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Current
Supplement
Core Supplement
Abstract
Comprises the second section of Land Contamination Risk Management (LCRM) guidance, providing details on how to assess and manage the risks from historic land contamination. Covers: technical approach to risk assessment; tier 1: preliminary risk assessment; tier 2: generic quantitative risk assessment; tier 3: detailed quantitative risk assessment; intrusive site investigation; chemical testing of soils; rapid measurement techniques; and risk assessment reporting requirements.
History
Last updated: 12 June 2025 - Updated the section ‘Dealing with new pollution to soil and groundwater’ to make it clearer when you can and cannot use LCRM for a pollution incident. Revised the 'competent person' section. Clarified use of the word ‘regulator’. Replaced the term ‘existing contamination’ with ‘historic contamination’. Revised and improved sections on planning and Part 2A Contaminated land. Clarified that rapid measurement techniques (RMT) can be used for all stages of LCRM where an intrusive investigation is required provided the requirements of the RMT protocol and MCERTS are met. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/land-contamination-risk-management-lcrm/lcrm-stage-1-risk-assessment and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published: 8 October 2020.
Subjects
- Special subject areas
- Environmental issues/energy
- Pollution/waste disposal/contaminated land
- Contaminated land
Publisher History
The Environment Agency is responsible for protecting and improving the environment in England and Wales. They publish a range of technical guidance, reports, policies and research material to promote a cleaner and healthier place to live in.