CONTAMINATED LAND MANAGEMENT ACT 1997 - SECT 16 Actions that may be required by management order

CONTAMINATED LAND MANAGEMENT ACT 1997 - SECT 16

16 Actions that may be required by management order

Without limiting section 14 or 15, a management order may require a person who is subject to the order to do any one or more of the following--

(a) to investigate the existence, nature and extent of any significant contamination of the significantly contaminated land to which the order relates,

(b) to investigate the nature and extent of any harm that has been or may be caused by the significant contamination of the land,

(c) to investigate the most appropriate means for undertaking remediation of the land,

(d) to carry out remediation of the land,

(e) to monitor the effectiveness of any remediation or the risk of harm presented by the significant contamination of the land,

(f) to erect a fence, wall, bund or other barrier in a specified place on the land,

(g) to treat, store or contain on the land, or remove from the land and treat or dispose of, any solid or liquid materials including any soil, sand, rock or water,

(h) to vacate, or cease to carry on any activity on, the land or any part of it,

(i) to display on the land any specified sign or notice,

(j) to refrain from disturbing or further disturbing the land in a specified manner or below a specified depth,

(k) to enter any specified land (which may, but need not, be the significantly contaminated land) in order to carry out the management order,

(l) to serve notice of the management order on those persons who occupy land, access to which is necessary for the person to carry out the management order,

(m) to have specified actions audited by a site auditor under Part 4,

(n) to make progress reports to the EPA,

(o) if the person finds that groundwater is contaminated, to report that fact to the Minister administering the Water Management Act 2000 ,

(p) to make available for inspection by any person, free of charge, a report on the action taken under the management order, or the plan of management, and provide a copy of such a report or plan to any person for a reasonable fee,

(q) to advertise and conduct meetings for the public to receive progress reports, and to make comments, on the action taken under the management order or on the plan of management,

(r) to inform the EPA of any change in the ownership or occupancy of the land, to the extent that the person is aware of the change.