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Ecological risk assessment of contaminated land Joop Vegter COMMON FORUM

Ecological risk assessment of contaminated land Joop Vegter COMMON FORUM Risk based management framework The “Nunspeet” workshop Concluding remarks COMMON FORUM State-of-the-Art & Research Needs For more information: CARACAS Book – Vol. 1 “Scientific Basis“ Risk

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Ecological risk assessment of contaminated land Joop Vegter COMMON FORUM

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  1. Ecological risk assessment of contaminated landJoop Vegter COMMON FORUM • Risk based management framework • The “Nunspeet” workshop • Concluding remarks

  2. COMMON FORUM

  3. State-of-the-Art &Research Needs For more information: CARACAS Book – Vol. 1 “Scientific Basis“

  4. Risk

  5. Risk Based Land Management • Risk:potential or actual adverse environmental (and socio-economic) effects • Human health • Ecological health • As related to human landuse (agriculture,gardens, parks) • Nature, wildlife • Hydrological cycle (spreading to groundwater and surface waters) • Buildings • Land • spatial soil management unit • Management • Manager: industrial owner, municipality, province • Decisions: clean up, landuse restrictions, monitoring, spatial planning, aftercare, and other issues

  6. Key issues in decision making • The time frame • Assessment of risks and priorities • Longer term effects of particular choices • The choice of solution • Assessment of overall benefits, costs and environmental side effects • Value and circumstances of the land • Community views and other issues • Objectives • Fitness for use • Protection of the environment • Long-term care

  7. The “Nunspeet” workshop • Initiated by CLARINET • Comparison of approaches • USA: wildlife oriented • EU: soil resource oriented • Assessment of chemicals vs. assessment of soil • Common ground • A tiered approach • Toolboxes • Informal ecorisk network • Focal points CONSOIL and SETAC meetings • LIBERATION and NOMIRACLE projects

  8. Concluding remark:“Be careful with EU harmonization” • Contaminated land management differs from environmental “anti pollution” policies • Legacies from the past • Finite clean up programs versus permanent care in other environmental policies • Various stages of completion in EU-MS • Decision making criteria may vary accordingly • A complete inventory is not feasible in a reasonable number of years, action cannot wait for inventory based priority setting • Spatial planning becomes the driving force in most clean ups

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