Inventory of sites that are potentially impacted by HCH in EU Member States : list of sites in France.
Date: 2022-03-23
Institutions: Directorate-General for Environment
Subjects: France, chemical product, decontamination, environmental impact, environmental protection, hazardous waste, international convention, organic pollution, pesticide, polluted area, pollution control measures, public health, toxic substance, underground storage of waste, user guide, waste management

Inventory of sites that are potentially 
impacted by HCH in EU Member States 

List of sites in France 

Consortium of HCH in EU 

January 20, 2022 

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Inventory of sites that are potentially impacted by HCH in EU Member 

States 

List of sites in France 

European Commission, DIRECTORATE-GENERAL ENVIRONMENT, 

Directorate D - Natural Capital Unit D1 - Land Use & Management 

Boudewijn Fokke (TAUW) 

Thierry Ruffenach, Joanna Lapuyade, Agathe Aubert 

Guido van de Coterlet 

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management.  

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Consortium of HCH in EU  

(TAUW bv (the Netherlands), CDM Smith Europe GmbH (Germany) and SARGA; Sociedad Aragonesa de gestión 

Agroambiental S.L.U. (Spain))  

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Table of contents 

List of Abbreviations ......................................................................................................................... 6 

Terminology used ............................................................................................................................. 7 

0  Executive Summary................................................................................................................... 9 

1 

Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 11 

1.1 

The HCH in EU project ..................................................................................................... 11 

1.2  Content of report .............................................................................................................. 11 

2 

3 

Inventory approach .................................................................................................................. 11 

List of Sites .............................................................................................................................. 12 

3.1  Sites that are potentially impacted by HCH and Lindane ................................................. 12 

3.2  Disclaimer......................................................................................................................... 37 

3.3  Uncertainties in the inventory ........................................................................................... 37 

4  Conclusions and recommendations ........................................................................................ 37 

5.1  Site BERKEM - FR-BC-01.............................................................................................. 112 

5.1.1 

Site details............................................................................................................... 112 

5.1.2 

Site background ...................................................................................................... 112 

5.2  Site - FR-BR-01 .............................................................................................................. 115 

5.2.1 

Site details............................................................................................................... 115 

5.2.2 

Site background ...................................................................................................... 115 

5.3  Site FR-BY-01 ................................................................................................................ 121 

5.3.1 

Site details............................................................................................................... 121 

5.3.2 

Site background ...................................................................................................... 122 

5.4  Site La littorale Bézier-Quai du port neuf - FR-BZ-01-01 ............................................... 126 

5.4.1 

Site details............................................................................................................... 126 

5.4.2 

Site background ...................................................................................................... 127 

5.4.3 

Environmental characteristics ................................................................................. 129 

5.5  Site former Pataterie ...................................................................................................... 134 

5.5.1 

Site details............................................................................................................... 134 

5.5.2 

Site background ...................................................................................................... 134 

5.5.3 

Site details............................................................................................................... 139 

5.5.4 

Site background ...................................................................................................... 139 

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5.6  Site  STEIH - FR-HU-01-01 ............................................................................................ 142 

5.6.1 

Site details............................................................................................................... 142 

5.6.2 

Site background ...................................................................................................... 142 

5.7  Site  STEIH - Nouvelle sablière de Huningue - FR-HU-01-02 ....................................... 150 

5.7.1 

Site details............................................................................................................... 150 

5.7.2 

Site background ...................................................................................................... 150 

5.8  Site  STEIH - Stade de Huningue - FR-HU-01-03 .......................................................... 154 

5.8.1 

Site details............................................................................................................... 154 

5.9  Site  ‘Brunner’ gravel pit in Sierentz - FR-HU-01-04 ...................................................... 158 

5.9.1 

Site details............................................................................................................... 158 

5.9.2 

Site background ...................................................................................................... 158 

5.10  Site  STEIH - Wintzenheim: Ancienne décharge PCUK - FR-HU-01-05 ........................ 162 

5.10.1  Site details............................................................................................................... 162 

5.10.2  Site background ...................................................................................................... 162 

5.11  Site  STEIH - SITA Ultimate Waste Storage Centre (CSDU) - FR-HU-01-06 ................ 171 

5.11.1  Site details............................................................................................................... 171 

5.11.2  Site background ...................................................................................................... 171 

5.12  Site  Ancienne décharge de Mulhouse - FR-KG-01-01 .................................................. 174 

5.12.1  Site details............................................................................................................... 174 

5.12.2  Site background ...................................................................................................... 174 

5.13  Site   - FR-KG-02-01 ...................................................................................................... 181 

5.13.1  Site details............................................................................................................... 181 

5.13.2  Site background ...................................................................................................... 181 

5.14  Site PLATEFORME INDUSTRIELLE ICI - FR-OI-01 ..................................................... 183 

5.14.1  Site details............................................................................................................... 183 

5.14.2  Site background ...................................................................................................... 183 

5.15  Site  SOCIETE ORGACHIM - FR-OI-02 ........................................................................ 188 

5.15.1  Site details............................................................................................................... 188 

5.15.2  Site background ...................................................................................................... 188 

5.15.3  Environmental characteristics ................................................................................. 192 

5.16  Site AZUR CHIMIE - FR-PB-01-01 ................................................................................ 196 

5.16.1  Site details............................................................................................................... 196 

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5.16.2  Site background ...................................................................................................... 196 

5.17  Site  Rhodia-Production Site - FR-PC-01 ....................................................................... 201 

5.17.1  Parent site details: FR-PC-01-01 ............................................................................ 201 

5.17.2  Satellite site details: FR-PC-01-02 .......................................................................... 204 

5.17.3  Satellite sites details: FR-PC-01-03 & FR-PC-01-04 .............................................. 204 

5.18  Site  Usine Solvay de Tavaux - FR-TV-01-01 ................................................................ 211 

5.18.1  Site details............................................................................................................... 211 

5.18.2  Site background ...................................................................................................... 211 

5.19  Site  Ancienne décharge de Vernon - FR-VE-01 ........................................................... 217 

5.19.1  Site details............................................................................................................... 217 

5.19.2  Site background ...................................................................................................... 217 

5.20  Site STEPAN EUROPE - FR-VO-01 .............................................................................. 221 

5.20.1  Site details............................................................................................................... 221 

5.21  Site Plate-forme chimique de Villers-Saint-Paul - FR-VP-01-01 .................................... 229 

5.21.1  Site details............................................................................................................... 229 

5.21.2  Site background ...................................................................................................... 230 

5.22  Site IEP at Villers-Saint-Sépulcre - FR-VS-01 ............................................................... 235 

5.22.1  Site details............................................................................................................... 235 

5.22.2  Site background ...................................................................................................... 235 

5.23  Site Chimiotechnic Venissieux - FR-VX-01 .................................................................... 239 

5.23.1  Site details............................................................................................................... 239 

5.23.2  Site background ...................................................................................................... 239 

Appendix 1 

Inventory Approach ................................................................................................... 38 

Appendix 2  Source Overview ....................................................................................................... 46 

Appendix 3  Document Overview .................................................................................................. 50 

Appendix 4  Country Gross List .................................................................................................... 59 

Appendix 5  Site Characterization ............................................................................................... 111 

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List of Abbreviations 

CSM 

EU  
GIM 
HCH 

HCH in EU 

ICSM 

IHPA 
NGF 
NIP 

POP  
PCUK 
SC 

UIP 

Conceptual Site Model 

European Union 
Geographic Information Model 
Hexachlorocyclohexane 

Pilot project to evaluate and address the presence of Lindane and 
HCH in the EU (ENV.D.1/ETU/2019/0023) 
Initial Conceptual Site Model 

International HCH & Pesticides Association 
Topographical level / nivellement général de la France 
National Implementation Plan for the Stockholm Convention 

Persistent Organic Pollutants 
Produits Chimique Ugine Kuhlmann 
Stockholm Convention 

Union Implementation plan for the Stockholm Convention  

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Terminology used 

•  Commission 

European Commission - Directorate General Environment. 

•  Consortium 

The TAUW bv (the Netherlands), CDM Smith Europe GmbH (Germany) and SARGA; 
Sociedad Aragonesa de gestión Agroambiental S.L.U. (Spain) Consortium. 

•  Filler 

Additive to pesticides to enhance application and dilute the active ingredient (i.e., Lindane). 
Most fillers are inactive products not of environmental concern (lime, clay). 

•  HCH 

C6H6Cl6, is any of several polyhalogenated organic compounds consisting of a six-carbon ring 
with one chlorine and one hydrogen attached to each carbon. It is produced through 

chlorination of benzene. 

•  Landfills 

Sites specifically intended for chemical waste including Lindane and HCH-isomers (alpha, 

beta, and delta) and its degradation products where disposal took place with some level of 
containment measures. 

•  Lindane 

Enriched HCH containing 99 % or more of γ-HCH. This product does not have the distinctive 
smell of Technical HCH and has the best pesticidal properties. 

•  POP 

Persistent Organic Pollutants. 

•  Production sites 

These are sites where Technical HCH and/or Lindane were produced. 

•  Processing sites 

Sites where Technical HCH and/or Lindane were processed / formulated into market ready 
pesticides. These sites did not produce the base HCH but rather mixed with fillers or other 

pesticides to produce a market ready product. 

•  Stockholm Convention 

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants is an international environmental 

treaty, signed in 2001 and effective from May 2004, that aims to eliminate or restrict the 
production and use of persistent organic pollutants including HCH. 

•  Storage facilities 

Sites with storage facilities where obsolete stocks of POP-pesticides including Lindane and 
HCH and its degradation products are stored awaiting final disposal. 

•  Technical HCH 

The original mixture produced through chlorination of benzene. It consists of 5 isomers of 
HCH. Technical HCH contains about 14 % γ-HCH, 65-70 % α-HCH, 7-10 % β-HCH, 
approximately 7 % δ-HCH, 1-2 % ε-HCH, and 1-2 % other components. 

•  Treatment centres 

Sites where Technical HCH and its degradation products and Lindane were treated and/ or 
destroyed in the scope of projects mitigating the related environmental risks. 

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•  Waste deposits 

Sites where HCH-isomers (alpha, beta, and delta) and its degradation products and Lindane 
are dumped without any proper containment. 

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0  Executive Summary 

This report provides an overview of sites in France that are potentially impacted by HCH and that 
were identified in the context of the HCH in EU project. The overview of these sites could be used 

for the planning of the management of contaminated sites and the fulfilment of the obligations in 
the context of the Stockholm Convention on POPs and the EU POPs Regulation, more specifically 
Article 6e of the Stockholm Convention that requires states to ‘Endeavour to develop appropriate 

strategies for identifying sites contaminated by chemicals listed in Annex A, B or C; if remediation 
of those sites is undertaken it shall be performed in an environmentally sound manner’. 

The inventory demonstrates that France has 35 site(s) where HCH was handled. The main site 
where HCH was a large issue is the former PCUK site in Huningue. This site has several 
associated waste deposits in the surroundings including cross-border sites in Germany. The 

former Atofina site was also dedicated to the production of Lindane. The other 4 production 
facilities in France operated on a smaller scale and/or for a briefer period. These production sites 
have associated waste deposits but on a much smaller scale than the PCUK site in Huningue. 

Most processing sites in France seemed small and HCH contamination status limited. 

As the regulatory environment in France is strong, most sites are at least partially controlled, and 

the authorities are aware of the issues present.  

Unique for France is the presence of Lindane at wood processing facilities. These wood treatment 

facilities used a mixture of Lindane and other POPs for the treatment of timber in a process prone 
to spillage. So far six wood processing sites contaminated with Lindane have been identified but 
this is likely only the top of the iceberg. It is advised to conduct a nationwide survey in the history 

of wood treatment and the locations associated with them to establish the size and magnitude of 
any contamination present. 

As HCH is a POP under Part A of Annex III of the REGULATION (EU) 2019/1021 OF THE 
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on persistent organic pollutants  
(June 20th, 2019), under article 10 of this regulation the Commission, supported by the Agency, 
and the Member States shall establish or maintain, as appropriate, in close cooperation, 
appropriate programmes and mechanisms, consistent with the state of the art, for the regular 
provision of comparable monitoring data on the presence of substances as listed in Part A of 

Annex III in the environment. 

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Résumé 

Ce rapport présente l’ensemble des sites potentiellement impactés par du HCH en France et qui 
ont été identifiés dans le cadre du projet HCH de l’Union Européenne (UE). La connaissance de 

l’ensemble de ces sites permettrait d’organiser la gestion des sites contaminés et de répondre aux 
obligations découlant de la convention de Stockholm sur les POPs et leur réglementation par l’UE, 
notamment  dans  l’article  6e  de  la  convention  de  Stockholm  qui  oblige  les  états  à  « S’efforcer 

d’élaborer des stratégies appropriées pour identifier les sites contaminés par des produits chimiques 
listés en Annexe A, B et C ; si des travaux de remise en état sont entrepris sur ses sites, ils devront 
être effectués d’une manière écologique et rationnelle ». 

L’inventaire a mis en évidence 35 sites en France où le HCH a été manipulé. Le principal site où le 
HCH  a  constitué  un  problème  important  est  l’ancien  site  PCUK  sur  la  commune  de  Huningue. 

Plusieurs  dépôts  de  déchets  provenant  de  ce  site  sont  présents  dans  les  environs,  incluant  des 
sites transfrontaliers en Allemagne. L’ancien site d’Atofina a également été dédié à la production de 
Lindane. Les 4 autres de sites de production en France ont été exploités à plus petite échelle et/ou 

sur une période de temps plus courte. Ces sites de production ont des dépôts de déchets associés, 
mais à une échelle beaucoup plus petite que le site PCUK de Huningue. La plupart des sites de 
transformation en France semblent de petite taille et le degré de contamination par le HCH semble 

limité. 

La réglementation environnementale en France étant forte, la plupart de ces sites sont au moins 

partiellement contrôlés et les autorités sont conscientes des problèmes existants. 

L’identification de Lindane dans les installations de traitement du bois est spécifique à la France. 

Ces installations de traitement du bois utilisaient un mélange de Lindane et d'autres POP pour le 
traitement du bois dans un processus sujet à des déversements. Jusqu'à présent, six sites de 
traitement du bois contaminés par le Lindane ont été identifiés, mais ce n'est probablement que la 

partie émergeante de l'iceberg. Il est recommandé de mener une enquête à l'échelle nationale sur 
l'historique du traitement du bois et les sites qui y sont associés afin d’évaluer la taille et l'ampleur 
de toute contamination présente. 

Le HCH étant un POP au titre de la partie A de l'annexe III du RÈGLEMENT (UE) 2019/1021 DU 
PARLEMENT EUROPÉEN ET DU CONSEIL concernant les polluants organiques persistants 

(20 juin 2019), en vertu de l'article 10 de ce règlement, la Commission, soutenue par l'Agence, et 
les États membres, établissent ou maintiennent, le cas échéant, en étroite coopération, des 
programmes et actions appropriés, conformes à l'état de l'art, pour la fourniture régulière de 

données de surveillance comparables sur la présence dans l'environnement de substances 
figurant dans la partie A de l'annexe III. 

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1  Introduction 

The HCH in EU project 

1.1 
The European Parliament has tasked the European Commission with the management of a 

project to evaluate and address the presence of Lindane and HCH in the EU. The Commission 
has selected a consortium consisting of TAUW bv from the Netherlands, CDM Smith Europe 
GmbH from Germany and Sociedad Aragonesa de Gestión Agroambiental (SARGA) S.L.U. from 

Spain to deliver this project. 

The objectives are to get a view of the presence of Lindane and HCH impacted sites in the EU 
and to help authorities dealing with the legacy of these Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) in 

six pilot projects. Despite the prohibition on the production and use of Lindane and HCH in the EU 
its presence and persistence in the environment remains a significant threat for human health and 
our ecosystem. 

The HCH in EU project has the following two tasks: 
1. 

Inventory of the HCH contaminated sites in all the EU member states (Task 1) 

2.  Consultancy service for selected six projects/cases of the HCH contaminated sites (Task 2) 

Content of report 

1.2 
This report provides an overview of the sites that are potentially impacted by HCH and Lindane in 
the metropolitan French country and that were found in the context of this project. The list could be 
used for the planning of the management of contaminated sites and the implementation of the 

obligations of the Stockholm Convention on POPs of France. After this introduction Chapter 2 
provides an overview of the inventory approach. Details on the 10 different steps taken for this 
inventory are given in Appendix 1. Details of the sites identified are provided in Chapter 3. 

The final Chapter 4 contains conclusions and recommendations for the competent authorities. 
Appendix 2 provides an overview of the sources consulted and Appendix 3 lists all documents 
used to collect the data for this inventory. Appendix 4 is the Gross List of all sites potentially 

impacted by HCH/Lindane. Appendix 5 provides the characterization of a selection of the high-risk 
sites.  

2  Inventory approach 

To identify the sites that are potentially impacted by HCH and Lindane in France, the Consortium 

followed ten steps to ensure that no sources were overlooked, and that maximum input was 
gathered. The ten steps are: 
•  Step 1.1 Initial check of available international data 
•  Step 1.2 Initial country inventory of HCH/Lindane sites 
•  Step 1.3 Informing relevant stakeholders of the identified sites and requesting their input. 
•  Step 1.4 Updating the inventory with input from external stakeholders 
•  Step 1.5 Further investigation of identified sites 
•  Step 1.6 Outreach to national and international stakeholders on identified sites 

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•  Step 1.7 Public actions (workshops, webinars, meeting) to involve main stakeholders 
•  Step 1.8 Further characterisation of main sites 
•  Step 1.9 Classification of Sites according to their environmental management levels 
•  Step 1.10 Final list of HCH and Lindane contaminated sites the EU 

Each of these steps consists of a top down and bottom-up approach. The top-down approach is to 
gather data from public and international sources relating to known sites. The bottom-up approach 

mostly relates to the collection of circumstantial data to try and trace back to hitherto unknown 
sites. More details on the mentioned steps are provided in Appendix1 - Inventory Approach. 

3  List of Sites 

Sites that are potentially impacted by HCH and Lindane 

3.1 
During the inventory phase in France several sites have been reviewed and assessed for the 
potential presence of HCH and Lindane. In Appendix 4 the gross-list of these sites, i.e., all sites 
the Consortium looked at, is presented including the reference documents used to assess their 

status. The following table (Table 3.1) contains all sites that are confirmed to have handled HCH 
and/or Lindane. 

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Table 3.1 Overview of HCH suspected sites in France 

Country 

Assigned 

Location 

Use label 

Current 

Short description 

Environmental 

History 

Current use 

code 

site code 

code 

address 

setting 

FR 

FR-AC-01 

FR-AC-01-

Processing 

Rue du Moulin 

The Company Prosyntho formulated and 

Industrial 

Both companies ceased 

Abandoned 

01 

site 

Potel 

packed pesticides with Lindane, DDT, 

their activities in 1980. 

site 

endosulfan, atrazine, simazine in 

solvents as xylene on this site in 

Acquigny. Prosyntho share its building 

with the laboratory Champin, which 

produced methylethylketone proxyde, 

used as polyester catalyser.  

Based on the available 

information, all the waste 

(barrels) was evacuated 

from the site in 1982. 

Since 1982, the site is 

abandoned, the buildings 

fall into ruin and trees 

grew on the parcel. 

FR 

FR-BC-01 

FR-BC-01-

Processing 

Marais Ouest, 

BERKEM specializes in the formulation of 

Industrial 

Site has undergone 

Industrial 

01 

site 

24680 

wood treatment products and in the 

Gardonne 

extraction of plant compounds for the 

various stages of 

remediation since 1998 

para-pharmaceutical, pharmaceutical, 

cosmetic and food industries. The 

operations started at this site in 1995. 

FR 

FR-BD-01 

FR-BD-01-

Other 

251 Route de 

Wolseley France operated the site until 

Industrial 

Wood treatement site 

Industrial 

01 

Lyons la Forêt 

2014. Bois et Matériaux took over the 

that operated till 2014 

activities of Wolseley France in 2015. 

Until 2014, the site was operated for the 

wood treatment using a tank of 12 m3. 

This activity ceased in 2014 and the 

wood handling activity was maintained. 

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Country 

Assigned 

Location 

Use label 

Current 

Short description 

Environmental 

History 

Current use 

code 

site code 

code 

address 

setting 

Investigations were undertaken in 2015 in 

the frame of a management plan drafted 

in 2016. Soil investigations showed 

maximal HCH concentrations of 11 mg/kg 

on-site and 1,2 mg/kg off-site, but also 

maximal aldrin concentrations of 36 

mg/kg on-site and 5 mg/kg off-site and 

maximal HCBD concentrations of 130 

mg/kg on-site and 0,37 mg/kg off-site. 

A groundwater monitoring is in place on- 

and off-site. The results of the monitoring 

show an impact of the site on the 

groundwater quality; Above-mentioned 

pesticides concentrations are above the 

considered reference values. 

Degradation products are also observed 

in the groundwater. 

FR 

FR-BR-01 

FR-BR-01-

Landfill 

RD 8, 

This site is at the location called 

Forest 

The site was used as 

Forest 

01 

Reckholderberg 

‘Reckholderberg’ which is also used to 

name the site. The investigations 

undertaken in 1982 showed 

hydrocarbons (1 to 10 g/kg), Lindane 

(about 1 µg/kg) and phenol (less than 

12 mg/kg) concentrations in soil.  

household waste landfill 

by the municipalities of 

Mulhouse and Brunstatt 

between 1969 and 1994 

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Country 

Assigned 

Location 

Use label 

Current 

Short description 

Environmental 

History 

Current use 

code 

site code 

code 

address 

setting 

In 2001, rehabilitation works were 

undertaken with among others the 

removal of the monsters and capping the 

landfill with a clay layer. A groundwater 

monitoring campaign undertaken in 2011 

showed several organic and inorganic 

contaminations, including HCH delta 

(5,84 µg/l) and HCH epsilon (29,6 µg/l). 

In the publicly available information, it is 

said that additional investigations are 

considered as necessary to assess the 

environmental situation and manage the 

site. 

FR 

FR-BY-01 

FR-BY-01-

Processing 

Route de 

The SOPRA factory was established in 

Industrial 

Based on the publicly 

Industrial 

01 

site 

Broglie, ZI, BP 

1958 by the British group ZENECA. It 

available information, the 

218, Bernay 

was a factory to formulate insecticides, 

27300 

fungicides, and herbicides. 

site was established in 

1958 and ceased its 

activities in 1995. There 

is no information on the 

exact site activities and 

the eventual presence of 

HCH in the process. 

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FR-CS-01 

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Production 

Le Moulin de 

Between 1948 and 1963 they produced 

Agricultural 

The site was in operation 

Agriculture 

between 1948 and 1963 

to produce pesticides 

01 

site 

Nanchon 

pesticides which lead to soil 

contaminations with pesticides, 

chlorobenzene, chlorophenol, 

hydrocarbons and heavy metals as 

arsenic and chrome. Low HCH 

concentrations were also detected in old 

buildings for artisanal uses. The 

groundwater contained in the Seine 

alluvium don’t show severe 

contamination, the drinking water 

extraction well located 500 m upstream to 

the site never showed pesticides 

contamination. Remediation work was 

undertaken in 2000 and 2001. Site-use 

restrictions were taken following the 

remediation to manage the future 

development of the site. A groundwater 

monitoring is undertaken on- and off-site 

since 2008. The monitoring shows that 

chlorophenol concentrations are below 

the detection at the site limit and below 

the considered reference value off-site. 

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address 

CD 226 

01 

setting 

In 1995, the authorities visited the 

Agricultural 

The site was permitted to 

Agricultural 

abandoned site and observed 35 barrel 

of 200 L containing Lindane and waste 

treat wood with creosote 

in 1989. The activities 

contaminated with creosote. In 1995, the 

ceased in 1994. 

Lindane waste was evacuated from the 

site by the curator. The rest of the waste 

was evacuated by the new site owner in 

2000. The available information relates 

that the soil and groundwater survey 

undertaken between 2000 and 2002 

didn’t show an impact of this waste 

deposit. Several surface and 

groundwater monitoring campaigns were 

undertaken between 2002 and 2012. 

PAH and Lindane were detected with 

concentrations above the considered 

reference values for some of these 

campaigns (2003), apparently during the 

low-level periods. Following the 

campaigns undertaken in 2011 and 2012 

confirming the absence of PAH and 

Lindane (groundwater monitoring 

stopped). The groundwater monitoring 

wells were backfilled in 2013. 

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FR-FA-01 

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Other 

9, rue André 

In the frame of a redevelopment project, 

Industrial 

Before 1954, the site was 

Industrial 

01 

Dessaux 

the owner of the site undertook a soil 

used for agriculture, then 

survey in 2017. This first survey showed 

the site hosted a 

pesticides contaminations in several 

boreholes: HCH, DDT, aldrin and dieldrin 

concentrations above the considered 

reference values were observed. 

Additional investigations were 

recommended. The additional 

investigations were undertaken in 2018. 

HCH concentrations in the first meter of 

soil were above 100 µg/kg and a 

concentration of 38,000 µg/kg was 

observed at one drilling between 2 and 3 

m deep. It was supposed that this high 

concentration was related to a waste 

carpentry workshop from 

1954 to 2000. From 2000 

to 2006, the shop La 

Maison Coloniale was 

installed in the existing 

building. Finally, from 

2006 to 2017, several 

restaurants followed one 

another. Today, the site 

is occupied by the 

Assador TIPICO 

restaurant. Exact cause 

of Lindane contamination 

deposit. A concentrated pollution level 

is unclear. 

was specified at 1,900 µg/kg regarding 

the results of the investigations. A volume 

of about 1,700 m3 must be excavated to 

remove the considered concentrated 

pollution. This removal was 

recommended, but there is no 

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work. 

FR 

FR-HU-01 

FR-HU-01-

Production 

AVENUE DE 

Former industrial site of the company 

Industrial 

From 1947 to 1974, the 

Industrial 

01 

site 

BALE BP 107 

PCUK (manufacture of Lindane), where 

Lindane production residues (HCH) were 

stored. On the deposit, a parking lot was 

plant of the Ugine 

Kuhlmann Chemical 

Company (PCUK) 

created, used by the company STEIH, 

produced on these sites 

FR 

FR-HU-01 

FR-HU-01-

Waste 

Auf Dem 

Until 1977, PCUK operated a Lindane 

Industrial 

This old gravel pit was 

Industrial 

02 

deposit 

Rauchen Hubel, 

manufacturing plant on the territory of the 

operated until 1961, then 

owner of the site.  

Lindane 

(hexachlorocyclohexane 

(HCH)) used as an 

insecticide 

68330 

municipality of Huningue. In addition to 

Huningue 

the deposits that were made on the site 

itself during the life of the plant, its 

was the subject of 

backfilling until 1970, 

resulting in the 

dismantling gave rise to a dispersion of 

construction of a stadium 

demolition materials in various gravel pits 

belonging to the city of 

in the vicinity. La Nouvelle Sablière de 

Huningue 

Huningue is one such site 

FR 

FR-HU-01 

FR-HU-01-

Waste 

Rue de 

In 1960, backfill work began in this old 

Sports fields 

In 1960, backfill work 

Sports fieldd 

03 

deposit 

Michelfelden, 

quarry. A large quantity of drums and 

began in this old quarry. 

68128 Village-

wastes with a strong Lindane odour were 

Neuf 

dumped there for about 3 years.  

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This was chemical waste from the Ugine 

Kuhlmann Chemical Company (PCUK) 

plant. This site is considered a satellite 

site of the production plant. PCUK of 

Huningue (FR-HU-01-01). Currently, the 

site corresponds to a sports complex with 

a football stadium (built in 1972). During 

excavation work (1 m deep) in 1990, a 

blue coloured paste was observed. 

FR 

FR-HU-01 

FR-HU-01-

Waste 

RD201 

Pit filled with wastes from the ‘Produits 

Semi-urban 

Between 1965 and 1970, 

Gravel pit, 

04 

deposit 

68510 Sierentz 

Chimiques Ugine Kuhlmann’ (PCUK) 

thousands of tonnes of 

CDW waste 

factory in Huningue. Reconnaissance 

residues from the 

site 

work undertaken in 1983-1984 by the 

manufacture of γ-HCH 

BRGM showed that part of this waste 

was submerged in the alluvial layer of the 

(Lindane) were 

accumulated in the 

Rhine. Following a prescription to the 

‘Brunner’ gravel pit north 

company PCUK by prefectural decrees of 

of Sierentz. 

March 13, 1986, and February 9, 1987, 

the recovery of this waste and soil, 

followed by containment in a sealed 

capsule made of compacted marl, was 

carried out in 1987, under the supervision 

of the BRGM. It was estimated that 

112,000 tons of waste and soil 

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contaminated by HCH that are stored in 

the containment capsule. 

FR 

FR-HU-01 

FR-HU-01-

Waste 

Lieu-dit 

Between May 1966 till the spring of 1967, 

Agricultural 

The Wintzenheim site 

Agricultural 

05 

deposit 

Logelbach 

about 700 to 750 tons of Lindane 

68374 

production residues were deposited 

Wintzenheim 

between 4 to 10 meters below the 

surface. The disposed Lindane 

was a rural area in 1934. 

It was operated as a 

gravel pit starting in the 

1950s. During the 1960s 

production residues came from the PCUK 

and 1970s, the pit was 

backfilled. 

site in Huningue, which produced 

Lindane. The HCH residues were 

covered by inert waste until the soil 

surface (+210 NGF) leading to the 

current flat surface. The Lindane causes 

a groundwater contamination that moves 

towards the city of Colmar 

FR 

FR-HU-01 

FR-HU-01-

Landfill 

Schaffhansemer 

This site is located is a complicated 

Landfill 

This landfill of household 

Landfill 

06 

Rebin 

geological area, with several aquifers 

containing groundwater as well as 

fractured rocks leading to water sources. 

The landfill contains a storage area of 

Lindane coming from the former PCUK 

site in Huningue. This storage received a 

clay layer as containment in 1983-1984. 

HCH is monitored in the groundwater 

waste and ordinary 

industrial waste was 

authorized by codifying 

decree of December 4, 

2000. The site has a 

sealed capsule which 

contains Lindane waste 

from the former PCUK 

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since 2000. The HCH concentrations are 

usually below 0,05 µg/L. Occasionally, 

company based in 

Huningue in the Haut-

HCH concentrations are slightly above 

Rhin. The site is currently 

0,1 µg/L at some monitoring wells. In 

2013, HCH was observed in a water 

source downstream to the site with a 

concentration of 0,21 µg/L. 

in operation and 

regulated by the 

prefectural authorization 

decree of 23 January 

2012. 

FR 

FR-KG-01 

FR-KG-01-

Waste 

Eselacker 

This landfill has a total estimated waste 

Landfill 

The city of Mulhouse 

Landfill 

01 

deposit 

volume of 800,000 m3. Numerous studies 

used this site between 

were undertaken between 1994 and 2012 

1959 and 1969 to landfill 

at the site. The publicly available 

information indicates that soil and 

groundwater are contaminated with 

inorganic and organic, including HCH. 

The Human health risk assessment 

undertaken in 2007 concluded that the 

risks are acceptable for the use of the 

site at this date. Regarding the off-site 

groundwater contamination, some uses 

of the groundwater were forbidden by the 

authorities. In the publicly available 

information, additional investigations are 

considered as necessary to assess the 

household waste. 

Industrial and hospital 

wastes were also 

landfilled (Lindane and 

radioactivity concern at 

the site). Until the mid-

70’s, other municipalities 

landfilled waste was 

dumped at the site after 

the site was backfilled 

the site was abandoned. 

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site. 

FR 

FR-KG-02 

FR-KG-02-

Waste 

Rue des 

This site is a former landfill for industrial 

Landill 

The landfill was in 

Green area 

01 

deposit 

Faisans / Rue 

waste containing Lindane and 

operation from .. till .. 

des Perdrix 

organochlorine pesticides (alpha-beta-

gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane 

isomers). 

FR 

FR-LA-01 

FR-LA-01-

Other 

11, rue Charles 

This site is a former wood treatment site. 

Urban 

This site was operated 

Barren 

01 

Toutain 

The investigations undertaken before 

2002 showed a soil contamination with 

for wood treatment 

between 1952 and the 

HCH, aldrin, dieldrin and hydrocarbons. 

70’s. 

Groundwater showed very low 

concentrations for these compounds. In 

2014, about 520 tons of contaminated 

soil were excavated and evacuated in a 

permitted treatment centre. Residual 

concentrations were in line with the 

remediation targets and a residual 

Human health risk assessment 

concluded that risk for residential use is 

acceptable. 

FR 

FR-LO-01 

FR-LO-01-

Other 

ZI de 

In the old wood treatment area: high 

Industrial 

- 

Industrial 

01 

Kersuguet, 

levels of C10-C40 hydrocarbons, volatile 

organo-halogenated compounds 

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Arthur Enaud 

(COHV), wood preservatives, chromium 

Street, Loudéac 

VI, Lindane, and chlorophenols. 

FR 

FR-OI-02 

FR-OI-02-

Processing 

3 rue Octave 

This site is a site where pesticides were 

Industrial 

The main triangular land 

Industrial - 

01 

Fauquet 

formulated. Various developments in the 

was occupied from 1900 

abandoned 

building and production (powders and 

granules, liquid fertilizers, oxinate, 

oxyquinoline, insecticides, weedkillers 

and derivatives, fine chemicals) explain 

the very large quantity of products 

(components) that could have polluted 

the site. 

to 1959 by a cotton mill. 

From 1961, the land was 

occupied by the 

companies La 

Quinoléine, Prochimex 

and Laboratoires Duphar 

then ORGACHIM who 

redeveloped the building 

to produce phytosanitary 

products. 

FR 

FR-PC-01 

FR-PC-01-

Production 

Rue Lavoisier 

This site is a chemical factory. Beside the 

Industrial 

This chemical platform 

Industrial 

01 

site 

area contaminated at the former 

workshop, the site operated a waste 

deposit (‘décharge Ouest’) which is 

described in the site FR-PC-03. An area 

was also used to store excavated soil 

contaminated with PCB or HCH. The 

surveys undertaken between 1984 and 

was established in 1915 

and covers about 130 ha. 

Nowadays the site is 

operated by numerous 

companies, but the 

historical pollution 

liabilities are hold by 

2000 showed that a groundwater 

Rhodia Chimie. In 1915, 

contamination plume is present on- and 

the site produced 

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of-site. (chlorinated) hydrocarbons, light 

aromatic compounds, HCH and 

chlorine and its derived 

products. After 1945, the 

chlorobenzene are tracer of the pollution 

site produced other 

due to the site. 

products as isocyanate, 

agro-pharmaceutical 

products, chlorinated 

solvents, oils, and 

specific dielectrics, etc.  

FR 

FR-PC-01 

FR-PC-01-

Waste 

Rue Lavoisier, 

In 1983, the authorities observed a 

Industrial 

Barrel dumping area in 

Industrial 

02 

deposit 

Lieu dit 

deposit of barrels containing production 

1983. 

Gringalet 

residues of chlorophenol on a concrete 

slab. The barrels were evacuated and 

landfilled in a permitted site. The 

authorities considered that no further 

investigation or action is needed 

regarding the site activities. If those 

activities would change, a new site 

assessment should be conducted at this 

area. 

FR 

FR-PC-01 

FR-PC-01-

Waste 

Unknown 

Waste deposit within industrial site 

Industrial 

The chemical platform 

Industrial 

03 

deposit 

cannot be exactly located based on 

operated between 1956 

publicly available information. Historical 

aerial picture allows to observe two 

different waste deposits at the site. As 

and 1979 a waste 

deposit where 76,500 

tons of residues were 

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described for the site FR-PC-01, it was 

stored, including 25,000 

proposed in 2012 to implement a 

tons of chlorinated 

containment on this waste deposit, but 

waste. 

there is no available information on the 

implementation of site containment. 

FR 

FR-PC-01 

FR-PC-01-

Waste 

Rue Lavoisier, 

In 1983, the authorities observed a 

Industrial 

Barrel dumping area in 

Industrial 

04 

deposit 

lieu dit Gringalet 

deposit of barrels containing production 

1983. 

residues of chlorophenol on a concrete 

slab. The barrels were evacuated and 

landfilled in a permitted site. The 

authorities considered that no further 

investigation or action is needed 

regarding the site activities. If those 

activities would change, a new site 

assessment should be conducted at this 

area. 

FR 

FR-PC-02 

FR-PC-02-

Waste 

Rue de 

In 1977, the hangars were emptied and 

Industrial 

Hangars for agricultural 

Green area 

01 

deposit 

Chamrousse, 

demolished. The concrete slab of the 

district of 

buildings was maintained and covered 

Gringalets 

with ground. In 1984, the site was sold to 

the SADI / municipality to redevelop the 

activity area ‘Gringalet’. The site wasn’t 

used until 1994 when earthwork was 

scheduled to develop a green land at the 

activities were used 

between 1960 and 1977 

by the company Progil to 

store production residues 

of Lindane and 

diphenyl’s. 

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site. Following this work, relevant odours 

of pesticides (Lindane) were observed. 

Rhone-Poulenc removed the ground 

covering the concrete slab. The concrete 

slab was demolished and the rubble (660 

tons) as well as contaminated soil (2,300 

tons) were sent to a permitted treatment 

centre. Investigations were undertaken to 

assess the presence of contamination 

under and around the former concrete 

slab. Following this survey, the 

authorities considered that the site was 

treated and free of any restriction or 

easement. 

FR 

FR-QP-01 

FR-QP-01-

Other 

81 avenue de 

This site is a former wood treatment 

Industrial 

Wood treatment facility 

Industrial 

01 

Ty Bos, 

Quimper 

facility. The results of soil analyses have 

shown the presence of significant 

(historic) pollution by total hydrocarbons, 

Lindane, pentachlorophenol, 

cypermethrin, trichlorobenzene and 

phthalates in several places on the site 

(south of the hangar, northwest of the 

site, on the site of the old wood treatment 

that operated between 

1984 and 2005. LE 

GOFF-MERRIEN was 

authorized to operate a 

wood treatment 

establishment by 

prefectural authorization 

decree of 6 November 

1984. VEZO bought LE 

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facilities). The pollution is mainly 

localized at the HI 314 plot 

GOFF-MERRIEN in the 

early 1990s.  

The operation stopped 

definitively on December 

31, 2005. 

FR 

FR-SA-01 

FR-SA-01-

Production 

Château-

At this former HCH Lindane production 

Industrial 

Site operated from 1947 

Industrial 

01 

site 

Arnoux-Saint-

site all the buildings were demolished 

Auban, avenue 

following the cessation of activities. The 

du jas 

most polluted rubble was landfilled 

till 1995, dedicated to 

production of Lindane. 

(hazardous waste landfill in Bellegarde, 

100 tonnes) and the other light impacted 

rubble was used for the construction of 

an on-site road (1,400 tonnes). A soil 

survey was undertaken at the former 

production workshop and lead to the 

conclusions that no further remediation 

action is needed. Based on publicly 

available information dated 2007, a 

groundwater monitoring is undertaken at 

this site, which doesn’t show an impact. 

A waste deposit was operated with this 

production site.  

