Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

Polychlorodibenzofurans and polychlorodibenzodioxins

3.  The quantities of polychlorodibenzofurans and polychlorodibenzo-dioxins are calculated using the following factors:

International Toxic Equivalent Factors (ITEF) for the congeners of concern (NATO/CCMS)
2, 3, 7, 8-TCDD1
1, 2, 3, 7, 8-PeDD0·5

1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8-HxCDD

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8-HxCDD

1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9-HxCDD

} 0·1
1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8-HpCDD0·01
OCDD0·001
2, 3, 7, 8-TCDF0·1
2, 3, 4, 7, 8-PeCDF0·5
1, 2, 3, 7, 8-PeCDF0·05

1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8-HxCDF

1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9-HxCDF

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8-HxCDF

2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8-HxCDF

} 0·1

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8-HpCDF

1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9-HpCDF

} 0·01
OCDF0·001

(T = tetra, Pe = penta, Hx = hexa, Hp = hepta, O = octa)