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Guidance specific to particular industrial or commercial sectors (INFO-PM1)

ICRCL Guidance Notes: (INFO-PM1a).

• The Development and After-use of Landfill Sites, 17/78, Eighth Edition, 1990 (PDF, 8MB)
• The Redevelopment of Gasworks Sites, 18/79, Fifth Edition, 1986 (PDF, 4.7MB)
• The Redevelopment of Sewage Works and Farms, 23/79, Second Edition 1983 (PDF, 2.3KB)
• The Redevelopment of Scrap Yards and Similar Sites, 42/80, Second Edition, 1983 (PDF, 1.6KB)
• The Fire Hazards of Contaminated Land, 61/84, Second Edition, 1986 (PDF, 7MB)
• Asbestos on Contaminated Sites, 64/85, Second Edition, 1990 (PDF, 7MB)
• The Restoration and Aftercare of Metalliferous mining sites for pasture and grazing, 70/90, 1990 (PDF, 15.6MB)

Construction Sector

• Construction Code of Practice for the Sustainable Use if Soils on Construction Sites, Defra 2009 - withdrawn 15th May 2018

Nuclear and Defence Sites

• Good Practice Guidance for the Management of Contaminated Land on Nuclear Licensed and Defence Sites, SAFEGROUNDS Learning Network, CIRIA. updated 2009. (INFO-PM1f)
• Approach to Managing Contaminated Land on Nuclear Licensed and Defence Sites – An Introduction, SAFEGROUNDS Learning Network, CIRIA. 2009.
• The UK Regulatory Framework for Contaminated Land on Nuclear Licensed Sites and Defence Sites, SAFEGROUNDS Learning Network, CIRIA. 2010.
• Land Contamination Management - Land Quality Assessment (LQA) Practitioner Guide 07/12, Ministry of Defence, 25 January 2013.
• Developing Cost Estimates for Environmental Remediation Projects, No. NW-T-3.8, IAEA Nuclear Energy Series, 2019.
• SAFEGROUNDS

Gasworks Sites

• Gasworks Profile A: The History and Operation of Gasworks (Manufactured Gas Plants) in Britain
• Gasworks Profile B: Gasholders and their Tanks
• Gasworks Profile C: Water Gas Plants
• Gasworks Profile D: Producer Gas Plants
• Gasworks Profiles
• Soil and Groundwater Remediation Technologies for Former Gasworks and Gasholder Sites, CL:AIRE 2015. 
• Gas Works and Redundant Gas Holders: Guidelines for their Evaluation and Recording, Historic England, 2019.
• The Manufacture Gas Industry, Historic England volume 1 - 5, Historic England, 2020.

Oil and gas [petroleum hydrocarbon] industry

EA

• Installation, Decommissioning and Removal of Underground Storage Tanks: PPG27
• Natural Attenuation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Chlorinated Solvents in Groundwater R & D Technical Report P305, EA.

DEFRA

• Groundwater Protection Code: Petrol stations and other fuel dispensing facilities involving underground storage tanks, Defra. 2002.

CONCAWE

• Gasoline ether oxygenate occurrence in Europe, and a review of their fate and transport characteristics in the environment. Report No. 4/12. Concawe. 2012.
• Environmental fate & effects of poly and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Report No. 8/16. Concawe. 2016.

Energy Institute/Institute of Petroleum

• Guidelines for Investigation and Remediation of Petroleum Retail Sites IoP, 1998. (INFO-PM1b). Available from Portland Press
• Literature Review: Biofuels - potential risks to UK water resources. Energy Institute, 2008.
• Guidelines for Soil, Groundwater and Surface Water Protection & Vapour Emission Control at Petrol Filling Stations. Institute of Petroleum, 2002.

Environmental Protection UK

• Before You Dig, Garages & Petrol Stations, Guidance for Developers. EPUK, 2020.

General Guidance

• Guidance for the Safe Development of Housing on Land Affected by Contamination, R&D Publication 66. EA & NHBC, 2008. (PDF 2.4MB) (INFO-PM1c)
• Protective Measures for Housing on Gas – Contaminated Land, R&D Technical Report P336. BRE, 2001. (INFO-PM1d)
• Brownfields: Managing the Development of Previously Developed Land – a Client’s Guide. CIRIA, 2002. (INFO-PM1e).
• WDA Manual on the Management of Land Contamination. WDA, 2004. (INFO-PM1g)
• Development of Land Affected by Contamination: A Guide for Developers, WLGA, NRW and Welsh Government, v3, May 2017- WITHDRAWN
• Datblygu Tir sydd wedi'i Halogi: Canllaw i Ddatblygwyr, WLGA, NRW and Welsh Government, 2017 - WITHDRAWN
• Development of Land Affected by Contamination: A Guide for Developers, WLGA, NRW and Welsh Government, v4, September 2023
   
• Datblygu Tir sydd wedi'i Halogi: Canllaw i Ddatblygwyr, WLGA, NRW and Welsh Government, v4, September 2023
   
• English Partnerships' Brownfield Guide, 2007
• Land Contamination Information for Purchasers or Owners of Potentially Contaminated Land, AGS.
• Land Contamination and Archaeology - Good Practice Guidance. Historic England, 2017. (PDF 2.15MB)
• A guide to small brownfield sites and land contamination, 2018, CIRIA.
• Environmental Risks and Global Real Estate, 2018, RICS. (PDF 5.63MB)