“Importance of the SAFEGROUNDS
guidance for the successful delivery
of land management and
decommissioning projects”
Sean Amos
Environmental Projects, AWE
© British Crown Copyright 2007/MOD
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So What am I going to talk about for 20
minutes ?
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Why ? A little bit of history
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Who ? The “players”
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What ? Outputs
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Does it work – why we think it is a good idea
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Example
The Future – moving forward
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Why develop SAFEGROUNDS
DD175:1988
CIRIA publications
(Remedial Treatment For Contaminated
Land 12 Volumes) 1990’s
BS10175:2000
**CLR11**
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Who ?
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AWE
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EA
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BNFL
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NII
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UKAEA
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SEPA
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British Energy
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MoD
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NGOs
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CBOs
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Other
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What ?
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Guidance
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Site Investigation
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Land Management
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Regulatory Framework
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SAFEGROUNDS - Principles
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Principle 1:
Protection of People and the Environment
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Principle 2:
Stakeholder Involvement
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Principle 3:
Identifying the Preferred Land Management Option
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Principle 4:
Immediate Action
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Principle 5:
Record-Keeping
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AWE
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Implementation – the problem holders.
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The management of contaminated land sites shall
be in accordance with best practice, based on the
most recent guidance. The risk management
framework, set out in the Environment Agency’s
document CLR 11 (see Guidance) shall be used
when assessing the suitability of development
sites at AWE and in the assessment of land
affected by legacy contamination. Appropriate
Health
and
Safety
Executive
and
SAFEGROUNDS guidance shall also be followed.
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SRD Requirements
Land
Plans /
BAAPS
Define Context and
Set Objectives
Perform
Characterisation
Characterisation and Monitoring requirements
Environmental Project
Advisor
Environmental Project
Advisor
Waste
Characterised Land
Input into Management Plan
Management
Options Appraisal
Remediation
options
identified
Environmental Project
Advisor
Develop
Remediation
Technique
Remediation
option
selected
Environmental Project
Advisor
Requirement to update plan based
on results of using the technique
Waste
Implementation of
Management
Strategy
Environmental Project
Advisor
Waste
Remediation
option
completed
Land fit for
purpose
Confirm End Point
Environmental Project
Advisor
Update Plans /
BAAPS
Assets
No requirement for prompt remediation
Customer Satisfaction Measures
AWE(A)
Characterisation
G>85% A>50% R<49%
Project Specific
Monitoring
A12Q Solvent
Remediation
Remediation of B
Area Source
ESSPH
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Implementation – the problem solvers
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Its free
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Its what the problem holders want
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The EA references SAFEGROUNDS in CLR11
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Site Characterisation – General (p 193)
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Guidance Specific to a particular Industry Sector
(p 197)
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Project Management – Communication (p 199)
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AWE Experience.
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Improvements to competitive tendering.
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Old School
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New Blood
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Challenges for you
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You are permanently on trial.
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Demonstration of knowledge in depth
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If you do not like something be prepared
to say so
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The Future
SAFEGROUNDS guidance revision project
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“The objective of the project is to produce a
second version of the SAFEGROUNDS
guidance on the management of contaminated
land (LMGv2) and corresponding versions of
existing and new SAFEGROUNDS supporting
documents”
CIRIA Research Project Specification - Revision of the SAFEGROUNDS Guidance on the Management of
Contaminated Land and its Supporting Documents (final), SAFEGROUNDS June 2006
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SAFEGROUNDS guidance revision project
Revised
LMGv2
Site
Characterisation
Options
Comparison
Regulatory
Framework v5
Citizens’ Guide
New
Risk Paper
Record Keeping
Stakeholder
Involvement
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Conclusions
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Ongoing commitment
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Ongoing development
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Increasing profile
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Benefits to users
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Acknowledgements
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Mike Pearl - UKAEA
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Mark Bentley - CIRIA
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Julian Cruickshank - BNG
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