Contaminated Land Management

Why do we exist and what are we trying to achieve for the industry?

The sector group was established to promote good practice contaminated land management by:

• Providing good practice for the industry
• Developing relationships with relevant stakeholders
• Providing networking and knowledge sharing opportunities
• Encouraging clear and concise legislation

Who is on the steering committee?

What is our work programme?

• Promote and participate in developing recognised standards and guidelines on evidence-based good practice
• Support the Certified Environmental Practitioner Site Contamination Specialist Scheme
• Identify and provide opportunities for industry and regulators to engage, share knowledge, build strong relationships and identify priorities
• Make cross-sector submissions to policy proposals that impact the contaminated land sector
• Encourage continuing professional development throughout the industry and provide opportunities to enable this
• Promote and encourage the presence of young professionals in information sharing opportunities
• Establish and maintain relationships with relevant stakeholders

Publications

To view the strategic plan click here.

To view the 2018/2019 work plan click here.

To view the latest minutes click here.

What are the past projects that the sector group has developed or assisted in?

Certified Environmental Practitioner Contaminated Land Specialist Category

WasteMINZ’s NES Working Group worked with the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ) to develop a trans-Tasman certification scheme for contaminated land practitioners.  The Certified Environmental Practitioner Contaminated Land Specialist category was launched by EIANZ in December 2015.  The scheme is one means of satisfying the SQEP requirement in the NES regulations.

For further information please visit www.CEnvP.org

Factsheets

The sector group helped develop the Contaminated Land factsheets. These factsheets have been developed to support property owners to understand their responsibilities under the National Environmental Standard for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health (NES Soil) regulations for potentially contaminated land.

The factsheets can be downloaded here.

Submissions

• Submission to the Ministry for the Environment: Working towards a comprehensive framework for managing contaminated land in New Zealand (2007)
• Submission to the Ministry for the Environment: Proposed National Environmental Standard for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil (2010)
• Submission to the Ministry for the Environment: Proposed revisions to Contaminated Land Management Guidelines No. 1:  Reporting on Contaminated Sites in New Zealand (2016 Consultation Draft) (CLMG 1) and Contaminated Land Management Guidelines No. 5:  Site Investigation and Analysis of Soils (2016) Consultation Draft)
• Submission to WorkSafe New Zealand: Management and removal of asbestos – draft Code of Practice (2016)
• Submission to the Ministry for the Environment: Proposed amendments to the National Environmental Standard for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health (2016)
• Submission to the Ministry for the Environment:  Support for the Certified Environmental Practitioners (Site Contamination) Certification Scheme (2018)
• Submission to the Ministry for the Environment:  Consultation draft of sampling and analysis of per- and poly-fluorinated substances (2018)

Workshops

• National Environmental Standard & Contaminated Land Fundamentals Workshops (2012)
• Coming to terms with the National Environmental Standard for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health (2013)
• NES interactive workshop: A practical solutions focused workshop run by TAs for TAs  (2014)
• Assessing and consenting a contaminated land site (2014)
• Interpreting the changes to Guidelines 1 & 5 (2016)
• Asbestos in soils – have we solved the problem? (2017)
• Better consent conditions, compliance and reporting (2018)

How can I access more information?

To find out more about this sector group or to join (so that you can receive information about the sector group), please contact our Sector Group Projects Manager Nic Quilty or call her on 09 476 7167.