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FR-SA-01 

FR-SA-01-

Waste 

Imprecise, 

This waste deposit is related to the 

setting 

Industrial 

Waste deposit - unknown 

Industrial 

02 

deposit 

cadastral 

production site in Saint Auban (see FR-

dates of disposal. 

sections AO, 

SA-01). The surface of the deposit is 

AP, AS 

approximately 300 m². In 1998, the waste 

was excavated and incinerated (315 

tonnes). Considering the duration of 

operations, 315 tonnes seem a low 

quantity. Based on publicly available 

information dated 2007, a groundwater 

monitoring is undertaken at this site, 

which doesn’t show an impact. 

FR 

FR-SB-01 

FR-SB-01-

Other 

B.P. 109 

A HCH and PCP groundwater 

Industrial 

The site is operated to 

Industrial 

01 

contamination was observed during the 

produce explosives since 

removal of 2 former xylophene tanks in 

1924. 

2002. A groundwater monitoring is in 

place at this site. 

FR 

FR-SC-01 

FR-SC-01-

Processing 

La Galboisière - 

This site is a former packaging unit of 

Waste deposit  Waste deposit observed 

Barren land 

01 

site 

Zone 

agro-pharmaceutical products. A waste 

in 1992 

Industrielle 

deposit was observed in 1992 at the site 

in industrial 

area 

of the company SCAC Fisons during 

earthworks. This deposit impacted the 

soil and groundwater quality. In 1993 and 

1994, the waste was excavated and on-

site treated. The treatment was: 

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Separation of the waste from the soil and 

backfilling with the treated soil. 

Groundwater monitoring wells were 

installed, and a monitoring began in 

1995. The results of the campaigns until 

2001 showed chlorinated compounds 

concentrations implying to continue the 

monitoring. Carrefour bought the site in 

2001. A soil and groundwater survey was 

undertaken by Carrefour in 2004. The 

results showed HCH and Aldrin 

concentrations in the groundwater are 

possibly related to an upstream 

contamination source. Carrefour 

demolished the former buildings and built 

a parking for a commercial use. Last 

groundwater monitoring campaign in 

2008 showing hydrocarbons and Aldrin 

concentrations below the considered 

reference values. 

FR 

FR-TV-01 

FR-TV-01-

Production 

2 Avenue de la 

The site was unable to provide additional 

Industrial 

In 1925, the Solvay 

Industrial 

01 

site 

République 

information concerning the storage of 

39500 Tavaux 

Lindane or any accident during this 

production period (such as leakage).  

company decided to set 

up a factory in Tavaux in 

the Jura, mainly due to 

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No study of Lindane pollution has been 

carried out on this site. 

the proximity of raw 

materials, with Poligny 

salt and Damparis 

limestone, the availability 

of spacious land 

(uncultivated and 

swampy land) and the 

existence of 

communication routes 

(Rhône to Rhine canal 

and railway). After 1945, 

Solvay decided to 

produce chlorinated 

organic products in 

Tavaux. In 1948, on the 

site began the production 

of chlorinated organic 

products: chloro-

naphthalene, 

hexachlorocyclohexane, 

trichloroethylene, 

perchloroethylene. 

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FR-TV-01 

FR-TV-01-

Waste 

2 Avenue de la 

This waste deposit concerns former 

Waste deposits  From 1964 to 1986, 

Industrial 

02 

deposit 

République - 

settling basins. The area has historic soil 

39500 Tavaux 

and groundwater pollution by organic-

chlorinated products. 

Solvay Electrolyse 

France operated an 

internal waste disposal 

site for Chlorinated 

Organic Products (COP) 

in a clay cell on the 

north-western limit of its 

settling basins. 

FR 

FR-VO-01 

FR-VO-01-

Production 

VOREPPE 

The site falls under the Seveso II 

Industrial 

Prior to 1958, the site 

Industrial 

01 

site 

38565 

directive and was the subject of a soil 

Chemin de 

survey in the frame of a simplified health 

Jongking 

risk assessment on 1st July 2001. At the 

end of the simplified health risk 

assessment, the site was categorized as 

‘class 2’ for groundwater and surface 

water - site to be monitored. The study 

considered BTEX, organochlorine 

pesticides, surfactants, and 

hydrocarbons. 

was used by SICO for 

the manufacture of 

Lindane and was then 

bought by the Chemical 

Industry of Villeurbanne 

(CIV) to produce 

surfactants (textile 

softeners, swimming pool 

water treatment, surface 

disinfectants, foaming 

agents, treatment of 

metal surfaces, additives 

for petroleum products, 

emulsifiers for 

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agriculture, specialties 

for the cosmetics 

industry).  

In 1975, two new 

manufacturing buildings 

were constructed. One 

year later, CIV became 

STEPAN, a subsidiary of 

STEPAN Company. 

FR 

FR-VO-01 

FR-VO-01-

Waste 

Chemin 

In 1985, SICO was asked by the 

Waste deposit 

In 1984, Stepan Europe 

Industrial 

02 

deposit 

Jongking / Rue 

authorities to remove the waste and to 

du Pommarin 

undertake a soil and groundwater survey 

to assess the impact of this deposit. In 

1986, 150 tons of waste were evacuated 

considered to extend its 

site in its northern part. 

Stepan considered to 

buy this site for this 

to the permitted treatment centre of 

extension. During the site 

TREDI (incineration). The ADEME 

intervene at this site and asked for a 

report relating the treatment of the site. 

Groundwater monitoring wells were 

installed in 1986. The waste deposit was 

removed, but there is no available 

information on the quality of soil and 

groundwater following this removal. 

visit, a white powder 

deposit was observed, 

which was HCH. 

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Country 

Assigned 

Location 

Use label 

Current 

Short description 

Environmental 

History 

Current use 

code 

site code 

code 

address 

setting 

FR 

FR-VX-01 

FR-VX-01-

Processing 

25 rue de 

This site underwent an initial diagnosis in 

Industrial 

In 1891, 

Industrial 

01 

l’Industrie, 

1999. The conclusions of this study 

69200 

recommended an additional study on the 

Venissieux 

soil and groundwater. The site is 

CHIMIOTECHNIC was 

included in the site of 

sieur Nicolas. The latter 

monitored due to its status as a classified 

hosted forging, 

installation. It can therefore be 

considered that the site is under control. 

mechanical hammering, 

and powder metallurgy 

There is no indication that HCH is an 

activities.  

issue at the site, however it was never 

included in any monitoring program. 

Considering the long history of the site, 

the presence of HCH cannot be fully 

excluded. 

From 1967 to 1970, part 

of the site hosted the 

PROLONA company for 

the manufacture and 

storage of organic or 

mineral products. It is 

also listed in the BASIAS 

database for its 

flammable liquid deposit 

activity. From 1970, 

PROLONA was 

integrated into the 

CHIMIOTECHNIC site.  

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Figure 3.1 is a country map with the locations of the identified sites that are potentially impacted 

by HCH and/or Lindane in France. 

Figure 3.1 Map of France with the sites that are potentially impacted by HCH and/or Lindane 

Based on the available data it is concluded that there are sites that are potentially impacted by 
HCH and/or Lindane in France. Table 3.1 contains an overview of the sites found. A review of the 

sites in France based on the seven use types, used in this HCH in EU project, is given below. 

•  Production sites 
Six production sites of HCH have been identified in France. The main production site is that of 
PCUK in Huningue (FR-HU-01). This site, at the border with Germany and Switzerland, produced 
large quantities of Lindane during its period of operation (1947 - 1974). Several waste deposits are 

associated with this site. 

The former Atofina site in Saint Aubain was dedicated to the production of Lindane between 1947 

and 1995. This site has been remediated and buildings are demolished. A waste deposit  
(FR-SA-01-02 is associated with this site. 

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The Syngentha Agro site in Le Moulin de Nanchon (FR-CS-01) was a smaller production site that 

produced pesticides between 1948 and 1963. There are no known waste deposits associated with 
this site. 

The RHODIA CHIMIE site (FR-PC-01) is part of a larger industrial complex that manufactured a 
range of chemicals including HCH. Several waste deposits are associated with this site, most on 
the site or in the direct vicinity.  

The former Solvay de Tavaux also produced HCH (FR-TV-01). The site produced Lindane for a 
brief period 1945-1950. A (semi)controlled waste deposit is associated with this site. This site is 

still in operation.  

The former SICO Europe site (FR-VO-01) produced Lindane prior to 1958. One waste deposit 

has been identified for this site.  

•  Processing sites 
Five processing sites have been identified in France (FR-AC-01, FR-BC-01, FR-BY-01,  
FR-OI-02-01, FR-SC-01, FR-VX-01).  

•  Waste deposits  
In total 13 waste deposits have been identified in France. Six are certainly, or almost certainly 
associated with the PCUK productions site (FR-HU-01-02, FR-HU-01-03, FR-HU-01-04, FR-HU-

01-05, FR-KG-01-01, FR-KG-01-02). Four are associated with the RHODIA CHIMIE site (FR-PC-
01-02, FR-PC-01-03, FR-PC-01-04, FR-PC-02-01), one is associated with the Solvay de Tavaux 
(FR-TV-01-02), one with the former Atofina site in Saint Aubain (FR-SA-01-02) and one with SICO 

Europe site (FR-VO-01-02). 

•  Landfills 
Two landfills containing HCH wastes have been identified (FR-BR-01-01 and FR-HU-01-06). 
These landfills contain wastes from the PCUK (FR-HU-01) site and have been regulated during 
their operations.  

•  Treatment centres 
Treatment centres located in France historically received HCH / Lindane from various sites which 

had to be remediated. In most cases, the treatment centres were not named in the publicly 
available information. Today, a limited number of centres are authorized to received HCH: 
•  The EMTA site, part of the Veolia group, in Guitrancourt (78) 
•  The SECHE site in Changé (53). 

•  Storage facilities 
No storage facilities have been identified in France. 

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•  Other sites 
Several other sites have been identified in France that are contaminated with HCH. In five, 
possibly six cases the contamination is associated with wood treatment using a mixture of HCH 
and PentaChlorphenol (FR-BD-01, FR-DA-01, FR-LA-01, FR-LO-01, FR-QP-01 and FR-SB-01). 

For one site (FR-FA-01) the origin of the HCH contamination is not clear. 

Disclaimer 

3.2 
The above list of sites that are potentially impacted by HCH and Lindane is based on the sources 
mentioned in Appendix 2. The consortium does not claim that the mentioned list is complete. Sites 
on the above list have a high suspicion of having been involved with HCH storage, handling, or 

processing in the past. The level to which the mentioned sites are posing human health risks, risks 
for the ecology and or risks of spreading HCH / Lindane in the environment have not been 
established in this phase of the project. 

Uncertainties in the inventory 

3.3 
The current inventory is based on available data as mentioned in Appendix 1-5. For each sites the 

available information has been included. Where the information is limited it is indicated and sites 
are classified as suspect only.  

4  Conclusions and recommendations 

The inventory demonstrates that France has 35 site(s) where HCH was handled. The main site 

where HCH was a large issue is the former PCUK site in Huningue. This site has several 
associated waste deposits in the surroundings including cross-border sites in Germany. The 
former Atofina site was also dedicated to the production of Lindane. The other 4 production 

facilities in France operated on a smaller scale and/or for a briefer period. These production sites 
have associated waste deposits but on a much smaller scale than the PCUK site in Huningue. 
Most processing sites in France seem small and HCH contamination status is limited. 

As the regulatory environment in France is strong, most sites are at least partially controlled, and 
the authorities are aware of the issues present.  

Unique for France is the presence of Lindane at wood processing facilities. These wood treatment 
facilities used a mixture of Lindane and other POPs for the treatment of timber and a process 

prone to spillage. So far six of them have been identified but this is likely only the top of the 
iceberg. It is advised to conduct a nationwide survey in the history of wood treatment and the 
locations associated with them to establish the size and magnitude of any contamination present. 

The gathered information should be used to draft an Initial Conceptual Site Model and perform a 
preliminary risk assessment. When risks are identified detailed soil survey and risk assessment 
should follow. Based on these results remedial actions can be selected when needed. When HCH 

or Lindane contamination is still active, the sites should be summarized in the update for the 
National Implementation Plan for the Stockholm Convention. 

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Appendix 1 

Inventory Approach 

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The 10 steps of the EU-wide inventory, Task 1, the Inventory of the HCH 
contaminated sites in EU member states 

Step 1.1 - Initial check on available international data  
The first step was an updated list of countries in the European Union that have sites that are 
potentially impacted by HCH and Lindane. From earlier reports it is concluded, that Lindane and 
technical HCH was produced in at least the following 12 member states: Austria; Croatia; Czech 

Republic; France; Germany; Hungary; Italy; Netherlands; Poland; Romania; Slovakia and Spain.  

For this step, the Union Implementation plan (UIP) for the Stockholm Convention (SC) including 

the comments on this UIP provided by John Vijgen, consult from the International HCH and 
Pesticides Association (IHPA) and Dr Roland Weber were reviewed. After this, all available 
National Implementation Plans (NIPs) for the SC of all 27 member states were reviewed on this 

issue. 

In addition to the information documented in the scope of the obligation from the SC, the following 

information resources were consulted to verify the list of EU countries with HCH contaminated 
sites: 
•  Databases of companies involved in waste collection/ treatment 
•  Databases of companies taking care of contaminated sites, hazardous waste shipment  
•  National databases with information on environmental enforcement, notifications of illegal 
activities or incidents, and soil or water measurements by environmental authorities 
•  Databases on (obsolete) chemical industries specific production of agrochemicals  

Available surface and groundwater monitoring data was also used to verify whether HCH is 

detectable outside the catchment areas of known sites. If elevated levels of HCH were detected in 
surface and groundwater outside catchment areas with known sites, then these areas were 
investigated in more detail. The goal of a more detailed investigation is to determine the origin of 

the detected HCH and identify sites that are potentially impacted by HCH and Lindane but that 
were previously unknown. 

The initial review concluded that there are HCH/Lindane contaminated sites in France. 

The background data on this step is available in report R003-1272383BAG-V02-los-NL Step 1.1 

Final List of Countries with HCH impacted sites (July 22, 2020).  

Step 1.2 - Initial Country Inventory of HCH/Lindane sites 
For Step 1.2, a desktop study is carried out for France to identify potential HCH impacted sites. 
The European Union Implementation Plan of the Stockholm Convention from 2007 provides a 
rough estimate of the volume produced in the EU region between 1950 and 2000 but not the 

specific site location information necessary for the site list. The Stockholm Convention National 
Implementation Plan of France is providing the following information in relation to presence of 
potential HCH impacted sites:  

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•  France signed on 24 June 1998 the protocol for the control, the reduction or limitation of the 
production, the use, and the emission of 16 compounds in the environment, including HCH 

•  The France is favourable to the inscription of HCH in the annex A and C 
•  France realized several studies on worrying substances. Concerning HCH:  

- 

- 

The Health Surveillance Institute (Institut de Veille Sanitaire - IVS) undertook a study on 
the consequences of the presence of Lindane in the drinking water of the town of 
Belgentier (83, Var Departement) 

The French agency for the health safety related to the environment and the labor (Agence 
Française de Sécurité Sanitaire del’Environnement et du Travail - AFSSET) assessed in 
April 2009 the risk for Human health related to the wood treatment compounds 

However, the Stockholm Convention National Implementation Plan of France lacks specific site 
information on potential HCH impacted sites. 

To compile a comprehensive country specific list of potential HCH impacted sites, the desktop 
study has drawn on various sources of information. This includes publicly available literature and 

contacting relevant authorities.  
The Consortium has attempted to contact former in country HCH producers, chemical waste 
management companies and pesticide formulators. Historical records, books etc. on chemical 

production in states have been reviewed to trace potential producers.  

Thirdly, HCH and chemical waste shipment data have been collected from public sources to 

assess the cross-border movement of HCH. 

The following reports and sources have been assessed to identify sources of HCH and Lindane at 

locations with increased concentrations of HCH-isomers in the surface water: 
•  Fresenius Environmental Bulletins (FEB), Volume 14 - No 6 -2005, page 444-462, Persistent 

Chlorinated Hydrocarbons (PCHC), source-oriented monitoring in aquatic media 3 

• 

Isomers of hexachlorocyclohexane, Emanuel Heinisch - Antonius Kettrup- Werner Bergheim- 
Dieter Martens- Sabine Wenzell, and FEB Volume 18 - No 8 -2009 pp 1396 - 1406 

•  FEB, Persistent Chlorinated Hydrocarbons (PCHCS), source-oriented monitoring in aquatic 

media 7 

•  European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR) https://prtr.eea.europa.eu/ 
•  EEA (2018). Chemicals in European Waters 
•  EEA (2018). European Water Assessment of Status and Pressures 

https://water.europa.eu/freshwater/data-and-topics 

•  The Land Use and Coverage Area frame Survey (LUCAS) data 
• 

https://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/water/european-waters/water-quality-and-water-
assessment/water-assessments/chemical-status-of-surface-water-bodies 

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The specific approach to identify potential HCH impacted sites in France was: 
•  Review of the National Implementation Plan of the Stockholm Convention 
•  Review of publicly available resources including but not limited to: 

-  Review of pesticide producers between 1945 and the date when HCH was banned in 

France (1988 for HCH and 1992 for Lindane) 

-  Review of pesticides marketed between 1945 and the date when HCH was banned in 

France (1988 for HCH and 1992 for Lindane), excepted for wood treatment products and 

formulation of pest control products 

In addition, specifically to France the following sources have been consulted: 
•  Public database of classified sites for the protection of environment 
•  Public database of former industrial sites and service activities (BASIAS) 
•  Public database of contaminated sites (BASOL) 
•  Technical and economic datasheet for chemicals in France: Hexachlorocyclohexane, INERIS, 

2007 
Lindane - Toxicological datasheet n°81, INRS, 2014 

• 
•  Hazardous deposits - Sites contaminated with industrial waste - Report n°86 185 M 010, 

BRGM, 1990 

•  Review of six HCH potentially contaminated sites in Saint-Louis, Huningue and Hésingue 

(Haut-Rhin), BRGM, 1998 

•  Extract of ‘Contribution to industrial history of polymers in France’, Jean-Marie Michel, not 

dated 

•  Evaluating the environmental fate of Lindane in France, S. Bintein and J. Devillers, 1996 
•  Risk assessment related to the use of organochlorinated pesticides and impact on the 

environment and on Human health, Liliana Juc, 2008 

Appendix 1 contains an overview of all sources consulted. In Appendix 2 all documents used for 
this country specific inventory of potential HCH impacted sites are listed.  

Step 1.3 - Informing relevant stakeholders of the identified sites and requesting their input 
Specifically, to France the following sources have been consulted: 
•  Public database of classified sites for the protection of environment 
•  Public database of former industrial sites and service activities (BASIAS) 
•  Public database of contaminated sites (BASOL) 
•  Technical and economic datasheet for chemicals in France: Hexachlorocyclohexane, INERIS, 

2007 
Lindane - Toxicological datasheet n°81, INRS, 2014 

• 
•  Hazardous deposits - Sites contaminated with industrial waste - Report n°86 185 M 010, 

BRGM, 1990 

•  Review of six HCH potentially contaminated sites in Saint-Louis, Huningue and Hésingue 

(Haut-Rhin), BRGM, 1998 

•  Extract of ‘Contribution to industrial history of polymers in France’, Jean-Marie Michel, not 

dated 

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•  Evaluating the environmental fate of Lindane in France, S. Bintein and J. Devillers, 1996 
•  Risk assessment related to the use of organochlorinated pesticides and impact on the 

environment and on Human health, Liliana Juc, 2008 

Appendix 1 contains an overview of all sources consulted. In Appendix 2 all documents used for 

this country specific inventory of potential HCH impacted sites are listed.  

Step 1.4 - Updating the inventory with input from external stakeholders 
All input from stakeholders, approached during step 1.3 of the project has been gathered and 

processed into the Country Specific Reports.  

Step 1.5 - Further investigation into identified sites  
For selected sites historical aerial photographs/satellite images taken of the direct vicinity of the 
HCH and Lindane contaminated site during production and distribution period have been 
purchased and analysed. The images have been interpreted to identify: 
•  The extent of the production facility 
•  Dumping activities in the direct surrounding of the waste deposit 
•  Signs of landfilling HCH waste at the landfill 
•  Sign of outdoor storage of HCH waste in treatment centre  
•  Signs of spills around storage facility 

All images have been studied to identify signs of potential contamination of soil, groundwater, and 
waterbodies. The outcomes of the aerial photograph review are included in the site 
characterisation appendix. 

Step 1.6 Outreach to national and international stakeholders on identified sites 
During this step the updated Country Inventory report has been shared with the relevant 

stakeholders identified during step 1.3. In addition, access to the GIM has been provided for 
external parties. In the following table, the stakeholders for France are listed and the relevant 
information are summarized.  

Stakeholder 

ORAPI – EHS manager 

Site 

FR-VX-01 

Gathered information 

Verification of the use of HCH 

DREAL Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 

Environmental surveys including HCH 

DREAL des Hauts-de-France - Unité 

FR-HA-01 

Verification of the use of HCH 

départementale de la Somme 

DREAL Nouvelle-Aquitaine 

FR-BC-01 

Verification of the use of HCH 

DREAL Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes - 

FR-VO-01 

Verification of the use of HCH 

Unité départementale de l'Isère 

DREAL Centre-Val-de-Loire - Unité 

FR-FA-01 

Verification of the use of HCH 

départementale du Loiret 

DREAL Grand-Est 

ADEME 

FR-HU-01 

FR-KG-01 

FR-KG-02 

Identification of satellite sites 

Status of the management of these sites 

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Furthermore, the French Ministry of Environment checked the gross list presented in appendix 4 
and compared to regional available data. Some additional sites were identified by this way. 

This information has been included in the Final List of sites in France. 

Step 1.7 - Public actions (workshops, webinars, meeting) to involve main stakeholders 
All relevant data has been made public and shared through the following means: 
•  Public webinar – organized on the 26th of November and 1st of December 2020 with the topic: 

Webinar HCH in EU 

Through this outreach no additional information came to light. 

Step 1.8 Further characterisation of main sites 
The Sites in the EU-member states will differ in the degree of management. For the identified sites 
in France the following actions will be executed to further characterize the sites.  

Table A1.1 Additional actions 

Site code 

Site name 

Additional actions 

Status 

FR-BZ-01 

Bézier-Quai du port neuf  Desktop assessment (1 day) 

Executed 

FR-BC-01 

Berkem 

Desktop assessment (1 day) 

Executed 

FR-BE-01 

SA AVENTIS 

Larger site summary (2 days) 

Priority 2 site 

AGRICULTURE 

FR-BR-01 

SIVOM of the Mulhouse 

Desktop assessment (1 day) 

Executed 

city - Landfill 

FR-BY-01 

SOPRA - Processing 

Desktop assessment (1 day) 

Executed 

site 

FR-CN-01 

DUPONT DE 

Desktop assessment (1 day) 

Priority 2 site 

NEMOURS 

FR-CS-01 

Syngenta Agro 

Larger site summary (2 days) 

priority 2 site 

FR-FA-01 

La pataterie - Fleury-les-

‘Desktop assessment (1 day)  

Executed except for site visit 

Aubrais 

Aerial photographs (2 days)  

Site visit (3 days)’ 

FR-HA-01 

SOCIETE DES 

Desktop assessment (1 day) 

Executed 

PRODUITS 

CHIMIQUES 

D'HARBONNIERES 

FR-HO-01 

CSDU SITA 

Desktop assessment (1 day) 

Executed - ID modified to FR-

FR-HU-01 

STEIH (old PCUK site) 

Larger site summary (2 days) 

Executed 

Larger site summary (2 days) 

HU-01-01 

FR-HU-01-02 

PCUK deposits 

- 

Newly identified site - desktop 

assessment (1 day) 

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Site code 

Site name 

Additional actions 

Status 

FR-HU-01-03 

PCUK deposits 

- 

Newly identified site - desktop 

assessment (1 day) 

FR-KG-01 

S.C.I. ET MOBILIERE, 

Larger site summary (2 days) 

Executed 

MICHEL S.A., SCI 

PILLON 

FR-KG-02 

- 

Newly identified site - desktop 

assessment (1 day) 

FR-LO-01 

LOUISIANE 

Desktop assessment (1 day) 

Priority 2 site 

FR-OI-01 

PLATEFORME 

Desktop assessment (1 day)  

Executed 

INDUSTRIELLE I.C.I. 

Aerial photographs (2 days)’ 

FR-OI-02 

SOCIETE ORGACHIM 

Larger site summary (2 days) 

Executed 

FR-PB-01 

AZUR CHIMIE (Ex 

Desktop assessment (1 day)  

Executed 

ALBEMARLE, Ex 

Aerial photographs (2 days)’ 

ATOFINA) 

FR-PC-01 

Rhodia-Production Site 

Larger site summary (2 days)  

Executed 

Aerial photographs (2 days)’ 

FR-PY-01 

AVENTIS 

Larger site summary (2 days) 

Priority 2 site - strong control 

AGRICULTURE (EX 

RHONE POULENC 

FR-SA-01 

AGRO) 

Arkema 

Larger site summary (2 days) 

Site in priority 2, as all 

remediation action are 

achieved, controlled by the 

authorities and as the site is 

still used by Arkema, so the 

authorities have still grip on 

any new concern related to 

the former HCH production.  

FR-SC-01 

SCAC Fisons - 

Desktop assessment (1 day) 

Site in priority 2 

Processing site Waste 

deposit 

FR-TV-01 

Usine Solvay de Tavaux 

Larger site summary (2 days) 

Executed 

FR-VE-01 

Ancienne décharge de 

Vernon 

Desktop assessment (1 day) 

Executed 

FR-VO-02 

STEPAN EUROPE 

FR-VP-01 

Several chemical 

factories 

IEP (ex SABIC 

FR-VS-01 

Innovative Plastics, ex 

General Elec 

Desktop assessment (1 day) 

Executed 

Aerial photographs (2 days) 

Desktop assessment (1 day) 

Desktop assessment (1 day) 

Aerial photographs (2 days) 

Executed 

Executed 

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Site code 

Site name 

Additional actions 

Status 

FR-VX-01 

Chimiotechnic 

Desktop assessment (1 day) 

Executed 

Venissieux 

Aerial photographs (2 days) 

The outputs of this Characterization are included in appendix 5 of this report. All priority 1 sites 
have been addressed; 3 additional sites have been identified.  

Step 1.9 Classification of Sites according to their environmental management levels 
With the information provided in the ICSM and the results of the Tier 1 Risk Assessment in the 

GIM a site can be classified. The proposed method to classify is explained in the article ‘From 
uncontrolled to controlled final sink1‘ The objectives to classify the contaminated sites is to direct 
the site responsible entity to the hurdles that obstruct the implementation of risk reduction 

measures. This will allow for efficient use of the limited recourses and avoid that the site enters the 
infinitive site assessment circle (modified from Harmsen et al, 2009). 
The site classification will assess for each site the: 
•  Risk control 
•  Availability of funds 
•  Awareness profile 
•  Availability of technique 

Based on this the sites will be categorized in one of five classes: 
•  Completely controlled - level 4 class of control 
•  Controlled - level 3 of control 
•  Semi controlled - level 2 of control 
•  Minimum controlled - level 1 of control 
•  Uncontrolled - level 0 of control 

To help entities starting the sustainable management of HCH - Lindane contaminated sites, the 
main hurdles that obstruct the implementation of risk reduction measures for the sites will be 
highlighted. For France due to the strong legislative environment, this action has not taken place. 

It is assumed that sufficient regulatory pressure is present to address the most urgent cases. 

Step 1.10 Final list of HCH and Lindane contaminated sites in Europe 
This final step concerns the current report. This report will contain, in addition to the detailed 
inventory of the sites, an overview of the situation in and actions of France and suggestions for 
France to review and improve their NIPs with respect to HCH and Lindane contaminated sites. 

1 From uncontrolled to controlled final sink. M. Langevoort, I.J.C. Rijk, B.F.H. Fokke, M. van der Wijk 

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Appendix 2 

Source Overview 

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Table A2.1 Contacted sources for France 

Organization 

Website 

Address 

Date contacted 

Official 

https://www.georisques.gouv.fr/risques/installations/

BRGM & Ministry of the 

11-9-2020 

authorities 

donnees#/ 

Environment 

Official 

https://www.georisques.gouv.fr/risques/basias/donne

BRGM & Ministry of the 

11-9-2020 

authorities 

es#/ 

Environment 

Official 

https://www.georisques.gouv.fr/risques/installations/

BRGM & Ministry of the 

7-5-2021 

authorities 

donnees/details/0058.00606#/ 

Environment 

Official 

https://www.georisques.gouv.fr/risques/installations/

BRGM & Ministry of the 

7-5-2021 

authorities 

donnees/details/0058.00394#/ 

Environment 

Official 

https://www.georisques.gouv.fr/risques/installations/

BRGM & Ministry of the 

7-5-2021 

authorities 

donnees/details/0058.00345#/ 

Environment 

Official 

https://www.georisques.gouv.fr/risques/installations/

BRGM & Ministry of the 

7-5-2021 

authorities 

donnees/details/0058.00510#/ 

Environment 

Other 

https://aires-captages.fr/aires-alimentation-

OIEau (Office International 

7-5-2021 

Official 

authorities 

Official 

authorities 

Other 

captages/carte-des-aac 

http://sigessn.brgm.fr/ 

de l'Eau) 

BRGM & Système 

7-5-2021 

https://infoterre.brgm.fr/ 

d’information pour la 

gestion des eaux 

souterraines en Seine-

Normandie 

BRGM 

7-5-2021 

https://archives-

Archives départementales 

7-5-2021 

pierresvives.herault.fr/archive/fonds/FRAD034_M_0

de l'Hérault (AD34) 

00316 

Other 

https://books.google.fr/books?id=dKFYDwAAQBAJ&

Huguette Bouchardeau 

1-1-1986 

pg=PT100&lpg=PT100&dq=LA+LITTORALE+b%C3

%A9ziers+temik&source=bl&ots=YYWDybFQ9V&sig

=ACfU3U2U02FepaGGhWPT6ArHt5ycAJnnBA&hl=f

r&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiTobL2y9_tAhU6IMUKHVjrD

XQ4ChDoATAGegQICRAC#v=onepage&q=LA%20L

ITTORALE%20b%C3%A9ziers%20temik&f=false 

News or media 

https://www.gettyimages.fr/detail/photo-

Patrick Aventurier 

12-10-1984 

website 

d%27actualit%C3%A9/usine-chimique-du-groupe-

am%C3%A9ricain-union-carbide-%C3%A0-photo-

dactualit%C3%A9/956741944 

Official 

https://www.georisques.gouv.fr/risques/installations/

BRGM & Ministry of the 

18-5-2021 

authorities 

donnees/details/0067.00745#/ 

Environment 

News or media 

https://www.alterpresse68.info/2020/02/11/le-

Alterpresse68 

11-2-2020 

website 

chantier-de-depollution-au-Lindane-dhuningue-

explique-aux-colmariens-et-aux-candidats-des-

municipales/ 

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Organization 

Website 

Address 

News or media 

https://www.lalsace.fr/actualite/2015/02/13/sur-les-

L'Alsace 

Date contacted 

13-2-2015 

website 

Official 

traces-des-depots-oublies 

https://www.georisques.gouv.fr/risques/installations/

BRGM & Ministry of the 

19-3-2019 

authorities 

donnees/details/0067.02300#/ 

Environment 

Official 

https://www.georisques.gouv.fr/risques/installations/

BRGM & Ministry of the 

6-3-2019 

authorities 

donnees/details/0061.03007#/ 

Environment 

Official 

http://www.auvergne-rhone-alpes.developpement-

BRGM & Ministry of the 

18-5-2021 

authorities 

durable.gouv.fr/pprt-voreppe-38-stepan-europe-

Environment 

a13689.html 

Official 

https://www.georisques.gouv.fr/risques/installations/

BRGM & Ministry of the 

23-9-2020 

authorities 

donnees/details/0061.03282#/ 

Environment 

Official 

https://sage-allier-aval.fr/wp-

ASCONIT Consultants - 

1-6-2007 

authorities 

content/themes/sage_val_dhuy_loiret/documents/SA

SDAGE Loire Bretagne 

GEAA_EDL_Rapport_final.pdf 

Official 

https://www.voreppe.fr/sites/default/files/pprn_note_

Service départemental de 

1-1-2011 

authorities 

presentation.pdf 

restauration des terrains en 

montagne de l'Isère 

Official 

https://inventaire.hautsdefrance.fr/dossier/ancienne-

Région Hauts-de-France 

1-1-2006 

authorities 

usine-de-produits-chimiques-de-la-compagnie-

francaise-des-matieres-colorantes-puis-de-la-

societe-des-produits-chimiques-ugine-kuhlmann-

pcuk/74674fee-868e-412d-8687-1862915ec58a 

Official 

https://www.villers-saint-paul.fr/actualite/la-plate-

Commune de Villers saint 

18-5-2021 

authorities 

forme-chimique 

Paul 

Official 

https://www.villers-saint-paul.fr/actualite/histoire-

Commune de Villers saint 

1-10-2017 

authorities 

patrimoine-quand-l%E2%80%99usine-rythmait-la-

Paul 

vie-des-villersois 

News or media 

https://www.lesechos.fr/1994/11/zeneca-ferme-son-

Les Echos 

3-11-1994 

website 

usine-de-bernay-892763 

News or media 

https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/loir-et-

La Nouvelle République 

18-12-2020 

website 

cher/commune/salbris/giat-a-salbris-terrain-vendu-

plateforme-en-vue 

News or media 

https://www.magcentre.fr/133016-loir-et-cher-le-site-

MagCcentre 

26-6-2017 

website 

Official 

authorities 

Other 

du-giat-de-salbris-a-trouve-un-repreneur/ 

https://salbris.fr/ 

Ville de Salbris 

18-5-2021 

https://www.3vals-amenagement.fr/realisations/site-

3 Vals Aménagement 

8-2-2019 

de-giat-industrie 

News or media 

https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/auvergne-

France Info 

12-1-2017 

website 

rhone-alpes/depollution-du-site-giat-industries-03-

chantier-au-long-cours-1173547.html 

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Organization 

Website 

Address 

Date contacted 

News or media 

https://www.courrier-

Courrier picard 

20-12-2018 

website 

picard.fr/art/156408/article/2018-12-20/le-cortege-

funebre-des-43-spch-harbonnieres-video-photos 

News or media 

https://www.georisques.gouv.fr/risques/installations/

BRGM & Ministry of the 

9-6-2020 

website 

donnees/details/0051.02302#/ 

Environment 

News or media 

https://www.lemoniteur.fr/article/recensement-1996-

Le Moniteur 

21-11-1997 

website 

Official 

des-sites-et-sols-pollues.248859 

https://www.georisques.gouv.fr/risques/installations/

BRGM & Ministry of the 

26-5-2020 

authorities 

donnees/details/0061.03852#/ 

Environment 

News or media 

https://www.sudouest.fr/2020/03/05/industries-

Sud Ouest 

5-3-2020 

website 

Other 

Official 

mises-en-demeure-7280095-1851.php?nic 

https://www.adkalis.com/societes/histoire/ 

Adkalis 

28-7-2021 

https://www.georisques.gouv.fr/risques/installations/

BRGM & Ministry of the 

9-6-2020 

authorities 

donnees/details/0067.02691#/ 

https://remonterletemps.ign.fr/ 

Environment 

IGN 

20-5-2021 

Official 

authorities 

Official 

https://www.georisques.gouv.fr/risques/installations/

Région Hauts-de-France 

18-5-2021 

authorities 

donnees/details/0051.01668#/ 

Official 

https://www.georisques.gouv.fr/risques/installations/

Région Hauts-de-France 

19-5-2021 

authorities 

donnees/details/0051.04648#/ 

Official 

https://www.georisques.gouv.fr/risques/installations/

Région Hauts-de-France 

16-11-2020 

authorities 

donnees/details/0051.01667#/ 

Official 

https://www.georisques.gouv.fr/risques/installations/

Région Hauts-de-France 

23-8-2007 

authorities 

donnees/details/0051.01669#/ 

Official 

https://www.georisques.gouv.fr/risques/installations/

Région Hauts-de-France 

2-10-2020 

authorities 

donnees/details/0051.06026#/ 

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Table A3.1 Overview of sources used for France 

Document Type 

Title 

Publication 

Author 

National Implementation 

Technical and economic datasheet 

2007-03-06 

INERIS 

date 

Plan 

for chemicals in France 

Hexachlorocyclohexane 

National Implementation 

Lindane - Toxicological datasheet 

2014-01-01 

INRS 

Plan 

n°81 

National Implementation 

Hazardous deposits - Sites 

1990-03-01 

BRGM 

Plan 

contaminated with industrial waste - 

Report n°86 185 M 010 

National Implementation 

Review of six HCH potentially 

1998-09-01 

BRGM 

Plan 

contaminated sites in Saint-Louis, 

Huningue and Hésingue (Haut-Rhin) 

Historical Project Report 

SOLVAY - TAVAUX - Contribution à 

1900-01-01 

Jean-Marie Michel 

l'histoire industrielle des polymères 

en France 

National Implementation 

Evaluating the environmental fate of 

1996-01-31 

S. Bintein and J. Devillers 

Plan 

Lindane in France,  

National Implementation 

Risk assessment related to the use 

2008-07-14 

Liliana Juc 

Plan 

of organochlorinated pesticides and 

impact on the environment and on 

Human health 

National Implementation 

Toxicological and environmental data 

2005-09-29 

INERIS 

Plan 

sheet for chemical substances 

Lindane 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n° 22.0018 

2020-03-03 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n° 27.0025 

2017-07-06 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n° 29.0056 

2016-12-29 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n° 45.0149 

2019-10-25 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n° 53.0019 

2018-10-11 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n° 67.0009 

2020-06-01 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n° 68.0007 

2020-09-18 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n° 68.0228 

2018-03-23 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

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Document Type 

Title 

Publication 

Author 

date 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n° 76.0389 

2019-06-19 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n° 77.0020 

2017-06-01 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n°04.0001 

2007-04-30 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n°04.0002 

2007-04-30 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n°11.0022 

2020-07-09 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n°13.0024 

2016-02-12 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n°13.0031 

2017-07-13 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n°13.0083 

2019-03-01 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n°24.0006 

2013-08-26 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n°27.0062 

2013-05-06 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n°30.0005 

2019-02-28 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n°37.0002 

2014-12-29 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n°38.0009 

2015-06-15 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n°38.0010 

2015-07-01 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n°38.0018 

2020-05-27 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n°38.0072 

2015-07-01 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n°39.0001 

2019-02-14 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n°39.0005 

2018-01-25 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n°41.0015 

2011-08-01 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n°59.0193 

2013-04-08 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

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Document Type 

Title 

Publication 

Author 

date 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n°60.0019 

2020-03-03 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n°68.0006 

2017-11-01 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n°68.0016 

2017-03-07 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n°68.0021 

2020-08-26 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n°68.0060  

2017-09-07 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n°76.0118  

2020-02-04 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n°80.0003 

2020-05-30 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n°38.0033 

2015-07-01 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

National Implementation 

Site BASOL n°76.0016 

2016-05-04 

Ministry of Ecological and Inclusive 

Plan 

Transition 

Background Literature 

08_19950600_Martin_Forter-

1900-01-01 

n/a 

Background Literature 

BRGM DEPOTS À RISQUES INCL 

1900-01-01 

n/a 

Umweltnutzung 

HCH-LINDANE 1990 

MarineLouvierRR-32131-FR 

Background Literature 

DISPOSAL WASTE MULHOUSE- 

1900-01-01 

n/a 

Background Literature 

Emissions and Distribution of HCHs 

1900-01-01 

n/a 

KRINGERSHEIM 1960 

in Rhein Basin in 1980s A. Verschoor 

1992 

Background Literature 

FROM ADEME REPORT HCH 

1900-01-01 

n/a 

Background Literature 

HCH Pollutions historiques SUMM 

1900-01-01 

n/a 

QUANTITIES 

FROM INERIS REPORT, HCH, 06-

03-2007 

Background Literature 

Le Club de Mediapart 5200 tonnes 

1900-01-01 

n/a 

de déchets toxiques enterrés Oct 

2016 

Background Literature 

OVERZICHT HCH PROD SITES 

1900-01-01 

n/a 

FRANCE 

Background Literature 

PDF_LINDANE_FRance 

1900-01-01 

Background Literature 

SICO VOREPPE LINDANE HCH 

1900-01-01 

n/a 

n/a 

SITE REMEDIATION BASOL - 

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Document Type 

Title 

Publication 

Author 

Background Literature 

STUDY CHLORINATED GW 

1900-01-01 

n/a 

date 

POLLUTION ST AUBAN COURBET 

2009 

National Implementation 

Fiche SSP000792801 SCO (ex 

2020-03-19 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

Grande Paroisse Oissel ex SITE 

AZOLACQ) 

National Implementation 

Fiche Détaillée Basias - 

1-1-2000 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

HNO7600298 

National Implementation 

Fiche SSP000793101 

3-5-2016 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

PLATEFORME INDUSTRIELLE I.C.I. 

