Contaminated Sites
The term “contaminated site” refers to all areas
where, following previous or current human activities, an
alteration of the land, surface and underground waters has been
certified with concentrations exceeding standards established by
regulations.
Laws referring to contaminated sites are being amended. Ministerial
Decree no. 471/99 on “Regulations containing criteria,
procedures and modalities for the environmental security,
reclamation and recovery of polluted sites” was replaced by
Section V “Reclamation of contaminated sites”,
Chapter Four of Legislative Decree no. 152/06, which is also being
amended.
Within this changing legal framework, APAT’s role is to
formulate and update guidelines for activities related to the
characterization and reclamation of contaminated sites. Some of
these documents were drawn up in conjunction with the Ministry of
Environment, Land and Sea Protection as well as other bodies
involved in this theme.
The documents have been collected in three sections:
