Contaminated Land and its Reclamation (Hardcover)

This volume discusses the main issues concerning contaminated land and its reclamation and deals with recent developments of a legal, technical and professional nature, relating these to methods of risk assessment and their application. It reviews the role of the professional environmental consultant in providing specialist advice on site evaluation and remediation techniques and sets out the main features of current procedures on UK Government policy and controls. The book reviews the key development in the UK since the late 1970s, including the Environmental Protection Act (EPA) 1990, the European Commission Green Paper on Environmental Liability, the consultation paper Paying for Our Past, the policy paper Framework for Contaminated Land and the Environment Act 1995. Remediation methods designed to clean up contaminated land are discussed as is the process of selecting the best practicable environmental option. The role of a regional development agency in improving the environment and the local economy through the reclamation of derelict and contaminated land is described. An examination of the legal liabilities and insurance aspects of contaminated land is also provided.