National Implementation 

Fiche SSP001087201 Yorkshire 

31-7-2013 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

National Implementation 

Fiche SSP001087001 Oissel 

29-11-2019 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

remediation 

National Implementation 

Fiche SSP000701701 SOCIETE 

30-9-2020 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

ORGACHIM 

National Implementation 

Fiche Détaillée Basias - 

22-12-1997 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

HNO2706885 

National Implementation 

Fiche SSP000660401 Ancienne 

30-4-2013 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

décharge de Vernon 

Historical Project Report 

CONSEIL GENERAL DE 

1-12-2001 

TAUW Environment 

L'EURE_VILLE DE 

VERNON_Vernon_Etude historique 

de la décharge communale 

National Implementation 

Fiche Détaillée Basias - 

25-4-1995 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

LRO3402625 

Newspaper Article 

L'isocyanate de méthyle à Bhopal 

1-1-1900 

Bulletin de l'union des physicien 

(Inde) précurseur des pesticides - 

Bulletin de l'union des physicien n669 

National Implementation 

FRDG510_Formations tertiaires et 

12-12-2014 

Portail national d’accès aux données 

Plan 

crétacées du bassin de Béziers-

sur les eaux souterraines 

Pézenas 

National Implementation 

Fiche SSP000765601 STEIH (ANC. 

12-1-2021 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

SITE PCUK) 

National Implementation 

Fiche Détaillée Basias - ALS6801035 

14-3-2001 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

National Implementation 

Fiche Détaillée Basias - ALS6800267 

1-7-2001 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

National Implementation 

Fiche SSP000483501 NOUVELLE 

20-4-2018 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

SABLIERE DE HUNINGUE 

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Document Type 

Title 

Publication 

Author 

date 

National Implementation 

Fiche Détaillée Basias - ALS6800269 

13-11-1997 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

Historical Project Report 

CHABART M. - Mise à jour des 

1-9-2001 

DRIRE - BRGM 

données sur les sites suspects de la 

région du Dreieckland (68) - Fiches 

caractéristiques des sites et suivi 

d’impact 

National Implementation 

Fiche SSP000941201 Stade de 

9-3-2021 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

Huningue, ancienne gravière 

Gutknecht 

National Implementation 

Fiche Détaillée Basias - ALS6800268 

18-6-2001 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

National Implementation 

Fiche SSP000766601 ANC. DEPOT 

6-3-2017 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

PCUK 

National Implementation 

Fiche Détaillée Basias - ALS6800291 

19-6-2001 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

National Implementation 

VERSION CONSOLIDÉE de l’arrêté 

5-10-2017 

Haut-Rhin Department  

Plan 

d’autorisation d’exploiter n°960131 

du 31 janvier 1996 

National Implementation 

Evaluation et optimisation de 

1-10-2011 

Ministry of environment - ADEME 

Plan 

l’oxydation chimique du Lindane 

dans un sol contaminé 

National Implementation 

Fiche SSP000412501 ANC. 

25-8-2020 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

DECHARGE PCUK 

National Implementation 

Fiche Détaillée Basias - ALS6800294 

13-11-1997 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

Current Project Report 

R004-1272383NAC-V04-beb-NL 

5-10-2020 

TAUW France 

Road Map Wintzenheim Adjusted 

Final 

National Implementation 

Fiche SSP000781401 Centre de 

31-5-2020 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

Stockage de Déchets Ultimes 

(CSDU) SITA 

National Implementation 

Fiche Détaillée Basias - ALS6700357 

26-1-1998 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

National Implementation 

Fiche Détaillée Basias - ALS6700315 

2-12-1997 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

Historical Project Report 

Dépôts chimiques identifiés dans le 

1-8-2014 

Chambre du Commerce et d'Industrie 

National Implementation 

Fiche SSP001260801 Inconnu 

24-10-2019 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Haut-Rhin 

d'Alsace (CCI) 

Plan 

(ancienne Pataterie) 

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Document Type 

Title 

Publication 

Author 

date 

National Implementation 

BDLISA Base de données des 

1-5-2016 

Système d’information pour la 

Plan 

Limites de Systèmes Aquifères - 

gestion des eaux souterraines en 

National Implementation 

Fiche masse d'eau souterraine 4092 

1-12-2009 

Ades eaufrance 

fiche de synthèse 107AA 

Centre-Val de Loire 

Plan 

EU Code FRGG092 

National Implementation 

FICHE DE CARACTERISATION 

1-1-2005 

Système d’information pour la 

Plan 

INITIALE DE LA ME 4 092 

gestion des eaux souterraines en 

Centre-Val de Loire 

National Implementation 

Modalités de gestion du site IEP à 

1-10-2016 

Ministry of environment - CONSEIL 

Plan 

Villers-Saint-Sépulcre dans l’Oise 

GENERAL DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT 

ET DU DEVELOPPEMENT 

DURABLE (CGEDD) 

National Implementation 

Fiche SSP000787301 IEP (ex SABIC 

2-3-2020 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

Other 

Innovative Plastics, ex General 

Electrics Plastics ABS) 

Stepan-GuideInfo 

National Implementation 

Fiche Détaillée Basias - 

Plan 

RHA3803211 

1-1-1900 

9-2-2012 

http://www.lesbonsreflexes.com/ 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

National Implementation 

Fiche SSP000756101 SICO 

26-5-2020 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

National Implementation 

Fiche masse d'eau souterraine 6511 

1-12-2009 

Ades eaufrance 

Plan 

EU Code FRDG511 

National Implementation 

Fiche masse d'eau souterraine 6313 

1-12-2009 

Ades eaufrance 

Plan 

EU Code FRDG313 

Historical Project Report 

Usine PCUK de Villers-Saint-Paul - 

1-8-1979 

BRGM 

Etude de la qualité des eaux 

souterraines aux abords d'un bassin 

d'insolation des eaux résiduaires 

Historical Project Report 

Dossier PPRT d'ARKEMA - Notion 

1-1-1900 

Plate-forme de Villers Saint Paul 

de plate-forme multiexploitant 

National Implementation 

Fiche Détaillée Basias - 

6-1-1998 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

HNO2706686 

National Implementation 

Fiche masse d'eau souterraine H212 

1-1-2009 

Ades eaufrance 

Plan 

EU Code FRHG212 

National Implementation 

Fiche_MESO_FRHG212_Seine-

1-1-2015 

Système d’information pour la 

Plan 

Normandie 

gestion des eaux souterraines en 

Centre-Val de Loire & BRGM 

National Implementation 

Fiche Détaillée Basias - 

23-7-2003 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

CEN4104142 

National Implementation 

Fiche Détaillée Basias - 

23-7-2003 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

CEN4104143 

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Title 

Publication 

Author 

date 

Other 

Article Traitement du bois insectes 

1-6-2009 

Terre Vivante 

xylophages 

National Implementation 

Fiche 68SIS6519 Brunstatt 

1-1-1900 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

Didenheim site 

RECKHOLDERBERG 

National Implementation 

BDLISA Entité Hydrogéologique 

5-3-2018 

Système d’information pour la 

Plan 

régionale 226AA 

gestion des eaux souterraines en 

Centre-Val de Loire 

National Implementation 

Fiche_MESO_FRCG002_Sundgau 

9-9-2013 

Système d’information pour la 

Plan 

versant Rhin et Jura alsacien 

gestion des eaux souterraines en 

Centre-Val de Loire & BRGM 

National Implementation 

Fiche masse d'eau souterraine 2002 

1-12-2009 

Ades eaufrance 

Plan 

EU Code FRCG002 

Historical Project Report 

Ancienne usine de bonneterie Bouly 

16-2-2021 

Région Hauts de France 

Lepage, puis Ets Bouly, devenue 

Société des Produits Chimiques 

d'Harbonnières (détruite) 

National Implementation 

Fiche Détaillée Basias - PIC8002595 

6-5-2003 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

National Implementation 

Fiche SSP000851401 

2-12-2015 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

CHIMIOTECHNIC 

National Implementation 

Fiche Détaillée Basias - 

20-12-2006 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

RHA6901047 

National Implementation 

Fiche Détaillée Basias - 

13-10-2014 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

RHA6903933 

National Implementation 

Fiche Détaillée Basias - 

25-1-2008 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

RHA6903351 

Historical Project Report 

Note de calcul des bassins 

19-6-2013 

Groupe Brunet - Odissée 

d’infiltration et du bassin de rétention 

ORAPI Saint Vulbas 

National Implementation 

Arrêté imposant des prescriptions 

16-10-2019 

Préfecture du Rhône 

Plan 

complémentaires à la société 

CHIMIOTECHNIC VENISSIEUX 

National Implementation 

Fiche Détaillée Basias - AQI2404001 

7-8-2008 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

National Implementation 

Fiche SSP000765701 ANC. 

22-2-2021 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

DECHARGE DE MULHOUSE 

(Eselacker) 

National Implementation 

Fiche Détaillée Basias - ALS6800301 

23-12-1997 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

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Document Type 

Title 

Publication 

Author 

date 

Newspaper Article 

Une seconde vie pour le site 

30-5-2019 

Magazinekingersheim 

Historical Project Report 

Diagnostic initial sur deux sites 

1-3-1996 

DRIRE - BRGM 

Eselacker 

alsaciens - Eselacker à Kingersheim 

et Hard à Eschau 

National Implementation 

Fiche SSP00045650101 MIKIT - 

30-9-2020 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

Projet de construction de maisons 

d'habitation 

National Implementation 

Fiche SIS 68SIS06885 MIKIT - Projet 

27-2-2018 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

de construction de maisons 

d'habitation 

Historical Project Report 

Plan de Gestion des impacts sur le 

1-7-2015 

AnteaGroup 

sous-sol Ancienne usine Azur Chimie 

National Implementation 

AP occupation temporaire de 

14-1-2019 

Préfect des bouches du rhone 

Plan 

parcelles de terrain à Port-de-Bouc 

National Implementation 

Arrêté instituant servitudes d'utilité 

19-5-2014 

Préfect des bouches du rhone 

Plan 

publique - ancien site AZUR CHIMIE 

National Implementation 

Arrêté modifiant servitudes d'utilité 

23-9-2020 

Préfect des bouches du rhone 

Plan 

publique - ancien site AZUR CHIMIE 

National Implementation 

Fiche SSP000786001 RETIA (ex 

16-6-2011 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

ARKEMA) 

National Implementation 

Fiche SSP000787201 DECHARGE 

16-6-2011 

Ministry of environment - BRGM 

Plan 

INTERNE RETIA (ex ARKEMA) 

Historical Project Report 

Etude d'impact - Dossier de 

1-11-2010 

SYMEO 

demande d’autorisation d’exploiter 

Historical Project Report 

Présentation du projet ARA STEIH 

3-11-2020 

ZÜBLIN STRABAG 

National Implementation 

Arrêté d'autorisation d'exploiter du 

5-7-1995 

Préfect de la Dordogne 

Plan 

site - n°951055 

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name 

Arkema 

name 

X, Y 

operation 

HCH 

Ex Atofina 

04160 

Production site 

This site was dedicated to the production of HCH. 

1947 - 1995  HCH 

04.0002 and 

Château-

Arnoux-Saint-

Auban 

It was operated between 1947 and 1995. All the 

handling 

BRGM, 1990 

buildings were demolished following the cessation 

confirmed 

of activities. The most polluted rubble was 

landfilled (hazardous waste landfill in Bellegarde, 

100 tonnes) and the other light impacted rubble 

was used as construction material for a road 

internal to the site (1 400 tonnes). A soil survey 

was undertaken at the former production workshop 

and lead to the conclusions that no further 

remediation action is needed. Based on publicly 

available information dated 2007, a groundwater 

monitoring is undertaken at this site, which doesn’t 

show an impact.  

A waste deposit was operated with this production 

site.  

CSDU SITA 

CSDU SITA 

Schaffhansem

1035987; 

Landfill 

This site was authorized to receive household 

Unknown 

HCH 

BRGM, 1990 

er Rebin - 

6858579 

waste with a permit delivered in 2000. It is still in 

67202 

Hochfelden 

operation. This site is located is a complicated 

geological area, with several aquifers containing 

groundwater as well as fractured rocks leading to 

water sources. The landfill contains a storage area 

of Lindane coming from the former PCUK site in 

handling 

confirmed 

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HCH 

Huningue. This storage received a clay layer as 

containment in 1983-1984. HCH is monitored in 

the groundwater since 2000.  

The HCH concentration are usually below 0,05 

µg/L. Occasionally, HCH concentrations are 

slightly above 0,1 µg/L at some monitoring wells. 

In 2013, HCH was observed in a water source 

downstream to the site with a concentration of 

0,21 µg/L. 

SECHE 

SECHE 

53810 Changé 

Landfill 

This landfill is currently authorized to receive HCH 

Unknown 

HCH 

Environment 

Environment 

waste. 

EMTA 

EMTA 

78440 Issou 

Landfill 

This landfill is currently authorized to receive HCH 

Unknown 

waste. 

handling 

likely 

HCH 

handling 

likely 

- 

- 

SBM 

Provalis, ex 

156/160 Route 

901070; 

Production site 

Industrial activity is observed at this site since 

1950 - 1995  HCH 

13.0024 

Agrevo-

Procida 

de la Valentine 

6246405 

1875. Between 1950 and 1995, the site was 

- Marseille 

(13) 

operated by Procida to produce pesticides. After 

1995, the activities were limited to the processing 

and the packaging of pesticides. The activities 

ceased on 31 January 2007. The site was 

remediated considering an industrial and 

commercial use of the site, in the frame of a 

redevelopment project called ‘Green Centre’.  

handling 

confirmed 

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HCH 

The remediation works were performed in 2010:  

• Demolition of the buildings and evacuation of the 

accessible waste 

• Excavation in the eastern part of the site and 

evacuation of the contaminated soil in permitted 

landfills or treatment centres 

• At the centre of the site, implementation of 

venting treatment of the soil until 2013 

A groundwater monitoring was undertaken 

between 2010 and 2016. There is no information 

on the results of this monitoring. The 

implementation of use restriction and easement is 

in progress.  

Aventis 

Rhone 

Z.I. Rue 

911867; 

Production and 

This site has been established since the early 

60's - 1996 

HCH 

13.0031 

Agriculture 

Poulenc Agro, 

Gaston Berger 

6266565 

processing site 

1960s in Peynier and operated by the Pechiney-

ex Pechiney-

- Peynier (13) 

Progil company, then Rhone Poulenc Agri, then 

handling 

confirmed 

Progil 

Aventis CropScience and finally Aventis 

Agriculture since April 30, 2002. The site has a 

surface of approximately 6,3 ha. The activities at 

the site ceased in progressively between 1992 and 

1996. In 2000, the site was remediated for a future 

use set as industrial. At the southern part of the 

site, a surface containment with asphalt was 

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HCH 

implemented on 4 150 m². This area has been 

fenced off. On two other contaminated areas, a 

total of 1 650 m3 of contaminated soil was 

excavated and evacuated to a permitted landfill or 

treatment centre. Additional soil excavations 

happened between 2014 and 2016 following soil 

surveys undertaken between 2009 and 2013.Since 

2000, wells are used to monitor the groundwater 

contamination in the two aquifers present at the 

site.  

In 2017, the monitoring result didn’t observe a 

regress of the contamination plume. Use 

restrictions and easement are also set for this site 

to manage the residual contaminations.  

LOUISIANE 

LOUISIANE 

ZI de 

272524; 

Other 

In the old wood treatment area: high levels of C10-

Unknown 

HCH 

22.0018 

Kersuguet, rue 

6800134 

C40 hydrocarbons, volatile organo-halogenated 

Arthur Enaud - 

Loudéac (22) 

compounds (COHV), wood preservatives, 

chromium VI, Lindane, chlorophenols. 

handling 

confirmed 

BERKEM 

BERKEM 

 - Gardonne 

 ;  

Processing site 

The site is permitted to be operated by Berkem 

1995 - 

HCH 

24.0006 and 

(24) 

since 1995 for the processing of wood treatment 

today 

handling 

BRGM, 1990? 

products and for the extraction of compounds used 

confirmed 

in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food 

industries. A first survey undertaken in 2001 

showed groundwater contamination with 

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pesticides, including Lindane, and chlorinated 

solvents. The groundwater is extracted in the 

surroundings to produce potable water, for 

agriculture (kiwi) and for private use (gardening).In 

2002, the site operator was asked to:  

• Implement a containment on the waste deposit 

present at the site. This was achieved in July 2002 

• Remove a leaking pipe and excavate the xylene 

contaminated soil present around the pipe. Soil 

excavation work was undertaken between 2003 

and 2005 and results are in line with the targets for 

an industrial use of the site. 

• Install a hydraulic containment of the 

groundwater contamination with the concentration 

targets set at 1 mg/l for chloroform and potable 

water concentration limit for the other pollutants. 

The hydraulic containment was installed, but in 

2005 the concentrations were still above the 

targets. 

Additional soil surveys were undertaken in 2008 

and 2009, showing the presence of concentrated 

pollutions at the site. For this pollution, excavation 

works were undertaken in 2010. The most HCH 

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and PCP contaminated soil (about 600 tonnes) 

was evacuated for a biological off-site treatment. 

The rest of the excavated soil (about 1 400 m3) 

was a priori treated on-site by venting. In 2012, the 

hydraulic containment was still in operation and the 

targets were still not achieved. Consequently, 

restrictions were put on the groundwater use. The 

publicly available information is dated 2013.  

STPC Viter 

Prosyntho 

Rue du Moulin 

567656; 

Processing site 

The Company Prosyntho operated the site in 

? - 1980 

HCH 

27.0025 

Potel - 

6897413 

Acquigny for the proceeding and the packaging of 

Acquigny (27) 

pesticides with Lindane, DDT, endosulfan, 

handling 

confirmed 

atrazine, simazine in solvents as xylene. Prosyntho 

share its building with the laboratory Champin, 

which produced methylethylketone proxyde, used 

as polyester catalyser. Both companies ceased 

their activities in 1980. The business was taken 

over by STPC Viter, which also went to bankrupt in 

1982. Based on the available information, all the 

waste (barrels) was evacuated from the site in 

1982. Since 1982, the site was abandoned, the 

buildings fall into ruin and trees grew on the parcel. 

In the frame of a first redevelopment project as a 

humid natural area, an historical study and a soil 

survey were undertaken in 2012. The survey 

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showed pesticides concentrations in soil, for which 

an impact on the groundwater could be suspected. 

In 2016, the ADEME took over the site as an 

orphan site and undertook:  

• Removal of tanks and demolition of the buildings 

• An historical study 

• Investigations on soil, surface water, sediments, 

and groundwater 

• A Human health risk assessment for the use of 

the surface and of the groundwater.  

This study concluded that risks are acceptable. 

For a future redevelopment of the site, a 

management plan must be drafted to consider the 

contaminations present at the site and the use of 

the site. Inhabitants of the surroundings were 

informed and asked not to use the groundwater 

which could be extracted from private wells.  

VEZO Quimper 

LE GOFF-

81 avenue de 

173339; 

Other 

LE GOFF-MERRIEN was authorized to operate a 

1984 - 2005  HCH 

29.0056 

MERRIEN 

Ty Bos - 

6787371 

wood treatment establishment by prefectural 

Quimper (29) 

authorization decree of 6 November 1984. VEZO 

bought LE GOFF-MERRIEN in the early 1990s. 

The operation stopped definitively on 

handling 

confirmed 

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HCH 

December 31, 2005. The results of soil analyses 

have shown the presence of significant (historic) 

pollution by total hydrocarbons, Lindane, 

pentachlorophenol, cypermethrin, trichlorobenzene 

and phthalates in several places on the site (south 

of the hangar, northwest of the site, on the site of 

the old wood treatment facilities).  

The pollution is mainly localized at the HI 314 plot. 

SCAC - FISONS  SCAC - 

La Galboisière 

528033; 

Processing site 

This site is a former packaging unit of agro-

Unknown 

HCH 

37.0002 

handling 

confirmed 

FISONS 

- Zone 

6700918 

Waste deposit 

pharmaceutical products. A waste deposit was 

Industrielle - 

Saint-Pierre-

des-Corps 

(37) 

observed in 1992 at the site of the company SCAC 

Fisons during earthworks. This deposit impacted 

the soil and groundwater quality. In 1993 and 

1994, the waste was excavated with an on-site 

treatment: Separation of the waste from the soil 

and backfilling with the treated soil. Groundwater 

monitoring wells were installed, and a monitoring 

began in 1995. The results of the campaigns until 

2001 showed chlorinated compounds 

concentrations implying to continue the monitoring. 

SCAC Fisons ceased its activities in 2001 and 

Carrefour bought the site. A soil and groundwater 

survey was undertaken by Carrefour in 2004. The 

results showed HCH and Aldrin concentrations in 

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the groundwater possibly related to an upstream 

contamination. Following this survey, Carrefour 

demolished the former buildings and built a parking 

for a commercial use. Following a last groundwater 

monitoring campaign in 2008 showing 

hydrocarbons and Aldrin concentrations below the 

considered reference values, the monitoring was 

stopped. Nevertheless, the use of the groundwater 

is forbidden at the site regarding the Lindane 

characteristics and the risks for Human health for 

an industrial use of the site must be preliminary 

assessed.  

Bois et 

Wolseley 

33-34, avenue 

527972; 

Other 

Wolseley France operated the site until 2014. Bois 

? - 2014 

HCH 

37.0057 

Matériaux 

France 

Jacques 

6700177 

et Matériaux took over the activities of Wolseley 

Duclos - Saint-

Pierre-des-

Corps (37) 

France in 2015. Until 2014, the site was operated 

for the wood treatment with a tank of 12 m3. This 

activity ceased in 2014 and the wood handling 

activity was maintained. Investigations were 

undertaken in 2015 in the frame of a management 

plan drafted in 2016. Soil investigations showed 

maximal HCH concentrations of 11 mg/kg on-site 

and 1,2 mg/kg off-site, but also maximal aldrin 

concentrations of 36 mg/kg on-site and 5 mg/kg 

off-site and maximal HCBD concentrations of 

handling 

confirmed 

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HCH 

130 mg/kg on-site and 0,37 mg/kg off-site. A 

groundwater monitoring is in place on- and off-site. 

The results of the monitoring show an impact of 

the site on the groundwater quality; Above-

mentioned pesticides concentrations are above the 

considered reference values. Degradation 

products are also observed in the groundwater. A 

Human health risk assessment was undertaken for 

the population living in the surroundings. Risks are 

considered as acceptable regarding the results of 

the risk calculation.  

However, additional soil gas analyses are 

recommended to confirm the results obtained 

previously.  

Rhodia 

Rhone-

Poulenc 

Rue Lavoisier 

912262; 

Waste deposit 

In 1983, the authorities observed a deposit of 

? - 1983 

HCH 

38.0009 

- Le Pont-de-

6451115 

barrels containing production residues of 

Claix (38) 

chlorophenol on a concrete slab. The barrels were 

evacuated and landfilled in a permitted site. The 

authorities considered that no further investigation 

or action is needed regarding the site activities. If 

those activities would change, a new site 

assessment should be conducted at this area.  

handling 

confirmed 

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name 

Rhone-

X, Y 

operation 

HCH 

Rue Lavoisier 

Waste deposit 

The chemical platform operated between 1956 and 

1956 - 1979  HCH 

38.0010 

Poulenc 

- Le Pont-de-

Claix (38) 

handling 

confirmed 

1979 a waste deposit where 76 500 tonnes of 

residues were stored, including 25 000 tonnes of 

chlorinated waste. This waste deposit cannot be 

exactly located based on publicly available 

information. Historical aerial picture allows to 

observe two different waste deposit at the site. As 

described for the site FR-PC-01, it was proposed 

in 2012 to implement a containment on this waste 

deposit, but there is no available information on the 

implementation of site containment.  

Rhodia 

Rhone-

Poulenc 

Rue Lavoisier 

- Le Pont-de-

Claix (38) 

Production site 

This chemical platform was created in 1915 and 

1915 - 

HCH 

38.0010 and 

covers about 130 ha. Nowadays the site is 

today 

handling 

BRGM, 1990 

operated by numerous companies, but the 

confirmed 

historical pollution liabilities are hold by Rhodia 

Chimie. In 1915, the site produced chlorine and its 

derived products. After 1945, the site produced 

other products as isocyanate, agro-pharmaceutical 

products, chlorinated solvents, oils, and specific 

dielectrics, etc. Beside the area contaminated at 

the former workshop, the site operated a waste 

deposit (‘décharge Ouest’) which is described in 

the site FR-PC-03. An area was also used to store 

excavated soil contaminated with PCB or HCH. 

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The surveys undertaken between 1984 and 2000 

showed that a groundwater contamination plume is 

present on- and of-site. (chlorinated) 

hydrocarbons, light aromatic compounds, HCH 

and chlorobenzene are tracer of the pollution due 

to the site. The authorities asked in 2005 the 

INERIS for a second opinion on the studies 

undertaken at the site. This opinion recommends 

updating the groundwater monitoring network. In 

2008, the site operator is asked to update the 

groundwater monitoring network and to proposal 

remediation actions regarding the results of the 

monitoring. In 2012, the site operator proposed to 

move contaminated rubble present at the site to 

the waste deposit ‘décharge oust’ and to 

implement a surface containment at this waste 

deposit. Latest available information for this site is 

dated 2015. 

STEPAN 

EUROPE 

ICV, ex SICO 

Rue du 

Waste deposit 

In 1984, Stepan Europe considered to extend its 

HCH 

38.0018 

Pommarin - 

Voreppe (38) 

site in its northern part. Stepan considered to buy 

this site for this extension. By the site visit, a white 

powder deposit was observed, which was HCH. In 

1985, SICO was asked by the authorities to 

remove the waste and to undertake a soil and 

handling 

confirmed 

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groundwater survey to assess the impact of this 

deposit. In 1986, 150 tonnes of waste were 

evacuated to the permitted treatment centre 

TREDI (incineration). The ADEME intervene at this 

site and asked for a report relating the treatment of 

the site. Groundwater monitoring wells were 

installed in 1986. The waste deposit was removed, 

but there is no available information on the quality 

of soil and groundwater following this removal.  

STEPAN 

EUROPE 

ICV, ex SICO 

Chemin de 

905762; 

Production site 

Before 1958, the site was operated by the 

? - 1958 

HCH 

38.0033 

Jongkind - 

6469409 

company SICO to produce Lindane and was 

Voreppe (38) 

equipped with a basin. In 1958, the site bought by 

ICV to produce surfactant. The site was bought by 

Stepan. A soil and groundwater survey was 

undertaken in 2000 and conducted to a 

groundwater monitoring of the site, required by the 

authorities in 2002. This requirement was updated 

in 2006 and 2008. There is no detailed information 

on the results of the undertaken surveys and 

monitoring in the publicly available information, 

which are dated 2015. 

handling 

confirmed 

Progil 

Rhone-

Poulenc 

Rue de 

913185; 

Waste deposit 

Hangars for agricultural activities were used 

1960 - 1977  HCH 

38.0072 

Chamrousse - 

6451942 

between 1960 and 1977 by the company Progil to 

store production residues of Lindane and 

handling 

confirmed 

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Le Pont-de-

Claix (38) 

diphenyl’s. In 1977, the hangars were emptied and 

demolished. The concrete slab of the buildings 

was maintained and covered with ground. In 1984, 

the site was sold to the SADI / municipality to 

redevelop the activity area ‘Gringalet’. The site 

wasn’t used until 1994 when earthwork was 

scheduled to develop a green land at the site. 

Following this work, relevant odours of pesticides 

(Lindane) were observed. Rhone-Poulenc 

removed the ground covering the concrete slab. 

The concrete slab was demolished and the rubble 

(660 tonnes) as well as contaminated soil (2 300 

tonnes) were sent to a permitted treatment centre. 

Investigations were undertaken to assess the 

presence of contamination under and around the 

former concrete slab. Following this survey, the 

authorities considered that the site was treated and 

free of any restriction or easement.  

SOLVAY 

SOLVAY 

39500 - 

Production site 

The Solvay company installed in 1925 a factory in 

1945 - 

HCH 

39.0001 and 

TAVAUX 

and waste 

Tavaux in the Jura, mainly due to the proximity of 

1986? 

handling 

BRGM, 1990 

deposit 

raw materials, with Poligny salt and Damparis 

confirmed 

limestone, the availability of spacious land 

(uncultivated and swampy land) and the existence 

of communication routes (Rhône to Rhine canal 

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and railway). After 1945, Solvay decided to 

produce chlorinated organic products in Tavaux. In 

1948, on the site began the production of 

chlorinated organic products: chloronaphthalene, 

hexachlorocyclohexane, trichlorethylene, 

perchloroethylene. The site operated a waste 

deposit between 1964 and 1986 to store 

production residues of chlorinated organic 

compounds (about 50 000 tonnes). Despite the 

clayey material installed at this deposit, this waste 

deposit led to a groundwater contamination. A 

hydraulic containment is implemented to control 

the extension of the groundwater contamination 

plume. Restrictions were taken on the use of 

groundwater on a surface of about 40 km². HCH 

contamination is considered as a secondary 

contamination compared to the contamination.  

Corne 

Sauce 

CD 226 - 

908900; 

Other 

The site was permitted to operate wood treatment 

1989 - 1994  HCH 

39.0005 

Dampierre 

6676389 

with creosote activities in 1989. The activities 

(39) 

ceased in 1994. In 1995, the authorities visited the 

abandoned site and observed 35 barrel of 200 L 

containing Lindane and waste contaminated with 

creosote. In 1995, the Lindane waste was 

evacuated from the site by the curator.  

handling 

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The rest of the waste was evacuated in 2000 by 

the new owner of the site. The available 

information relates that the surface and 

groundwater survey undertaken between 2000 and 

2002 didn’t show an impact of this waste deposit. 

Ces résultats sont confirmés par les rapports 

d'analyse de mai 2000 - décembre 2000 et mars 

2002. Several surface and groundwater monitoring 

campaigns were undertaken between 2002 and 

2012. PAH and Lindane were detected with 

concentrations above the considered reference 

values for some of these campaigns (2003), 

apparently during the low-level periods. Following 

the campaigns undertaken in 2011 and 2012 

confirming the absence of PAH and Lindane, the 

groundwater monitoring was stopped. The 

groundwater monitoring wells were backfilled in 

2013.  

GIAT 

GIAT 

B.P. 109 - 

Other 

The site produced explosives since 1924. An HCH 

1924 - 

HCH 

41.0015 

INDUSTRIES 

INDUSTRIES 

Salbris (41) 

and PCP groundwater contamination was 

today 

handling 

observed during the removal of 2 former xylophene 

confirmed 

tanks in 2002.A groundwater monitoring is in place 

at this site.  

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45.0149 

name 

name 

X, Y 

operation 

La Pataterie 

Unknown 

9, rue André 

617934; 

Other 

In the frame of a redevelopment project, the owner 

Unknown 

Dessaux - 

6758625 

of the site undertook a soil survey in 2017. This 

Fleury-les-

Aubrais (45) 

first survey showed pesticides contaminations in 

several boreholes: HCH, DDT, aldrin and dieldrin 

concentrations above the considered reference 

values were observed. Additional investigations 

were recommended. The additional investigations 

were undertaken in 2018. HCH concentrations in 

the first meter of soil were above 100 µg/kg and a 

concentration of 38 000 µg/kg was observed at 

one drilling between 2 and 3 m deep. It was 

supposed that this high concentration was related 

to a waste deposit. A concentrated pollution level 

was specified at 1 900 µg/kg regarding the results 

of the investigations. A volume of about 1 700 m3 

must be excavated to remove the considered 

concentrated pollution. This removal was 

recommended, but there is no information on the 

implementation of the work.  

LARIVIERE SA 

LARIVIERE 

11, rue 

SA 

Charles 

417263; 

6782399 

Toutain - Laval 

(53) 

Other 

This site was operated for wood treatment 

1952 - 70's 

HCH 

53.0019 

between 1952 and the 70’s.  

The investigations undertaken before 2002 

showed a soil contamination with HCH, aldrin, 

dieldrin and hydrocarbons.  

handling 

confirmed 

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Groundwater showed very low concentrations for 

these compounds. In 2014, about 520 tonnes of 

contaminated soil were excavated and evacuated 

in a permitted treatment centre. Residual 

concentrations were in line with the remediation 

targets and a residual Human health risk 

assessment concluded that risk for residential use 

is acceptable.  

DEPOT DU 

BAGGER 

LOCH 

 - Hésingue 

1041837; 

Landfill 

K36 - Mise en décharge 

HCH 

68.0005 

(68) 

6730597 

handling 

confirmed 

STEIH (ANC. 

PCUK 

45, avenue de 

1044162; 

Production site 

Former industrial site of the company PCUK 

HCH 

68.0006 

SITE PCUK) 

(Produits 

Bâle - 

6729550 

(manufacture of Lindane), where Lindane 

Chimiques 

Huningue (68) 

Ugine 

Kuhlmann) 

production residues (HCH) were stored. On the 

deposit, a parking lot was created, used by the 

company STEIH, owner of the site. He is currently 

being treated with STEIH. The Huningue Industrial 

Water Treatment Station was built in 1978 and put 

into service in 1981. During its construction, the 

polluted soil was not removed from the site and 

was treated on-site in the North (car park). 

Between 1965 and 1970, most of the Lindane 

production residues was landfilled directly or in 

barrels in several gravel extraction pits in Sierentz, 

handling 

confirmed 

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HCH 

S.C.I. ET 

Former landfill 

Eselacker - 

Landfill 

The city of Mulhouse used this site between 1959 

1959 - 1969  HCH 

68.0007 

Wintzenheim, Huningue and in a landfill in 

Hochfelden. All these sites are considered as 

satellite sites from the Huningue production sites.  

MOBILIERE, 

of the 

Kingersheim 

MICHEL S.A., 

Mulhouse city 

(68) 

SCI PILLON 

at the 

Eselacker 

location 

handling 

confirmed 

and 1969 to landfill household waste. Industrial 

and hospital wastes were also landfilled (Lindane 

and radioactivity concern at the site). Until the mid-

70’s, other municipalities landfilled waste at the 

site and the backfilled site was abandoned. The 

total waste volume is estimated to 800 000 m3. 

Different companies developed the site for 

industrial and tertiary uses. Numerous studies 

were undertaken between 1994 and 2012 at the 

site. The publicly available information indicates 

that soil and groundwater are contaminated with 

inorganic and organic, including HCH. The Human 

health risk assessment undertaken in 2007 

concluded that the risks are acceptable for the site 

use at this date. Regarding the off-site 

groundwater contamination, some uses of the 

groundwater were forbidden by the authorities. In 

the publicly available information, additional 

investigations are considered as necessary to 

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HCH 

Former PUCK 

Former PUCK 

Landstrasse - 

1033382; 

Waste deposit 

The Lindane production residues deposited at this 

Unknown 

HCH 

68.0016 

assess the environmental situation and manage 

the site.  

deposit in 

Sierentz 

deposit in 

Sierentz (68) 

6739012 

site are all coming from the former PCUK site in 

Sierentz 

Huningue (FR-HU-01). The residues were 

deposited in the former gravel extraction pit called 

‘Brunner’. Remediation work was performed in 

1986 and 1987 by the company PCUK. The 

remediation consisted in implementing a surface 

containment at the top of the deposit given a clay 

layer. The ADEME (French agency for 

environment and energy management) oversees 

the groundwater monitoring and of the 

maintenance of the surface containment since 

2000.  

handling 

confirmed 

Former PUCK 

Former PUCK 

 - 

1021743; 

Waste deposit 

his deposit is a former gravel extraction pit which 

1964 

HCH 

68.0021 

deposit in 

deposit in 

Wintzenheim 

6784368 

received 700 to 750 t of Lindane production 

Wintzenheim 

Wintzenheim 

(68) 

residues in 1964, at the beginning of the backfilling 

of the pit, at a depth of about 10 m below ground 

level. until the end of 70’s, the pit received inert 

material (rubble) until it was backfilled to the initial 

ground level. Following a first set of surveys, the 

deposit was recovered in 1985 with a lay layer to 

contain the rainwater infiltration and to stop the 

handling 

confirmed 

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HCH 

extension of a groundwater contamination plume 

downstream to the site. The groundwater 

monitoring of the site continued in the 90’s but not 

at e regular base. During this period, the 

groundwater contamination plume didn’t show a 

regress. This 1996, the ADEME oversees the 

monitoring and to put the site in safe conditions. 

Following additional surveys and studies in 2003 

and 2005, a complementary surface containment 

was implemented at this site in 2008 and 2009.  

Even the monitoring of the site since 2009 show a 

light regress of the groundwater contamination 

plume, this regress isn’t in line with the impact of 

the containment modelled in 2005. This suggests 

that Lindane is still contaminating the groundwater 

at the site. Downstream the site, the use of the 

groundwater is forbidden. …The site is very close 

to the residential area of Colmar: The distance 

between the deposit and the first houses is less 

than 20 m.  

SIVOM of the 

SIVOM of the 

RD 8 - 

Landfill 

This site is located at the location called 

1969 - 1994  HCH 

68.0228 

Mulhouse city 

Mulhouse city 

Brunstatt-

Didenheim 

(68) 

‘Reckholderberg’ which is also used to name the 

site. The site was used as household waste landfill 

by the municipalities of Mulhouse and Brunstatt 

handling 

confirmed 

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between 1969 and 1994.The investigations 

undertaken in 1982 showed hydrocarbons (1 to 10 

g/kg), Lindane (about 1 µg/kg) and phenol (less 

than 12 mg/kg) concentrations in soil.  

In 2001, rehabilitation works were undertaken with 

among others the removal of the monsters and 

covering of the top of the landfill with a clay layer. 

A groundwater monitoring campaign undertaken in 

2011 showed several organic and inorganic 

contamination, with also the detection of HCH 

delta (5,84 µg/l) et HCH epsilon (29,6 µg/l).In the 

publicly available information, additional 

investigations are considered as necessary to 

assess the environmental situation and manage 

the site. 

