashen, providing an accurate assessment of
    the risk level of environmental damage in the surrounding areas,"
    said Ambassador Andrey Sorokin, Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan.

    The workshop brought together the project's main stakeholders,
    including representatives of state institutions, civil society and
    the international community, to discuss results and follow-up actions.

    Potential scenarios for site remediation were presented by Boudewijn
    Fokke from Tauw a Dutch company which conducted a project feasibility
    study as well as assessment of environmental and health risks.

    "The OSCE and the Ministry signed an agreement in 2011 to work together
    to find long term solutions to the problem. Now that the study and
    the assessment of the site initiated by the OSCE are completed,
    we have a solid knowledge foundation for follow-up actions for the
    Nubarashen toxic burial site remediation," said Armen Yeritsyan,
    Armenian Minister of Emergency Situations.

    The project was implemented by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the
    Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations, with funding from the
    US Government.




    From: A. Papazian
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