Report On Provisions Of Environment Law of UK
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ENVIRONMENT LAW
TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3Contaminated land regime .........................................................................................................3Significant harm to human health...............................................................................................4Liability for remediation of contaminated land..........................................................................5Cases that proves that contaminated land regime is effective for clean-up ofland6CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11
INTRODUCTIONEnvironment is a factor about which most of people and scientists are concerned. Thereare several rules and regulations that are controlling pollution developed by many nations. In UKthere is a contaminated land regime which is used to clean up polluted land. This report discussvarious provisions of this law. Conclusion is derived on the basis of discussion of theseprovisions and same is verified by analyzing different case studies. All these case studies showdifferent situations decision taken by nations in these conditions. Contaminated land regime Contaminated land regime is a very important law and it is used to make sure that land ofUK is contamination free from harmful pollutants. This law came in existence in 2000 whenenvironment protectionist said that harmful pollutants are deteriorating quality of soil becausefirms are releasing their harmful pollutants in water and there is improper disposal of humanwastes and other chemicals used at homes. Due to pollution in ground water land, the land getscontaminated. This pollution of the land in the UK has caused the government to prepare somespecial rules and regulations to curb this problem that is threatening the survival of human andother animals in UK. Under this law responsibility of local authorities are determined in terms ofsteps that they need to take in order to control and reduce pollutants on the land (Titirici. andet.al., 2012). This law to prevent significant harm to human health and even other animals. Inresearch it has been found that if land is contaminated, then it affect human health and animals tolarge extent. This not only affect human health but also affect plants and other small livingorganism that are on and under that land. To protect land aesthetic deterioration and to keepgeneral public healthy this law was developed to bring in the UK into a safe state. Under this lawresponsibilities of the owner of land were determined and many other relevant provisions wereadded. In the same order it was to make sure that in every situation someone is liable for landcontamination. The contaminated land regime has been effective in ensuring the clean-up of land. Thisis achieved by ensuring that every company and anybody is liable for land contamination. Inorder to understand effectiveness of this law it is necessary to understand the terms that are usedin this law. As per this law land is considered contaminated when it is polluted by heavy metals,oils, tars, gases and radioactive substances (Chen. and Chai, 2010), chemicals and human wastes.
This means that if any firm throw its metal of radioactive products garbage on nearby land thensame will be said to be polluted and the company will be held liable by the law for contaminatingthe land. Thus, it is clear from the definition that if harmful substances are thrown to the land itwill also be considered as being polluted. As per this law, if the owner of the land or person whopollute the land will be liable and will be required to clean the land. Legal definition ofcontaminated land is a land where substance put a negative impact of species, human beings,plants and other living organism. The groundwater is said to be contaminated if it. In this law s isnot fit for any organism consumption. The sources from which land is contaminated are clearlymentioned. The sources from which main pollutant spread on land are refineries, mines, landfillsand former factories (Earthscan.Harris, 2012). Under this law liable person is responsible forremediation and he will be judged by the law notifying him/her from relevant authority.Remediation service means that body of government is cleaning a land and liable person has topay the authority concerned with collecting of the garbage polluting of the land. It can be saidthat in this law definition of contaminated land is clearly determined and liability of relevantauthorities as well as persons is fixed. Therefore this law is effective and ensuring cleaning ofland. Significant harm to human healthAs per this law it is responsibility of the local authority to identify possibility of humanharm by visiting a location. If relevant authority feel that due to contaminated substance humanharm is happening then it can take serious actions against liable person (Wang, Wang. and Ma,2010). The significant harm to people is measured by identifying the number of sickness casesin specific geographic area. Some of the diseases caused by the contamination of the land ischolera, typhoid and others that are life threatening. The pollution of the also affect humanindirectly by causing death of plants that are main source of food for human. This makes humansurvival hard. The pollution of the land also affect the small living organisms that enabledecomposition of organics products making manure that provide foods for the plants. In somecases local authority can assess level of contamination of land and its impact solely or partiallyon the basis of estimation of risk that may occur due to consistent use of land for throwinggarbage on land. To decide whether possibility of harm is high, relevant authority determine thatpolluted items on land and whether they are severely affecting people. Under this law it isresponsibility of the local authority to assume that there is no any significant harm exists on
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