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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.
This guidance and information is aimed at helping readers understand the regime and regulation of land affected by radioactivity.
How to select compliance points for the assessment of risks to groundwater from land contamination.
A series of briefing notes which provide more information about land affected by radioactivity.
Guidance on the valuation of hereditaments built on or affected by contaminated land and list maintenance matters flowing from this.
Paper and cardboard production can cause significant pollution. This guide describes industry responsibilities for preventing pollution.
This document explains the approaches for assessing the risk posed by soil contaminated with the genotoxic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).
This guidance is intended to explain how local authorities should implement the regime on contaminated land.
Guidance primarily aimed at local responders covering environmental issues that may arise during the Recovery Phase of an emergency in the UK
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