SOCIETE 

LA 

3, rue Octave 

562458; 

Production site 

The main triangular land was occupied from 1900 

1961 -? 

HCH 

76.0118 

ORGACHIM 

QUINOLEINE 

Fauquet - 

6917690 

to 1959 by a cotton mill. From 1961, the land was 

Oissel (76) 

occupied by the companies La Quinoléine, 

Prochimex and Laboratoires Duphar then 

ORGACHIM who redeveloped the building to 

produce phytosanitary products. The various 

developments in the building and production 

(powders and granules, liquid fertilizers, oxinate, 

oxyquinoline, insecticides, weedkillers and 

handling 

confirmed 

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Bois et 

251 Route de 

566467; 

Matériaux (ex 

Lyons la Forêt 

6928881 

WOLSELEY 

- Saint-Léger-

FRANCE) 

du-Bourg-

Denis (76) 

derivatives, fine chemicals) explain the very large 

quantity of products that could have polluted the 

site. 

HCH 

76.0389 

handling 

confirmed 

SYNGENTA 

SYNGENTA 

Route 

665453; 

Production site 

The site was operated between 1948 and 1963 to 

1948 - 1963  HCH 

77.0020 

AGRO 

AGRO 

départemental

6800443 

produce pesticides which lead to soil 

e 39 de 

Vernou à La 

Grande 

Paroisse 

77670 

VERNOU LA 

CELLE SUR 

SEINE - 

Vernou-la-

Celle-sur-

Seine (77) 

contaminations with pesticides, chlorobenzene, 

chlorophenol, hydrocarbons and heavy metals as 

arsenic and chrome. Low HCH concentrations 

were also detected in old buildings for artisanal 

uses. The groundwater contained in the Seine 

alluvium don’t show severe contamination, the 

drinking water extraction well located 500 m 

upstream to the site never showed pesticides 

contamination. Remediation work was undertaken 

in 2000 and 2001. Use restrictions were taken 

following the remediation to manage the future 

development of the site. A groundwater monitoring 

is undertaken on- and off-site since 2008. The 

monitoring shows that chlorophenol concentrations 

handling 

confirmed 

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Ancienne 

Ancienne 

27200 - 

Landfill 

This landfill received household waste, industrial 

1950 - 1996  HCH 

27.0062? And 

décharge de 

décharge de 

Vernon/Seine 

waste, rubble, and green waste. It was operated 

handling 

BRGM, 1990 

Vernon 

Vernon 

between 1950 and 1996. The BRGM report drafted 

confirmed 

are below the detection at the site limit and below 

the considered reference value off-site.  

in 1990 suggests that waste coming from the site 

La Quinoléine (FR-OI-02) was stored in this 

landfill. The landfill was remediated in 2011 and 

2012 following investigations in 2009. It must be 

checked if investigations looked for HCH/Lindane. 

AULAGNE 

AULAGNE 

69200 - 

Processing site 

The site is specialized in the manufacturing of 

HCH 

BRGM, 1990 

CHIMIO 

CHIMIO 

VENISSIEUX 

soaps, detergents, and cleaning products. 

TECHNIC 

TECHNIC 

This site is listed as a processing site in the study 

of the BRGM in 1990, but no information is 

provided on the dates of handling of HCH/Lindane.  

handling 

confirmed 

KUHLMANN 

KUHLMANN 

93380 - 

Processing site 

Site not found in the research. 

HCH 

BRGM, 1990 

La littorale 

Laboratoire 

19 quai du 

Processing 

The laboratory 

1902-1984 

HCH 

BRGM, 1990 

PIERREFITE 

S/SEINE 

handling 

confirmed 

Hubert-

Jaumes 

PORT NEUF - 

site 

34505 

BEZIER 

Hubert-Jaumes 

was created in 

1902 and get the 

name La littorale 

in 1923. The 

handling 

confirmed 

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laboratory 

produced 

products and 

fertilizer for the 

vineyards. After 

1935, the site 

also produced 

all sorts of 

pesticides, 

including 

Lindane. In 

1973, a second 

production site is 

constructed in 

the industrial 

area Capiscol in 

Béziers. 

PECHINEY - 

PECHINEY - 

69000 - LYON 

Processing site 

Uncertainties on the site location 

Unknown 

HCH 

BRGM, 1990 

PROGIL 

PROGIL 

Vaise 

SICO 

SICO 

38120 - St 

EGREVE 

Processing site 

From 1936 to 1990: Creation of the Michel 

1936 -? 

HCH 

BRGM, 1990 

laboratories in Saint-Egrève specialized in the 

formulation cleaning products and insecticides. In 

handling 

confirmed 

handling 

confirmed 

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handling 

and 13.0083 

confirmed 

Azur Chimie 

Ex Albemarle, 

Rue Paul 

Processing 

This site is 

1966 - 2010 

1949, creation of the SICO entity and launch of the 

aerosol business. 

ex Atofina, ex 

Lombard - 

site 

PCUK 

13110 Port-

de-Bouc 

located at a 

former salt 

extraction pit. 

Between 1920 

and 1930, the pit 

was 

progressively 

backfilled to 

construct the 

railroad. The 

part of the site 

South to the 

railroad was 

backfilled with 

household waste 

of the 

municipality of 

Port de Bouc.  

The site was 

operated since 

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1956 to produce 

fame retardant 

and since 1966 

to produce fine 

chemicals. The 

activities ceased 

in 2010. 

The survey 

showed soil 

contaminations 

with heavy 

metals, 

hydrocarbons, 

chlorinated 

solvents, 

brominated 

hydrocarbons, 

PAH and PCB. 

Groundwater is 

also 

contaminated 

with benzene, 

arsenic, 

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hydrocarbons, 

PAH, chlorinated 

solvents, and 

brominated 

hydrocarbons.  

There is no 

information on 

investigations 

concerning HCH 

/ Lindane.  

Arkema 

Ex Atofina 

4161 Château-

Waste deposit 

This waste deposit is related to the production site 

1947 - 1995  HCH 

Arnoux-Saint-

Auban 

in Saint Auban (see FR-SA-01). The surface of the 

deposit is approximately 300 m². In 1998, the 

waste was excavated and incinerated (315 

tonnes). 

Based on publicly available information dated 

2007, a groundwater monitoring is undertaken at 

this site, which doesn’t show an impact. 

VAL DE VEINE 

 - Celles-sur-

Ource (10) 

Landfill 

K36 - Mise en décharge 

handling 

confirmed 

10.0004 

HCH 

handling 

likely 

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MELPOMEN - 

Calliope, ex 

Route de 

702676; 

Processing site 

Pesticides processing activities and a research 

Unknown 

Atelier Avenue 

Marty-

Sigean - Port-

6213634 

laboratory were operated at this site. Following the 

d'Occitanie 

Parasols 

la-Nouvelle 

(11) 

cleaning of the buildings, all the buildings were 

demolished and considered as inert rubble.  

HCH 

HCH 

handling 

likely 

11.0004 

MELPOMEN - 

Calliope, ex 

115 avenue de 

702837; 

Processing site 

This site was operated to proceed different product 

1905 - 2011  HCH 

11.0022 

Site principal 

Marty-

Catalogne - 

6213379 

for the vine culture since 1905. The activities 

Ave Catalogne 

Parasols 

Port-la-

Nouvelle (11) 

ceased in 2011. Soil, surface, and groundwater 

investigations were undertaken in the frame of the 

cessation of activities between 2012 and 2014.The 

site is in an area in redevelopment for residential 

use. The results of the investigation showed light 

soil contamination with pesticides, but higher 

arsenic concentrations. Lead and cadmium 

concentrations are not acceptable for a residential 

use. The authorities asked the operator to 

determine the remediation actions needed to 

ensure the acceptability of the risk for the 

proposed future use of the site.  

handling 

likely 

ANCIENS 

Route de 

ETABLISSE 

Rouen - 

MENTS 

FRESNE-

Fresne-

l'Archevêque 

PRESTATIONS 

(27) 

Landfill 

Landfill in which 

HCH 

27.0001 

a truck carrying 

pesticides 

barrels was 

discovered in 

1993.  

handling 

likely 

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name 

Procida 

X, Y 

operation 

Route de 

829842; 

Processing site 

Former industrial site of 8 ha, located in the 

1917 -? 

AGRICULTURE 

Bellegarde - 

6301542 

southern part of Beaucaire, operated since 1917, 

Beaucaire (30) 

for the formulation and packaging of phytosanitary 

HCH 

HCH 

handling 

likely 

30.0005 

products. The cessation of activity was declared on 

September 3, 1997, by Agrevo-Prodetech, the last 

company to have operated the site. Following 

several acquisitions / mergers of the companies 

that owned the site, it is Aventis Agriculture, a 

subsidiary of the Sanofi group, which has taken 

over the liabilities of the last operator, since April 8, 

2002. The first remediation works were undertaken 

to put the site in safe conditions: Evacuation of all 

waste present at the site and excavation of about 6 

300 tonnes of contaminated soil. A multiphase 

extraction was undertaken on the groundwater 

between 2003 and 2012 and allowed to extract 82 

t of arsenic, 213 tonnes of lead, 3,3 tonnes of 

pesticides and 14 tonnes of hydrocarbons. In 

2006, additional remediation work was performed 

(no detail on the goal and results), including the 

containment of the former waste deposit present at 

the site. A groundwater monitoring is in place for 

this site. Following the observation of 

contaminations off-site, a management plan was 

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drafted in 2014 to manage the residual 

contaminations. On-site, the additional remediation 

work aims to demolish the rest of the existing 

building and to excavate the concentrated 

pollutions which could impact the groundwater. 

This work should be achieved mid-2020. 

ARKEMA 

 - Jarrie (38) 

915568; 

Other 

D31 - Industrie du chlore 

6446670 

CHU 

avenue de 

914558; 

Other 

Hospital where 

GRENOBLE site 

Kimberley - 

6453552 

HOPITAL SUD 

Échirolles (38) 

S.A.R.L 

BOUVET BOIS 

38 avenue de 

la gare - 

Champvans 

(39) 

HCH was 

observed in soil 

and groundwater 

Other 

Wood treatment 

HCH 

handling 

likely 

38.0036 

39.0010 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

38.0083 

HCH 

handling 

likely 

CMF 

 - Saint-Just-

765402; 

Other 

Wood treatment 

HCH 

42.0140 

(Charpentes et 

en-Chevalet 

6534522 

Menuiseries 

(42) 

Foreziennes) 

handling 

likely 

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4 rue Emile 

614424; 

X, Y 

Other 

MATERIAUX 

Leconte - 

6757296 

(ex. WOLSELEY 

Ingré (45) 

Wood panel 

production 

operation 

HCH 

HCH 

45.0108 

handling 

likely 

FRANCE BOIS 

ET 

MATERIAUX) 

COBATEL 

1 rue de la 

397970; 

Other 

Wood treatment 

6697188 

Croix de 

Pierre - 

Mauges-sur-

Loire (49) 

YARA 

Trémentines 

 - Trémentines 

411300; 

Other 

Fertilizer production 

(49) 

6677421 

S.I.P.C 

Prochim 

59500 - 

Processing site 

This site is located at a former BP refinery 

COURCHELE

TTES 

HCH 

handling 

likely 

HCH 

handling 

likely 

HCH 

49.0022 

49.0027 

59.0193 and 

handling 

BRGM, 1990 

1929 - 

today 

platform. The company SIPC took over the 

activities of the company Prochim, which produced 

likely 

pesticides at the site since 1929. Since 1946, the 

site produced pesticides containing magnesium. 

The soil survey undertaken in 2001 showed a 

mercury contamination related to the refinery and 

pesticides production activities. A groundwater 

monitoring is in place for this site since 2004. 

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Bois et 

Route de Sées 

485783; 

Other 

Wood treatment 

HCH 

61.0059 

There is no publicly available information on 

investigation related to HCH or Lindane.  

Matériaux (ex 

- Valframbert 

6821666 

WOLSELEY) 

(61) 

MARCEL 

 - Orgères (61) 

504690; 

Other 

Wood treatment 

6854687 

handling 

likely 

61.0092 

HCH 

handling 

likely 

CHARPENTES 

25 RUE DES 

434861; 

Other 

Wood treatment 

HCH 

64.0132 

FRANCAISES 

PYRENEES - 

6232507 

EX CALONGE 

Asson (64) 

DUPONT DE 

SEPPIC 

82, RUE DE 

1013398; 

Processing site 

SEPPIC was the first operator of this site since 

NEMOURS 

WITTELSHEI

6752985 

1967.  

handling 

likely 

1967 - 

today 

HCH 

68.0060 and 

handling 

BRGM, 1990 

M - Cernay 

(68) 

Dupont de Nemours operates since 1982 the plant 

likely 

to produce agro-pharmaceuticals, with since 1990 

the synthesis and formulation of fungicide 

(flusilazole and cymoxanil) in a solvent medium. A 

xylene contamination was detected in 1982, but 

there is no available information on how this 

contamination was remediated. Since 2003, 

pesticides contaminations are observed in surface 

water and groundwater extraction wells: Bromacil, 

flusilazole, lenacil, méthomyl et oxamyl are 

considered as tracer of the contamination due to 

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the site activities, but the list of pesticides present 

might not limit to these compounds. To manage 

the groundwater contamination plume, Dupont de 

Nemours installed in 2008 a pump & treat barrier. 

The site operator drafted a management plan in 

2011 proposing the excavation of an area 

contaminated with Lenacil, the containment of the 

central part of the site due to the site activities and 

additional investigation to assess the feasibility of 

alternative remediation technic. HCH or Lindane 

isn’t mentioned in the publicly available 

information, but this doesn’t mean that it isn’t 

present in the subsurface and/or in the 

groundwater due to the site historical activities.  

NOUVELLE 

Chemin de Fer 

1044185; 

Other 

Former gravel 

HCH handling likely 

68.0169 

SABLIERE DE 

de Saint-Louis 

6732321 

HUNINGUE 

à Huningue - 

Huningue (68) 

extraction pit 

backfilled with 

different type of 

material. Low 

HCH 

concentrations 

observed 

downstream to 

the site.  

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name 

name 

X, Y 

operation 

HCH 

BRENNTAG 

NORMANDIE 

12, Sente des 

559753; 

Other 

D13 - Dépôts de pétrole, produits dérivés ou gaz 

HCH 

76.0171 

Jumelles B.P. 

6939698 

naturel 

11 - Montville 

(76) 

handling 

possible 

Société des 

Société des 

Chemin du 

Production site 

The Société des Produits Chimiques 

1994 -? 

HCH 

80.0003 and 

produits 

produits 

Tour de Ville - 

d'Harbonnières was initially authorized by 

handling 

BRGM, 1990 

chimiques 

chimiques 

80131 

prefectural decree of January 5, 1994, to operate a 

likely 

d'Harbonnières 

d'Harbonnière

Harbonnières 

factory to produce mineral chemicals by 

s 

electrolysis of alkali chloride. The site historically 

included a landfill and a lagoon. The old landfill (pit 

of about 2000 m²) was used for the storage of 

mercury waste resulting from the electrolysis of 

alkali chlorides with a mercury electrode. This pit 

has been cleared but still shows contamination by 

this metal. The plant site shows mercury 

contamination in various places in relation to the 

mercury electrolysis activity, in particular the 

sludge and sediments from the effluent transfer, 

storage, and infiltration systems. The company 

was placed in compulsory liquidation in September 

2018.There is no publicly available information on 

investigation related to HCH or Lindane.  

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name 

name 

X, Y 

operation 

HCH 

QUADRIPACK 

Avenue des 

495760; 

Other 

Pesticides production or processing, no evidence 

HCH 

86.0005 

SA 

Grottes de 

6608165 

of HCH / Lindane 

handling 

possible 

SOPRA 

SOPRA 

Passelourdain 

- Saint-Benoît 

(86) 

27300 - 

BERNAY 

Processing site 

Based on the publicly available information, the 

1958 - 1995  HCH 

BRGM, 1990 

site was created in 1958 and ceased its activities 

in 1995. There is no information on the exact site 

activities and the eventual presence of HCH in the 

process. No exact location of the site, very low 

level of information 

handling 

likely 

UMUPRO 

UMUPRO 

34000 - 

Processing site 

There is no information on the exact activity of the 

Unknown 

HCH 

BRGM, 1990 

PLATEFORME 

PCUK 

60 870 - 

Production site 

Former chemical platform of the Compagnie 

Unknown 

MONTPELLIE

R 

site and on the exact location of the site.  

INDUSTRIELLE 

(Produits 

VILLIERS St 

I.C.I 

Chimiques 

PAUL 

Ugine 

Kuhlmann) 

Française des Matières Colorantes then of the 

company Produits Chimiques Ugine-Kuhlmann 

(PCUK). Dow is currently operating a part of the 

chemical platform to produce agrochemicals, so 

the historical production of HCH / Lindane cannot 

be excluded. There is no information on 

investigation related to HCH / Lindane at this site.  

handling 

likely 

HCH 

handling 

likely 

BRGM, 1990 

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name 

RHONE 

name 

Chemin du 

892194; 

X, Y 

Other 

POULENC 

Vallon du 

6258206 

RORER -

maire - 

AVENTIS- (site 

Septèmes-les-

SCHLOESING) 

Vallons (13) 

D32 - Chimie 

minérale 

inorganique 

autre 

SOCOFER 

357, avenue J. 

376363; 

Other 

Fertilizer production 

GUITON - La 

6570703 

Rochelle (17) 

SVR 

Chemin St 

598783; 

Other 

Waste collection and packaging platform 

Louis - Les 

6850845 

Hauts 

Buissons - 

Dreux (28) 

SYNGENTA 

Route de la 

796099; 

Other 

BORDEAUX 

BOIS SERVICE 

Gare - Aigues-

6292840 

Vives (30) 

17 avenue de 

413390; 

Other 

la Gare - 

6422859 

Bordeaux (33) 

CHARPENTES 

Zone 

Other 

Wood treatment 

INDUSTRIELLE

Industrielle - 

S FRANCHE 

Arbois (39) 

COMTE 

operation 

HCH 

HCH 

13.0099 

handling 

possible 

17.0013 

28.0011 

30.0003 

33.0156 

HCH 

handling 

possible 

HCH 

handling 

possible 

HCH 

handling 

possible 

HCH 

handling 

possible 

39.0024 

HCH 

handling 

possible 

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name 

X, Y 

POMMARES 

906 route de 

366375; 

Other 

operation 

Peyrehorade - 

6287524 

Saint-Lon-les-

Mines (40) 

BERNARD 

340 chemin de 

433954; 

Other 

la Scierie - 

6315159 

Villeneuve-de-

Marsan (40) 

CHELET BOIS 

3, Boulevard 

290003; 

Other 

Wood treatment 

de l'Abreuvoir 

6706029 

- Guérande 

(44) 

MAINDRON 

72 Route 

335105; 

Other 

Wood treatment 

PHYTEUROP 

d'Orvault - La 

6697938 

Chapelle-sur-

Erdre (44) 

Rue Pierre My 

- Montreuil-

Bellay (49) 

Other 

Pesticides production or processing, no evidence 

HCH 

49.0010 

of HCH / Lindane. 

handling 

possible 

HCH 

HCH 

handling 

possible 

HCH 

handling 

possible 

HCH 

handling 

possible 

HCH 

handling 

possible 

40.0077 

40.0085 

44.0108 

44.0145 

WOLSELEY 

LA 

423046; 

Other 

Wood treatment 

HCH 

53.0011 

FRANCE BOIS 

VIONNIERE - 

6781815 

ET MATERIAUX 

Bonchamp-

lès-Laval (53) 

handling 

possible 

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HCH 

HCH 

handling 

possible 

60.0019 and 

BRGM, 1990 

name 

IEP 

name 

X, Y 

operation 

Ex SABIC, ex 

Route 

Processing site 

Numerous industrial activities occurred at this site 

Unknown 

GE Plastics, 

Départemen 

ex PCUK 

tale D620 - 

60134 Villers 

Saint Sépulcre 

since the end of the XIXth century. Latest activities 

are the production of lead salt, cyanide products, 

carbon black and resin. A former basin is present 

at the site and was used to treat industrial effluent. 

PCUK was asked to remediate the basin and to 

monitor its impact on groundwater. In 2008, a soil 

survey showed BTEX, heavy metals, and 

hydrocarbons contamination in soil. Investigation 

on groundwater showed a PAH contamination. 

End of 2008, the site was bought by the company 

IEP with a redevelopment project to install a waste 

valorisation centre at the site. A management plan 

was drafted in the frame of this redevelopment 

project. Following a second opinion of the BRGM, 

the ADEME installed additional monitoring wells to 

assess the contamination of the 3 different aquifers 

present at the site. There is no information on any 

HCH / Lindane investigation at this site.  

Foltzer 

105 route de 

1040476; 

Other 

Saint-Louis - 

6727559 

Hégenheim 

(68) 

68.0160 

HCH 

handling 

possible 

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name 

LIGIBELL 

name 

X, Y 

Avenue de 

1021192; 

Other 

l'Europe - 

6784352 

Wintzenheim 

(68) 

operation 

HCH 

HCH 

handling 

possible 

68.0226 

BAYER 

14-20 rue 

Processing 

Pesticides 

HCH handling possible 

 69.0104 

CROPSCIENCE 

Pierre Baizet - 

site 

- Center de la 

Lyon (69) 

Dargoire 

production or 

processing, no 

evidence of 

HCH / Lindane 

LARIVIERE 

Chemin du 

490338; 

Other 

Wood treatment 

Pont de quatre 

6764136 

mètres - 

Arnage (72) 

Impasse de la 

331837; 

Other 

Wood treatment 

Raye - La 

6627454 

Chaize-Giraud 

(85) 

72.0040 

85.0043 

HCH 

handling 

possible 

HCH 

handling 

possible 

OUEST 

PRODUCTION 

WOLSELEY ex-

Panofrance 

ex PROGIVEN 

75 rue de la 

486487; 

Other 

C12 - Produits en bois, ameublement (fabrication 

HCH 

86.0023 

Vincenderie - 

6614165 

de) 

Poitiers (86) 

6 Rue Henri 

Murger - 

Aubervilliers 

(93) 

Processing site 

D3 - Chimie, phytosanitaire, pharmacie 

handling 

possible 

93.0001 

HCH 

handling 

possible 

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name 

name 

X, Y 

BASF Pharma 

Parc Industriel 

875914; 

Processing site 

D3 - Chimie, phytosanitaire, pharmacie 

de la Plaine de 

6528638 

l'Ain - Saint-

Vulbas (1) 

operation 

HCH 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

01.0008 

DECHARGE de 

 - Neuville-les-

853923; 

Landfill 

K21 - Décharges 

HCH 

01.0105 

d'ordures 

ménagères 

handling 

unlikely 

Neuville-les-

Dames (1) 

6562892 

Dames 

ATOFINA - 

04160 

940369; 

Processing site 

D31 - Industrie du chlore 

Usine en activité 

CHATEAU 

6334007 

CALDIC ex 

DUCANCEL et 

HEBERT 

JEFCO 

ARNOUX - 

Château-

Arnoux-Saint-

Auban (4) 

Rue de la gare 

- Barberey-

Saint-Sulpice 

(10) 

607 RUE 

SAINT 

PIERRE - 

Marseille (13) 

Processing site 

D3 - Chimie, phytosanitaire, pharmacie 

896849; 

6246546 

Processing site 

D42 - Fabrication de peintures 

04.0005 

10.0008 

13.0128 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

EPUR 

Quartier de 

878275; 

Landfill 

K - Déchets et 

HCH 

13.0130 

MEDITERRANE

l'Aiguille - 

6255938 

traitements 

E (ex 

handling 

unlikely 

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X, Y 

operation 

HCH 

name 

name 

SOMAFER, ex 

Gignac-la-

SOMIDI, ex 

Nerthe (13) 

SOPROVID) 

SNPE 

SERGENT-

PROLAC 

Scierie 

FILISETTI 

 - Angoulême 

474861; 

Processing site 

D81 - Poudres et explosifs (fabrication de) 

(16) 

6511290 

16 rue Barabin 

410118; 

Processing site 

D4 - Encres, vernis, peintures, colles (fabrication 

HCH 

- Surgères 

6563110 

de) 

(17) 

8 Grande Rue 

979878; 

Other 

C11 - Scierie, fabrication de panneaux 

- Cour-Saint-

6690656 

Maurice (25) 

CENTER 

Route de la 

Other 

D1 - Industrie 

NATIONAL DE 

chapelle 

PREVENTION 

Réanville (en 

ET DE 

bordure de 

PROTECTION 

D64) -  

(CNPP) 

Saint-Marcel 

(27) 

pétrolière, gaz 

naturel 

RULLEAU 

5 Chemin 

404119; 

Other 

Dubourdieu - 

6412546 

Cestas (33) 

handling 

unlikely 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

16.0009 

25.0079 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

17.0038 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

27.0028 

33.0130 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

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name 

X, Y 

operation 

LABROUSSE 

ET FILS 

 - Préchac (33) 

Other 

RULLEAU 

21, route de 

408993; 

Other 

Beliet - Saint-

6387688 

PBM IMPORT 

Magne (33) 

Zone Portuaire 

de Bassens 

Amont Quai 

Carriet - 

Lormont (33) 

Other 

PARC DE LA 

1 Chemin de 

915543; 

Other 

K5 - 

MADELEINE / 

la Gare - 

6446264 

PARC A 

Champ-sur-

FERRAILLES - 

Drac (38) 

ARKEMA 

Récupération, 

dépôts de 

ferrailles 

NOVAPEX (ex-

Roussillon - 

840487; 

Processing 

D3 - Chimie, 

Rhodia 

Salaise-sur-

6473739 

site 

phytosanitaire, 

Intermédiaires)- 

Sanne (38) 

pharmacie 

Pollution 

Cumène/Phénol 

PCAS (Produits 

15, avenue 

876270; 

Processing 

D3 - Chimie, 

Chimiques 

des Frères 

6502043 

site 

phytosanitaire, 

Lumière - 

pharmacie 

HCH 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

33.0143 

33.0149 

33.0163 

HCH 

38.0004 

handling 

unlikely 

HCH 

38.0012 

handling 

unlikely 

HCH 

38.0066 

handling 

unlikely 

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name 

name 

Auxiliaires et de 

Bourgoin-

Synthèse) 

Jallieu (38) 

X, Y 

operation 

HCH 

M.I.P 

Z.I du Pré 

934983; 

Other 

(Menuiserie 

Brun - 

6485586 

Industrielle de 

Pontcharra 

Pontcharra) 

(38) 

Ceregrain 

Chemin de 

839719; 

Processing site 

D36 - Fabrication des engrais 

l'Islon - 

6499352 

Chasse-sur-

Rhône (38) 

431 avenue 

926217; 

Processing site 

D3 - Chimie, phytosanitaire, pharmacie 

Ambroise 

6467900 

Other 

C13 - Traitement du bois 

ONDEO NALCO 

FRANCE 

LESBATS 

SCIERIES 

D'AQUITAINE 

LABAT MERLE 

Crozat - 

Crolles (38) 

Zone d' 

activité de 

Bertheuil - 

Saint-Perdon 

(40) 

BP 3 - Saint-

Vincent-de-

Tyrosse (40) 

HCH 

38.0106 

handling 

unlikely 

38.0132 

38.0214 

40.0026 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

Other 

C12 - Produits en bois, ameublement (fabrication 

HCH 

40.0027 

de) 

handling 

unlikely 

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name 

X, Y 

SOUBAIGNE 

2030 route 

407723; 

Other 

d'Hagetmau - 

6293436 

Scierie 

ARCHIMBAUD 

BP 34 - Doazit 

(40) 

954? rue de la 

Grande Lande 

- Labouheyre 

(40) 

Other 

CEM-DIP 

1960 route 

372882; 

Other 

des Plages - 

6327884 

LARREILLET 

BEYRIA ETS 

(site Usine) 

MONSANTO 

Lesperon (40) 

82, route de 

Bayonne - 

Onesse-

Laharie (40) 

Route 

d'Ousse-

Suzan - Ygos-

Saint-Saturnin 

(40) 

BP 21 - 

Peyrehorade 

(40) 

Other 

Other 

Other 

B15 - Stockage de céréales 

operation 

HCH 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

40.0058 

40.0063 

40.0065 

40.0069 

40.0086 

 40.0113 

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X, Y 

operation 

HCH 

La vielle usine 

728310; 

Processing site 

D37 - Phytosanitaires, pesticides (fabrication de) 

HCH 

43.0002 

name 

AUZON 

ACCUEIL 

NEGOCE BOIS 

(ex BDR) 

VM 

MATERIAUX 

- Auzon (43) 

6476517 

5, rue du 

317126; 

Other 

Calvaire Le 

6681455 

Clion Sur Mer 

- Pornic (44) 

42 rue Pasteur 

308845; 

Other 

- Trignac (44) 

6703878 

PBM IMPORT 2 

9, rue de l'Ile 

352271; 

Other 

Chupin - 

6686473 

Bouguenais 

(44) 

SAINT GOBAIN 

5 rues Gay 

680345; 

Other 

Lussac - 

6768489 

Châlette-sur-

Loing (45) 

Point P 

Trouillard 

Bois et 

Matériaux 

10 rue du 

406711; 

Other 

C13 - Traitement du bois 

Mans - Cholet 

6671010 

(49) 

Rue de la 

412594; 

Other 

C13 - Traitement du bois 

Libération - 

6673166 

Nuaillé (49) 

handling 

unlikely 

44.0074 

44.0075 

44.0101 

45.0133 

49.0026 

49.0056 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

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operation 

CONSTRUCTIO

NS TRILLOT 

Route de Vern 

- Chazé-sur-

Argos (49) 

Other 

C13 - Traitement du bois 

BREHERET 

36 avenue du 

396191; 

Other 

C13 - Traitement du bois 

Petit 

6693005 

PASCAUD 

CECA 

ARYSTA 

LIFESCIENCE 

Montrevault - 

Montrevault-

sur-Èvre (49) 

Zone 

Industrielle 

Les 

VARENNES - 

Dormans (51) 

Usine de 

FEUCHY - BP 

29 - rue de 

l'Hermitage - 

Saint-Laurent-

Blangy (62) 

Route d'Artix 

BP80 - 

Noguères (64) 

Other 

C13 - Traitement du bois 

Processing site 

D - Chimie, parachimie, pétrole 

HCH 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

49.0078 

49.0086 

51.0029 

62.0064 

Processing site 

D37 - Phytosanitaires, pesticides (fabrication de) 

HCH 

64.0053 

handling 

unlikely 

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name 

X, Y 

operation 

HCH 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

64.0056 

Other 

14, Chemin 

des Barthes 

Zone 

Industrielle 

des Pontots - 

Bayonne (64) 

Other 

H1 - Mécanique, 

HCH handling unlikely 

65.0007 

électrique, 

traitement de 

surface 

 - Hégenheim 

(68) 

Other 

F32 - Carrières 

Rue Alphonse 

1039858; 

Other 

Studer - 

6729411 

Hésingue (68) 

Chemin de 

1029204; 

Other 

F - Industries extractives 

Battenheim - 

6749025 

Rixheim (68) 

68.0077 

68.0177 

68.0218 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

DISTRI-BOIS 

MATERIAUX 

ALSTOM 

Rue du 

TRANSPORT 

Docteur 

SA (ex ALSTOM 

Guinier - 

ex GEC 

Séméac (65) 

ALSTHOM) 

CARRIERE 

ROHKIES 

IM KAPPELLI 

ISELISBODEN 

HOLCIM 

Granulats (Zone 

D) 

USINE BASF 

Rue Jacquard 

840560; 

Processing 

D37 - 

HCH handling unlikely 

69.0026 

Agri-Production 

- Genay (69) 

6534166 

site 

Phytosanitaires, 

(ex Cyanamid-

ex Agrishell) 

pesticides 

(fabrication de) 

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name 

X, Y 

BLUESTAR 

1 et 55 rue 

843588; 

Processing 

D3 - Chimie, 

SILICONES 

des frères 

6512297 

site 

phytosanitaire, 

Saint-Fons 

Perret - Saint-

NORD - masses 

Fons (69) 

catalytiques 

RHODIA BELLE 

ETOILE S.A. S 

pharmacie 

Avenue 

843656; 

Processing site 

D3 - Chimie, phytosanitaire, pharmacie 

Ramboz - 

6511417 

Saint-Fons 

(69) 

RHODIA 

15, rue Pierre 

843440; 

Processing 

D3 - Chimie, 

OPERATIONS 

Pays - 

6527096 

site 

phytosanitaire, 

(ex. RHODIA 

Collonges-au-

SILICES) 

Mont-d'Or (69) 

pharmacie 

SANOFI Chimie 

31-33 quai 

Processing 

D3 - Chimie, 

(ex-AVENTIS 

Armand 

PAP ex Hoechst 

Barbès - 

Marion Roussel) 

Neuville-sur-

Saône (69) 

site 

phytosanitaire, 

pharmacie 

operation 

HCH 

HCH 

69.0027 

handling 

unlikely 

69.0029 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

HCH 

69.0042 

handling 

unlikely 

HCH 

69.0062 

handling 

unlikely 

BAYER SAS 

1 boulevard 

833374; 

Processing 

D37 - 

HCH handling unlikely 

69.0103 

(ex. BAYER 

Edouard 

6543526 

site 

Phytosanitaires, 

CROPSCIENCE 

Herriot - Limas 

FRANCE) 

(69) 

pesticides 

(fabrication de) 

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name 

KODAK 

LA MESTA 

BOURGOGNE 

name 

X, Y 

operation 

Route de 

841200; 

Processing site 

D3 - Chimie, phytosanitaire, pharmacie 

Demigny - 

6637000 

Chalon-sur-

Saône (71) 

Route de 

840859; 

Processing site 

D3 - Chimie, phytosanitaire, pharmacie 

HCH 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

71.0015 

71.0069 

Anciennes 

Route de 

EXPLOITA 

Mayet - 

TIONS 

Écommoy (72) 

FORESTIERES 

BARILLET 

ACIAL (ex. 

DUWIK) 

Demigny, Z.I. 

6637217 

Saôneor - 

Fragnes-La 

Loyère (71) 

496439; 

6749290 

Other 

Rue de 

929517; 

Other 

l'Industrie Z.A 

6524767 

- Entrelacs 

(73) 

RETIA - Usine 

 - Orelle (73) 

976971; 

Processing 

D3 - Chimie, 

de PREMONT 

(ex. ARKEMA) 

GLAXO 

1, rue de 

WELLCOME 

l'Abbaye - 

PRODUCTION 

Notre-Dame-

6462725 

site 

phytosanitaire, 

pharmacie 

Processing 

D3 - Chimie, 

site 

phytosanitaire, 

pharmacie 

HCH 

72.0071 

handling 

unlikely 

73.0124 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

HCH 

73.0129 

handling 

unlikely 

HCH 

76.0184 

handling 

unlikely 

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Current Site 

Former site 

Address  

Coordinates 

Site type 

Description 

Years in 

Status on 

References used 

name 

name 

X, Y 

operation 

HCH 

(ex: SANOFI 

de-Bondeville 

WINTHROP 

(76) 

INDUSTRIE) 

FEDIAC 

122, avenue 

677044; 

Processing site 

D3 - Chimie, phytosanitaire, pharmacie 

du Maréchal 

6864258 

De Lattre de 

Tassigny - 

Lagny-sur-

Marne (77) 

DECHARGE 

DES MILLAS 

MAYSSONNIER 

Les Millas - 

502570; 

Landfill 

K21 - Décharges d'ordures ménagères 

Saint-

6623825 

Georges-lès-

Baillargeaux 

(86) 

11 rue 

643446; 

Other 

H13 - Traitement de surface 

Michelet - 

6859611 

Boulogne-

Billancourt 

(92) 

77.0110 

86.0001 

92.0071 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

HCH 

handling 

unlikely 

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Site Characterization 

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5.1 

Site BERKEM - FR-BC-01 

5.1.1  Site details 
Table A5.1 is an overview of the site details presented. 

Table A5.1 Background information 

Site code parent site  

FR-BC-01 

Cluster 

No 

Current site name 

Former site name 

Country 

BERKEM 

SARPAP 

France 

Site use label parent site 

Site authority 

Préfecture de Périgueux 

Name of organisation 

Region or Province 

Department of Dordogne 

Name of focal point 

City / Municipality 

Gardonne, 24680 

Office address  

2, rue Paul-Louis-Courier 

24000 Périgueux 

Site address 

Marais Ouest, 24680 

Telephone 

Gardonne 

email 

GPS coordinate N/S 

44°49'44.9’N 

GPS coordinate E/W 

0°20'09.5’E 

5.1.2  Site background 
Before 1964, the site was a field (see Figure A5.1). From 1964 to 1995, the site was occupied by 
SARPAP, ‘Société d’Application et de Recherches de Produits Anti-Parasitaires de droguerie et 

d’entretien », which was specialized on fabrication of wood preservation products.  
BERKEM SA, was established in 1993, and was specializes in the formulation of wood treatment 
products and in the extraction of plant compounds for the para-pharmaceutical, pharmaceutical, 

cosmetic and food industries. The started with the production on this site in 1995. 
In 2001, SARPAP and BERKEM SA merged and kept the name of BERKEM SA. 

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Figure A5.1 Site location on map of the GIM 

Pollution diagnosis 
A pollution diagnosis and a simplified risk assessment were carried out in 1999 following the 
requirements of the order dated 19/10/1998. These studies concluded that the site required 

additional investigations, particularly due to the presence of organochlorine products in the 
groundwater. 
A detailed diagnosis and detailed risk assessment of the site were carried out in accordance with 

the requirements of the prefectural order dated 17/04/2000. The studies carried out in March, July 
and September 2001 showed that the groundwater was polluted by pesticides and organochlorine 
solvents. The groundwater was used downgradient for drinking water supply, for agriculture and 

for private use (watering of vegetable gardens).  
The risks were unacceptable for residents located in the immediate vicinity of the site and the one 
using the groundwater from for wells located downgradient of the site. The human health risks 

were assessed for exposure via accidental ingestion, skin contact (bathing), consumption of 
cultivated vegetables and inhalation inside the home, through the presence of chloroform. 

On 26/11/2007, after 3 years of treatment, potential sources of soil pollution were identified. An 
additional diagnosis in the former B1 building was carried out on 02/04/2008 following the request 
dated 03/03/2008 from the Regional Directorate for Industry, Research, and the Environment. 

It revealed a high level of contamination of the soil with halogenated solvents (trichloroethylene 
and chloroform), xylenes (5 g/kg), ethylbenzene, pentachlorophenol (37 g/kg) and Lindane. 
The impacted area was estimated at 450 m2 for a volume of soil of 1,300 m3. 

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Remediation work 
The prefectural order dated 22/07/2002 required the evacuation of waste and the containment of 

the former site landfill to avoid direct contact and exposure for people, the excavation of a leaking 
pipe and the soils impacted by xylene and the installation of a system for lowering the 
groundwater table to limit the extension of the plume and to restore water quality within 5 years.  

The remediation target is 1 mg/l for chloroform, which is achieved on a permanent basis at the 
site, and the reference values for drinking water for the other halogenated substances. 

