I am in the process of designating a site as a result of diesel spillage
and subsequent SI which has shown that the domestic residents are exposed
to unacceptable levels of aliphatic and aromatic, PAH and Benzene vapours.
Due to the fact that these substances are potentially carcinogenic and the
residents have been exposed to them for approx 2-3 years I am hoping to
require urgent remediation.
However the legislation states tht in able for this to take place there
needs to be an imminent danger of serious harm. Whilst I am satisfied that
the harm meets the definition of serious in the LA guide and also C.39 in
Stat Guidance I am worried about the definition of "imminent" (LA Guide ch
E2) which is stated as meaning "about to occur" or that imminent "refers to
events (already) occurring or could be expected to occur within a matter of
days or a few weeks".
I wondered if anyone else experience in dealing with "Urgent
Remediation" in similar circumstances e.g. on the basis of chronic exposure
to carcinogens - Would you want to remediate on an urgent basis or wait and
go
through the normal process?
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