02/00 Contaminated Land

This circular gives statutory guidance on the new regime for the treatment of contaminated land, as set out in Part IIA of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. It also describes the way in which the new regime is expected to work.

There is a statement of government policy covering sustainable development, action to deal with contamination, the new contaminated land regime and interaction with other regimes.

Contaminated land procedures are described in detail, which includes definition of the land in question and how to identify it, and the various ways of taking remediation action.

Statutory guidance is given on remediation standards to be applied, exclusion of liability to take remediation action and on recovering its costs.

There is also a guide to the Contaminated Land (England) Regulations 2000.

View information from DEFRA here.