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Who's responsible for cleaning up contaminated land and how you know if your business is on a contaminated site
Land can be contaminated by things like: heavy metals, such as arsenic,…
Your local council or an environment agency will decide if your land is…
The rules for who’s responsible for contamination and how to deal with it…
Provides guiding principles on how planning can deal with land affected by contamination.
Technical guidance on the management of contaminated land including how to investigate, assess and manage the risks.
Paper and cardboard production can cause significant pollution. This guide describes industry responsibilities for preventing pollution.
A series of briefing notes which provide more information about land affected by radioactivity.
Wet line contamination involves the cross contamination of road fuel with rebated fuels, which will either be red diesel or kerosene.
Advice and guidance on the health needs of migrant patients for healthcare practitioners.
This guidance and information is aimed at helping readers understand the regime and regulation of land affected by radioactivity.
The effect of contaminant concentration on the rate of natural attenuation processes in UK aquifers is presented for 18 specific contaminants.
This report (RCE-2) provides advice on the designation of radioactively contaminated land in response to proposals from Defra.
How to select compliance points for the assessment of risks to groundwater from land contamination.
Training guide for NHS and emergency services staff on rapid screening of people for internal radioactive contamination.
Guidance on the safe use of potentially contaminated residential land, gardens and allotments.
A critical review of the available data on the fate and transport behaviour of a number of contaminants.
Guidance on the valuation of hereditaments built on or affected by contaminated land and list maintenance matters flowing from this.
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