41. Contaminated land register

  1. The Minister must keep a national contaminated land register of investigation areas that includes information on-
    1. the owners and any users of investigation areas;
    2. the location of investigation areas;
    3. the nature and origin of the contamination;
    4. whether an investigation area-
      1. is contaminated, presents a risk to health or the environment, and must be remediated urgently;
      2. is contaminated, presents a risk to health or the environment, and must be remediated within a specified period;
      3. is contaminated and does not present an immediate risk, but measures are required to address the monitoring and management of that risk; or
      4. is not contaminated;
    5. the status of any remediation activities on investigation areas; and
    6. restrictions of use that have been imposed on investigation areas.
  2. The Minister may change the status of an investigation area contemplated in subsection (1)(d)(i) or (ii) as provided for in subsection (1)(d)(iii) or (iv) if a remediation order has been complied with or other circumstances eventuate that justify such a change.
  3. An MEC who has identified an investigation area must furnish the relevant information to the Minister for recording in the national contaminated land register.
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