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:

• Promoting and participating in the development of recognised standards and guidelines on evidence based good practice
• Identifying and providing opportunities for the industry and local and central government to engage with one another, share knowledge and identify industry priorities
• Encouraging continuing professional development throughout the industry and providing opportunities to enable this
• Supporting the Certified Environmental Practitioner Contaminated Land Specialist Scheme
• Establishing and maintaining relationships with relevant stakeholders
• Identifying and encouraging strategic and commercially relevant research and development

Who is on the steering committee?

What is our work programme?

• Work with the Ministry for the Environment to identify how the steering committee could assist in updating and implementing the contaminated land management framework
• Provide continuing professional development opportunities at WasteMINZ events
• Identify opportunities to bring international speakers to WasteMINZ events
• Promote the adoption of the CEnvP Contaminated Land Specialist scheme through WasteMINZ’s communication channels
• Work with the Ministry for the Environment, Local Government New Zealand, Regional Waste and Contaminated Land Officers’ Forum, WorkSafe New Zealand, Property Institute, District Health Boards and Resource Management Law Association to develop and promote good practice throughout the industry
• Establish what contaminated land management courses tertiary institutions are offering throughout New Zealand and identify the gaps
• Build relationships with the relevant people at tertiary institutions and explore opportunities to offer more relevant content and courses in their programmes

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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.

CEnvP (Contaminated Land Specialist) – background and key information

For further information please visit www.CEnvP.org or contact Peta Haasbroek at info@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.

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.