The treatment of the soil was carried out from 28/03/2003 to 21/09/2005. The residual 
concentrations of chloroform, trichloroethylene and xylenes in the excavated soil were well below 
the set remediation targets. The residual presence of pentachlorophenol and pesticides (HCH) in 

concentrations well below the limits of use for an industrial site allowed their reuse on the site. 
For the groundwater, a notable decrease in concentrations was noted over the period 09/2004 - 
09/2005, both on- and off-side. However, they remain higher than the set targets. The treatment 

by stripping coupled with activated carbon filters continued. 

On 04/05/2007, the Regional Directorate for Industry, Research and the Environment concluded 

that the containment work on the former landfill and the excavation of polluted soil had been 
carried out in accordance with the decree dated 22 July 2002; that the quality objectives for the 
groundwater at the site had not been reached and that the treatment of the groundwater should be 

continued; and lastly, that the results of the monitoring of the off-site groundwater showed the 
cessation of the transfer of pollution and the absence of impact downgradient. 

In March 2009, after 5 years of treatment, a significant decrease of on-site and off-site 
concentrations was observed. 90 300 m3 of water were pumped, 72 tons of activated carbon were 
used, and 1,940 kg of pollutants were recovered. Pollution peaks were observed during the rising 

of the groundwater table and the existence of one or more unidentified soil sources, one of which 
was identified in the demolished B1 building, was suspected. 

On the proposal of the DREAL on 09/06/2010, the decree of 30/07/2010 required soil excavation, 
treatment by venting then on-site biological treatment for BTEX and chlorinated substances, and 
by off-site elimination for HCH and PCPNa polluted soil at the B1 building (demolished).  

In September 2010, the conclusions remain the same as in March 2009. At this stage, 119,945 m3 
of water have been pumped, 89 tons of activated carbon used, and 2,063 kg of pollutants were 

recovered. 

In 2012, the remediation targets for the groundwater have not been achieved, with the exception 

for chloroform. 
In 2012, soil was excavated and sorted. Soil contaminated with pesticides (HCH, PCP) was 
excavated and sent to a biotreatment centre. The rest of the soil, mainly contaminated with volatile 

compounds, was treated by venting on site. The air extracted from the venting was treated with 
activated carbon. This system allowed most of the pollution to be reabsorbed.  
The excavated area was backfilled with the treated soil. It was separated from the soil in place by 

a geotextile. 

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Almost 1,900 m3 were excavated and 601,76 tons of soil were transported to a biotreatment 
centre. 1,400 m3 of soil was treated by venting on-site. 
Mr Chabbert, who is responsible for quality, hygiene, safety, and the environment at the BERKEM 
site and who was contacted by Ms DELAGE, an environmental inspector in charge of classified 
sites, indicated that Lindane and HCH were sometimes detected in a piezometer located near the 

former source of pollution in concentrations higher than the laboratory's limits of quantification but 
lower than the limit for drinking water. The position of this piezometer, up- or down-gradient, is 
unknown.  

All results are available with access authorization on GIDAF and GEREP. GIDAF is a tool that 
allows the operator to declare online and transmit his analysis results to the inspection of 
classified sites and the water agencies. GEREP is a tool implemented for risk protection.  

The site is subject to monitoring due to its status as a classified site (SEVESO low threshold). In 
addition, remediation work has been carried out. It can therefore be considered that the site is 

under control. 

5.2 

Site - FR-BR-01 

5.2.1  Site details 
Table A5.2 presents an overview of the site details. 

Table A5.2 Site details  

Site code parent site  

FR-BR-01-01 

Cluster 

No 

Current site name 

RECKHOLDERBERG 

Site use label parent site 

FR-BR-01 

Former site name 

Site authority 

Cities of 

Mulhouse and 

Brunstatt 

Country 

France 

Name of organisation 

Region or Province 

Grand Est, Haut Rhin 

Name of focal point 

City / Municipality 

BRUNSTATT-DIDENHEIM 

Office address  

2, rue Pierre et 

Marie Curie 

B.P. 10020 

68948 Mulhouse 

Site address 

21 D8B1, 68350 Brunstatt-

Telephone 

Didenheim 

email 

GPS coordinate N/S 

47°42'57.3527’ N 

GPS coordinate E/W 

7°19'30.9893’ E 

5.2.2  Site background 
The site is a former quarry. It was operated by the cities of Mulhouse and Brunstatt as a 
household waste dump from 11 July 1969 until 22 September 1994. According to the waste 
management department (SIVOM) of the city of Mulhouse, the last wastes were landfilled in 1987 

and was principally slags. 

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The inspector of classified installations of the DREAL Grand Est (Regional Directorate for the 
Environment, Planning and Housing of the Grand Est) in charge of the site, Mr Jeremie Heintz, 

informed us that the site was the subject of a filing by the Peugeot company and the CSPCM 
(Commission for the Safety of Medication Management) in 1982. 
Rehabilitation work on the former landfill site was carried out in 2004. 

According  to  the  groundwater  quality  monitoring  report  dated  December  2020,  transmitted  by 
Mr Jérôme Fritz of SIVOM of the city of Mulhhouse, the history of the site is as follows: 
• 
•  Before 2001, the site was a landfill 
• 

In 1985, 2 piezometers have been installed to monitor groundwater quality 

In 2001, the landfill was rehabilitated with the installation of an impermeable clay layer, 
supplemented by grassland vegetation 

• 

• 

In 2002, 2 other piezometers have been installed to complete the monitoring of groundwater 
quality 
In 2005, setting up an annual sampling at the level of the storm water basin downstream of 

the site, to check the quality of the run-off water passing over the surface of the former landfill 

•  Since 2005, the site is in its current configuration and the quality of the groundwater and the 

quality of the stormwater in the stormwater basin are monitored 

Several campaigns to monitor the quality of groundwater have been carried out, including one in 
2003 which indicated HCH concentrations of around 0.1 mg/l. The results of the campaign dated 

15 June 2006 showed HCH concentrations below the laboratory's limits of quantification. During the 
2008 campaign, Lindane was not detected in groundwater. 

The groundwater quality monitoring report dated December 2020 transmitted by Mr Jérôme FRITZ, 
lists the HCH concentrations measured in the groundwater since 2008. This report informs us that 
delta HCH is detected in Pz1, upgradient to the site, with the highest concentration in September 

2011 (7.72 µg/l). Delta HCH is not an end product, but it indicates the dumping of technical HCH or 
HCH wastes. Since 2012, concentrations are below 0.6 µg/L. For other piezometers, no HCH was 
detected,  excepted  at  Pz3  in  December  2013  with  concentrations  of  0.02  µg/L  for  beta  HCH, 

0.005 µg/L  for  alpha  HCH  and  0.016  for  gamma  HCH.  See  Figure  A5.2  for  the  location  of  the 
monitoring wells. 

According to the data collected on the site's activities and the results of pollution studies, the site 
‘RECKHOLDERBERG’ have hosted depots of Lindane. This pollution has been the subject of 
groundwater studies and excavation work. The origin of HCH on this site and the quantities 

deposited are not known. 

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Figure  A5.2  Location  of  piezometers  for  the  monitoring  of  groundwater  quality  -  (source:  Groundwater  quality 

monitoring report dated December 2020 transmitted by Mr. Jérôme FRITZ, SIVOM - Rapport HPC-F 6A/2.20.5288-1 

b - Version 0 

Site location 
The former landfill is located 21 D8B1 in the municipality of Brunstatt (68), south to Mulhouse (see 
Figure A5.3). The site is located east to the Rhone-Rhine canal at a location named 
Reckholderberg. The area is delimited: 
•  To the North, East and South by forests and fields 
•  To the West by dwellings / buildings and tertiary activity establishments and sports centres 

The area is essentially flat, and the topographical level varies between 296 m and 299.6 m NGF. 

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Figure A5.3 Site location and some of the main features of the area 

Geology at the site - as a whole 
The study area is shown on the geological map of Mulhouse (n°413) at a scale of 1:50,000. The 
territory represented on this sheet is in the Rhine Plain. Its relief is not very pronounced, and its 

highest peaks do not reach 350 meters. According to the geological map of Mulhouse, the outcrop 
of the studied area is located on limestone at Mélanies, in the Horts de Mulhouse. These 
limestones occupy a very small part of the territory outcropping on the Mulhouse leaf. 

Geology at the site - local soil composition 
According to BRGM's BSS database, drilled hole BSS001DAUF, located 275 m west of the site, 

provides a summary of the geology of the studied area with fine sandy ochre clays from 0 to 4 m 
resting on ‘limestones with melanies’ from 4 to 15 m then on a layer of marls, microcrystalline 
dolomites, and gypsum from 15 to 103.4 m, dating from the Upper Eocene. The location of the 

studied site and registered boreholes on a geological map is shown in Figure A5.4. 

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The site 

Figure A5.4 Geology map with site 

Hydrogeology at the site and use of groundwater 
According to the 2016 data of groundwater bodies available on Infoterre, the site is located on the 

following groundwater body: ‘Sundgau versant Rhin et Jura alsacien’ (FRCG002: Sundgau 
versant Rhin et Jura alsacien). This body of groundwater extends from Mortzwiller in Mulhouse in 
the north to Sundgau in the south. It has a trapezoidal shape, with a maximum length of 44 km 

and a width of 28 km and is made up of 3 geological units: the ‘Oligocene-Alsatian molasse’, the 
‘Sundgau gravel’ and finally the limestone massif of Ferrette known as the ‘Alsatian Jura’. 
The study site is in the melanic limestones of the Horst de Mulhouse (entity 226AA03). They 

constitute a karstic aquifer system.  
This body of groundwater, made up of marl, alluvium, and limestone, has heterogeneous 
characteristics. The ‘Sundgau gravel’ has a permeability of about 5.10-4 m/s to 8.10-4 m/s and a 
transmissivity of about 10-2 m²/s. It is partially connected to the Alsatian Molasse sands. 
This entity is sensitive to pesticides, herbicides, and nitrates. It is of modest interest for drinking 
water supply, irrigation, and industry. 

The studied site is not located within a drinking water catchment supply perimeter.  
Geological database, however, shows several water points (Table A5.2) within a radius of about 
1 km around the site. Private use of groundwater cannot therefore be ruled out. 

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Table A5.2 Water points identified within a radius of one kilometre 

Ref. BSS  

Location 

Hydraulic position  Type 

Depth  Water level  Use 

BSS001DBNS   ≈ 631 m to the East  

Upstream 

drilling 

20 m  

15 m 

Piezometer 

BSS001DBJR 

135 to the West  

Downstream side 

drilling 

29 m 

12,4 m 

Piezometer 

BSS001DBHY 

251 m to the West 

Downstream 

BSS001DBHZ 

295 m to the West 

Downstream 

Well 

well 

13 m 

18 m 

- 

- 

- 

- 

BSS001DBJS 

618 m to the West 

Downstream 

Drilling  29 m 

15,36 m 

Piezometer 

BSS001DBCF 

980 m to the West 

Downstream 

Well 

7,6 m 

6,8 m 

BSS001DCEQ  890 m to the South-West  Downstream side 

drilling 

100 m   42 m 

- 

- 

Hydrology and use of surface water 
The site is located 80 m from a branch of the III River, about 1.3 km from the Rhone-Rhine canal.  
The Rhone-Rhine canal is a French navigation canal that links the Saône, a tributary of the 
Rhône, to the Rhine. The Ill, which originates in the Alsatian Jura at Winkel, drains a basin of 

4,760 km², crosses the plain of Alsace before flowing into the Rhine at Offendorf. The average 
flow rate of the river in Didenheim is 6.58 m3/s for a surface area of 666 km². The Ill experiences 
slight seasonal fluctuations with flows ranging from 2.29 m3/s (August) to 11.5 m3/s (February). 
The Ill is subject to floods, sometimes important, with instantaneous flows that can reach 239 m3/s. 

Executed works 
A soil survey was carried out in 1992 and revealed the presence of hydrocarbons, Lindane and 
phenols. 
Rehabilitation work was carried out in 2001 with the aim of limiting contact with the pollution 

(installation of a clay cap with grass, removal of large objects and, restriction of access). 
A groundwater quality monitoring campaign carried out in 2011 highlighted the presence of 
numerous compounds, in particular delta Lindane (5.84 µg/L) and epsilon Lindane (29.6 µg/L). To 

date, we do not have any information concerning remediation work.  

Aerial photograph interpretation 
The aerial photographs mentioned in Table A5.3 have been studied. Reproduction of the aerial 
photos is not allowed and as such, these are not included in the current report. A short summary 
of their content is provided in this section. Figure A5.5 is a recent satellite image with the site. 

Table A5.3 Aerial photographs for site FR-BR-01 

Site code 

Site name 

Aerial photographs 

Scale 

Years 

FR-BR-01 

Seems like a quarry 

C3720-0251_1969_CDP6602_9125 

Unknown 

1969 

The  study  of  aerial  photographs  made  it  possible  to  observe  the  evolution  of  the  site.  The  1969 
photograph suggests that the site was already exploited. No noticeable evolution is identifiable on 
the other photos, the site on the photograph is bare, vegetation on the site is not observed. 

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Figure A5.5 Outlines of the area mined in 1969 on a recent satellite image 

5.3 

Site FR-BY-01 

5.3.1  Site details 
Table A5.4 presents an overview of the site details. 

Table A5.4 Site details 

Site code parent site 

FR-BY-01 

Cluster 

No 

Current site name 

Former site name 

Country 

SOPRA 

France 

Site use label parent site 

Site authority 

DREAL of Normandie 

Name of organisation 

Region or Province 

Departement of Eure 

Name of focal point 

City / Municipality 

Bernay 27300 

Office address 

2 Rue Saint-Sever, 76032 

Rouen 

Site address 

Route de Broglie, ZI, BP 

Telephone 

218 

email 

GPS coordinate N/S 

49°04'41.6’N  

GPS coordinate E/W 

0°35'08.7’E 

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5.3.2  Site background 
The SOPRA factory was founded in 1958 by the British group ZENECA. They produced 
insecticides, fungicides, and herbicides. They may have produced HCH/Lindane, but no additional 
information is provided/ found to confirm this. ZENECA took the decision to close the plant in 1995 

and sold it in various parcels. Today, the old site does not appear to be used for this type of 
activity. The DREAL (‘Direction Régionale de l'Environnement, de l'Aménagement et du 
Logement’) of Normandy has informed us that they have information on the monitoring of 

groundwater quality concerning the former SOPRA site. However, the DREAL did not wish to give 
us any information by telephone or e-mail. Archive documents (cote AD27/18W44) are available in 
the Eure departemental archives. 

Site location 
The former SOPRA factory is located along the route de Broglie in the industrial zone of the town 

of Bernay (27). The site is located between rue des Canadiens and route de Broglie. The area is 
delimited:  
•  To the North and South by factories and shops 
•  To the East and West by fields, houses/buildings, and tertiary activity establishments 

The area is essentially flat from North to South with a topographical level about 157 m NGF and 

presents a difference in height of 3 m from East (157.4m) to West (154 m). The site location and 
some of the main features can be observed on the satellite image of Figure A5.6. 

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Figure A5.6 Site location and some of the main features of the area 

Geology at the site - overall 
The studied area is shown on the BRGM geological map at 1:50,000 in Bernay (n°148). The 

territory represented on this sheet is mainly located in the department of Eure, the rest of the 
territory is spread over Calvados and Orne. The site is located on the border between the 
Ouche country to the south of the map and characterized by large expanses of forest and the 

Lieuvin plateau to the north. According to Bernay's geological map, the outcrop in the studied area 
is located on a residual flint formation, embedded in a sandy-clay or clayey matrix. This formation 
occupies a large part of the territory of the Bernay sheet, forming a continuous mantle on the 

plateaus and extending over the slopes of the valleys, but is only outcropping over a small part of 
the territory of the Bernay sheet.  

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Site geology - local soil composition 
According to BRGM's BSS database, borehole BSS000LAYZ, located on the periphery of the site, 

approximately 70 m east of the site centre, provides a summary description of the geology of the 
studied area with surface sand and gravel 7 m thick, covering clay, coarse sand, and gravel 7 m 
thick, then a layer of clay and chalk 3 m thick and finally a succession of layers of chalk. The 

location of the study site and BSS points on a geological map is shown in the Figure A5.7. 

The site 

Figure A5.7 Geology at the site 

Hydrogeology at the site and use of aquifer 
According to the 2016 data of groundwater bodies available on Infoterre, the site is located on the 

following groundwater body: ‘Lieuvin-Ouche chalk - Risle watershed’. (FRHG212: ‘Craie du 
Lieuvin-Ouche - bassin versant de la Risle’). This body of groundwater extends from Lieuvin and 
the Pays d'Ouche in the south to the Pays d'Auge in the north-west. It has a roughly  

crescent-shaped form oriented North-West-Southeast, with a maximum length of 82 km and a 
width of 30 km. 

The studied site is located on the residual flint or flint residue formations resulting from the 
alteration of the chalk levels of the Upper Cretaceous. Punctually interspersed with pockets of 
tertiary sands, they constitute a relatively permeable aquifer system, particularly at the level of 

sandy horizons hosting a temporary stagnation layer. 

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This body of groundwater overlays the Upper Cretaceous chalk aquifer, which is not very 
permeable but has good transmissivity due to its fracture porosity. Flow velocities are of the order 
of 10-6 m/s in the massive chalk pores to 10-2 m/s in the karstic networks. 
This entity is sensitive to pesticides. It is mainly exploited for drinking water supply.  
The studied site is not located within a drinking water catchment supply perimeter. 

The geologic database shows several water points (Table A5.5) within a radius of about 1 km 
around the site. Private use of groundwater can therefore not be excluded.  

Table A5.6 Groundwater wells identified within a radius of one kilometre 

Ref. BSS  

Location 

Type 

Depth 

Water level  Use 

BSS000LAYZ  

≈ 70 m to the East of the 

drilling 

61 m 

46.12 m 

Water quality, piezometer 

site centre 

BSS000LAXR 

≈ 100 m to South of the 

drilling 

52 m 

42.3 m 

Industrial water 

site centre  

BSS000LAYM 

≈ 1 km to West-South of 

well 

unknown 

2.3 m 

Water for livestock 

the site centre 

Hydrology at the site and surface water uses 
The former SOPRA site is located approximately 460 m south-east of the river Cosnier which is a 

tributary of the river La Charentonne, about 1km east of the site.  
The  Charentonne,  which  has  its  source  in  the  forest  of  Saint  Evroult-Notre-Dame-du-Bois  in  the 
Orne department, drains a basin of 514 km², and lies largely on a low-permeability massif made up 

of very hard marl, clay or limestone and then crosses much more permeable chalk formations in the 
Eure department before flowing into the Risle river. The average flow rate of the river in Trinité-de-
Réville is 1.9 m3/s for a surface area of 224 km². The Charentonne River experiences small seasonal 
fluctuations, ranging from 1.13 m3/s (September) to a maximum average monthly flow of 3.13 m3/s 
(February). The maximum recorded flow rate during flood periods is 55.4 m3/s.  

Executed works 
To date, we have not received any information concerning environmental studies, pollution 
diagnosis, remediation work or site cessation. 

A5.3 Aerial photograph interpretation 
The aerial photographs listed in Table A5.2 were examined. Reproduction of the aerial photographs 

is  not  permitted  and  therefore  they  are  not  included in  this  report.  A summary  of  their  content  is 
provided in this section. 

Table A5.7 Aerial photographs for site FR-BY-01 

Site code 

Site name 

Aerial photographs 

FR-BY-01 

Fields 

C1613-0021_1955_F1613-1913_0110 

SOPRA 

C1513-0011_1964_F1513-1813_0123 

Scale 

Unknown 

Unknown 

Years 

1955 

1964 

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The 1955 photograph shows that the studied area consisted of fields until at least 1955. No aerial 
photographs of the area were taken between 1955 and 1964. The 1964 aerial photograph 

provided in Figure A5.8 shows the constructed site. The other photograph of Figure A5.8 provides 
an overview of the layout of the present on-site infrastructures. 

1964 

Recent 

Figure A5.8The constructed site in 1964 and the situation in 2021 

5.4 

Site La littorale Bézier-Quai du port neuf - FR-BZ-01-01 

5.4.1  Site details 
Table A5.8 provides an overview of the site details. 

Table A5.8 Site details 

Site code parent site   FR-BZ-01 

Cluster 

No 

Current site name 

La littorale Bézier - Quai du port neuf  Site use label parent site  FR-BZ-01-01 

Former site name 

Laboratoire Hubert-Jaumes 

Site authority 

Mairie de Béziers 

Country 

France 

Name of organisation 

Region or Province 

Occitanie, Hérault (34) 

Name of focal point 

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City / Municipality 

Béziers  

Office address  

Place Gabriel-Péri 

Site address 

19 quai du PORT NEUF 

34500 Béziers 

Telephone 

email 

34500 Béziers 

contact@beziers.fr 

GPS coordinate N/S 

43°20'6.2’ N 

GPS coordinate E/W 

3°13'5.8’ E 

5.4.2  Site background 

Historical site activities 
In January 1894, Doctor A. Hubert created in Béziers an agricultural analysis and research 
laboratory, which in 1902 became the Hubert-Jaumes laboratory. In 1923, the laboratory was 
transformed into a public limited company, taking the name of La Littorale SA. This company 

manufactures oenological products and fertilizers, the distribution of which covers the main French 
wine regions. From 1935, La Littorale diversified its activity to all crops, marketing all kinds of 
acaricides, weedkillers and agricultural insecticides, and expanded its trade to the whole world. 

Becoming a subsidiary of the American company Union Carbide Corporation in 1967, La Littorale 
stepped up its international development. In 1973, a second formulation and packaging plant was 

built in the Capiscol business park in Béziers, then the site underwent major extensions in 1976. 

Subsequently, in 1987, Rhône Poulenc took control of the agrochemical activity of Union Carbide 

Corporation, then the industrial site of Béziers was taken over by SBM Formulation (1994). 
Currently, under the name La Littorale, Erbslöh group, the company continues its activity centered 
around oenological and agri-foods products. 

Since 1977, the Union Carbide subsidiary produced an N-methylcarbamate, aldicarb (350 tons per 
year, formulation), introduced in 1965 under the brand names Temik GR, or TEMIK LDR and Temik 
MR which contain Lindane. According to the data collected on the site's activities and the results of 
pollution studies, the site ‘LA LITTORAL’ hosted the formulation, storage, or depots of 
HCH/Lindane, under the brand names Temik GR, or TEMIK LDR and Temik MR which contain 

Lindane. Figure A5.9 provides the GIM map with the location of site FR-BZ-01-01. 

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Study site 

Figure A5.9 Location of site FR-BZ-01-01 

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Administration's action 
After a poisoning accident of several workers in 1977, studies were carried out at the request of 

the Ministry of the Environment and security measures reinforced by prefectural order. From 
September 1985, Temik was manufactured from a new base, aldicarb, imported in a ready-to-use 
solution. The BASIAS (French database of former industrial sites and service activities) file of the 

site (n° LRO3402625) mentions the pollution of a well without further details. Archive documents 
are available at the departmental Herault archives. 

5.4.3  Environmental characteristics 

Site location 
The former La Littorale factory is located 19 quai Port Neuf in the municipality of Béziers (34). The 
site is located north of the Canal du Midi between lock of Orb n°57 (West) and lock of Béziers 
n°58 (Est). The area is mostly flat, and the topographic level is about + 14 m NGF. Figure A5.10 

gives the site location and some of the main features of the area. The site is bounded:  
•  To the North by Lieutenant Pasquet street and Béziers train station 
•  To East by an industrial area 
•  To the west by homes / buildings and tertiary activity establishments and sport centres 
•  To the south by the Pierre Brousser Avenue and the Canal du Midi with the Port-Neuf de 

Béziers port 

Site location 

Figure A5.10 Site location and some of the main features of the area 

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Geology at the site - overall 
The studied area is on the geological map of Béziers (n°2545) at 1/50 000th. The territory 
represented on this sheet is located on the Mediterranean coast, in the central part of Languedoc. 
It is shared by half between the departments of Aude and Hérault. Its relief is not very accentuated 
and varies from + 337 m in the first foothills of the Montagne Noire to zero sea level. 

According to the geological map of Béziers, the land outcrop to the studied area is located on 
recent alluvium composed of silt, sand, and gravel. Holocene and modern alluvia occupy a large 
area of the territory represented on the Béziers sheet. They constitute the lower terrace or the 

major bed of the Orb valley. 

Geology at the site - local soil composition 
According to the BRGM BSS database, the BSS002KLWU borehole located 160 m north of the site, 
provides a summary description of the geology of the studied area with gravel-sandy alluvium with 
a thickness of 6 m, covering the compact marls of the Miocene. The location of the site and the BSS 

(Subsoil databank) registered boreholes on a geological map is shown in Figure A5.11. 

BSS002KLWU 

Site location 

Figure A5.11 Geology at the site 

BSS borehole 

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Hydrogeology at the site and use of aquifer 
According to the 2016 data of groundwater masses available on Infoterre, the site is located on 

the following groundwater mass: ‘Tertiary and Cretaceous formations of the Béziers-Pézenas 
basin’ (FRDG510; ‘Formations tertiaires et crétacées du bassin de Béziers-Pézenas’). This 
groundwater mass extends from the Aude plain to the east of the Hérault basin. It has a roughly 

trapezoidal shape-oriented South-West North-East, 70 km in its greatest length and 25 km wide. 

The studied site is in the molasses, limestones, sandstones, and tertiary marls of the Orb Libron 

watershed (entity 557C4) which extend, from the North-West to the South-East, from Cazouls-lès-
Béziers, to the mouth of the Orb, in Valras. 

It is an Oligo-miocene aquifer system which is globally not very permeable and of reduced 
extension, discontinuous (gravelly lenses in marly-sandstone molasses), porous, very 
heterogeneous with numerous lateral variations in facies, the horizons being transgressive to each 

other. This groundwater mass rests on the marls and limestones of the Jurassic and Cretaceous. 
Flow abstraction rates are in the order of m3/h to 15 m3/h in isolated lenses, or even up to 35 m3/h 
for deeper structures. 

The old stony alluvium arranged in several terraces contains a sheet which flows perpendicular to 
the Orb and whose transmissivity is of the order of 10-3 m²/s. 

This entity has a sensitivity to pesticides and nitrates and presents a strong mineralization. It is of 
modest interest (locally) for the supply of drinking water, but can locally irrigate small market 

gardeners, water gardens, and maintain swimming pools. 

Geological database indicates several water points (Table A5.9; Figure A5.12) within a radius of 

about 1 km around the site. Private use of groundwater cannot therefore be ruled out. 

Table A5.9 Water points identified within a radius of one kilometre 

Ref. BSS  

Location 

Type 

Depth 

Use 

BSS002KLWU   ≈ 160 m to the North  

drilling  Not known 

Industrial water, SNCF 

BSS002KLVP 

≈ 700 m to the Northeast  

drilling 

92,5 m  

unused 

The studied site is not located within a drinking water catchment supply perimeter (Figure A5.13). 

Hydrology at the site and surface water uses 
The La Littorale site in Béziers is located on the north shore of the Canal du Midi and then the 

river L’Orb at 300 to south.  

The Canal du Midi is a French navigation channel with a division reach that connects Toulouse to 

the Mediterranean Sea. 

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0 100 200 m 

Water point – drilling – unknown depth 
Water point – drilling – depth >50 m 

Figure A5.12 Map of Water points identified within a radius of one kilometre to the site 

Site location 

0 2 4 km 

Drinking water catchment supply areas - Validated - Whole of France 

Drinking water catchment supply areas - Perimeter awaiting validation - Whole of France 

Figure A5.13 Map of drinking water catchment supply areas (Sources: aires-captages.fr) 

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The Orb, which takes its source in the Larzac, drains a basin of 1 585 km², crosses the poorly 
permeable massif of Espinouse and the hills of Minervois before reaching the lower plain of 

Béziers and flowing into the Mediterranean at West of Cap d'Agde. The average flow of the river at 
Béziers is 23,7 m3/s, for a basin area of 1 330km². The Orb shows significant seasonal flow 
fluctuations, with winter floods bringing the average monthly flow to a level between 29 and 
41 m3/s, from November to April inclusive (maximum in January), and low water summer from 
June to September, with a drop in the average monthly flow to 5,3 m3/s in August. Sometimes very 
significant floods cause serious flooding, with flow rates of up to 1 600 m3/s. 

Le Lirou 

L’Orb 

Site location 

Canal du Midi 

Canal du Midi 

L’Orb 

0 250 500 m 

Executed works 
To date, we do not have any information concerning environmental studies, pollution diagnosis, 

remediation work or site cessation of activities. However, recent publicly available aerial 
photographs suggest that the site was redeveloped unto a residential area. 

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5.5 

Site former Pataterie 

5.5.1  Site details 
Table A5.10 gives the site details. 

Table A5.10 Site details – Site former pataterie 

Site code parent site  

FR-FA-01 

Cluster  

No 

Current site name 

Site use label parent site 

Former site name 

Restaurant La Pataterie 

Site authority 

Dreal Centre-Val de Loire 

Country 

France 

Name of organisation 

Region or Province 

Centre – Val de Loire 

Name of focal point 

Department of Loiret 

City / Municipality 

FLEURY-LES-AUBRAIS  Office address  

5 avenue Buffon, CS 96407 

45064 Orléans Cedex 2 

Site address 

9 rue André Dessaux 

Telephone 

45400 FLEURY-LES-

AUBRAIS 

47°55'22.3248’ N 

email 

ud45.dreal-

centre@developpement-

durable.gouv.f 

GPS coordinate N/S 

FR-FA-01 

GPS coordinate E/W 

1°54'3.7908’ E 

5.5.2  Site background  
According to the data provided by the BASOL database, before 1954, the site was used for 
agriculture, then the site hosted a carpentry workshop from 1954 to 2000. From 2000 to 2006, the 

shop La Maison Coloniale was installed in the existing building. Finally, from 2006 to 2017, several 
restaurants followed one another. Today, the site is occupied by the Assador TIPICO restaurant. 

A diagnosis of the site was carried out by SOCOTEC in 2017. 6 drillings were carried out and 
4 highlighted the presence of HCH, particularly 2 with concentrations of sum HCH equal to 
190 µg/kg MS and 660 ug/kg MS. The twice other shows concentrations of sum HCH equals to 

8.2 µg/kg MS and 5.4 µg/kg MS. 
Additional investigations were carried out and two additional diagnoses were undertaken in 2018. 
Statistical calculations based on the initial diagnosis, carried out in 2017 and the two 

complementary diagnoses of 2018, have made it possible to define a limit value for the definition 
of concentrated pollution in total HCH at 1,900 μg/kg of DM (85 percentile). Following these 
studies, the estimated volume of HCH contaminated soil was 1 680 m3, over a surface area of 
280 m² and a depth of 6m.  

Mr DROUIN Sylvain, from the DREAL (Regional Directorate for the Environment, Planning and 

Housing) informed us that the soil identified as polluted is still in place, as well as the impermeable 
covers and buildings that help limit its remobilization and migration.  

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No monitoring work has been set up for the first groundwater table present on the site, as the 
diagnostics have concluded that it is not very vulnerable, given the im-permeability of the land and 

its depth (static level evaluated at 25 meters). 
No detail on Lindane isomers was given. No remediations works have been implemented.  

Site location 
The  site  is  located  rue  André  Dessaux,  in  the  town  of  Fleury-les-Aubrais  (45),  on  the  edge  of 
individual homes and industrial/commercial buildings. The area is mostly flat, and the topographic 

level is about + 117,3 m NGF (French levelling system). The site was formerly bordered to the north 
by a metalworking company and to the south by a former foundry. The sector is bounded:  
•  To the East by the André Dessaux Street, Imperial Tobacco (tobacco manufacturer) and the 

Fleury-lès-Aubrais train station 

•  To North, the West and the South by residential buildings and tertiary activity establishments 

as well as sport centres 

Figure A5.14 Map of site FR-FA-01 

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Geology at the site - Overall 
The study area is on the geological map of Orléans (n°0363) at 1/50 000th. The territory represented 
on  this  sheet  is  in  the  southern  part  of  the  Paris  basin.  Its  relief  is  little  accentuated  and  varies 
between + 140 m and + 90 m NGF at the coast. On the geological map of Orléans, we find alluvial 
formations from the Quaternary period, the base of which dates from the Cretaceous period. 

Geology at the site - Local soil composition 
According to the BRGM BSS database, the BSS001ADJL borehole located 310 m north to the site, 

with  a  depth  of  60,5  m,  provides  a  summary  description  of  the  geology  of  the  studied  area  with 
Orléans  marls  and  sand  with  a  thickness  of  around  12  m,  covering  limestone  of  Beauce  of  the 
Miocene.  

The location of the studied site and the boreholes registered in the BSS database on a geological 
map is shown in the following figure. 

The site 

Figure A5.15 Geological map and borehole registered in the BSS database around the site 

Hydrogeology at the site and use of aquifer 
According to the 2016 data of groundwater masses available on Infoterre, the site is located on the 

following  groundwater  mass:  ‘Multilayers  of  Seno-Turonian  chalk  and  free  Beauce  limestone’ 
(FRGG092; ‘Multicouches craie du Séno-turonien et calcaires de Beauce libres’). This body of water 
extends over 9 736 km² over several departments: Eure-et-Loir, Loiret, Seine et Marne, Yvelines 

and Essone. It is a predominantly sedimentary, free-flowing body of water. 

The site is in the marls and sands of the Orléans region, moderately clayey, they form a moderately 

permeable layer locally covering the Beauce limestone aquifer which extends from the Loing and 
the Seine to the east and north to the Loire to the south.  

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The site is in an enlarged protection perimeter from a drinking water supply catchment, 500 m east 
to the catchment point. The supposed direction of flow for the groundwater at the site is towards the 

Loire, i.e., from North to the South. This catchment point is therefore located hydraulically upstream 
of the site.  

Data from the BSS, show several water points (Table A5.11) within a radius of about 500 m 
around the site. Private use of groundwater cannot therefore be ruled out. Data from the BSS, 
show several water points (Table A5.11) within a radius of about 500 m around the site. Private 

use of groundwater cannot therefore be ruled out. 

Table A5.10 Water points identified within a radius of 500 m 

Ref. BSS  

Location 

Type 

Depth 

Water level  Use 

BSS001ADNY 

≈ 386 m to the North, upstream  

drilling  60 m 

- 

Industrial water 

BSS001AETJ 

≈ 160 m to the South, downstream 

drilling  39,25 m 

15,15 m 

Water, 

BSS001ADJL 

≈ 300 m to the South, downstream 

drilling  60,5 m 

- 

spraying 

Unknown 

Hydrology at the site and surface water uses 
The studied site is located approximately 2,8 km north of the Loire.  
The Loire is a 1 012 km² long river which drains a basin of 115 000 km². It originates in the 

eastern part of the Massif Central at the foot of Mont-Gerbier-de-Jonc in Ardèche and flows 
through 5 regions before flowing into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantes. 

Executed works 
To date, we do not have any information about eventual remediation work. 

A5.3 Aerial photograph interpretationFor the site (code FR-FA-01), the aerial photographs 
mentioned in Table A5.12 have been reviewed.  

Table A5.11 Aerial photographs for site FR-FA-01 

Site code 

Photo reference 

Aerial photographs 

Scale 

Years 

FR-FA-01 

C2219 0241_1946_CDP3241_0037 

C2219-0181_1954_CDP975_0265 

C2220-0111_1961_CDP1704_5252 

Unknown 

1946 

Unknown 

Unknown 

1954 

1961 

The study of old aerial photographs allows to observe the evolution of the area. The change in use 

between agricultural use until 1954 and the carpentry workshop is clearly visible. From 1954 
onwards, no notable change is observed on the site.  

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Site Harbonières Chemical Company - FR-HA-01 

5.5.3  Site details 
In the following table (Table A5.13) an overview of the site background information is presented. 

Table A5.12 Background information 

Site code parent site  

FR-HA-01 

Cluster 

No 

Current site name 

SPCH (Harbonières Chemical 

Site use label parent site 

Not concerned 

Former site name 

Hosiery factory - Bouly Lepage (1888 

Site authority 

Compagny) since 1950 

to 1950) 

Spinning company before 1888  

Country 

France 

Name of organisation 

Region or Province 

Department of Somme (80) 

Name of focal point 

City / Municipality 

Harbonnières 

Office address  

Préfecture 

d’Amiens 

51, rue de la 

République 

80020 Amiens 

Site address 

20 rue de Guillaucourt 

Telephone 

80 1321 Harbonnières 

email 

GPS coordinate N/S 

49°50'57.8’N 

GPS coordinate E/W 

2°39'38.5’E 

5.5.4  Site background 
Prior to 1888, the site was occupied by a spinning mill, whose operator was the Lavalard 

company. From 1888 and until 1950, the site was occupied by the Bouly Lepage company for a 
hosiery business. This activity was interrupted because of the First World War, which led to the 
destruction of the site. The site was rebuilt. Since 1950, it is occupied by the ‘Société des Produits 

Chimiques d'Harbonnières’ (SPCH). 

SPCH was the subject of a prefectural decree in 1994, authorizing to operate the site for the 

manufacture of mineral chemicals by alkaline chloride electrolysis using mercury electrodes. The 
mercury waste resulting from the site's activity was stored in a landfill and a lagoon, with a surface 
area of approximately 2 000 m², on the site. 

In 1997, the site was the subject of several prefectural orders for emergency works and formal 
notice. SPCH therefore began to clean the ditches and lagoons for the storage and infiltration of 
effluents whose sediments were contaminated with mercury. The decontamination work required 

the setting up of a de-mercurisation station for the in situ pressing of liquid sludge effluents to have 
them accepted in class 1 landfill (for hazardous waste). 
The rehabilitation solution implemented for the lagoon was a levelling of the polluted soil at the 

bottom and then covering it with a waterproof geosynthetic complex, itself covered with vegetized 
soil. 
Following the works, groundwater controls were carried out on agricultural wells immediately 

downstream of the contamination, on the soils and plants of irrigated crops. These controls did not 
show any anomaly.  

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In 1998, a simplified risk assessment was carried out by BURGEAP, which resulted in the 
classification of the site as to be monitored for groundwater. The air and soil quality are acceptable 

for the considered use of the site.  
In 2002, a detailed risk assessment for Human health post-work was carried out. 

In September 2018, the operator was placed in compulsory liquidation but was able to maintain its 
conditioning activities, the disposal of part of the waste present on the site, including mercury 
waste, and the emptying and removal of the mercury and graphite present in the cell room 

facilities. In addition, soil investigations carried out in 2018 at the site revealed the presence of 
concentrated mercury pollution in the cell room and nearby, diffuse mercury pollution throughout 
the site, the punctual presence of chlorinated solvents and hydrocarbons and impacts in 

groundwater at the site in the form of mercury, chlorides, sulphates, and chlorinated solvents. 

The person in charge of polluted sites and soils at the DREAL of Hauts-de-France, Mr DEBONNE, 

informed us that, to his knowledge, the site had never produced or received Lindane. The site is 
currently abandoned and is the subject of an intervention by the ADEME (Agency for the 
Environment and Energy Management). 

According to the data collected on the site activities and the results of pollution studies, the Site 
‘Société de Produits Chimiques d’Harbonières’ would not have hosted the manufacture, 

formulation, storage, or deposit of HCH/Lindane. 

