| Title: |
Quality criteria and mapping of contaminated soil – practice in selected EU countries
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| Resource Type: |
document --> technical publication --> report
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| Country: |
Denmark
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| Language(s): |
Danish
English
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| Year: |
2004 |
| Availability: |
Environmental project, Miljørapport nr. 975
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| Author 1/Producer: |
Simonsen, Flemming A,
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| Other Authors/Producers: |
Boyd, Helle Buchardt; Paludan, Elisabeth; Nielsen, C.; Falkenberg, Jacqueline Anne
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| Author / Producer Type: |
Agency, regulator or other governmental or inter-governmental body
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| Publisher: |
The Danish Environmental Protection Agency, Miljøstyrelsen
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| Publisher City: |
Strandgade 29, DK-1405 Copenhagen K, Denmark
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| ISBN: |
87-7614-490-9
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| Format (e.g. PDF): |
PDF
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| Size: (e.g. 20mb) |
3.2
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EUGRIS Keyword(s): |
Contaminated land-->policy and regulatory
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| Short description: |
This report describes and compares practice in Denmark in the following fields:
1. Establishment of health based quality criteria for chemicals in soil, water and air as related to practice in Sweden, Germany, EU and WHO.
2. Soil management in relation to practice in Sweden, Netherlands, Germany and United Kingdom.
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| Long description: |
The legislative basis and relevant guidelines, criteria documents have been identified in the report. Contact persons with environmental authorities and organisations have been contacted to supplement the collected information.
In Denmark, the health quality criteria are based on the same evaluations and investigations as those used in the EU, WHO, Sweden and Germany. However it is noted that a lifetime risk of 1 out of 1 million for carcinogenic substances is tolerated in Denmark, but 1 out of 100,000 in Sweden and Germany. Site investigations are based on the same investigative principles, but the legislative requirements can differ. Two different types of levels are used for the evaluation and administration of soil pollution and are aimed at 1) preventing further pollution and 2) defining the need for action. All investigated countries except the United Kingdom use a preventive level for the evaluation and administration of soil pollution. In Germany, however, the “preventive level” is not solely based on health evaluations. All countries also have action levels for various land uses that are typically 3-10 times above the preventive level and where conditions such as background levels may be included in the assessment of the need for investigation, registration/mapping, remediation etc.
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Submitted By:
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Dr Jacqueline Falkenberg WhoDoesWhat?
Last update: 31/01/2007
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