Assessment and reclamation of contaminated land / editors, R.E. Hester and R.M. Harrison.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hester, R. E. (Ronald Ernest), 1936-

Harrison, Roy M., 1948-

Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)

Series:

Issues in environmental science and technology 1350-7583 ; 16.

Issues in environmental science and technology 1350-7583 ; 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soil pollution--Great Britain.

Soil pollution.

Soil pollution--Law and legislation--Great Britain.

Soil remediation--Great Britain.

Soil remediation.

Reclamation of land--Great Britain.

Reclamation of land.

Soil pollution--Law and legislation.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xiii, 164 pages : illustrations, 2 portraits ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry, [2001]

Contents:

The Extent of Contaminated Land Problems and the Scientific Response / Simon J. T. Pollard, Malcolm Lythgo, Raquel Duarte-Davidson 1

1 The Origins of Contaminated Land Problems 1

2 The Extent of the Challenge 3

3 Developments in the Science Base 6

The New UK Contaminated Land Regime / Malcolm Lowe, Judith Lowe 21

3 The Part IIA System 24

4 Dealing with 'Risk' 29

5 Making People Pay 35

6 Part IIA as a 'Regulatory System' 39

7 The State of Play 42

Identifying and Dealing with Contaminated Land / Mark Kibblewhite 45

2 Site Assessment 46

3 Risk Management 58

4 Measurement of Site Contamination 60

Contaminated Land and the Link with Health / Andrew J. Kibble, Patrick J. Saunders 65

2 Exposure 66

3 Health Studies 73

Human Health Risk Assessment: Guideline Values and Magic Numbers / C. Paul Nathanail, Naomi Earl 85

1 Land Contamination Policy 85

2 Risk Assessment 88

3 What Is a Guideline Value? 89

4 The Use of Guideline Values 93

5 The CLEA Model 96

6 The SNIFFER Framework 101

Ecological Risk Assessment under the New Contaminated Land Regime / Michael Quint 103

1 Background and Legal Context 103

2 Harm to Ecological Receptors 104

3 General Approach to the Assessment of Land Under the New Regime 105

4 Assessing Whether Significant Harm to Ecological Receptors Is Occurring 106

5 Assessing the Possibility of Significant Harm Occurring 108

6 The Environment Agency's Suggested Approach 109

7 Guideline Values 111

Remediation Methods for Contaminated Sites / Peter Wood 115

2 Summary of Remediation Approaches 116

3 Selected Innovative Approaches 129

Legal Liabilities and Insurance Aspects of Contaminated Land / Anthony J. Lennon 141

2 Contaminated Land 141

3 Statutory Provisions in the UK 142

4 Sale of Land/Businesses 143

5 Principles of Insurance 144

6 History of Environmental Insurance 146

7 Land Owners and Environmental Liabilities 148

8 Pollution Liabilities for Contaminated Land Sites 148

9 Current Manufacturing Activities 149

10 Environmental Insurance 150

11 Environmental Consultants 154

12 Collateral Warranties 155

13 Contractors 156.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

085404275X

OCLC:

48533714