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Site of study 

Figure A5.17 Site location on aerial photography 

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5.6 

Site   STEIH - FR-HU-01-01 

5.6.1  Site details 
In the following table (Table A5.14) an overview of the site background information is presented. 

Table A5.13 Background information - STEIH - FR-HU-01 

Site code parent site   FR-HU-01 

Cluster 

No 

Current site name 

STEIH 

Site use label parent site  FR-HU-01-01 

Former site name 

PCUK 

Site authority 

DREAL Grand Est - Haut Rhin 

Country 

France 

Name of organisation 

Region or Province 

Grand Est, Haut-Rhin 

Name of focal point 

City / Municipality 

Huningue (68330) 

Office address  

2 place du Général-de-Gaulle 

Site address 

Avenue de Bale BP 107 

Telephone 

email 

68100 Mulhouse 

ud68.dreal-grand-

est@developpement-

durable.gouv.fr  

GPS coordinate N/S 

47°34'39.7’ N 

GPS coordinate E/W 

7°34'53.5’ E 

5.6.2  Site background 

Historical site activities  
From 1947 to 1974, the plant of the Ugine Kuhlmann Chemical Company (PCUK) produced on 
these sites Lindane (hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH)) used as an insecticide (poorly biodegradable, 

toxic, and carcinogenic product banned in France since 1988). 

Lindane (C6H6Cl6) is produced by photochloration of benzene leading to the production of HCH 

isomers. 4 isomers are more abundant: ~70 % alpha-HCH, ~10 % beta-HCH, ~10 % delta-HCH 
and ~10 % gamma-HCH. Lindane is the gamma-HCH isomer so around 90 % of isomers are just 
residues. 

Between 1965 and 1970, tens of tonnes (i.e., almost all the Lindane manufacturing residues) were 
unloaded in bulk or in drums in several gravel pits transformed into landfills located in the 

municipalities of Sierentz, Wintzenheim, Huningue and Hochfelden (unique site in the Bas-Rhin 
department). All these sites are considered as satellite sites from the Huningue production sites.  
This production generated a significant amount of waste and part of it was buried on site after 

being mixed with concrete. 

The Huningue Industrial Water Treatment Station (STEIH) was built in 1978 and commissioned in 

1981. During its construction, the polluted soil was not removed from the site and was levelled on 
the land to the North (parking). 

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Discovery of pollution and administration's action 
The BRGM (Geological and Mining Research Committee) studies (1986 and 1991-1992) and the 

groundwater analyzes carried out at the request of the DRIRE (Regional Directorate for Industry, 
Research, and the Environment) have shown the pollution of the groundwater. 

These measures were taken following the discovery of this pollution: 
•  The prefectural order of June 20, 1996, prescribes the study and the carrying out of the works 

necessary to protect the site and the installation of groundwater monitoring wells 
•  The prefectural order of formal notice was signed on March 25, 1997, followed by a 

consignment order of June 18, 1997, for the completion of the works 

•  As the work had not been carried out, nor the quality controls of the groundwater, the Prefect 

requested funds from the ministry to monitor the groundwater 

•  Following the favourable response of the ministry on November 9, 1999, an order prescribing 

the carrying out of work ex officio at the expense of ADEME (Environment and Energy 

Management Agency) was issued on April 27, 2000, to define a groundwater quality control 
network 

•  Since December 23, 1996, the PCUK company has been put into liquidation and the 

monitoring of the site has been transmitted to ADEME 

After excavation work carried out on the site, ADEME's groundwater monitoring results show in 2011 

a low impact for HCH: the monitored piezometers show levels close to 0,1 µg/l. The concentrations 
have fallen sharply since 2002, they were previously of the order of ten or even hundreds of µg/l in 
total HCH. This may be partly due to the repair of the STEIH parking carried out in 2002 to improve 

the waterproofing thereof and limit water infiltration into the ground. 

The table below summarizes the pollutants suspected or monitored: 

Pollutant (s) suspected or monitored 

Hydrocarbons and related indices 

Phytosanitary 

COHV, chlorinated solvents, freons 

Cessation of STEIH activity 

Program 
As part of the cessation of activity by STEIH at the end of 2012, the site has been rehabilitated. In 
a voluntary action and to have the minimum of constraints on the site, STEIH wishes the depollution 

to be carried out with as objective a residential use with vegetable garden (the most demanding use 
in terms of decontamination threshold). This implies taking charge of the Lindane pollution for which 
STEIH is not responsible under the legislation of classified installations. 

Pending decisions on municipal projects, the site will be converted into a green space and a parking 
lot, with decontamination thresholds compatible with residential use. 

Long-term uses will depend in the area on the project for the 3 cities of Huningue, Basel and 
Weil-am-Rhein.  

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Novartis wants to develop its Knowledge Campus in France, a global research and development 
centre for new drugs. The STEIH site would be integrated into this Campus with the development 

of residential buildings and tertiary equipment. 

Location of pollution sources 
The investigations carried out in 2011 by STEIH made it possible to map the HCH contents of the 
site and to locate sources of pollution mainly linked to the operation of PCUK. They confirm 
previous investigations with a localization of: 
•  Pure HCH isomers and HCH concretes under the south parking lot 
•  Gravelly embankments polluted with HCH nodules under the North, South parking lots and 

green spaces ( 

Figure A5.18). 

The other pollutants present in significant quantities are dichlorobenzenes, tri and tetra 

chlorobenzenes, dioxins, and furans. These products are degradation products of HCH or linked 
to the Lindane manufacturing process, to a pyrolysis process which would have been used on the 
site. 

Rehabilitation works 
Rehabilitation works include: 
•  Development of the banks of the Rhin 
•  Decontamination of parking lots, green spaces, and the old customs house 
•  The demolition of STEIH buildings and the decontamination of the underlying land 

The management plan called ‘ARA STEIH - Deconstruction and depollution works’ of 11 June 
2012 presents the site rehabilitation works. 

Considering the potential nuisances that may be generated during the progress of the works, the 
complementary prefectural order n ° 2012219-0032 dated August 6, 2012, prescribes the 

measures of prevention and monitoring of risks and impacts. The prefectural order dated July 8, 
2013, governs the loading of materials by barge. 

Ambient air pollution 
Analyses carried out in July and August 2013 showed an increase in dust and HCH levels in the 
ambient air. Before this period, the analyses showed concentrations comparable to zero. 

Additional measures are necessary and have been requested from STEIH. The prefectural order 
dated 6 December 2013 thus asked STEIH to propose additional measures to limit the impact of 
the site on the ambient air. 

Pending the definition of these measures, STEIH took the initiative to stop the work temporarily. 
Since 2013, excavations have stopped. 

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Old customs 

South parking 

North parking 

Old PCUK STEIH 

Green spaces 

Figure A5.18 Sitemap (Source: classified installations inspection report of April 9, 2013) 

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Concrete slab 

Lindane Powder 

ANTE  1995 

Pure Lindane  
thickness 

Depth of polluted  
soil (m) 

Concrete slab 

Concentration in  
total HCH (mg/kg) 

(Thermal desorption) 

(incineration) 

(Incineration specialist  
centre) 

Figure A5.19 Site diagnosis before work - Location of pollution (Source: Présentation du Projet ARA STEIH - ZÜBLIN 11 STRABAG, 03.11.2020) 

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Additional requirements of the rehabilitation 
The prefectural decrees of August 5, 2014, and April 7, 2016, contain additional requirements 

related to the rehabilitation of the site managed by the company STEIH in Huningue. They 
oversee the containment of the site and the transfer of contaminated soil. Now all excavation 
areas, even slightly contaminated, are also confined. Containment is by means of tents on piles 

with a ventilation system to keep the excavated soil on the ground. The air emissions coming from 
the tents are filtered by means of double activated carbon filters with dust filter. 

The waste (excavated and contaminated soil) is stored and confined on site, then transferred by 
means of a barge to specialized treatment sites located abroad. The soil is loaded by a sealed 
hopper. Cross-border shipments of waste are kept in a shipping register. The excavated areas are 

then backfilled with clean soil from abroad. 

Groundwater 
A groundwater monitoring network is in place (using seven piezometers) with monthly monitoring. 

Completion of remediation work 
Europa’s largest remediation project of a production site with HCH-waste 
(Hexachlorocyclohexane) in Huningue, situated in the three-border region of France-Switzerland-
Germany was completed by the end of 2019. The first-time complete remediation of a site with 

HCH production residues of this dimension taking place under maximum emission safety and 
occupational safety conditions represented a major challenge and even required the customer to 
change the general contractor at the commencement of remediation. Prior to commencing the soil 

remediation, the industrial wastewater treatment plant of Basler Chemie located on the site had to 
be dismantled and the infrastructure facilities (halls, air locks, loading facilities, etc.) installed. The 
site was only partially roofed over with halls when remediation began.  

The project had to be suspended in 2013 as it was impossible to comply with the required 
maximum emission values for HCH (partly in the nanogram range), and unacceptable harmful 

substances were detected at the site. After a validation phase, the consortium Marti/Züblin was 
commissioned with the revision of the planning, conversion and new construction of the 
infrastructure and subsequent remediation.  

The existing halls covering 20 000 m² that could not be dismantled were sealed. Additional halls 
covering an area of 25 000 m² including one sliding hall were built. The complete loading and air 

lock infrastructure was re-installed. To ensure adequate pressurization in the entire hall system, 
two new waste air purification plants with a total of 175 000 m³/h were installed. Rainwater from 
the roof and paved areas, groundwater from the hydraulic barrier, lock water and water of the 

installed soil washing process were purified in a central plant. 800 000 t of soil were excavated, 
partially washed and refilled and 700 000 t treated in thermal plants throughout Europe. 
Depending on the HCH concentration in the soil, transport took place either by ship or in sealed 

containers or drums (HCH pure form). The loading ramp to the ship was encapsulated, specific air 
locks for the containers and the drums were in operation.  

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All employees operating the construction equipment and employees working in the contaminated 
area participated in a biomonitoring course. Due to the location in the three-border region, 

extensive environmental monitoring was implemented in the immediate vicinity and surrounding 
area of the remediation site. 

Figure  A5.20  Historical  overview  of  the  site  (Source:  Présentation  du  Projet  ARA  STEIH  -  ZÜBLIN  11  STRABAG, 
03.11.2020) 

Satellite sites 
Produits Chimiques Ugine Kuhlmannn (PCUK) operated a Lindane manufacturing plant on the 
territory of the municipality of Huningue. Production residues were stored on-site but also on 
numerous sites in the Elsass region, considered in this study as satellite sites.  

In addition to the works that were carried out on the site itself during the life of the plant, its 
dismantling gave rise to a dispersion of demolition materials in various gravel pits in the region.  

The following table lists these notable deposit sites, called satellite sites. 

Table A5.14 Satellite site of SEITH 

Site name 

Nouvelle sablière de Huningue 

Stade de Huningue 

Localisation 

Huningue (68330) 

Village-Neuf (68349) 

‘Brunner’ gravel pit in Sierentz 

Sierentz (68510) 

Wintzenheim: Ancienne décharge PCUK 

Wintzenheim (68374) 

SITA Ultimate Waste Storage Centre (CSDU) 

Hochfelden (67270) 

Ancienne décharge de Mulhouse 

Ancienne décharge de Mulhouse 

Kingersheim (68) 

Kingersheim (68) 

Site use label parent site 

FR-HU-01-02 

FR-HU-01-03 

FR-HU-01-04 

FR-HU-01-05 

FR-HU-01-06 

FR-KG-01-01 

FR-KG-01-02 

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Study site 

Figure A5.21 Location of site FR-HU-01-01 

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5.7 

Site   STEIH - Nouvelle sablière de Huningue - FR-HU-01-02 

5.7.1  Site details 

Nouvelle sablière de Huningue - FR-HU-01-02 
In the following table an overview of the site background information is presented. 

Table A5.15 Background information - Nouvelle sablière de Huningue- FR-HU-01-02 

Site code parent site   FR-HU-01 

Cluster 

No 

Current site name 

Nouvelle sablière de Huningue  Site use label parent 

FR-HU-01-02 

site 

Former site name 

Deposit, ex DIB discharge, ex 

Site authority 

DREAL Grand Est - Haut 

Country 

gravel pit 

France 

Name of organisation 

Rhin 

Region or Province 

Grand Est, Haut-Rhin 

Name of focal point 

City / Municipality 

Huningue (68330) 

Office address  

2 place du Général-de-

Site address 

Auf dem Rauchen Hubbel 

Telephone 

Beim Mission Kreuz 

email 

Gaulle 

68100 Mulhouse 

ud68.dreal-grand-

est@developpement-

durable.gouv.fr  

GPS coordinate N/S 

47°35'1.5’ N 

GPS coordinate E/W 

7°34'34,9’ E 

5.7.2  Site background 

Historical site activities  
This old gravel pit was operated until 1961, then was the subject of backfilling until 1970, resulting 
in the construction of a stadium belonging to the city of Huningue. 

The following events followed: 

Date 

1940 

1950 

1954 

1956 

1959 

1960 

Event / Activity 

The topographic map shows very small excavation works. 

Start of the operation of gravel pit by the company FRANCE-SUISSE. 

The new sand pit of Huningue resumes the activity which is done gradually (1 to 1,5 m deep) until, 

dry then. 

Aerial photographs show extension of mining to the south and the absence of embankments. 

Most of the land belongs to the Basel Civil Hospital. 

Strong extension of the mining activity towards the NE, up to the level of the rue de la Chapelle. A 

declaration of exploitation of the plot located on the territory of Saint-Louis is made in town hall. 

1964-1966 

First fillings to allow the construction of the South Industrial Zone and the railway branch to the east 

of the site. 

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Date 

1969 

Event / Activity 

The Departmental Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry (DDAF) of Department 68 noted: 

• 

• 

• 

• 

The deposits on the sides are opposed to the bank 

The rate of depots is 45 trucks per day on average 

The storage capacity at the time was 150,000 m3 

Demolition waste would be deposited at the site 

1973 

The aerial photographs show an extension of the site at the southern limit, along the buildings of 

the  customs  town,  up  to  the  level  of  the  railway.  Sizeable  embankments  are  dumped  from  the 

western limit of the gravel pit. 

1970 

The gravel extraction activity decreases sharply. The site is no longer used as a storage platform, 

for materials extracted from the Grande Sablière in Saint-Louis. 

1977 

The site ceased its activity, only the filling with the backfill continued until 1988. From 1975, the 

annual backfilling authorizations were issued to the company MUSFELD of Basel and NYDEGGER 

of Muttenz by the Marie of Saint-Louis. 

1991 

Most of the land was held by the company CIBA-BEIGY (based in Huningue). La Nouvelle Sablière 

de Huningue came under the control of the Swiss group HUPFER A.G.  

2001 

Part of the backfilled land is used as parking by the company NOVARTIS (site inspection carried 

out in May 2001). 

Deposit of La nouvelle sablière 
de Huningue 

 Gravel 

 Marls  

Figure A5.22 Schematic section of the site 

Soil and Groundwater quality 
The BRGM (Geological and Mining Research Committee) / ANRED (National Agency for the 

Recovery and Disposal of Waste) study of 1991 does not identify chemical industrial waste in the 
demolition spoil. 

BRGM / ANRED carried out a second study in 1993: Groundwater samples were taken in March 
(low water level) and August (high water level). Among a monitoring network of nine piezometers, 
three were analysed. Two out of the three piezometers showed traces of hexachlorocyclohexane 

(HCH or Lindane). Downstream: 
•  The levels were higher with an average of 0,2 µg/L in ß-HCH 
•  Particularly high high-water values of Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) of 56 mg/l and 

chlorides of 550 mg/l 

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The BRGM / ANRED (1993) concluded the presence of a significant chloride contamination 
probably coming from the backfill deposited at the Nouvelle Sablière site in Huningue. It does not 

conclude that there is contamination by organochlorine pesticides (HCH) from the Nouvelle 
Sablière site in Huningue. 

A new study by BRGM in 1998 revealed traces of ß-HCH at concentration levels close to the 
maximum concentrations authorized on two piezometers. 

The potential presence of industrial wastes of chemical origin has not been confirmed either by the 
groundwater monitoring network or by the testimonies collected. The potential harmfulness is 
insignificant given the local context. 

Thus, the Lindane pollution on this site is known, the state of its current monitoring, 
however, remains unknown. 

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Study site 

Production site 

(SEITH – Huningue) 

Figure A5.23 Location of site FR-HU-01-02 

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5.8 

Site   STEIH - Stade de Huningue - FR-HU-01-03 

5.8.1  Site details 

Stade de Huningue - FR-HU-01-03 
In the following table an overview of the site background information is presented. 

Table A5.16 Background information - Stade de Huningue - FR-HU-03 

Site code parent site  

FR-HU-01 

Cluster 

No 

Current site name 

Stade de Huningue 

Site use label parent site 

FR-HU-01-03 

Former site name 

Ancienne 

gravière 

Site authority 

DREAL  Grand  Est  -  Haut 

Country 

Gutknecht 

France 

Name of organisation 

Rhin 

Region or Province 

Grand Est, Haut-Rhin 

Name of focal point 

City / Municipality 

Village-Neuf (68349) 

Office address  

2  place  du  Général-de-

Site address 

Rue Mangeney 

Telephone 

email 

Gaulle 

68100 Mulhouse 

ud68.dreal-grand-

est@developpement-

durable.gouv.fr  

GPS coordinate N/S 

47°35'39.3’ N 

GPS coordinate E/W 

7°34'12.8’ E 

Historical site activities  
This former gravel pit located on the territory of Village-Neuf and Huningue belonged to Mrs. 
Veuve Gutknecht Eugène. It was mined after 1926 (no cartographic evidence) and before 1940 
(presence of the excavation on the topographic map). The following events followed: 

Date 

Event / Activity 

1955-1961 

Stopping gravel extraction with continued sporadic activity until 1961. 

1960-1963 

Large-scale  backfilling  begins  and  continues  until  1970  (approximately  5  to  6  years).  The 

compagnies  cited  are  SETTELEN  and  MUSFELD.  The  testimonies  collected  during  the  BGRM 

(Geological  and Mining  Research  Committee) / ANRED  (National Agency  for  the  Recovery  and 

Disposal of Waste) study in 1991 confirm the presence of suspicious waste in the landfills, Lindane 

from the PCUK plant. 

The volume of the waste mass is estimated at approximately 130 000 m3 (area of 15 000 m² and 

thickness of 7 to 12 m). 

Type of deposits: White to yellowish waste with a strong Lindane odour, demolition cuttings, drums, 

wood, bitumen. 

1969 

Aerial photos show a filled gravel pit. The deposit is mentioned in a note from DDAF (Departmental 

Directorate  of Agriculture  and  Forestry)  68  as ‘an  old  quarry  near  the  Huningue canal, currently 

filled and levelled’. 

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Date 

Event / Activity 

1970-1972 

The municipality of Huningue buys this land from the owner for the construction of a new stadium 

(replacing the old one, condemned by the redevelopment of the North industrial zone). Construction 

of the stadium was carried out in 1972 (visible in the aerial photograph from 1973). 

1989-1991 

Subsidence  occurs  occasionally,  at  the  level  of  the  large  football  field  of  the  Tennis  Club  of 

Huningue, and towards the starter zone of the running track / The opening of a trench 0,5 to 1 m 

deep  (for  the  laying  of  a  cable)  showed,  between  the  handball  goals  and  the  entrance  to  the 

stadium, fields mixed with a blue paste. 

Groundwater quality 
The subsoil is locally made up of very permeable alluvium, the thickness of which does not exceed 
7 to 12 m (Figure A5.24). The whole rests on an impermeable marly substratum. The alluvial 
ensemble is the support of a vast water table, finding its nourishment from local precipitation and 

contributions from watersheds. 

In Huningue, the Rhine drains the water table: groundwater flows towards the North/North-East at 

an average depth of 5 m. Below is a schematic section of the site: 

Deposit of Stade 
de Huningue 

 Gravel 

 Marls  

Figure A5.24 Schematic section of the site 

According to the testimonies collected within the framework of the BRGM / ANRED report of 1991, 
the water leaving the gravel pit towards the canal was from time to time coloured: battered to 

bluish. 

In 1998, as part of BRGM's actions with the support of the regulatory body for groundwater, a 

study was carried out on several sites potentially polluted by Lindane waste (HCH), including the 
site of the former Gutknecht gravel pit. Among the existing water points downstream, the borehole 
446-5X-0138 (depth of 6 m) was found after a field survey and selected to take a sample.  

It is in Village-Neuf, far downstream (750 m) from the Gutknecht site, at a place called Viehweg. 
Due to its geographical location and the distance separating it from the site, uncertainty remains 
as to the representativeness of the sample. The analyses focused on the physic-chemical 

characteristics, major elements, trace elements, heavy metals, and organochlorine pesticides 
(HCH, α, β, δ and γ). The July 1998 test results didn’t detect HCH in the piezometer water. 

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A prefectural decree dated April 28, 2004, required the establishment of downstream hydraulic 
monitoring to assess potential impact. The city of Huningue has set up a network to monitor the 

water table. The first analyses in 2005 show an impact: 
•  Exceeding the potability thresholds for Iron, Manganese, and Ammonium 
•  Downstream, traces of chlorobenzene, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs), but with 

contents lower than the reference values 

Analyses for the month of April 2017 show concentrations of barbiturates, aromatic amines, and 

drug residues as well as exceedances of the potability thresholds for chlorobenzene, 
dichlorobenzene, and pesticides in groundwater. 

Balance sheet 
The potential harmfulness of the deposit is significant: the presence of industrial wastes of 
chemical origin is proven. 

The geological formations are vulnerable, and the risks are not negligible: there are no AEP 
(Drinking water supply) wells or recognized private wells immediately downstream from the site. 

But there are many private miscellaneous wells to be found downstream. 

The impacts observed from the repository are more of a geotechnical nature, with the frequent 

manifestation of differential settlement or subsidence, the evolution of which is difficult to follow 
due to the continual maintenance of the exercise platforms. 

Thus, the Lindane pollution on this site is very strongly suspected and the pollution was 
not clearly identified in the groundwater 

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Study site 

Production site 

(SEITH – Huningue) 

Figure A5.25 Location of site FR-HU-01-03 

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5.9 

Site  

‘Brunner’ gravel pit in Sierentz - FR-HU-01-04 

5.9.1  Site details 

Sierentz: former Lindane manufacturing residue storage area - FR-HU-01-04 
In the following table an overview of the site background information is presented. 

Table A5.17 Background information - ‘Brunner’ gravel pit in Sierentz - FR-HU-01-04 

Site code parent site  

FR-HU-01 

Cluster 

No 

Current site name 

‘Brunner’  gravel  pit 

in 

Site use label parent site 

FR-HU-01-04 

Sierentz 

Former site name 

Décharge  de  produits 

Site authority 

DREAL  Grand  Est  -  Haut 

inactifs liés à la fabrication 

de  Lindane  (KUHLMANN 

Ets, PCUK) 

France 

Name of organisation 

Rhin 

Country 

Region or Province 

Grand Est, Haut-Rhin 

Name of focal point 

City / Municipality 

Sierentz 

Office address  

2  place  du  Général-de-

Site address 

RD201 

Telephone 

68510 Sierentz 

email 

Gaulle 

68100 Mulhouse 

ud68.dreal-grand-

est@developpement-

durable.gouv.fr  

GPS coordinate N/S 

47°40'05.0’ N 

GPS coordinate E/W 

7°26'41.8’ E 

5.9.2  Site background 

Historical site activities  
Between 1965 and 1970, thousands of tonnes of residues from the manufacture of γ-HCH 

(Lindane) were accumulated in the ‘Brunner’ gravel pit north of Sierentz. These wastes came from 
the ‘Produits Chimiques Ugine Kuhlmann’ (PCUK) factory in Huningue. 

Reconnaissance work undertaken in 1983-1984 by the BRGM (Geological and Mining Research 
Committee) showed that part of this waste was submerged in the alluvial layer of the Rhine. 
Following a prescription to the company PCUK by prefectural decrees dated March 13, 1986, and 

February 9, 1987, the recovery of this waste and soil, then their confinement in a sealed capsule 
made of compacted marl, was carried out in 1987, under the supervision of the BRGM. The latter 
estimated at 112 000 tons the weight of waste and soil contaminated by HCH that were stored in 

the containment capsule. 

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Groundwater quality 
Piezometric monitoring was prescribed, as well as regular maintenance of the site (brush clearing) 

to preserve the seal of the capsule. Groundwater quality monitoring and regular site maintenance 
have been provided by ADEME (Environment and Energy Management Agency) since 2000 with 
public funds. This work is framed by prefectural decrees. Monitoring shows stable levels, with an 

impact on groundwater immediately downstream of the capsule. 
The site is located downstream from the city; no impact on populations and AEP (Drinking water 
supply) wells was detected. Nevertheless, monitoring the quality of groundwater and regular 

maintenance of the site to maintain the site's waterproofing layer in good condition remain 
necessary. 

Capsule 
The base of the capsule was placed on a backfilled platform with a surface area of approximately 
20 000 m², fitted out by partial filling of the existing gravel pit. The backfill was ‘run-of-the-mill’, 

probably mostly from the site itself. 
The waterproofing was carried out by placing a layer of compacted marl, specially imported 
(quarry of the Aspach bridge) because of its geotechnical qualities and its low permeability after 
compaction (close to or less than 10-9 m/s). 
First, a watertight basin was made of compacted marl (surface area of 17 000 m², thickness of 
1 m). The waste was covered with a marl of the same origin, but less compact due to different 

preparation conditions. It was therefore decided to strengthen the waterproofing of this cover by 
installing a third layer of marl, bringing the total thickness of the low permeable cover layer to 
approximately 1,3 m to 1,5 m. 

The compacted clay capsule was covered with a draining layer of permeable ‘all-round’ materials 
which probably comes from the ‘beekeepers’ sector to the immediate west of the capsule, then 
with a final layer of silty topsoil. 

The gravel pit around the capsule has been reshaped and cleaned. Monitoring piezometers were 
set up to control possible seepage around the capsule. 

Marigot 
The Marigot is located below the capsule. A qualitative study of the state of contamination of this 
area was carried out. It reveals surface contamination of the soil. This decreases rapidly as one 

moves away from the capsule. Several origins for this pollution are possible: 
•  A leak from the capsule. Contaminants would quickly infiltrate the highly permeable terrain 

and would not run off north 

•  Old contaminated backfill left in place during containment work 

Recent development 
In January 2021, the French Ministry of environment announced that the French state will invest in 
remediation action at 3 sites in Elsass to improve the groundwater quality. The site is Sierentz is 
one of these 3 sites. At the drafting of this document, the exact actions decided at this site were 

not known.  

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Based on the information available for this site, the Lindane pollution on this site is known 
and is already being monitored. Remedial action is schedule in the coming years. 

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Study site 

Production site 
(SEITH – Huningue) 

Figure A5.26 Location of site FR-HU-01-04 

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5.10  Site   STEIH - Wintzenheim: Ancienne décharge PCUK - FR-HU-01-05 

5.10.1  Site details 

Wintzenheim: Ancienne décharge PCUK - FR-HU-01-05 
In the following table an overview of the site background information is presented. 

Table A5.18 Background information - Wintzenheim: Ancienne décharge PCUK - FR-HU-01-05 

Site code parent site  

FR-HU-01 

Cluster 

No 

Current site name 

Ancienne décharge PCUK  Site use label parent site 

FR-HU-01-05 

Former site name 

Décharge  de  produits 

Site authority 

DREAL  Grand  Est  -  Haut 

inactifs liés à la fabrication 

de  Lindane  (KUHLMANN 

Ets, PCUK) 

France 

Name of organisation 

Rhin 

Country 

Region or Province 

Grand Est, Haut-Rhin 

Name of focal point 

City / Municipality 

Wintzenheim  

Office address  

2  place  du  Général-de-

Site address 

Lieu-dit Logelbach 

Telephone 

68374 Wintzenheim  

email 

Gaulle 

68100 Mulhouse 

ud68.dreal-grand-

est@developpement-

durable.gouv.fr  

GPS coordinate N/S 

48°44'23.2’ N 

GPS coordinate E/W 

7°34'17.1’ E 

5.10.2  Site background 

Historical site activities  
The Wintzenheim site was a rural area in 1934. It was operated as a gravel pit starting in the 
1950s. During the 1960s and 1970s, the pit was backfilled. Between May 1966 till the spring of 
1967, about 700 to 750 tons of Lindane production residues were deposited between 4 to 10 

meters below the surface. The disposed Lindane production residues came from the PCUK site in 
Huningue, which produced Lindane. Lindane production residues are isomers of HCH in powder 
form. The HCH residues were covered by inert waste until the soil surface (+210 NGF) leading to 

the current flat surface.  

Overview of executed works 
From 1972 onwards, different controls of groundwater quality were undertaken in several 

piezometers but most of these piezometers were destroyed or clogged. 
Three survey programs were executed between 1974 and 1984 to identify the dimensions of 
HCH deposit: 
• 
• 
• 

11 auger drillings for soil sampling in 1974 
2 drillings in 1983 
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In 1985, a surface containment was implemented at the top of the HCH waste deposit. It was 
covered with a clay layer. Following work was completed for the surface containment: 
•  The excavation of superficial soil until 1,2 m deep and overflow of 5 m on known boundaries 

of HCH waste deposit 

•  A dome topography was given to the clay layer 
•  A compact clay layer on a surface of 2,500 m² with a thickness between 0,7 to 1,0 m was 

installed to cover HCH waste deposit 

•  A groundwater monitoring well was added to the two previous wells 

From 1995, the groundwater quality was analysed 2 times per year in the scope of the LIGIBEL 
landfill monitoring, a household waste landfill located west to the site. The frequency of the 

monitoring of the groundwater quality is increased to several times per year since 2000. 

In 2001, the Prefect of ‘Haut Rhin’ department asked the ADEME to study the pollution transfer 

mechanisms into groundwater and to give some propositions of remediation. This study was 
realized by HYDRO INVEST. The conclusions highlighted an HCH transfer even after the 
installation of the clay layer. The HCH transport was modelized and the results showed that: 
•  The clay layer did not cover the whole surface of the HCH waste deposit, particularly in the 

southern area of the site 
Infiltration of rainwater was possible because the clay layer was not protected against roots 

• 

penetrating/ perforating the clay layer 

•  The soil covered by the clay layer is at a lower altitude than the peripheric zones. So, the 

rainwater could infiltrate the soil at the site 

•  The chemical analyses have shown the presence of chlorobenzenes, metabolites from HCH 
biodegradation, but at low concentrations. The realized degradation tests in lab conditions 
have shown fast kinetics of microbial degradation 

•  The groundwater contamination plume was considered as stable at the equilibrium: The 

highest concentrations were around 1 000 µg/l next to the site and decreased to 100 µg/l at 
170 m and to 15 µg/l at 450 m downgradient to the site. Only 0,5 µg/l were detected 850 m 

downgradient to the site 

As a result of these conclusions, TAUW was contracted to predesign a second containment at the 

top of the site and a rainwater management plan in 2005. The predesign included a modelling of 
the effects of the proposed containment on the groundwater contamination plume. 

In 2007, EnvirEauSol was contracted to undertake the final design and supervise the 
implementation of the containment proposed by TAUW in its study of 2005. The work was 
undertaken between July 2008 and June 2009. The landfill surface was profiled, and different 

material layers including a HDPE geomembrane was used to cover the HCH waste deposit to 
avoid the rainwater infiltration through the HCH residues. The rainwater is collected in drains 
installed all around the containment and runs in an underground basin before discharge in the 

rainwater drainage system of the municipality of Colmar at controlled flowrate. 

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In 2012, nine additional groundwater monitoring wells were installed to improve the precision of 
groundwater quality cartography. 

In 2017, the report drafted by Artelia synthetized the results of groundwater monitoring campaigns 
undertaken between 2014 and 2016. The map of groundwater monitoring wells is shown in 

Figure A5.27. 

Figure A5.27 Map of piezometers to monitor the groundwater quality 

The map of the average of HCH concentrations is shown in Figure A5.28 for the period  

2000 - 2014 and in Figure A5.29 for the period 2014 - 2016. 

No major difference can be observed between both periods showing a stable pollution plume. It 

also showed a total HCH concentration around 1 000 µg/l at the site which decreased to 100 µg/l 
at 100 m, 10 µg/l at 600 m, and 1 µg/l 1,5 km downgradient and 0,1 µg/l 1,8 km downgradient to 
the site.  

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Figure A5.28 Map with the average HCH concentrations in groundwater between 2000 and 2014 

Hospital 

Figure A5.29 Map with the average HCH concentration in groundwater between 2014 and 2016 

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Protection of the population 
Since 2006, the authorities impose rules to restrict the use of the groundwater. The restrictions 
were updated in the prefectural order, dated 4th June 2015, and consider 2 different areas 
(Figure A5.30): 
•  Z1: In this area, following uses of the groundwater are forbidden 

-  Any use leading to a Human consumption of the water (drinking water, preparation of 

food, washing, etc.) 

-  Any use leading to a dermal contact, including the filling in of swimming pools 

-  Any use for watering of crops cultivated for Human food and of animals 

•  Z2: Any new groundwater extraction or water discharge into the aquifer cannot be authorized 

without a preliminary study on the effect of the extraction or the discharge on the HCH 

groundwater contamination plume. 

The order also specifies that the population will be regularly informed on the status of the 

groundwater contamination and on the sanitary recommendations for the use of groundwater.  

Z2: monitoring perimeter - 
study of the incidence of 
pumping or water discharge 

Old PCUK landfill 
Lindane waste 

Z1: water 
sanitary use 
restriction zone 

Figure A5.30 Map with the areas of the groundwater use restrictions 

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Study site 

Figure A5.31 Location of site FR-HU-01-05 

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Conceptual Site Model (CSM) 
In his report of October 2020 named ‘Road Map for the pilot site PCUK in Wintzenheim (France)’, 

TAUW constructs the following presented CSM (the site literature was studied). Regarding the 
current site layout, no site visit was conducted. Based on the TAUW study, the sources of 
contamination, source-receptor pathways, and potential receptors have been reported in this 

diagram. 

Figure A5.32 Localization of the pollution sources, the main receptors, and the groundwater flow 

The main source of contamination is the Lindane production waste deposited at the site between 
7 and 10 m deep. This deposit led to soil contamination, i.e., soil mixed with HCH powder, as the 

HCH powder was deposited without any containment (i.e., drums, bags, or barrels).  
There is a possibility that in the period when the deposit was not equipped with a surface 
containment, the rainwater leached HCH particles from the deposited HCH powder downwards to 

capillary fringe and/or to saturated zone of the soil. This is an assumption that might explain the 
fact that the regression of the groundwater contamination plume expected following the 
containment installed in 2008-2009 is not in line with the model of the TAUW 2005 study. 

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Recent development 
In January 2021, the French Ministry of environment announced that the French state will invest 

in remediation action at 3 sites in Elsass to improve the groundwater quality. The site is 
Wintzenheim is one of these 3 sites. 
Based on the information collected by the ADEME (Environment and Energy Management 

Agency), the remediation action decided at the site in Wintzenheim will include the removal of the 
deposited HCH powder and material considered as hazardous waste. The implementation of this 
work is schedule on short term, i.e., in the 5 next years. 

Based on the information available for this site, the Lindane pollution on this site is known 
and is already being monitored. Remedial action is schedule in the coming years. 

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Figure A5.33 Conceptual Schematic Model of the PCUK Wintzenheim site in France 

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5.11  Site   STEIH - SITA Ultimate Waste Storage Centre (CSDU) - FR-HU-01-06 

5.11.1  Site details 

Hochfelden: SITA Ultimate Waste Storage Centre (CSDU) - FR-HU-01-06 
In the following table an overview of the site background information is presented. 

Table A5.19 Background information - SITA Ultimate Waste Storage Centre (CSDU) - FR-HU-01-06 

Site code parent site  

FR-HU-01 

Cluster 

No 

Current site name 

Centre  de  Stockage  de 

Site use label parent site  FR-HU-01-06 

Déchets  Ultimes  (CSDU) 

SITA 

Former site name 

Décharge  de  produits 

Site authority 

DREAL Strasbourg 

inactifs liés à la fabrication 

de Lindane (PCUK) 

Country 

France 

Name of organisation 

Region or Province 

Grand Est, Haut-Rhin 

Name of focal point 

City / Municipality 

Hochfelden 

Office address  

2,  route  d'Oberhausbergen 

BP 81005 

67070 Strasbourg Cedex 

Site address 

Lieu-dit  Schaffhansemer 

Telephone 

Rebin 

67270 Hochfelden  

email 

GPS coordinate N/S 

48°44'23.6’ N 

GPS coordinate E/W 

7°34'23.9’ E 

5.11.2  Site background 

Historical site activities  
This landfill of household waste and ordinary industrial waste was authorized by codifying decree 
of December 4, 2000. The site has a sealed capsule which contains Lindane waste from the 

former PCUK company based in Huningue in the Haut-Rhin. The site is currently in operation and 
regulated by the prefectural authorization decree of 23 January 2012. 

Qualitative description 

Capsule 
The prefectural decrees of April 1, 1982, and June 19, 1984, prescribed the studies concerning 
the knowledge, the works, and the control measures to be carried out. The work to contain the 
HCH residues in a sealed clay capsule was carried out during the winter of 1983-1984. 

Groundwater monitoring 
The prefectural decree of December 4, 2000 summarizes all the requirements imposed on the 

site, and in particular those concerning the monitoring of surface and ground-water. 

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Apart from 0,1 μg/l of HCH observed on the P1 piezometer in July 2003, the HCH concentration 
observed on the piezometric network is less than or equal to 0,05 μg/l. The results of analysis on 

the P2 and P4 piezometers of August 2005 revealed the presence of Lindane. Since October 
2005, Lindane concentrations are below the detection limit on all piezometers (< 0,05 μg/l). 

The prefectural decree dated January 5, 2005, prescribes an assessment of the conditions for 
monitoring groundwater and a Simplified Risk Assessment on parts of the site not equipped with 
bottom sealing. The Simplified Risk Assessment made it possible to classify the site in class 2, 

i.e., ‘site to be monitored’. 

In 2011, groundwater quality monitoring was carried out based on six-monthly checks on four 

piezometers located hydraulic downgradient of the site and annual checks on three piezometers 
located one far downgradient and two upgradient hydraulic from the site. 

These controls include to the following parameters: pH, conductivity, TOC, NH4 +, Chromium, 
Lead, Nickel, Cadmium, Copper, Zinc, Mercury, Dissolved hydrocarbons, Chlorides, Sulfates, 
Nitrates, Isomers of Lindane HCH (Alpha HCH, Beta HCH, Delta HCH, Gamma HCH, Sum of 

HCH), AOX, Phosphates (orthophosphates), Arsenic, Cyanides, Phenol index. 

The piezometers are in two different aquifers: the marl-limestone aquifer and the Rhaetian 

sandstone aquifer. Lindane has a concentration below the detection limit on all the piezometers  
(< 0,05 μg/l). It is found at a concentration of 0,21 μg/l at the level of the resurgence of water from 
the groundwater. 

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Study site 

Figure A5.34 Location of site FR-HU-01-06

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5.12  Site   Ancienne décharge de Mulhouse - FR-KG-01-01 

5.12.1  Site details 
In the following table an overview of the site background information is presented. 

Table A5.21 Background information – Site Ancienne décharge de Mulhouse 

Site code parent site  

FR-KG-01 

Cluster  

No 

Current site name 

VILLE DE MULHOUSE 

Site use label parent site  FR-KG-01-01 

Former site name 

Ancienne décharge de 

Site authority 

DREAL Mulhouse 

Mulhouse 

(Regional Directorate of 

Environment, Planning and 

Housing) 

Country 

France 

Name of organisation 

Region or Province 

Haut-Rhin, Grand-Est 

Name of focal point 

City / Municipality 

Kingersheim 

Office address  

2 place du Général-de-

Site address 

Eselacker 

Telephone 

68166 Kingersheim 

email 

GPS coordinate N/S 

47°47'11.7’N 

GPS coordinate E/W 

7°18'29.0’E 

Gaulle 

68100 Mulhouse 

The study site is in the municipality of Kingersheim (68), near the Kaligone business park. The 
surface area of the site is approximately 192,000 m². 

