Defra has issued a consultation on draft guidance in response to the specific recommendations of the Kirby report.
Their avowed aim is to improve the understanding of what the different regulatory regimes require in terms of investigative and remedial works.
They are specifically seeking views on the following:
1. Does the guidance provide an adequate summary of the regimes covered?
2. Are there other regimes that should be included?
3. Is the structure and amount of detail for various regimes helpful, for example, should the section on waste be shortened?
The closing date is 16 June 2004. If you wish to send comments for inclusion in the HBF response please e-mail sian.lewis@hbf.co.uk (S R Lewis).
The consultation can be found on the Defra website.