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July 2010 headlines (issue 42)

Grant window open until August
The second bidding window for the contaminated land capital projects programme is open until 12 August.

South Cambs declares Cottenham special site
South Cambridgeshire District Council last month took action to designate land at 34 Lambs Lane, Cottenham, a special site under Part 2A.

Stolen pump plea
Isle of Anglesey County Council has appealed to the public for help in securing the return of a vital pump stolen from the Henwaith settlement ponds, near Penysarn, which was designated contaminated land last year after raised levels of arsenic and lead were found at the former copper mine.

Howard sets out principles
Environment Agency senior advisor Trevor Howard has explained the Guiding principles for land contamination, announced in last month’s issue, to CLB.

Northern Ireland takes action on soil reuse
Guidance on the sustainable re-use of greenfield soil in construction has been published by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency.

Agency underwhelms on radon
The Health Protection Agency has decided against cutting its radon “action level” in the wake of last year’s advice from the World Health Organisation.

Spanish presidency fails on soil directive
The European Environment Bureau has published an assessment of the environmental results of the Spanish presidency of the EU, which ran from January to June of this year.

Study to probe blood lead levels
The Health Protection Agency is to carry out research into the extent of lead poisoning among children in the UK and Ireland.

Site sought for worm bioavailability project
Kevin Cheynier, a PhD student with the earthworm research group within the School of Built and Natural Environment at the University of Central Lancashire, is seeking a suitable contaminated site to carry out experiments aimed at increasing the understanding of the effects of soil pollutants on earthworms and their ecology, focusing specifically on the bioavailability of pollutants to the worms.

HPA assuages locals’ odour fears
Despite worried locals, it is “very unlikely” remediation of the former Bayer CropScience site Hauxton will cause health problems for residents, the Health Protection Agency has said after analysis of the most recent 28-day monitoring results for air quality around the site.Works are being carried out by Vertase FLI for South Cambridgeshire Council

Excellent CEEQUAL score for Avenue clean-up
The Avenue Coking Works project has received an excellent rating under the civil engineering environmental quality assessment and awards scheme.

Having the heretical debate
CLB talks to John Waters, ERM’s commercial director and head of contaminated site management for EMEA, about making remediation more sustainable – even if it means rethinking risk assessment

Liverpool guidance
Liverpool City Council’s environmental protection unit has revised its developer and consultant’s guide for assessment of potentially contaminated land since its last publication in 2008.

ELQF event
The East Land Quality Forum will be holding an event titled Brownfield regeneration in challenging times in Peterborough on 30 September.

BSI consultation
BSI is consulting on a draft code of practice for the investigation of potentially contaminated land. The closing date for comments is 6 September.

NDA cuts jobs
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority will shed 30% of its 300-strong workforce in an organisational shake-up.

New name for LRT
The Land Restoration Trust has become the Land Trust.

Hammonds team
Hammonds has expanded its safety, health, environment and regulatory group with the appointment of the former national head of the environment group at Eversheds and two senior environmental lawyers.

SEPA investigation
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency is investigating accusations in a local paper that soil contaminated with oil and diesel has been dumped on the foreshore at Portgordon.

Winter reading
Remediation of former manufactured gas plants and other coal tar sites, by Allen Hatheway, will be available from January 2011.

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