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SoilRemediationCircular20091SoilRemediationCircular20091.INTRODUCTION21.1Background21.2Statusandscopeofthecircularandtheperioditwillremaininforce31.3Rescissionofearlierregulations32.CASEOFSERIOUSCONTAMINATION:SECTION29OFSOILPROTECTIONACT42.1Caseofseriouscontamination42.2Notacaseofseriouscontamination43.URGENTREMEDIATION:SECTION37OFTHESOILPROTECTIONACT43.1Urgentremediation43.2Non-urgentremediation63.3Remediationdeadline64.REMEDIATIONOBJECTIVE:SECTION38OFTHESOILPROTECTIONACT64.1General64.2Objective64.3Aspectsofassessingremediationvariants75SOILREMEDIATIONPROCESS85.1Riskassessmentstep-by-stepplan85.2„Severityandurgency‟decision125.3Remediationinphases,managementandpartialremediation13Annexes1.Groundwatertargetvalues,Soilremediationinterventionvalues,Indicativelevelsforseriouscontamination,soiltypecorrectionandmeasurementregulations2.RemediationCriterion:Determiningtheriskforhumans,fortheecosystemorofspreading3.EnvironmentalProtectionSoilRemediationCriterion,AsbestosProtocol4.Remediationobjective:interpretationoftopsoilqualityrequirements5.OverviewofSoilProtectionActregulationsonsoilremediationasof1April2009SoilRemediationCircular200921.IntroductionThischaptercoversthereasonsfordraftingthiscircularin2006andforamendingitin2008.Anexplanationisalsoprovidedofthesubject,thestatusandthescopeofthecircularandtheperioditwillremaininforce.Furthermore,anoverviewisincludedofnewandrescindedlegislationconcernedwiththesubjectofthecircular.1.1BackgroundThelegislationtoamendtheSoilProtectionAct1enteredintoforceon1January2006.Thislegislativeamendmentimplementsthepolicyintentionsformulatedin2002inthegovernment'spositiononmodernisingpolicyonsoilremediation2.Followingthis,inlateDecember2003,aPolicyLetteronthenextstepinmodernisingthesoilpolicywassenttotheSecondChamber3;itsetoutthepolicyintentionsthathavehadanimpactontheaforementionedlegislativeamendment.ThefirstphaseoftheSoilQualityDecree,whichregulatestheuseofsoilanddredgingsludgeinsurfacewater,4enteredintoforceon1January2008.ThesecondphaseoftheSoilQualityDecree,whichregulatestheuseofsoilanddredgingsludgeonlandandtheuseofbuildingmaterialsonorinthesoilandinsurfacewater,willenterintoforceon1July2008.Thiscircularfocusesontheformgiventotheremediationcriterionusedtodeterminewhetherurgentremediationisnecessary.Theenvironmentalprotectionremediationcriterion(hereinafterreferredtoastheremediationcriterion)isincludedintheamendedtextofsection37oftheSoilProtectionAct.Thecircularalsodiscussesthedetailsoftheremediationobjective,asincludedintheamendedtextofsection38oftheSoilProtectionAct.InworkingouttheremediationobjectiveanattemptwasmadetoharmoniseitwiththeSoilQualityDecree.Thedecisiontoproduceacircularwastakenin2006withtheaimofprovidingclarityquicklyabouttheimplementationofthetwoarticles.Asaresultoftwoyears'practicalexperiencewiththiscircular,plusthewishtoharmoniseitwiththenewSoilQualityDecreeandthecessationoftheapplicationoftheCircularontargetvaluesandinterventionvaluesforsoilremediationasof1October2008,theamendmentstothiscircularfrom2006enterintoforceon1October2008.TheamendmentoftheCircularhaschangedtheinterventionvaluesforsoilremediation.Someundesirablesituationssince1October2008,namelyadditionalcasesofserioussoilcontamination,areaconsequenceoftheamendmentinthestandardisation.Themainproblemconcernsthestrictersoilinterventionvalueforthedrinssumvalue,whichhasledtoamassiveincreaseinthenumberof„casesofseriouscontamination‟asdefinedintheSoilProtectionAct.Thesoilinterventionvaluesfordrins(sum),DDEandDDThavebeenreconsideredasaconsequenceoftheseundesirableeffects.TheCircularwasamendedin2009toreflectthis.Thesoilinterventionvalueforbarium,theassessmentoflead-relatedriskstohumanhealth,andtheassessmentofurgencyonthebasisofecologicalrisks(step2)alsohavebeenamendedpartially.Amoreextensiveamendmentoftheassessmentofurgencyonthebasisofecologicalrisks(step2)isforeseenin2009.Thelawgivesthejurisdictiontodrawupgeneralregulationsforboththeremediationcriterionandtheremediationobjective.Practicalexperiencewiththiscircularwillbethebasisfordrawingupthoseregulations.1BulletinofActsandDecrees2005,6802SecondChamber,2001-2002,28199,no.13SecondChamber,2003-2004,28199,no.134BulletinofActsandDecrees2007,469SoilRemediationCircular200931.2StatusandscopeofthecircularandtheperioditwillremaininforceThiscircularhasthecharacterofdirectives,whichistosaythat,withaviewtoexercisingcautionindecision-making,thecompetentauthoritymusttakeintoaccounttheprovisionscontainedinthiscircular.Thedirectivesrelatetohistoricalcasesofsoilcontamination(adutyofcarehasappliedsince1987)butdonotconcernwaterbottoms.Thisisconnectedwithachangeinremediationmanagementforwaterbottoms.WhereastherulesoftheSoilProtectionActpreviouslyformedareasonfortheremediationofwaterbottoms,theEuropeanWaterFrameworkDirectiveisnowmoreofadeterminingfactorforsettingqualityrequirementsforwaterbottoms.TheMinisterofTransport,PublicWorksandWaterManagement,incooperationwiththeMinisterofHousing,SpatialPlanningandtheEnvironment,hasthereforeproducedaseparatecircular5.Thedirectivesonasbest