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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…
What you must do to manage manure, fertiliser and soil to prevent runoff, erosion and leaching.
Provides guiding principles on how planning can deal with land affected by contamination.
A critical review of the available data on the fate and transport behaviour of a number of contaminants.
Guidance explaining the use of soil guideline values (SGV) to asses the long-term exposure of chemicals in soil on human health.
How to select compliance points for the assessment of risks to groundwater from land contamination.
Technical guidance on the management of contaminated land including how to investigate, assess and manage the risks.
Environment Agency regulatory position on when you can do a small scale remediation scheme or trial to treat contaminated soils and groundwater.
Spreading slurry and milk on agricultural land: Environment Agency advice in exceptional circumstances such as extreme weather.
Paper and cardboard production can cause significant pollution. This guide describes industry responsibilities for preventing pollution.
Structured approach to assessing the risks to ecology from chemical contamination in soils.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for soils.
How to carry out a groundwater risk assessment for human or animal burials.
How to manage water use, levels, drainage and irrigation, and avoid pollution from waste water and sheep dip.
This study was undertaken to evaluate the potential of commercially available bone meal as a remedial treatment for immobilising heavy metals in contaminated soils.
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