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Environmental Protection Act 1990: part 2A. Contaminated land statutory guidance
Publication Year
2012
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Explains how local authorities should implement the contaminated land regime, including how they should go about deciding whether land is contaminated land in the legal sense of the term. Also elaborates on the remediation provisions of Part 2A, such as the goals of remediation, and how regulators should ensure that remediation requirements are reasonable.
Document History
Supersedes: Circular 01/2006: Environmental protection act 1990: part 2A - Contaminated land (DEFRA, 2006). Document type: guidance. First published: 10 April 2012.
Publisher Information
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is a UK Government department. They are committed to tackling climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and work to secure a healthy, resilient, productive and diverse natural environment. This work has formerly been carried out by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Department of the Environment.
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