2. Land quality to be improved to protect present and future uses of the land by: Preventing contamination Managing pollution (e.g. remediation)
3. The land owner: Is responsible for the prevention, assessment & clean-up of contamination This does not take away from the responsibility of the polluter)
4. ASSESSMENT OF CONTAMINATED LAND Competent Authority / Sector Regulators to consider: The effects of contamination The sources and extent (horizontal and vertical) Nature of the pollutants Views of the people affected Background contamination levels