Contaminated Soil Assessment and Other Details for Managing Contaminated Land

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Contaminated Soil Assessment and Other Details
for Managing Contaminated Land

• Wild Environmental Consultants

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The following factors are important in
managing contaminated land
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GED (General Environment Duty)

• While dealing with contaminated land, one must
  meet the GED and gain permits that may be needed
  to carry out the removal of contaminated soil or
  conduct development on the land. Everyone must
  have a GED as per the Environment Protection Act
  (EP) 1994 to avoid carrying out any activity that
  might be causing contamination.

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Duty of Notification

• Persons who must notify include
• Occupier or owner
• Commissioned auditor
• Local government official
• A person with suitable qualifications has to
  notify authorities or his employer about any
  occurrence of events related to contaminated
  land. Next, the owner/ occupier should notify.

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Changes or a Removal in Land Registers

• In case one wants to remove land from registers
  like CLR and EMR, one must submit an
  investigation document that demonstrates that
• No ongoing activity that must be notified is
  being carried out on the land.
• There is no contamination of land which suits any
  land use.
• In case the land or its uses change or need
  updating, one must submit the document of
  contaminated land investigation.

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Document of Contaminated Land Investigation

• This document is any or combination of the
  following
• A report of site investigation
• A draft plan for site management
• Validation report
• In sum, these are the major aspects of managing
  contaminated land, such as contaminated soil
  assessment.

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Contact Us

• 07 4410 9000Level 4/67-75, Denham
  StreetTownsville, QLD, 4810
• www.wildenvironmental.com