Published in Scientific Papers. Series E. Land Reclamation, Earth Observation & Surveying, Environmental Engineering, Vol. V
Written by Patricia MOCANU, Laurentiu MOCANU
This paper focuses on the application of the usual approach for the environmental assessment of former industrial sites which were disaffected and now are the subject of a real estate transaction or which are brownfields. The existing Romanian legislation in this field lacks content and must to be completed with other available regulations, even the Romanian GD 1408/2007 on the methods of investigation and assessment of pollution of soil and subsoil was approved but the implementation rules not yet been published. This happens in a context where there is no EU legislation in this matter. To achieve the necessary investigations in order to identify and quantify the pollution of the geological media, most environmental consultants resort to ASTM standards. Besides, the success of the approach is provided by a rich professional experience of the environmental assessors involved. The case study presented in this paper refers to the approach taken to investigate and to quantify the potential historical pollution for a former industrial land, after the end of activities.
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