Working Group on Contamination: Soil Thematic Strategy

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Directorate-General for the Environment, European Commission

2004

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VOLUME I

Executive summary and strategic overview - Draft Final Report March 2004

List of contents

1 FOREWORD 1

2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2

2.1 General introduction 2

2.2 Organisation of the work 3

2.3 Main conclusions 4

2.3.1 Mandates and cross-cutting issues 4

2.3.2 Task group Local Sources 5

2.3.3 Task group Diffuse Inputs 5

2.3.4 Task group Contaminated Land Management 7

2.4 Recommendations 9

2.4.1 Recommendations for Policy 9

2.4.2 Recommendations for Monitoring 11

2.4.3 Recommendations for Research 15

3 REFLECTIONS ON SOIL, SOIL PROTECTION AND SOIL CONTAMINATION 19

3.1 A definition of soil 19

3.2 The "soil system" approach 19

3.3 Source-oriented soil protection 20

3.4 Contaminated land management 22

3.5 Soil contamination by atmospheric deposition and by surface water 24

4 THE STATUS OF SOIL CONTAMINATION IN EUROPE 25

4.1 Introduction 25

4.2 Diffuse inputs 26

4.3 Local sources 27

4.4 Contaminated land 30

4.5 A general picture of the extent of soil contamination in the enlarged EU 32

4.5.1 Agriculture 32

4.5.2 Natural areas 32

4.5.3 Urban areas and infrastructure 32

4.5.4 Sediments 33

4.5.5 Conclusions 33

4.6 DPSIR 34

5 DPSIR AS BASIS FOR THE DESIGN OF SOLUTIONS 36

5.1 Risk assessment 37

5.2 What type of soil policy do we need at the EU level 38

6 MONITORING SOIL AND SOIL PROTECTION 40

6.1 Introduction 40

6.2 Monitoring as perceived by the TWG contamination 41

6.3 The need for information and monitoring in the EU thematic strategy for soil 42

6.3.1 National inventories 43

6.3.2 Comparability of existing data 43

6.4 Monitoring proposals from TWG contamination 44

6.4.1 Action-driven monitoring - a general approach to monitoring and reporting of soil contamination

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6.4.2 Classical monitoring 45

6.5 Concluding remarks 50

7 CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES 51

7.1 Basic definitions 51

7.2 Climate change 51

7.3 Environment and health 52

7.4 Biodiversity 52

7.5 Role of land use planning policy 53

7.6 Role of agriculture and forestry in revitalising soil 53

7.7 Co-ordination of the world-wide dimension 53

7.8 Awareness, communication and participation 54

7.9 Property rights related to soil and soil data 54

8 REFERENCES 56

VOLUME II

Task Group on Prevention of Contamination from Local Sources

CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS I

LOCAL SOURCES: WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? 1

Major sources 1

Major impacts 2

Major contaminants involved 4

Economic and social burden 4

Available data on local sources 6

Industry 6

Mining 7

Waste Management 7

Traffic 7

THE CURRENT SITUATION: WHAT IS BEING DONE TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION FROM

LOCAL SOURCES 8

Industry 9

Accident prevention 9

Pollution Prevention 10

Voluntary agreements 10

Conclusions 10

Mining (Extractive Industries) 11

Conclusions 12

Waste Management 12

Conclusions 14

Traffic 14

Conclusions 14

Liability 14

Conclusions 15

Environmental Impacts 15

Conclusions 16

FUTURE NEEDS TO EFFICIENTLY PREVENT FUTURE SOIL CONTAMINATION FROM LOCAL

SOURCES 16

Establishment of a commonly accepted list of potential polluters 16

Requirement of soil assessment at the start and end of defined activities 16

Strengthening of legally binding guarantee to avoid soil pollution from local sources 16

Recognition of soil pollution in BAT documents 17

Strengthening prevention of soil pollution in SMEs 17

Awareness raising 17

Surveying Point Source Safety in view of soil pollution at EU and national level 17

Needs to improve existing information sources 18

Research needs 19

REVIEWED EU LEGISLATION 19

Industry 19

Mining 19

Waste Management 19

Traffic 20

Environmental Liability 20

Assessment of effects on the Environment 20

ANNEXES 20

VOLUME III

Task Group on Diffuse Inputs: Towards a soil protection strategy for diffuse inputs to soil

LIST OF CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1

General introduction 1

Monitoring recommendations 4

Research recommendations 5

TOWARDS A SOIL PROTECTION STRATEGY FOR DIFFUSE INPUTS TO SOIL 8

Preface 8

General Introduction 10

Diffuse inputs in relation to the DPSIR framework 11

Driving Forces 11

Pressures 12

State 12

Impact 12

Response 14

The choice of the most appropriate response 16

A policy-oriented approach for the reduction of diffuse inputs 17

Conclusions and policy recommendations 18

General policy recommendations 19

Specific recommendations for manure and slurries 20

Specific recommendations for sludges 20

Specific recommendations for compost 20

Introduction to the contributions from members of the task group 21

VOLUME IV

Task Group on Contaminated Land Management

Table of Content

SOIL THEMATIC STRATEGY 1

TASKGROUP CONTAMINATED LAND MANAGEMENT 1

1. TABLE OF CONTENT 2

2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS 4

2.1. Monitoring Recommendations 6

2.2. Research Recommendations 6

2.3. Policy Recommendations 6

3. DRAFT REPORT OF THE WORKING GROUP MARCH 2004 6

3.1. Preamble 6

3.2. Contaminated Land Management: what are we talking about? 6