Hi All,
Just as a follow up on this, I can confirm Atkins is aware of this issue and the following text is included on the 'general queries' page on the ATRISKsoil website:
"Atkins confidentiality clauses are designed to prevent wholesale copying and distribution of the SSVs and WSVs and supporting data to non-subscribers. It is felt that this could result in misapplication, and in due course the use of out of date values, as well as compromising Atkins intellectual property rights.
However, it is understood that to use these values in the manner intended (e.g. to appraise screening values quoted in reports, to appraise the need for site-specific detailed quantitative risk assessment, or to identify potential mistakes in approaches taken to risk assessment) there may be a need for a subscriber occasionally to present both specific SSVs and selected background information to a third party. This is why toxicological and modelling parameter information which supports the use of the SSVs is available to subscribers to the website. Such use of the information contained on the website would not be considered by Atkins to be a breach of the subscription agreement."
I hope that helps clear things up. Thanks to Gareth for highlighting that our SSVs are available free of charge to all local authorities from the Atrisksoil website (which has been recently updated).
Kind Regards
Tim
Tim R. Morgan
C.WEM CSci CEnv
Senior Environmental Scientist, Water and Environment
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