Dealing with Contaminated Land, Env Ag, January 2009
A total of 781 sites had been determined as contaminated land under Part 2A in England (659) and Wales (122) by the end of March 2007. Of these, 35 were designated special sites (33 for England and two for Wales).
About 10% of contaminated land sites are dealt with through Part 2A
By March 07 144 non-special sites had been completely remediated.
From the start of Part 2A until the end of March 2007, the Env Ag were asked to inspect, or oversee the inspection of, 144 potential special sites in England and Wales at a cost of around £4 million. Inspections are ongoing for 59 sites, of those we inspected, 35 became designated special sites, five of which have been fully remediated.
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