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Contaminative use of land - the implications for the future

By: Language: English Series: Environmental Policy and Practice ; 2(1) 1992, 25-36(7)Publication details: 1992Subject(s): Summary: Whilst acknowledging alterations from the consultation paper will occur in the government`s published guidance on s143 registers of contaminated land, the article maintains that catagorisation of sites according to levels of contamination, or type of use, will remain central. It defines `contamination` within the scope of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, and details the practical methods of catagorising with examples.

Whilst acknowledging alterations from the consultation paper will occur in the government`s published guidance on s143 registers of contaminated land, the article maintains that catagorisation of sites according to levels of contamination, or type of use, will remain central. It defines `contamination` within the scope of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, and details the practical methods of catagorising with examples.