| Title: |
Update on Contaminated Land
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| Resource Type: |
document --> public information
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| Country: |
United Kingdom
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| Year: |
2008 |
| Availability: |
Open Board Paper. Item No: 9, Paper Ref: Ea (08) 28, Meeting Date: 7 May 2008
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| Author 1/Producer: |
Environment Agency (England and Wales, UK)
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| Author / Producer Type: |
Agency, regulator or other governmental or inter-governmental body
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| Format (e.g. PDF): |
PDF
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EUGRIS Keyword(s): |
Contaminated land-->Contaminated land overview
Contaminated land-->management&admin
Contaminated land-->policy and regulatory
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| Short description: |
Extract:
In reviewing how effective the regime is, we have found that:
• local authorities have considered less than 10% of their geographical areas;
• a limited number of local authorities have formally determined contaminated land
totalling around 800 sites. Most of these involve multiple determinations of
individual house plots;
• the majority of local authorities have not yet formally identified any contaminated
land sites within their areas; and
• of the Part 2A determined contaminated sites, less than 20% have been remediated
over the last seven years. This has been at an estimated cost of some £21m, mainly
to the public purse rather than the polluter.
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Submitted By:
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Professor Paul Bardos WhoDoesWhat?
Last update: 01/06/2008
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