Reporting soil pollution or soil degradation

Have you noticed that soil in your area is polluted or damaged? For example, are there harmful substances in the soil of your garden or in your neighbourhood? If so, you must report this to your province as soon as possible. You must also report it if you carry out work that may pollute or damage the soil.

This is how it works for you

Your (future) place of residence falls under:

Province of Noord-Holland

Here is some information from your province.

Reporting soil contamination or soil degradation

If you notice pollution or impairment of the soil, you must report this immediately. Is the pollution or impairment caused by a company with an environmental permit issued by the provincial authorities? In that case, you can report it to the provincial authorities. You must also report this to the provincial authorities if it concerns contamination in a water extraction area, a groundwater protection area or in a Natura 2000 nature conservation area. In all other cases, you can report it to the municipality.

You must report the pollution or impairment of the soil to the provincial authorities as soon as possible after you become aware of it. If the pollution is caused by you, you must provide the provincial authorities with the following information as well:

the cause of the pollution and an explanation of how this could have happened
which substances have ended up in the soil or in what other way the soil has been impaired
other data necessary to estimate the adverse effects to the environment
what measures you plan to take to clean up the soil or to reduce the damage to a minimum

The measures you can and must take when cleaning up the soil depend on the type of pollution and the scope thereof.

You report the pollution or impairment to the provincial authorities or the municipality.

If you have applied for a permit, in most cases the regular process applies. In this case you will receive the decision within 5 weeks from the date we received your application.

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