Contaminated Land and Ground Remediation

When considering land or soils on projects, you need to meet the local and / or regional legislative requirements. Therefore, consideration of the Resource Management (National Environmental Standard for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health) Regulations 2011 (NESCS) is required for activities such as subdivision, change in land use and soil disturbance on land that is being / has been / is more likely than not to have been subject to certain activities or industries listed on the Ministry for the Environment’s (MfE’s) Hazardous Activities and Industries List (HAIL).

The list is a compilation of activities and industries that are considered likely to cause land contamination resulting from hazardous substance use, storage or disposal. The HAIL is intended to identify most situations in New Zealand where hazardous substances could cause, and in many cases have caused, land contamination. The HAIL groups similar industries together, which typically use or store hazardous substances that could cause contamination if these substances escaped from safe storage, were disposed of on the site, or were lost to the environment through their use.