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“Importance of the SAFEGROUNDS guidance for the successful delivery of land management and

decommissioning projects”

Sean AmosSean AmosEnvironmental Projects, AWE Environmental Projects, AWE

© British Crown Copyright 2007/MOD

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So What am I going to talk about for 20 minutes ?

Why ? A little bit of history

Who ? The “players”

What ? Outputs

Does it work – why we think it is a good idea

Example

The Future – moving forward

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Why develop SAFEGROUNDS

DD175:1988

CIRIA publications (Remedial Treatment For ContaminatedLand 12 Volumes) 1990’s

BS10175:2000

**CLR11**

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Who ? AWE

BNFL

UKAEA

British Energy

MoD

EA

NII

SEPA

NGOs

CBOs

Other

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What ? Guidance

Site Investigation

Land Management

Regulatory Framework

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SAFEGROUNDS - Principles Principle 1:

Protection of People and the Environment

Principle 2: Stakeholder Involvement

Principle 3: Identifying the Preferred Land Management Option

Principle 4: Immediate Action

Principle 5: Record-Keeping

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AWE

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Implementation – the problem holders.

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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Define Context and Set Objectives

Environmental Project Advisor

Develop Remediation Technique

Environmental Project Advisor

Confirm End Point

Environmental Project Advisor

Implementation of Management

Strategy

Environmental Project Advisor

Perform Characterisation

Environmental Project Advisor

Management Options Appraisal

Environmental Project Advisor

Characterisation and Monitoring requirements

Plans / BAAPS

WasteWaste

No requirement for prompt remediation

Characterised LandInput into Management Plan

Land fit for purpose

Land

Requirement to update plan based on results of using the technique

SRD Requirements

Update Plans / BAAPS

Waste

Assets

Remediation options

identif ied

Remediation option

selected

Remediation option

completed

AWE(A) Characterisation

Project Specific Monitoring

A12Q Solvent Remediation

Remediation of B Area Source

Customer Satisfaction Measures G>85% A>50% R<49%

ESSPH

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Implementation – the problem solvers

Its free

Its what the problem holders want

The EA references SAFEGROUNDS in CLR11

Site Characterisation – General (p 193)

Guidance Specific to a particular Industry Sector (p 197)

Project Management – Communication (p 199)

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AWE Experience.

Improvements to competitive tendering.

Old School

New Blood

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Challenges for you

You are permanently on trial.

Demonstration of knowledge in depth

If you do not like something be prepared to say so

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The Future

“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”

SAFEGROUNDS guidance revision project

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

LMGv2

Site Characterisation

OptionsComparison

Regulatory Framework v5

Citizens’ Guide Risk Paper Record Keeping

StakeholderInvolvement

Revised

New

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Conclusions Ongoing commitment

Ongoing development

Increasing profile

Benefits to users

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Acknowledgements

Mike Pearl - UKAEA

Mark Bentley - CIRIA

Julian Cruickshank - BNG