5.12.2  Site background 

Historical site activities 
Already in 1826, the Mulhouse municipality and its surroundings hosted very old and numerous 
sand and gravel quarries. After the Second World War, the extractive company MICHEL began to 
mine the quarries up to the groundwater table. 

From 1959 to 1969, the city of Mulhouse operated a household waste dump in a former gravel pit 
for household waste landfilling. Industrial (Lindane), hospital (radioactivity) and rubble were also 

dumped in this pit. Until 1973 or even 1976 other municipalities also deposited waste there. The 
plots were backfilled and left fallow until 1975. The volume of waste is substantial and estimated at 
800,000 m3. The backfilling of the site began in the North-East part of the site progressing towards 
the South and ended in the North-West corner. The total backfilled area can be estimated at 
around 10 ha. 

Several companies, with industrial and tertiary use, are established on the site. They do not 
appear to have any relation to the production of pesticides. 

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Administration's action and impact studies  
Several studies, reports and diagnostics have been carried out on this site. These studies and 

their main results are listed in the following table. 

Table A5.20 Studies, reports, and diagnostics 

Period 

Studies, reports, or diagnostics 

From 1977 to 1988 

Environmental geotechnical studies confirm the presence of industrial waste such as 

Lindane over ten meters thick. 

From 1989 to 1992 

Analyses of groundwater downgradient to the site, carried out at the request of the 

DRIRE*, revealed ‘moderate’ pollution with Lindane (HexaCycloHexane - HCH). 

Between 1994 and 

A report certifies the presence of waste on the site, in particular household waste. Soil gas 

1995 

measurements reveal the presence of Benzene Toluene Ethylbenzene and Xylene 

(BTEX) and Chlorinated Volatile Organic Compounds (CVOC). 

1995 

A survey carried out by the BRGM** at the request of the DRIRE, made it possible to 

delineate the influence of the site and to distinguish the old landfill from a wild deposit. 

March 1996 

BRGM report highlights the risk of explosion and fire linked to the migration of explosive 

gases from the landfill and accumulating in the infrastructures. 

1997 

A report reveals the presence of waste on the site between 1 and 3 meters deep. 

Installation of two piezometers which shows pollution of the water table with sulphates, 

metals, and ammonium. 

2002 

Impact study on soils and groundwater, dated 2002, finds contamination of soils by waste 

metals, BTEX, organochlorine pesticides and pollution of groundwater. 

March 23, 2006 

Detailed investigation on soils, groundwater, and soil gases. 

October 17, 2006 

Monitoring of groundwater quality. 

May 9, 2007 

Detailed assessment of health risks prescribed by prefectural order dated 22 June 2005. 

November 14, 2011 

Complementary diagnosis of pollution in the basement and the ambient air. 

January 17, 2012 

Monitoring of the quality of groundwater carried out at the request of the Prefect. 

February 27, 2012 

Management plan carried out following the prescriptions of the order dated December 15, 

2010. 

October 24, 2012 

Health Risk Assessment carried out at the request of the Prefect. 

*DRIRE: « Direction régionale de l'Industrie, de la Recherche et de l'Environnement » means « Regional Directorate 

for Industry, Research and the Environment » 

**BRGM: « Bureau de recherches géologiques et minières » means « Geological and Mining Research Office » 

In 1989, various elements (control of the quality of groundwater, disorders appearing in buildings 
and suspect products discovered during excavation work for foundations) led to the old landfill 
being consecrated as one of the main sites and known polluted soils of the Haut-Rhin. 

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Two other groundwater monitoring campaigns were carried out in 1990 and 1994 on access points 
to the groundwater close to the site. The excessive levels of pesticides (Lindane) detected in 1990 

were confirmed in 1992 but remained stable. In fact, examination of the analytical results shows 
that it is the delta isomer of HCH which is present at the highest concentrations. 

The different studies reveal: 
•  The potential transfer mechanisms are volatilization, direct contact, and bioaccumulation in 

plants 

•  The exposure routes from the source to the targets are inhalation, ingestion (for young 

children) and skin contact 

Prescriptions formulated by prefectural order sent to the City of Mulhouse (the operator) and 
municipal order are summarized in the following table.  

Table A5.21 Prescriptions formulated by prefectural order and municipal order 

Date of AP or AM 

Prescriptions 

Prefectural orders 

January 20, 2000 

Requirements for carrying out an impact study and an assessment of the risks on 

groundwater, on existing dwellings and buildings 

May 14, 2004 

Prescriptions for a monthly monitoring of groundwater for one year 

June 22, 2005 

Requirements relating to carrying out further diagnosis and carrying out a detailed risk 

study 

December 15, 2010 

Additional prescriptions, to the City of Mulhouse, related to the monitoring of groundwater 

and the management of the risk induced by the presence of pollution in the soil, at the 

former landfill of the Eselacker in Kingersheim 

June 17, 2013 

Additional requirements for the City of Mulhouse related to the former Eselacker landfill in 

Kingersheim 

 Installation of the hydraulic barrier, water, air (interior and exterior) and soil gas self-

monitoring, and management plan 

February 17, 2014 

Additional prescriptions, to the City of Mulhouse, related to the former Eselacker landfill in 

Kingersheim 

 Control of the hydraulic barrier, control of the efficiency of treatment and pumping 

May 29, 2015 

Supervise the operation of the final structure.  

Municipal orders 

June 8, 2005 

Prohibiting certain uses of water on the territory of Kingersheim 

November 24, 2006 

Updating the perimeter of water use restrictions on the territory of the municipality of 

Kingersheim 

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Contour of the studied site 

Industrial areas with offices 

living area 

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Low groundwater level period 

Piezometer 

Well 

Simulated piezometric level (NGF) 

Flow lines    

Confined 
Not confined 
Discharge limits 

High groundwater level period 

Piezometer 

Well 

Simulated piezometric level (NGF) 

Flow lines    

Confined 
Not confined 
Discharge limits 

Figure  A5.36  Arrangement  of  the  pumping  and  injection  wells  at  the  end  of  the  2014  tests  (Source:  classified 

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Pollution encountered on the site 
The pollution encountered on the site are as follows: 

Table A5.22 Pollution encountered on the site 

Environment 

Pollutants 

Soil 

Air 

Total Petroleum  Hydrocarbons  (TPH), Polycyclic  Aromatic  Hydrocarbons  (PAH),  Total 

Organic  Carbon  (TOC),  Metals,  BTEX,  Polychlorobiphenyls  (PCB),  HCH,  Volatile 

Halogenated Organic Compounds (COHV) 

 Indoor air: BTEX, aromatic and aliphatic compounds 

 Outdoor air: BTEX, COHV, ammonia, aromatic, and aliphatic compounds 

Groundwater 

HCH, PAH, BTEX, COHV, HCT, PCB, radioactivity, metals, and metalloids 

The causal link between this site and the PCUK factory in Huningue is not 100 % established. 

However, it is very likely that the Lindane found at the Kingersheim site came from Huningue. 

According to the data collected on the site's activities and the results of pollution studies, the site 

‘Ancienne décharge de Mulhouse’ hosted depots of Lindane. 

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Studied site 

Figure A5.37 Location of site FR-KG-01-01

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5.13  Site  

 - FR-KG-02-01 

5.13.1  Site details 
In the following table an overview of the site background information is presented. 

Table A5.23 Background information – Site Ancienne décharge de déchtets industriels 

Site code parent site  

FR-KG-02 

Cluster  

No 

Current site name 

MIKIT - Projet de 

Site use label parent 

FR-KG-02-01 

construction de maisons 

site 

d'habitation 

Former site name 

Ancienne décharge de 

Site authority 

déchets industriels 

Country 

France 

Name of organisation 

Region or Province 

Haut-Rhin, Grand-Est 

Name of focal point 

City / Municipality 

Kingersheim 

Office address  

Site address 

Rue des faisans / rue des 

Telephone 

perdrix 

68166 Kingersheim 

email 

GPS coordinate N/S 

47°47'01.7’N 

GPS coordinate E/W 

7°18'45.8’E 

The study site is in the municipality of Kingersheim (68), near the Kaligone business park and near 

the site ‘ ‘registered FR-KG-01-01 (located ≈100 m North of the site of this study). The surface 
area of the site is approximately 7,710 m². 

5.13.2  Site background 

Historical site activities  
This site is a former landfill for industrial waste containing Lindane and organochlorine pesticides 
(alpha-beta-gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane isomers). 

Impact studies  
Knowledge on this site is relatively basic. 
A pollution diagnosis was carried out by the ICF Environnement office in December 2007. This 

study showed the presence of chronic pollution of soils and groundwater by organochlorine 
pesticides (alpha-beta-gamma-HCH). Significant concentrations in Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons 
(TPH) and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH). 

The causal link between this site and the Huningue manufacturing site is not 100% established. 
However, it is very likely that the Lindane found at the Kingersheim site came from the PCUK 
factory in Huningue. Also, the link between this site and the site registered FR-KG-01-01 (located 

≈100 m North of the site of this study) site is very probable but not demonstrated by the research 
carried out. 
According to the data collected on the site's activities and the results of pollution studies, the site 

‘Ancienne décharge de Mulhouse’ would have hosted depots of Lindane. 

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Studied site 

Figure A5.38 Location of site FR-KG-02-01

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5.14  Site PLATEFORME INDUSTRIELLE ICI - FR-OI-01 

5.14.1  Site details 
In the following table an overview of the site background information is presented. 

Table A5.24 Background information – SITE PLATEFORME INDUSTRIELLE ICI 

Site code parent site  

PLATEFORME 

Cluster  

No 

INDUSTRIELLE ICI 

(Imperial Chemical 

Industries) 

Current site name 

• 

• 

Francolor  

Site use label parent 

FR-OI-01-01 

CFMC (Société 

site 

Française de 

Matières colorantes) 

• 

PCUK (Produits 

Chimiques Ugine 

Kuhlmann) 

• 

Société Chimique de 

Oissel (SCO) 

Former site name 

France 

Site authority 

DREAL Rouen  

Country 

Normandie, Seine-

Name of organisation 

Maritime 

Region or Province 

Oissel 

Name of focal point 

City / Municipality 

Boulevard Dambourney 

Office address  

Site address 

76350 Oissel 

Telephone 

email 

GPS coordinate N/S 

49°20’51.7’N 

GPS coordinate E/W 

The studied site is in the town of Oissel (76), near the industrial zone of Poudrerie, on the edge of 

the Seine (left bank). The surface area of the site is approximately 600.000 m². 

5.14.2  Site background 

Site History 
This site corresponds to the right-of-way of an old industrial platform having been installed on the 

edge of an old blowing snow which was operated during the First World War. This industrial 
platform was operated from 1946 to 1992 by the company Francolor then the Société Française 
de Matières Colorantes (CFMC) then Produits Chimiques Ugine-Kuhlmann (PCUK) then Imperial 

Chemical Industries (ICI) Francolor. 

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The following activities were carried out on this industrial platform: 

Activity 

Context 

‘Pigments’ activity 

Acquired in 1992 by the company Francolor Pigments, still in operation and operated by 

‘Coloring’ activity 

Acquired  in  1992  by  the  company  Crompton  and  Knowles,  today  YORSHIRE,  whose 

the company TOYO INK EUROPE SPECIALTY CHEMICALS S.A. 

cessation of activity was declared in May 2005 

Areas  of  lagoons  and 

Acquired by a subsidiary Zeneca Limited, absorbed in 2000 by ASTRA ZENECA UK, then 

various waste deposits 

sold to the company Oissel remediation in July 2006. 

Manufacture 

of 

Operation by Société Chimique de Oissel (SCO), from 1916 to 2008, but the part along 

nitrogenous products 

the Seine has not been operated for industrial purposes. 

Activities classified for the protection of the environment 
Consultation of the database of installations classified for the protection of the environment (ICPE) 

on February 8, 2021, revealed the existence of 9 establishments subject to authorization or 
registration in the town of Oissel. Several of the companies at the study site are listed in this 
database: 

Company 

Activity regime 

Pincipal activity 

SOCIETE CHIMIQUE DE 

Unknown 

Fertilizer manufacturing 

OISSEL (SCO) 

(Not Seveso) 

Status 

Declared 

cessation 

TOYO INK EUROPE 

Autorisation 

Manufacture of dyes and pigments 

Operating 

SPECIALTY 

Seveso low threshold 

CHEMICALS S.A. 

YORKSHIRE FRANCE 

Unknown 

Manufacture of dyes and pigments 

Declared 

Seveso low threshold 

cessation 

The production, formulation, storage, or deposit of Lindane is not mentioned on any of these sites. 

The prefectural decrees do not state this compound in the lists of identified pollutants or the 
activities of the sites. 

SCO, PLATEFORME INDUSTRIELLE ICI, YORKSHIRE and Oissel remediation are also 
referenced as a BASOL site (polluted or potentially polluted sites and soils calling for action by 
public authorities, as a preventive or curative measure). Lindane is not mentioned in the available 

reports. 

Administration's action and impact studies 

Impact studies 
Studies carried out by BRGM (Geological and Mining Research Committee) and DAMES & 
MOORE between 1991 and 1992 revealed polluted areas representing more than 145 000 m3. 
These areas correspond to old wastewater treatment lagoons, old waste landfills, areas 
corresponding to localized pollution following leaking gutters, reservoirs not in retention, etc. 

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From 1973 to 1987, the sludge mainly consisted of sulphates, calcium carbonates and iron 

hydroxides. In addition, zinc and iron sludge storage facilities are identified on the site. 
The waste lagoons (1 to 4) were intended to recover the sludge from the platform (settling). 
The sludge from regular cleaning is transferred by skip to spreading areas located on the site. In 

1986, lagoons 1 and 2 were covered by a membrane and earth. 

The landfill area corresponds to a solid waste landfill area in which we can find all types of 

pollutants that may have been generated on the site (PCB, hydrocarbons, amines, copper, lead, 
zinc, mercury, etc.). In 1987, the use of landfills and lagoons were stopped on site. 

The survey findings show that the thickness of the landfill is around 3 m. The lagoons are filled 
with sludge from the sewage treatment plant to a thickness of about 3 m. The sludge spreading 
areas would be greater than 1 m. 

The table below summarizes the pollutants suspected or monitored: 

Pollutant (s) suspected or monitored 

Metals and metalloids / Copper 

Hydrocarbons and related indices 

Metals and metalloids / Mercury 

PCB (arochlors), PCT, Dioxins, Furans (PCDD, PCDF) 

Metals and metalloids / Lead 

Other mineral elements / Sulphates 

Metals and metalloids / Zinc 

Metals and metalloids / Chromium 

PAHs (Aromatic, polycyclic, pyrolytic hydrocarbons, and derivatives) 

Metals and metalloids / Nickel 

COHV, chlorinated solvents, freons 

COHV, chlorinated solvents, freons / Trichlorethylene 

Remediation (« Oissel Remediation ») 
Following the findings of pollution of the water table by sulphates and amines south of the platform 

in 1992, a prefectural order was issued on December 21, 1993, against the company ZENECA 
Limited. This decree imposed: 
•  Sealing of deposit areas (waterproof membrane and a supply of covering earth) 
•  Hydraulic containment by means of a drilling ensuring the lowering of the water table 
•  Piezometric monitoring (Zn, Pb, Cu, amines, PCB, phenol index, chlorobenzene, TPH) 

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This decree was partially repealed and replaced by a prefectural order dated April 7, 2003, issued 

against the company ASTRA ZENECA UK Limited. This order maintains the containment devices 
and modifies the piezometric monitoring: 
•  Quarterly measurements for part of the monitoring wells (PAH, TPH and manganese) 
•  Annual measurements for most of the monitoring wells in the monitoring network (PAH, TPH, 

manganese, PCB, Zn and Cu) 

Subsequently, and at the request of the company URS made on June 22, 2007, on behalf of the 
company NPL Estates, itself acting on behalf of the company Oissell remediation LLP, the 
inspection of classified installations for the protection of the environment has adapted the 

monitoring plan, by letter of August 31, 2007. 
•  Stop pumping on well x2 from November 2007 to November 2008 
•  A quarterly measurement on the piezometers (PAH, TPH, manganese, PCB, zinc, copper, 
nickel, chromium, tetrachlorethylene, trichloromethane, and the 4 CVOCs of degradation) 

•  Production of a piezometric map for each quarterly measurement 
•  Resumption of pumping in the event of an unfavourable development 

Pumping in x2 drilling has been stopped since November 2007. According to the information 
collected from the company TOYO, the latter has stopped carrying out the drawdown given the 

default of payment by the company Oissel Remediation LLP. 

In addition, the piezometric control has not been communicated to the inspection of classified 

installations since November 2008. The reminders carried out with the owner LLP Oissel 
Remediation have not been followed up. 

According to the data collected on the site's activities and the results of pollution studies, 
the Site ‘PLATEFORME INDUSTRIELLE ICI’ would not have hosted the manufacture, 
formulation, storage, or depots of HCH / Lindane. 

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Site location 

Figure A5.39 Map of site FR-OI-01

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5.15  Site   SOCIETE ORGACHIM - FR-OI-02 

5.15.1  Site details 
In the following table an overview of the site background information is presented. 

Table A5.25 Background information - Site SOCIETE ORGACHIM 

Site code parent site  

FROI-02 

Cluster  

No 

Current site name 

SOCIETE ORGACHIM 

Site use label parent 

FR-OI-02-01 

site 

Former site name 

SOCIETE ORGACHIM 

Site authority 

DREAL Rouen  

Country 

France 

Name of organisation 

Region or Province 

Normandie, Seine-

Name of focal point 

Maritime 

City / Municipality 

Oissel 

Office address  

1, rue Dufay 

76100 Rouen 

Site address 

3, rue Octave Fauquet 

Telephone 

B.P. 7 

76350 Oissel 

email 

urd.dreal-

GPS coordinate N/S 

49°20’40.2’N 

GPS coordinate E/W 

1°6’18.8’E 

The studied site is in the municipality of Oissel (76), near the Industrial Zone of Poudrerie, on the 

edge of the Seine (left bank). The surface area of the site is approximately 129 000 m². 

hnormandie@developpement-

durable.gouv.fr 

5.15.2  Site background 

Site History 
ORGACHIM SAS carried out chemical synthesis, agronomic formulation (phytosanitary) and dye 

formulation activities until the industrial activity ceased in May 2007. Operation is authorized by 
several prefectural orders, those of 23 March 1987, 6 September 1993, and 23 October 1997. 

Administration's action and impact studies  
The site is referenced as a BASOL site (polluted or potentially polluted sites and soils calling for 
action by public authorities, as a preventive or curative measure; n°SSP000701701) and ICPE 

(Installations Classified for the Protection of the Environment). 

Following the end of the company's activity in May 2007, ORGACHIM has regularly declared the 

cessation of its activities (receipt of July 18, 2007). A first soil study was first carried out in March 
and June 2007, finalized by a site management plan.  

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This study was deemed insufficient, and the monitoring of the site was then imposed by the 

complementary prefectural orders dated July 31, 2008, and February 12, 2009. These orders 
regulate the cessation of activity on the site, the safety of the site and its demolition. 

The safety of the site (the evacuation of waste) was completed at the end of 2010, without any 
rehabilitation work having been carried out. 

Various studies were undertaken, a complete diagnosis of the state of the environment of the site 
and its surroundings dated 15/10/2010 by CPS Environnement. It shows significant pollution of the 
site, in pesticides and organic compounds. In fact, 30 affected areas have been identified. Out of 

these 30 zones, 4 zones are affected by soil gas contamination. 

A management plan for these areas was drafted in 2011 and proposes management measures for 

the 4 aforementioned areas. Despite the taking of additional orders, formal notice and 
consignment, the rehabilitation work was not carried out, as the curator, Maitre Lebaly, declared 
not having the necessary funds within the framework of the liquidation. 

Due to the impecuniousness of the liquidation, an intervention by ADEME (Environment and 
Energy Management Agency) to finalize the security of the site was carried out (installation of 

fencing and filling of manholes and ditches on site). This safety intervention was completed in 
2018. 

In 2019, a study was carried out by Envisol at the request of the EPFN to verify the evolution of 
pollution over time, and to study the possible uses of the site. Additional investigations were 
carried out on groundwater, soil, and soil gas: 

Media 

Results 

Groundwater 

• 

Persistence of diffuse pollution by organochlorine pesticides north of the main plot and 

a slight diffuse CVOC contamination. 

•  Measurements did not identify any off-site transfer: in fact, the groundwater stagnates at 

the site due to the tidal effect. 

Soils of the main 

•  Moderate impacts for BTEX, semi-volatile hydrocarbons and naphthalene on 2 zones 

plot 

•  Moderate impact and limited to a heavy metal zone (Cu, Hg, Pb, Zn) 

• 

• 

Soils of the 

secondary plots 

Slight and diffuse impact of organochlorine pesticides and VOCs 

Very low impacts for PAH, organochlorine pesticides and tetrachloroethylene 

Soil gas 

Significant impacts in chlorinated and fluorinated compounds, in BTEX, in CVOC. 

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This study studies different scenarios for the use of the site and highlights the need, once the 

remediation works have been carried out according to the foreseen uses, to put in place use 
restrictions such as: 
•  Total coverage of surfaces 
•  Non-use of groundwater 
•  No creation of vegetable gardens and fruit trees 
•  Protection of the drinking water network 
In the meantime, these plots will be placed in the Soil Information Sector (SIS). SIS are areas 
known to be contaminated or closed to contaminated lands to manage redevelopment actions in 
safe conditions for future users. 

According to the data collected on the site's activities and the results of pollution studies 
(detection of organochlorine pesticides in soils and groundwater and significant 

chlorinated impact in soil gas), the Site ‘SOCIETE ORGACHIM’ could have hosted the 
manufacture, formulation, storage, or depots of Lindane. 

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Site location 

Figure A5.40 Map of site FR-OI-02 

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5.15.3  Environmental characteristics 

Site location 
The studied site is in the town of Oissel (76), near the Industrial Zone of Poudrerie, on the edge of 

the Seine (left bank). The surface area of the site is approximately 129 000 m². 

The sector is bounded:  
•  To the North and the Northeast, by a residential area and / or green spaces, then an industrial 

zone (including several wastelands) 

•  To East by green spaces (former industrial zone) and the Seine River 
•  To the west by railway lines and Oissel train station 
•  To the south by a residential dead end, the company NORMANDIE THERMOLAQUAGE 

(provider of treatment and finishing of metal surfaces) and the Seine River 

The area is mostly flat, and the topographic level is about + 8 m NGF.  

Site location 

Figure A5.41 Site location and some of the main features of the area 

Geology at the site - overall 
The studied area is on the geological map of Rouen Est (n°100-XX-11) at 1/50 000th.  
Located in the centre of Upper Normandy, the territory represented on this sheet is a transition 
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appears at the edge of the Pays de Lyons. Overall, this region is made up of vast chalky plateaus 

deeply cut by the valleys of the Seine and its tributaries, the Andelle, the Robec and the Aubette, 
as well as numerous dry valleys. 

According to the geological map of Rouen Est, the land outcrop to the studied area is located on 
modern alluvium (Fz) and the northern corner of the site is located at the level of old alluvium of 
low terrace (Fyd, +12/15 m above the low water level): 
•  Modern alluvium (Fz) is the formation that line the bottom of current valleys and correspond to 
the extension of the greatest floods. They form the recent alluvial plain. In the Seine valley, 
these modern alluviums are particularly well developed and can reach ten meters, or even 

more. They increase in power from upstream to downstream where marine influences appear 
corresponding to the Flandrian transgression. This transgression was locally preceded by 
deposits of peat and clay 

•  Most often, these modern alluvia do not rest on the geological substratum but on the old 
alluvium from the lower terrace (Fyd) that the course of the Seine did not entirely recover 
during its last digging phase. Alluvium on the Fyd terrace is made up of siliceous, coarse, 

heterogeneous materials (sand, gravel, gravel, pebbles of all sizes) 

BSS000GTJX 

BSS000GSCZ 

BSS000GSDA 

Site location 

1000 

BSS drill hole 

Figure A5.42 Geology at the site 

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Geology at the site - local soil composition 
According to the BRGM (Geological and Mining Research Committee) BSS (Subsoil databank) 
database, points BSS000GSDA (250 m East of the site), BSS000GTJX (100 m North of the site) 
and BSS000GSCZ (350 m North-east of the site) provide a summary description of the geology of 

the studied area with 10 m of gravelly sand with flint, clayey, covering marl and chalk. 

The location of the study site and the BSS points on a geological map is shown in Figure A5.42. 

Hydrogeology at the site and use of aquifer 
According to the 2016 data of groundwater masses available on Infoterre, the site is located on 

the following groundwater masses:  
• 

‘Captive Albian-Neocomian’, a deep groundwater aquifer (FRHG218; ‘Albien-néocomien 
captive’) 

• 
• 

‘Weathered chalk from the Seine estuary’ (FRHG202; ‘Craie altérée de l'estuaire de la Seine’) 
‘Alluvium from the middle and down-gradient Seine’ (FRHG001; ‘Alluvions de la Seine 
moyenne et avale’) 

The ‘Alluvium from the middle and downgradient Seine’ groundwater aquifier is a free alluvial 
aquifer, located mainly in Upper Normandy and overflows upstream in the Ile-de-France region. 

The bottom gravel is the main reservoir. From one borehole to another, the bottom gravel varies in 
thickness and lithology (about 10 m thick at site level), but these variations do not express a 
marked differential behaviour of the water table.  

The alluvium bedrock consists mainly of fractured chalk: the ‘Weathered chalk from the Seine 
estuary’. The chalk groundwater is then in hydraulic continuity with the alluvial groundwater and 
the watercourse. The chalk groundwater aquifer includes highly developed karst systems, limited 

in depth by the Gault clays of the lower Cretaceous and the gaizes of the lower Cenomanian 
(around 50 m deep). 

The alluvial groundwater aquifer is fed by its own impluvium (and possibly by the runoff from the 
surrounding reliefs), the Seine, and by the hydraulic relations with the surrounding aquifers. 
Indeed, the chalk aquifer has the particularity of directly supplying waterways or of being in total 

communication with the alluvial aquifer, forming with it a unique and important multilayer alluvium-
chalk aquifer. Thus, the levels and flows of the Seine are influenced by the level of the water table. 

The studied site is not located within a drinking water catchment supply perimeter. 

Geological available data show several water points (Table A5.28) on the site and attached to the 

south of the site. Private use of groundwater cannot therefore be ruled out. 

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Table A5.23 Water points identified on the site 

Ref. BSS  

Type 

Location 

Depth 

Water Depth  Measurement 

Use 

date 

BSS000GSYD   Well 

Northern part of the site 

24,0 m 

7,0 m 

01/01/1909 

Abandoned  

BSS000GSYF  Well 

BSS000GSYG  Well 

South-West part of the 

site 

South-West part of the 

site 

17,4 m 

7,2 m 

01/01/1901 

Abandoned 

15,5 m 

5,8 m 

01/01/1901 

Abandoned 

BSS000GSJY  Well 

Attached to the south of 

the site 

8,10 m 

7,41 m 

7,82 m 

7,54 m 

10/05/1961 

26/09/1967 

industrial 

09/05/1968 

BSS000GSYD 

BSS000GSJY 

BSS000GSYF 

BSS000GSYG 

0 100 200m 

Water point 

Figure A5.43 Hydrogeology at the site 

Hydrology at the site and surface water uses 
The site is located on the banks of the Seine, on the left bank. A body of water is also located 
about 240 m east of the site, and a second (larger) body of water is located about 1 km north of 
the site. 

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Larger body of water 

Site location 

Body of water 

0 200 400m 

Figure A5.44 Hydrology at the site 

5.16  Site AZUR CHIMIE - FR-PB-01-01 

5.16.1  Site details 
In the following table an overview of the site background information is presented. 
Table A5.24 Background information - Site AZUR CHIMIE 

Site code parent site  

Current site name 

Former site name 

Country 

Region or Province 

City / Municipality 

Site address 

Cluster  

Site use label parent site 

Site authority 

Name of organisation 

Name of focal point 

Office address  

Telephone 

email 

GPS coordinate N/S 

GPS coordinate E/W 

5.16.2  Site background 

Historical site activities 
The former Azur Chimie factory is located on rue Paul Lombart, in the ‘la Gafette’ business area, 

in the town of Port de Bouc (13). The site is located north of the Caronte canal which connects the 
Etang de Berre to the Mediterranean Sea, between rue Paul Lombart and the Saint-Jean stream.  

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The Azur Chimie factory was built on the old salt marshes (Etang de Gafette) backfilled in the 

1920s by pyrite roasting residues from the neighbouring Kuhlmann factory. Between 1920 and 
1930, the lagoon was backfilled by SNCF (French national railway company) for the construction 
of a railway line. The remaining part, isolated from the sea and located South of the railway, is 

then called ‘Etang de Gafette’. The pond was gradually filled for the development of the site with 
waste from the neighbouring plant of the Kuhlmann factory and municipal waste from the city of 
Port de Bouc. 

The activity at the former Azur Chimie factory began in 1939 with the creation of a workshop to 
manufacture bromine and its derivatives, dibromoethane (DBE). The activity of synthesizing 

halogenated organic compounds developed until the closure of the Azur Chimie plant in 2010. 
A fungicide manufacturing activity was developed in the eastern part of the site from 1956 until the 
beginning of the 1990s. 

The site's activities were subject to declaration and authorization in accordance with Law No.  
76-663 of July 19, 1976, relating to installations classified for the protection of the environment. 

Before its closure, the establishment was classified SEVESO, high threshold (authorization with 
easement), for the use of toxic gases. 

Pollution and administration's action 
The initial backfilling of the land with pyrite residues generated significant impacts with heavy 
metals (As, Pb, Hg, Cd and Zn) in the south-eastern part of the Azur Chimie site (FC zone) and at 

the seawater pumping station, which were backfilled first, with large thicknesses of impacted 
backfill material (more than 1 meter). The heavy metal impacts are less significant or even zero in 
the eastern and north-eastern part of the platform (FR zone) which was backfilled last, with lower 

thicknesses of the contaminated backfill material. 

Despite these high concentrations in the soil, only 4 heavy metals (arsenic, selenium, 

molybdenum, and manganese) have significant impacts on the quality of the groundwater. 
The activity of halogenated organic compounds production (family of chloromethanes,  
1,2-dibromoethane, carbon disulphide) is also the cause of major impacts on soils and 

groundwater due to surface spillage. The main source of pollution extends in the central part of the 
site at the former BABE workshops (old workshops for Bromo acid / Bromo ester), the former 
buffer basin and at the PYROCHECK workshop where various polluted backfill materials have 

been deposited.  
At the level of the backfilled area, these same compounds as well as the fungicides which were 
synthesized on the site are measured: Ofurace, Phthalimide, Captan, Folpet, Tetrahydro 

phthalimide, Dimethylaniline. These products don’t contain HCH / Lindane. 

Groundwater is strongly impacted by halogenated compounds and carbon disulphides in the 

central part of the site: At the former BABE workshop and the buffer basin as well as downstream 
to the PYROCHEK workshop to the north of the site. 

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The site is currently fallow. The cessation of activity of Azur Chimie dates 2010. Note that during 

the years 2004 to 2006 and 2008 to 2009, groundwater pollution treatment by pumping / treatment 
was carried out. On the other hand, the device was not effective due to the low permeability of the 
aquifer. 

According to the data collected on the site's activities and the results of pollution studies, the 
Azur Chimie site would not have hosted the manufacture, formulation, storage, or depots of 

HCH/Lindane. 

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Study site 

Figure A5.45 Map of site FR-PB-01-01 

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Legend 

Production workshops 

Electrical substations 

Storage or processing superstructures 

Plant staff rooms 

FC zone 

Figure A5.46 Map of Activities carried out on the site - FC and FR zones (Sources: Antea Group report from June 2015) 

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5.17  Site   Rhodia-Production Site - FR-PC-01 

5.17.1  Parent site details: FR-PC-01-01 
In the following table (Table A5.30) an overview of the site background information is presented. 

Table A5.25 Background information - Rhodia-Production Site - FR-PC-01 

Site code parent site  

FR-PC-01 

Cluster 

No 

Current site name 

VANCOREX CHIMIE 

Site use label parent site 

FR-PC-01-01 

Former site name 

Ex PERSHTORP,  

Site authority 

Préfecture de Grenoble 

Country 

Ex RHODIA 

France 

Name of organisation 

Region or Province 

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes-

Name of focal point 

Isère 

City / Municipality 

Le Pont-de-Claix 

Office address  

Place de Verdun 

38000 Grenoble 

Site address 

Rue Lavoisier 

Telephone 

38317 Le Pont-de-Claix 

email 

GPS coordinate N/S 

45°7'33.4’ N 

GPS coordinate E/W 

5°42'20.3’ E 

Site background 

Historical site activities and administration's action 
The chemical platform is in the town of ‘Le Pont de Claix’ 8 km south of Grenoble. It represents an 
area of approximately 130 ha. RHODIA CHIMIE is the landowner. While the operation of the 

various workshops is now shared between the companies Vencorex, RHODIA Opérations, 
ISOCHEM, TERIS, Air Liquide France Industry and NOVACID, responsibility for historical pollution 
rests with RHODIA CHIMIE. 

The chemical platform was created in 1915 for the manufacture of chlorine and its derivatives. 
From 1945, it then moved into specialty chemicals and services: isocyanates, agro-

pharmaceuticals, chlorinated solvents, special oils, and dielectrics, etc. 

Beside the area contaminated at the former workshop, the site operated a waste deposit 

(‘décharge Ouest’) which is described in the site FR-PC-01-03. An area was also used to store 
excavated soil contaminated with PCB or HCH. The surveys undertaken between 1984 and 2000 
showed that a groundwater contamination plume is present on- and off-site. (chlorinated) 

hydrocarbons, light aromatic compounds, HCH and chlorobenzene are tracer of the pollution due 
to the site. 

The site is also the subject of a specific sheet ‘Le Pont de Claix - RHODIA CHIMIE factory - 
Former storage of barrels’. This sheet describes the treatment carried out for this deposit of drums 
containing manufacturing residues of hormones, chlorophenols and chlorocresols, deposited on a 

concrete slab (1983; FR-PC-01-02).  

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This sheet specifies that the repository was absorbed in 1983 with the sending of the waste to 
deep landfill and landfill for hazardous waste. The sheet concludes that this site does not require 

additional investigation, given its current use and environment. If these were to be modified, a new 
evaluation should at least be carried out. 

The change of operator of the company RHODIA to PERSTOP was recorded by the Prefect of 
Isère via a decree signed on August 28, 2008. 

The company VANCOREX then bought back all the assets of the company PERSTOP on the site. 
The new change of operator was recorded on June 1, 2012. It benefits from a prefectural 
operating authorization decree dated April 25, 2013, and from the SEVESO AS regime. 

The entire site, in activity, is guarded, fenced, with restricted access. 

Between 1984 and 1999, the platform was the subject of several prefectural orders which 
prescribe the implementation of the following measures: 

Period 

Measures 

September 10, 1984  Prefectural  decree  -  Monitoring  of  the  groundwater  (parameters  TOC,  chlorides,  phenol 

index, TH, pH). 

October 17, 1994 

Prefectural decree - Carrying out of a preliminary (historical) study intended to highlight the 

area (s) of old deposits, the nature of the products found there, the generating activity(ies) 

of these products, the period and size of the deposits. This study, entitled ‘Historical study’ 

was submitted to the DRIRE in November 1995. 

October 17, 1994 

Prefectural decrees - Carrying out of a site diagnosis and risk assessment that RHODIA, 

and  

in agreement with the administration, carried out in 4 phases: 

December 1, 1998 

1.  Assessment of knowledge and definition of working hypotheses to characterize the 

groundwater. This report was submitted to the DRIRE in September 1997. 

2.  Assessment  of  the  groundwater  quality  on-site  and  downstream  of  the  Pont  de 

Claix site. The report was submitted to the DRIRE in December 1998. 

3.  Characterization of soils. The report was submitted to the DRIRE in March 2000. 

4.  Assessment  of  the  risks  for  Human  health  for  neighbouring  population  (risk 

analysis with definition of exposure scenarios for potential targets, synthesis of the 

toxicity of the substances present and assessments of the impact on the health of 

potentially  exposed  persons).  The  report  was  sent to  the  administration  in June 

2000. It concluded that there was no risk for neighbouring population, adults, and 

children, for each studied scenario based on the use of groundwater via private 

wells. 

April 26, 2007 

Prefectural  decree  -  Establishment  of  a  groundwater  monitoring  network  downstream  of 

the site, to update the data related to the quality of groundwater. 

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These various studies consider in particular: 
•  The old internal landfill of 76,500 tonnes of chemical residues (36,000 tonnes of chlorinated or 

non-chlorinated organics and 40,500 tonnes of minerals) 

•  The potential presence of military devices buried and scattered in different areas of the site 

Groundwater quality and monitoring 
The site is in the Drac valley, which flows from south to north. The groundwater table is at a depth 
between approximately 8 and 10 meters and the aquifer would be between 30 and 90 meters thick 

in line with the platform. 

The monitoring of the groundwater allowed to identify a plume of pollution downstream west of the 

site, from the west landfill, and a plume located further east from one or more separate sources. 

Substances identified in groundwater downstream of the site include alkanes and chlorinated 
alkenes, light aromatics, hexachlorocyclohexane (including Lindane) and chlorobenzenes. 

It appears that some of these compounds such as carbon tetrachloride, tetrachlorethylene, 
hexachloroethane, hexachlorobutadiene, hexachlorocyclohexane, chlorobenzenes can be 
considered as site impact tracers. Other compounds such as aromatic compounds or 
trichlorethylene can also come from other sources of pollution linked to degreasing and cleaning 

activities in industrial areas. 

The characterization studies of the groundwater have revealed plumes of pollution beyond the 

limits of the site downgradient, for a set of organic micropollutants including chlorinated solvents, 
chlorobenzenes, and a pesticide (isomers of hexachlorocyclohexane). 

The administration requested a critical opinion from INERIS on all the studies. The report was 
submitted in June 2005. This report concludes that it is necessary to first set up a groundwater 
monitoring network downgradient of the site, to update the data related to the groundwater quality. 

This monitoring was prescribed by prefectural decree dated 04/26/07. This decree also requires 
the transmission at the end of 2008 of technical proposals to reduce the impact of the main 
sources of pollution, with completion deadlines. 

On this point, treatment pilots (by adsorption on activated carbon and by phytoremediation) were 
implemented at the level of the former TCB / Lindane workshop. 

In December 2012, the operator provided the administration with a summary of all the studies 
available to date concerning the West landfill. This technical note recommends to: 
•  Treat the submerged source of pitch located at the point of the landfill by stabilization / 

solidification in situ 

•  Move and confine to the western landfill, the soil, rubble, and polluted concrete currently 

stored on the rest of the site 
Install an impermeable cover of the entire western landfill 

• 

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In June 2015, this document was not reviewed by the administration. 
According to the data collected on the site's activities and the results of pollution studies, the site 

‘VANCOREX CHIMIE’ hosted production and depots of Lindane or HCH isomer. This site is 
already known and monitored by the authorities. 

5.17.2  Satellite site details: FR-PC-01-02 
In the following table (Table A5.31) an overview of the site background information is presented. 

Table A5.26 Background information - Rhodia-Production Site - FR-PC-01-02 

Site code parent site  

FR-PC-01 

Cluster 

No 

Current site name 

USINE RHODIA Chimie 

Site use label parent site 

FR-PC-01-02 

Former site name 

Ancien stockage fûts 

Site authority 

Country 

(Gringalet) 

France 

Name of organisation 

Region or Province 

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes-

Name of focal point 

Isère 

City / Municipality 

Le Pont-de-Claix 

Office address  

Site address 

Rue Lavoisier 

Telephone 

38317 Le Pont-de-Claix 

email 

GPS coordinate N/S 

45°07'51.0’ N 

GPS coordinate E/W 

5°42'33.7’ E 

The entire site, in activity, is guarded, fenced, with restricted access. 

Site background 
In 1983, a deposit of drums containing chlorophenol manufacturing residues deposited on a 
concrete slab was observed. 

The deposit was absorbed in 1983 by elimination of the waste in deep landfill and a landfill for 
hazardous waste. 

This site does not require additional investigation, given its current use and environment. If these 
were to be modified, a new assessment should at least be carried out. 

5.17.3  Satellite sites details: FR-PC-01-03 & FR-PC-01-04 
In the following table (Table A5.32) an overview of the site background information is presented. 

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Table A5.27 Background information - Rhodia-Production Site - FR-PC-01-03 & 04 

Site code parent site  

FR-PC-01 

Cluster 

No 

Current site name 

USINE RHODIA Chimie 

Site use label parent site 

FR-PC-01-03 & 04 

Former site name 

Rhone-Poulenc 

Site authority 

Country 

France 

Name of organisation 

Region or Province 

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes-

Name of focal point 

Isère 

City / Municipality 

Le Pont-de-Claix 

Office address  

Site address 

Rue Lavoisier 

Telephone 

38317 Le Pont-de-Claix 

email 

GPS coordinate N/S 

45°07'51.0’ N 

GPS coordinate E/W 

5°42'33.7’ E 

Site background 
The chemical platform operated between 1956 and 1979 a waste deposit where 76,500 tonnes of 
residues were stored, including 25,000 tonnes of chlorinated waste.  

This waste deposit cannot be exactly located based on publicly available information. 
Historical aerial picture allows to observe two different waste deposit at the site.  

As described for the site FR-PC-01-01, it was proposed in 2012 to implement a containment on 
this waste deposit, but there is no available information on the implementation of site containment.  

Based on aerial historical photographs, the eastern waste deposit was absorbed in the early 
1970’s and a surface cover are visible after 1975.  

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FR-PC-01-04 

FR-PC-01-03 

 FR-PC-01-01 

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Study Site FR-PC-01 

Figure A5.47 Map of site FR-PC-01 

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1946 

1956 

1963 

Site outline 

Locations of the supposed deposit areas 

Earthworks  are  visible  at  the  FR-PC-01-04  site  (Lindane  deposits)  from  the  1956 

photograph. In 1963, this earthworks area seemed larger, and earthworks were also visible 

at the site west (FR-PC-01-03, Lindane deposits). 

Figure A5.48 Historical photo of the site - full surface and locations of the supposed deposit areas 

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1964 

1966 

1969 

FR-PC-01-03 

FR-PC-01-03 

FR-PC-01-04 

FR-PC-01-03 

FR-PC-01-04 

FR-PC-01-04 

Site outline 

Locations of the supposed deposit areas 

From  1964  to  1969,  the  FR-PC-01-03  and  FR-PC-01-04  sites  grew.  White  deposits  are 
visible at FR-PC-01-03. 

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Site outline 

Locations of the supposed deposit areas 

FR-PC-01-03 

1975 

1980 

FR-PC-01-02 

FR-PC-01-03 

FR-PC-01-02 

FR-PC-01-04 

1981 

1983 

FR-PC-01-03 

FR-PC-01-02 

FR-PC-01-03 

FR-PC-01-02 

In 1975 the East depot area (FR-PC-
01-04)  was  partly  taken  over  by 
reservoirs. The West depot area is still 

active.  A  new  earthworks  area 
appears  to  the  north  of  the  site  (site 
area 
FR-PC-01-02).  This 

new 

developed until 1983. 

The  area  of  the  FR-PC-01-03  site 

seems to have been abandoned since 
least  1980.  We  can  observe 
at 
remains of earthworks, but there does 

not seem to be any earthworks in this 
area. 

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1987 

1989 

1993 

2012 

From  1987,  no  more  deposit  areas 
are  visible  on  historical  aerial 

is 
photographs.  An  embankment 
visible  at  site  FR-PC-01-03  and  the 
area  of  site  FR-PC-01-02  has  been 

redeveloped  into  green  spaces  and 
various constructions. 

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5.18  Site   Usine Solvay de Tavaux - FR-TV-01-01 

5.18.1  Site details 
In the following table (Table A5.33) an overview of the site background information is presented. 

Table A5.28 Background information - Usine Solvay de Tavaux - FR-TV-01 

Site code parent site  

FR-TV-01 

Cluster 

No 

Current site name 

Usine INOVYN de Tavaux  Site use label parent site 

FR-TV-01-01 

Former site name 

Usine Solvay de Tavaux 

Site authority 

DREAL Lons-le-Saunier 

Country 

France 

Name of organisation 

Region or Province 

Bourgogne-Franche-

Name of focal point 

Comté, Jura 

City / Municipality 

Tavaux  

Office address  

165, avenue Paul-Seguin 

39000 Lons-le-Saunier 

Site address 

2 

Avenue 

de 

la 

Telephone 

République 

39500 Tavaux 

email 

ut-jura.dreal-

frcomte@developpement-

durable.gouv.fr 

GPS coordinate N/S 

47°03'35.9’ N 

GPS coordinate E/W 

5°23'55.5’ E 

5.18.2  Site background 

Historical site activities  
In 1925, the Solvay company decided to set up a factory in Tavaux in the Jura, mainly due to the 
proximity of raw materials, with Poligny salt and Damparis limestone, the availability of spacious 
land (uncultivated and swampy land) and the existence of communication routes (Rhône to 

Rhine canal and railway).  

After 1945, Solvay decided to produce chlorinated organic products in Tavaux. In 1948, on the site 

began the production of chlorinated organic products: chloronaphthalene, hexachlorocyclohexane, 
trichloroethylene, perchloroethylene. The chloro-vinyl sector includes in particular: 
•  Settling basins, the area of historic soil and groundwater pollution by organic-chlorinated 

products 

•  The CLM sector, the area of soil and groundwater pollution by methylene chloride and 

chloroform 

•  The electrolysis sector, the area of soil pollution by mercury, currently operated by INOVYN 

France. 

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Qualitative description 
From 1964 to 1986, Solvay Electrolyse France operated an internal waste disposal site for 

Chlorinated Organic Products (COP) in a clay cell on the north-western limit of its settling basins. 
As groundwater pollution by COPs was detected in 1987, the research carried out questioned the 
tightness of the cell. The stored residues (approximately 50,000 tonnes) migrated into the slick, 

creating a ‘bubble’ of heavy COPs (hexachlorobutadiene, hexachloroethane, perchloroethylene, 
pentachloro benzene, carbon tetrachloride, trichloroethylene, essentially hexachlorobenzene) at a 
low point in the substrate thereof (waterproof marl horizon). 

By prefectural orders dated December 1987 and July 1992, the operator was required to: 
•  Maintain the hydraulic containment system for groundwater pollution in place and strengthen it 

if necessary 

•  Ensure the monitoring of the effectiveness of the containment carried out and the quality of 
the alluvial groundwater contaminated by dissolved COPs. A large network of piezometers 

(more than a hundred) makes it possible to periodically control the quality of the alluvial water 
table (bimonthly, biannual, or annual monitoring). It is adapted regularly, depending on the 
evolution of the results. 

In addition to the historical pollution detailed above, the platform is also affected by other 
historical sources with molecules resulting from activities carried out after the 1945s, 

including Lindane. 

Information transmitted by INOVYN factory of Tavaux on April 19, 2021 
According to the testimonies collected on the site, Lindane would have been produced on this site 
in the years 1945-1950 (HCBz). The site was unable to provide us with additional information 
concerning the storage of Lindane or any accident during this production period (such as leakage). 

Any study of Lindane pollution has been carried out on this site. 

According to the data collected on the site's activities and the results of pollution studies, 

the site ‘Usine Solvay de Tavaux’ would have produced (FR-TV-01-01) and deposited (in 
settling basins; FR-TV-01-02) Lindane, and more precisely HCBz (hexachlorobenzene, 
Lindane derivative). 

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FR-TV-01-02 

Figure A5.49 Location of the production and deposit sites 

FR-TV-01-01 

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1947 

1951 

Contour of the  

production area 

Figure A5.50 Location of the production site on historical aerial photographs (Sources: https://remonterletemps.ign.fr/) 

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1962 

1953 

1969 

Contour of the  

production area 

Figure A5.51 Location of the deposit site on historical aerial photographs (Sources: https://remonterletemps.ign.fr/) 

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Figure A5.52 Location of site FR-TV-01-01 

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5.19  Site   Ancienne décharge de Vernon - FR-VE-01 

5.19.1  Site details 
In the following table an overview of the site background information is presented. 

Table A5.29 Background information - Site Ancienne décharge de Vernon 

Site code parent site   FR-VE-01 

Cluster  

No 

Current site name 

Ancienne décharge de 

Site use label parent site  FR-VE-01-01 

Vernon 

Former site name 

Ancienne décharge de 

Site authority 

DREAL Angerville 14430 

Country 

Vernon 

France 

Name of organisation 

Region or Province 

Normandie, Eure 

Name of focal point 

City / Municipality 

Vernon 

Office address  

Rue de Melleville 

27930 Angerville-la-Campagne 

Site address 

Boulevard d'Aylmer, le 

Telephone 

fond du Croquet 

27681 Vernon 

email 

ute.dreal-

hnormandie@developpement-

durable.gouv.fr 

GPS coordinate N/S 

49°4’37.4’N 

GPS coordinate E/W 

1°30’8.7’E 

The studied site is in the municipality of Vernon (27), in the Eure department in the Normandy 
region. It is located at the crossroads of the roads from Évreux to Beauvais, and from Paris to 

Rouen, in the valley of the Seine. The site is a former landfill used among others for household 
waste landfilling. The site is located to the south-east of the city of Vernon, on the left bank of the 
Seine. The surface area of the site is approximately 1,29 ha. 

5.19.2  Site background 

Site History 
The region of Vernon has long been exploited for its stone, known as the ‘Vernonnet stone’. 
To the south of the site, marls or silts were used in the past. No administrative document lists this 

activity; it is nevertheless certainly at the origin of the name ‘quarry’ used to designate the site.  

At the beginning of the operation of the quarry as a landfill, it was considered that the volume of 
the landfill was 210 000 m3 (300 m x 100 m x 7 m depth on average). The landfill is believed to 
have existed since at least 1954 and started at the ballast level of the old railway line (in the 
North). 

Then, the existing wooded thalweg was gradually filled in with waste, from the top to the bottom. 
The trees were buried under the mass of this waste. 

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In 1960, an application for authorization was made to the Eure prefecture, to create a new landfill, 

prior to the construction of a household waste treatment plant. This request was accepted in 1961 
(prefectural order of January 16, 1961).  

A household waste treatment plant was built around 1962/1963 (prefectural order of  
August 12, 1963). It was used until the end of 1986 and was used for composting by fermentation. 
Only the final waste was deposited in the landfill, supplemented by unauthorized contributions. 

After stopping the fermentation tower, household waste was again placed in the landfill for 7 to 
8 years, at a rate of 20 to 25 tons per day. 

In 1989, the community delegated services to a private company for the collection of household 
waste and the factory was closed permanently. But industries, craftsmen and individuals 
continued to come and deposit waste on the site. 

In 1992, the opening of a waste reception centre was authorized by the administrative services 
concerned. It was opened in 1993. 

In 1995, a new order prohibited the contribution to the landfill of urban waste and residues, waste 
assimilated to artisanal or ordinary commercial industrial waste. 

Finally, since 1999, the landfill has been closed and it allows only green waste for recovery. 
For this purpose, a composting platform has been installed since 1998/1999 at the top of the site. 

This green waste will be used to produce an ecological fertilizer. The final compost will be 
obtained after a fermentation of 6 months. 

Administration's action and impact studies  
The current cover is made up of a level of brown loam-clay sandy embankments or brown silty 
clays sometimes slightly sandy with various gravel and pieces of plastic, sometimes even with 

rubble. The thickness of this cover varies from 0,1 to 3,7 m. The cover rests on the mass of waste. 
Four permeability tests were carried out. The results obtained (about ≈10-7 - 10-8 m/s) show that 
the blanket has a relatively low coefficient of permeability, and therefore very low permeability. 

The thickness of the waste can reach nearly 20 m. The waste is covered with a layer of very 
poorly permeable material of varying thickness. Generally, between the waste and the chalky 

substratum, a layer of residual clay is present and allows a certain protection of the chalky 
substratum by limiting the infiltration of runoff water having percolated through the waste. In 
places, this layer of residual clay does not exist. 

The approximate surface area of the waste is 50 000 m² and the estimated volume is 435 000 m³ 
(estimated average thickness of 8,7 m). 

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On a proposal from the inspection of classified installations and after opinion of the Health 

Departmental Council of Eure, a prefectural order was taken by the Prefect of Eure on 11/15/2006 
asking the municipality of Vernon to carry out the studies allowing to determine the additional 
actions to be carried out to rehabilitate the landfill and asking it to submit a file for the 

establishment of public utility easements. 

The rehabilitation works were carried out by the company GUINTOLI, under SAFEGE project 

management, from November 2011 to September 2012. An end of work report was submitted to 
the inspectorate of classified installations on April 9, 2013. This report must still to be completed to 
meet the requirements of the prefectural order dated November 15, 2006. In addition, a certain 

number of works still need to be finalized. 

A thirty-year monitoring program will soon be imposed by additional prefectural order once the 

updating elements necessary for the study carried out in November 2009 by the company TAUW 
have been transmitted. 

A draft application file for public utility easements was also submitted to the inspection of classified 
installations. This project was judged admissible and will be put for examination once the final 
copies have been received. 

According to the data collected on the site's activities and the results of pollution studies, 
the Site ‘Ancienne décharge de Vernon’ would not have hosted manufacture, formulation, 
storage, or depots of Lindane. 

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Study site 

Figure A5.53 Map of site FR-VE-01

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5.20  Site STEPAN EUROPE - FR-VO-01 

5.20.1  Site details 
In the following table (Table A5.35) an overview of the site background information is presented. 

Table A5.30 Background information 

Site code parent site  

FR-VO-01 

Cluster 

Current site name 

STEPAN EUROPE 

Site use label parent site 

Former site name 

ICV, ex SICO 

Site authority 

Préfecture de Grenoble 

Country 

France 

Name of organisation 

Region or Province 

Isere department 

Name of focal point 

City / Municipality 

VOREPPE 38565 

Office address  

Place de Verdun 

38000 Grenoble 

Site address 

Chemin de Jongking 

Telephone 

email 

GPS coordinate N/S 

45°17'33.6’N 

GPS coordinate E/W 

5°37'27.2’E 

Site background 
Prior to 1958, the site was used by SICO for the manufacture of Lindane and was then bought by 
the Chemical Industry of Villeurbanne (CIV) to produce surfactants (textile softeners, swimming 
pool water treatment, surface disinfectants, foaming agents, treatment of metal surfaces, additives 

for petroleum products, emulsifiers for agriculture, specialties for the cosmetics industry).  
In 1975, the site saw the construction of two new manufacturing buildings. One year later, CIV 
became STEPAN, a subsidiary of STEPAN Company. 

It was in 1981 that STEPAN became STEPAN EUROPE, still present on the site today. In 1991, 
STEPAN created a station for the unloading and storage of 80,000 litres of dimethyl sulphate. 
Then, from 1998 to 2007, the site saw the construction of its product storage warehouse (1998), 

followed by the installation of a truck car park (2003) and finally the installation of a thermal 
oxidizer for odour treatment (2007). 

The site falls under the Seveso II directive and was the subject of a soil survey in the frame of a 
simplified health risk assessment on 1st July 2001. At the end of the simplified health risk 
assessment, the site was categorized as ‘class 2’ for groundwater and surface water - site to be 

monitored. The study considered BTEX, organochlorine pesticides, surfactants, and 
hydrocarbons. 

Prefectorial order n°2008-11718 dated 22 December 2008 regulates the monitoring of 
groundwater at a frequency of 2 campaigns per year. 3 piezometers are monitored, with 1 
piezometer upgradient and 2 downgradient the site. Their location is reported on the figure below. 

The groundwater monitoring includes organochlorine pesticides in the analyses program.  

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Figure A5.54 Location of monitoring piezometers 

Documents are available from the archives of the Isère department. The references are 
AD38_4304W49-13; AD38_4077W28-19; AD38_7307W262-01; AD38_7012W148-06. According 
to Mr Miniscloux, inspector of classified installations for the environment, these documents contain 

information on the treatment of historical pollution. The latest analysis results indicate that Lindane 
(gamma-HCH) is present in small quantities: around 0.01-0.03 µg/L (an exceptional value isolated 
in March 2018 at 2.2 µg/L - unknown origin) and most often present in concentrations below the 

laboratory's quantification limits (0.01 µg/L). 
On the other hand, overall, total pesticide levels (including other HCHs) are significant in one of 
the downstream piezometers but have been decreasing since measurements began (2001). 

The values oscillate over the recent period between 2 and 6 µg/L (reference value = 0.5 µg/L). 
Traces are also found in the other two piezometers. 

Site location 
The site is located on Chemin de Jongking in the town of Voreppe (38). It is located on the edge of 
the Mondragon canal in the South-West and on the edge of the river the Roize in the North.  

The sector in bounded: 
•  To the North, by the stream ‘the Roize’ 
•  To the West, by the A48/A49 highway 
•  To the East, by residences and tertiary sector activities 
•  To the South, by the Palluel canal and tertiary sector activities 

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The site has a slight slope (202 to 194 m NGF) oriented North-East - South-West (NE-SW) 
towards a retention basin. 

Site of study 

Figure A5.55 Site location - FR-VO-01 

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Geology at the site - overall 
The studied area is shown on the geological map of Grenoble (n°772) at 1/50 000e. The territory 

represented on this sheet is in the Isère valley. This sheet represents the hills of the  
Bas-Dauphiné to the North-West, then is delimited by the Vercors massif to the North-East and 
finally by the Chartreuse massif to the South. 

According to the geological map of Grenoble, the outcrop of the study area is located on stabilised 
alluvial dejecta cones from the Quaternary period.  

Geology at the site - local soil composition 
According to the BRGM BSS database, drilled borehole BSS001WPPY, located in the middle of 
the site, provides a summary description of the geology of the study area with Quaternary alluvial 

terrains from 0 to 18 m. From 0 to 7 m deep, the soils are sandy-clayey with pebbles, then  
sandy-gravel from 7 to 11 m, sandy-clayey from 11 to 12.5 m and finally, from 12.5 to 16 m, a 
layer of gravel is found. The location of the study site and the registered boreholes on a geological 

map are shown in figure A5.56. 

The site 

Figure A5.56 Geology of the site 

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Hydrogeology at the site and use of aquifer 
According to the 2016 data of groundwater bodies available on Infoterre, the site is located on the 

following groundwater body: ‘Alluvions de l'Isère en aval de Grenoble’ (FRDG313: ‘Alluvions de 
l'Isère aval de Grenoble’). This body of groundwater extends from downstream Grenoble to form a 
bend between the towns of Rovon to the south/west, St-Egrève to the south/east and Moirans to 

the north. It has the shape of a bend with a surface area of 106.11 km². 
The studied site is in the sandy-gravelly alluvium of the Moirans-Polienas plain.  
It is a quaternary formation, a few hundred meters thick, with little aquifer. In this zone, the 

heterogeneous flows follow the paleocanals of the Isère. More generally, groundwater flows from 
the slopes towards the Isère, constituting the base level.  
In the Isère at the Moirans-Polienas plain, permeability is quite high (10-3 m/s). As this entity is not 
entirely covered by an impermeable horizon, it is vulnerable to possible contamination by activities 
in the area. 
Nevertheless, the water in this aquifer is mainly used for industrial purposes and is of little interest 

for drinking water supply. 

A second groundwater level is located on the site but does not communicate with the ‘alluvial 
groundwater of Isère downstream of Grenoble’. This is the groundwater body of the varied 

formations of the Savoyard Foreland in BV du Rhône (FRDG511: ‘Formations variées de  
l'Avant-Pays savoyard dans BV du Rhône’). This body of groundwater extends over several 
departments: Ain, Isère, Savoie and Haute-Savoie with a total surface area of 3,383.64 km².  

These Miocene formations correspond to an indurated layer of sandstone and/or clay-marl with a 
low water content. These formations constitute a multi-layered, porous aquifer with free and 
captive flow and low permeability (in the order of 10-6 m/s). 
Locally, this aquifer is overhung by impermeable clays layers which permit to protect the body of 
water from potential contamination. 

The studied site is not located within a drinking water catchment supply perimeter. The nearest 

drinking water catchment supply perimeters are located at more than 2.5 km in the North-East.  

Geological database, however, shows several water points (Table A5.36) within a radius of about 
1 km around the site. Private use of groundwater cannot therefore be ruled out. 

Table A5.31 Water points identified within a radius of one kilometre 

Ref. BSS  

Location 

Type 

Depth 

Depth of water 

Use 

BSS004ATMH 

≈ 910 m to the North  

drilling 

10.5 m 

1.5 m (in 2017) 

Ungiven 

BSS001WPPX 

≈ 830 m to the Northwest   drilling 

6 m 

BSS001WPPA 

≈ 455 m to the West 

well 

10 m 

BSS001WPQC  ≈ 590 m to the South 

drilling 

12 m 

BSS002PUBH 

≈ 795 m to the South 

drilling 

7.52 m 

- 

- 

- 

- 

Ungiven 

Ungiven 

Ungiven 

Industrial water 

BSS001WPQU  ≈ 970 m to the East 

well 

27 m 

24 m (in 1956) 

Industrial water 

BSS001WPRX  On the site 

drilling 

18 m 

2.6 m (in 1987) 

Ungiven 

BSS001WPTC  On the site 

drilling 

5 m 

- 

Water quality 

BSS001WPPY  On the site 

drilling 

16 m 

3.7 m (in 1973) 

Industrial water 

BSS001WPTB  On the site 

drilling 

7 m 

4.5 m 

Water quality 

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Hydrology at the site and surface water uses 
The site is in the edge of the Palluel canal, to the South, which joins the Vence canal in the West 

of the site and in the edge of the Roize stream in the North of the site.  

The Roize torrent, which originates in the Chartreuse massif between Voreppe and  

Pommier-la-Placette, drains a basin of 13.35 km² and flows over a length of 5.8 km. At Voreppe, it 
joins a sedimentation basin of 31,000 m² before joining the Palluel canal and then the Isère to the 
north-west of the site. The Roize torrent is subject to infrequent flooding episodes but with strong 

transport of solid elements. 

Executed works 
To date, no decontamination appears to have been carried out on site. Only groundwater is 
monitored twice a year. The site has been secured with restricted access and guarding. 
More information is available in departmental archives. 

A5.3 Aerial photograph interpretationThe analysis of aerial photographs did not reveal the 
Lindane storage area. It allowed us to go back to 1948 when buildings were already present on 

the site. 
The outline of the site is in red on the photographs below.  

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5.21  Site Plate-forme chimique de Villers-Saint-Paul - FR-VP-01-01 

5.21.1  Site details 
In the following table (Table A5.37) an overview of the site background information is presented. 

Table A5.32 Background information 

Site code parent site  

FR-VP-01 

Cluster 

No 

Current site name 

Several chemical factories (3) 

Site use label parent site 

FR-VP-01-01 

Former site name 

- Compagnie Nationale des Matières Colorantes, 

Site authority 

Préfecture Beauvais 

- Compagnie Française des Matières Colorantes,  

- Société des Produits Chimiques Ugine-

Kuhlmann (PCUK) 

Country 

France 

Name of organisation 

Region or Province 

Département of Oise (60) 

Name of focal point 

City / Municipality 

Villers-Saint-Paul 

Office address  

1 place de la Préfecture 

60000 Beauvais 

Site address 

Rue Frédéric Kuhlmann,  

Telephone 

rue, Henri-Becquerel,  

rue Albert-Thomas 

60870 Villers-Saint-Paul 

GPS coordinate N/S 

49°17'04.4’ N 

GPS coordinate E/W 

2°30'25.9’ E 

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5.21.2  Site background 

Historical site activities  
The company ‘Compagnie Nationale des Matières Colorantes’ (CNMC) was created on 
January 31, 1917. In June, the company submitted a request for the installation of a workshop to 

produce synthetic indigo. 

The first buildings were built at the end of 1917 but were not operational until 1919 because of the 

advance of the front during the First World War. After the war, a series of licenses and patents 
were filed: the CNMC turned to the manufacturing of all intermediate products that enter the 
composition of dyes. To cope with the numerous investments, it approached the Kuhlmann 

establishments with which it merged in 1924. 

The CNMC became the National Company of Coloring Materials and Chemical Products of the 

North Reunited. This merger involved a new extension of the site according to a coherent 
development plan which followed a north-south axis parallel to the Oise on a right-of-way 
50 meters wide and 30 meters long. 

The main buildings constructed during the 1920’s and the following years concern the dye 
manufacturing workshops, the steam plant (1929), the research and application laboratories 

(intended for the applications of chemicals in textile use and tanning), raw material storage 
buildings and repair shops. 

In 1941, the Villers-Saint-Paul factory was merged into the Franco-German company Francolor, 
which in 1951 became the ‘Compagnie Française des Matières Colorantes’ then the ‘Française 
des Matières Colorantes’. 

The post-war period saw the consolidation and modernization of already existing sectors: dyes 
and formalin. In 1972, following the merger of Péchiney and Ugine Kuhlmann, the Française des 

Matières Colorantes became the company des Produits Chimiques Ugine-Kuhlmann (PCUK). The 
same year, a unit with 6 methanol tanks, used in the composition of certain resins, was installed in 
the southern part of the site. 

In the mid-1970s, the chemical platform was at the peak of its development: it covered an area of 
175 ha. 

The PCUK group was sold in 1982 to the British group ICI (Imperial Chemical Industry). Two other 
companies (Arkema et Francolor-Pigments) share the site around the production activities of 

methanol, urea formaldehyde, resins, and pharmaceutical products. 

The dismantling of the buildings, following the decrease in activity, began in 1986 with the 

demolition of the dye manufacturing workshop called the cathedral. Today this dismantling 
continues with the destruction of the buildings occupied by the companies Arkema and  
Francolor-Pigments (closed in 2008). 

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Figure A5.57 View of the platform in the 1980s 

The site, despite a significant decline in its activity, retains three main companies classified as high 
and low threshold Seveso concentrated in the southwestern part of the site and covering an area of 

40 ha: Cray Valley, DuPont de Nemours, and Dow Chemical: 

Company 

Installation date 

activity 

Cray Valley-Sartomer company 

Since 1984 

Production of resins for the paint and varnish industry 

Dow Chemical  

(Formerly Rohm and Haas) 

Production of water-soluble acrylic polymers used in 

Since 1989 

the manufacture of granules used in tablets for 

washing machines and dishwashers 

Manufacture of functional fluorinated derivatives 

DuPont de Nemours 

Since 2002 

applied in firefighting, surface treatment, protection of 

textiles, paper and leather against water and grease 

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Figure A5.58 General view from the south in 2008 

To this must be added the actual management of the platform entrusted to the company VSPU 
from the Suez group which manages the infrastructure (roads, racks), the environment 
(wastewater treatment plant), security and the site entrance (entrances and exits) as well as three 

of its subsidiaries: 
•  Cofély (Elyo) which manages the production and distribution of steam from a power station 
producing 40 tonnes/hour (taken over in 1931 by the steam and electricity company) 
•  Ondéo IS which deals with industrial water management, effluent, and sludge treatment 
•  Praxair producing nitrogen gas and compressed air 

Activities classified for the protection of the environment 
Consultation of the database of installations classified for the protection of the environment (ICPE) 
on February 5, 2021, revealed the existence of 10 establishments subject to authorization or 

registration in the town of Villers-Saint-Paul. Several of the companies at the studied site are listed 
in this database: 

Table A5.33  

Company 

Arkema 

Type 

Autorisation 

Principal activity 

Status 

Manufacture of other basic organic 

Operating 

Seveso high threshold 

chemicals 

Chemours France 

Autorisation 

Manufacture of other basic organic 

Operating 

Seveso low threshold 

chemicals 

Dow France  

Autorisation 

Manufacture of basic plastics 

Operating 

(Formerly Rohm and 

Seveso low threshold 

Haas) 

Retia 

Unknown 

No Seveso 

Recovery, treatment of various waste 

Declared 

- petroleum equipment 

cessation 

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Company 

Type 

Principal activity 

Suez Eau Industrielle  

Autorisation 

Industrial water treatment 

Status 

Operating 

(Formerly Ondeo IS) 

Non-Seveso 

The production, formulation, storage, or deposit of Lindane is not mentioned on any of these sites. 
The prefectural decrees do not state this compound in the lists of identified pollutants or the 
activities of the sites. For the company Retia, the ICPE database refers to the formulation, 

packaging, and deposits of agro-pharmaceutical products in 1993, without additional precision. 

The part of the studied site operated by the Retia company is also referenced as a BASOL site 

(polluted or potentially polluted sites and soils calling for action by public authorities, as a 
preventive or curative measure). HCH or Lindane is not mentioned in the reports. 

According to the data collected on the site's activities and the results of pollution studies, the Site 
‘Plate-forme chimique de Villers-Saint-Paul’ would likely not have hosted the manufacture, 
formulation, storage, or depots of HCH/Lindane. 

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Study site 

Figure A5.59 Location of site FR-VP-01-01

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5.22  Site IEP at Villers-Saint-Sépulcre - FR-VS-01 

5.22.1  Site details 
In the following table (Table A5.39) an overview of the site background information is presented. 

Table A5.34 Background information 

Site code parent site  

FR-VS-01 

Cluster 

No 

Current site name 

IEP 

Site use label parent site 

FR-VS-01-01 

Former site name 

SABIC Innovative 

Site authority 

Préfecture de l’Oise 

Plastics, ex General 

Electrics Plastics ABS 

Country 

France 

Name of organisation 

Region or Province 

Hauts-de-France, Oise 

Name of focal point 

City / Municipality 

Villers-Saint-Sépulcre 

Office address  

1  Pl.  de  la  Préfecture, 

60000 Beauvais 

Site address 

Route Départementale 

Telephone 

D620 

60134 Villers-Saint-

Sépulcre 

email 

GPS coordinate N/S 

49°22'26.2’ N 

GPS coordinate E/W 

2°13'01.8’ E 

Villers-Saint-Sépulcre is a municipality in the Oise region located in the Thérain valley (a tributary 
of the Oise River), 17 km south to Beauvais and 67 km north of Paris. The industrial site occupies 

about 60 hectares in the northeast of the territory of the municipality. It is located on the banks of 
the Le Thérain river. 

5.22.2  Site background 

Historical site activities  
The site, now operated by IEP, has experienced industrial activity since the end of 19th century 
with, until the 1970s, the production of chemicals based on cyanides, metals, and carbon black. 
Since the 1960s, the site has been occupied by a plastics manufacturing activity. It presents 

various polluted areas which, since the 1980s, have been the subject of studies and work for 
characterization and treatment. 

In 2014, the IEP company informed the services of the Ministry of the Environment of the 
existence of a risk of pollution of the water catchments located downstream to the site, which 
would originate in areas polluted by the old chemical manufacturing activities at the site. The 

ministry mandated the BRGM (Geological and Mining Research Office) to conduct the necessary 
studies and gave its agreement to ADEME for the implementation of a groundwater monitoring. 

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The BRGM report dated September 2014, based on documents made available by DREAL, 
provides detailed information on the chronology of industrial activities developed on the site since 
the second half of the 19th century. It supplements the information from the operator and other 
consulted sources. The following table shows the different activities that have followed one 
another: 

Table A5.35 Historical productions on the site 

Date 

1870 

1886 

1889 

Activity 

First  factory  was  built  by  the  Produits  Antiseptiques  Society,  manufacturing  ammonia, 

salicylic acid, lead salts and alcohol 

A first indication of the production of cyanide products 

The Society of Electrochemistry was founded (the site belonged to it in 1907). The operator 

then decides to stop production of salicylic acid, to begin manufacturing sulfuric ether and 

hydrofluoric acid 

During World War II 

Production of ‘Zyklon B’, a toxic product made from hydrocyanic acid, the patent of which 

Beginning of the 20th 

Benzol distillation and rectification activities 

was held by the German company Degesch 

century until 1947 

1958 

Establishment of a carbon black production unit by the Company of Electrochemistry and 

Steelworks Electric d'Ugine 

From 1958 to 1973 

Production of carbon black from anthracene oils (coal tars) 

May 1960 

Manufacturing  workshops for  butadiene  copolymers  (plastic), following  the  installation  in 

the same year of a nitrile rubber production unit (apparently shut down in 1981) 

Successive site operators  
In 1963, the company Plastugil (creation of the Société d'Electrochimie, d'Electrométallurgie et 
des Aciéries Electriques d'Ugine et Rhône Progil) became the owner of the site, then in 1969, 
Plastimer succeeded it (subsidiary of Ugine Kuhlmann and Rhône Progil). In 1971, 

Ugine Kuhlmann merged with Péchiney. In 1973, the cyanide and carbon black workshops were 
closed. From 1975 to 1982, the plant was part of the PCUK group (Ugine Kuhlmann Chemicals), a 
subsidiary of PUK. 

From 1983 to 1985, the site was owned by CdF (Charbonnages de France) Chimie ABS, then 
Créachimie in 1985-1986. In January 1986, the plant became part of the Borg-Warner Chemicals 

Europe group, acquired in 1989 by General Electric Plastics (GEP) to produce plastic resins for 
ABS. 

In 2007, the site was bought by SABIC Innovative Plastics (SABIC IP) which filed the site's 
cessation file on December 28, 2007. On December 19, 2008, the company SABIC IP France was 
sold to the company Bertola SA, and became Industrial & Environmental Platform, which is the 

last owner-operator of the site). 

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Administration's action and impact studies (November 2010) 
The site is listed in the BASOL database (French database on polluted sites and soils; 

n°SSP000787301) requiring action by the public authorities, as a site subject to study with a 
diagnosis required by prefectural order. Lindane (or other organochlorine pesticide) is not 
mentioned in the reports in this database. 

An impact study was carried out by SYMEO in November 2010 as part of an application for 
authorization to operate a multi-channel waste treatment centre (household and similar). As part of 

this study, APAVE took samples for analysis of surface water (campaign of 07/09/2010) at the 
level of the Saint-Lubin marsh and on the Thérain (upstream and downstream of the site). The 
results of the analyzes show Lindane (HCH gamma isomer) concentrations all below the 

laboratory quantification limits. 

According to the data collected on the site's activities and the results of pollution studies, the site 

would not have hosted the manufacture, formulation, storage, or depots of HCH / Lindane. 

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Study site 

Figure A5.60 Map of site FR-VS-01-01

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5.23  Site Chimiotechnic Venissieux - FR-VX-01 

5.23.1  Site details 
In the following table (Table A5.41) an overview of the site background information is presented. 

Table A5.36 Background information 

Site code parent site  

FR-VX-01 

Cluster 

NO 

Current site name 

Chimiotechnic Venissieux  Site use label parent site 

Former site name 

Site authority 

DREAL Auvergne-Rhône-

Country 

France 

Name of organisation 

Region or Province 

Department of Rhône 

Name of focal point 

City / Municipality 

Venissieux  

Office address  

5 Pl. Jules Ferry, 69006 

Alpes 

Lyon 

Site address 

25 rue de l’Industrie, 

Telephone 

69200 Venissieux  

email 

GPS coordinate N/S 

4°52'58.1416’ N 

GPS coordinate E/W 

45°42'31.2080’ E 

5.23.2  Site background 
In 1891, CHIMIOTECHNIC was included in the site of sieur Nicolas. The latter hosted forging, 

mechanical hammering, and powder metallurgy activities.  
From 1967 to 1970, part of the site hosted the PROLONA company for the manufacture and 
storage of organic or mineral products. It is also listed in the BASIAS database for its flammable 

liquid deposit activity. From 1970, PROLONA was integrated into the CHIMIOTECHNIC site.  
CHIMIOTECHNIC is a detergent manufacturing company. This site underwent an initial diagnosis 
in 1999. The conclusions of this study recommended an additional study on the soil and 

groundwater. The soil analysis reports, sent to the administration in 2003, revealed the presence 
of Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH) and PAHs in concentrations below the guide values. 
On the other hand, water analyses showed TPH, PAH concentrations and anionic detergents 

concentrations of respectively 1 200 mg/l, 0,35 µg/l and 870 mg/l. 

Two campaigns of groundwater sampling have been carried out. One in 2004 and the other in 

2005. They confirmed the presence of TPH and PAH. 
The administration therefore required CHIMIOTECHNIC to take the necessary measures to 
guarantee the watertightness of its sewer system on its site, to carry out a detailed risk 

assessment and a monitoring of the groundwater on- and off-site with a periodicity of 4 
measurement campaigns (2 in high water level and 2 in low water level).  
In August 2006, a diagnosis of the soil and soil gas was carried out but did not enable the location 

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At the end of this study, in 2006, it was recommended to monitor the watertightness of the effluent 
evacuation network, as well as to continue monitoring the quality of the groundwater, due to the 

concentration of anionic detergent (4 600 mg/l). The results of the monitoring campaigns from 
July 2006 to October 2011 indicate that concentrations follow an overall downward trend with a 
maximum in anionic surfactants of 46 mg/l in Pz1 and 19 mg/l in Pz6, and a maximum in TPH of 

19 mg/l in Pz1 and 0,13 mg/l in Pz6. 
However, fluctuations appear from one campaign to the other and TPH concentrations seem to be 
on the rise again. 

The site is a classified installation and was inspected in May 2020. The DREAL (‘Direction 
régionale de l'Environnement, de l'Aménagement et du Logement’ means Regional Directorate of 

Environment, Planning and Housing) supports technically the Prefet to regulate the activities of 
such sites.  
The DREAL inspector who carried out the inspection, Mrs Andréa Lambert gave us the contact 

details of the site's QSE manager, Mr Marc Franchet. The QSE manager indicated that there is no 
evidence that HCH / Lindane was handled at the site. Furthermore, it wasn’t observed in the 
wastewater discharge of the site during the survey undertaken in 2012. However, it cannot be 

concluded whether HCH or Lindane was handled on the site, as no detailed historical study was 
undertaken and no investigation looking for HCH was undertaken on soil and/or groundwater. 

The site is monitored due to its status as a classified installation. It can therefore be considered 
that the site is under control.  

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Site of study 

Figure A5.61 Site location on aerial photography 

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