Nicole E-news March 2015
Upcoming NICOLE Spring WorkshopUnconventional Contaminants The NICOLE network continually strives to develop and promote site specific risk based and cost effective management and remediation of contaminated land, optimized through careful consideration of the environmental, social and economic impacts and benefits in choosing the most appropriate management plan. The Manchester workshop aims to explore the application of this philosophy in the context of particular groups of contaminants that may be considered less ‘mainstream’ in terms of the nature of their occurrence or perceived impact on many industrial operations, or because our understanding is in the early stages of development, as we begin to explore these newly identified or ‘emerging’ contaminants. The OC is currently working closely on selecting speakers and shaping the program. The call for abstract has been distributed within the network of NICOLE. Please feel free to send your questions to the NICOLE Secretariat. |
Welcome to our new Service Provider Group member!A very warm welcome to our new member Anchor QEA! The enthusiasm for being creative and solving problems is a common thread among everyone at Anchor QEA. They feel fortunate to work on fascinating projects in challenging settings, and they enjoy collaborating to provide the best strategies and solutions. For more information please visit their website. |
Common Forum Naples Meeting ReportThe NICOLE network has a good relation with Common Forum (CF), the informal network of European regulators that are involved in the preparation and national implementation of European Directives related to Contaminated land and Soil and Groundwater. As NICOLECF liaison Anja Sinke attended the CF half-yearly meeting organised in Naples, attended by approximately 30 regulators from 19 different European MS and regions. To view the report from the Common Forum Meeting in Naples, please login as a member on the NICOLE website, and then visit NICOLE Members Website. The report will be listed under ‘Member Documents’ and is named ‘2014 Okt NICOLE CF Report’. |
Technology Award 2015The topic of the 2015 Technology Award is: «Innovative Investigation or Remediation Technology or Practice leading to a more time and / or cost efficient remediation» Time schedule and content of entry:
For any question related to the content or topic of the NICOLE Technology Award 2015, please contact Nan Su of the NICOLE Secretariat. |
ELD Stakeholder Workshop ReportThe main objective of the ELD Stakeholder workshop, organised by the European Commission, was to enable an exchange of information and practical experience gathered in the application of the Environmental Liability Directive (ELD) between main stakeholders, experts and practitioners. |
Further, to evaluate the achievements and challenges of ELD implementation and to present the five REFIT evaluation criteria. To view the full report on the ELD Stakeholder Workshop, please visit the following link. |
Inquiry to NICOLEA group of honours students from Wageningen University from the Netherlands has contacted the NICOLE Secretariat. They are doing an investigation project on creative landscape recycling and are currently searching for a contaminated site that they could provide with a new future. Within their group there are different studies represented which gives them the opporunity to offer an innovative and multidisciplinary perspective on a location, that would most likely be overlooked otherwise. The project group is looking for an abandoned site, where the soil is contaminated due to former use. However, there should be opportunities for redevelopment after this contamination is cleaned up. Examples they have in mind are abandoned industrial sites, former quarries or landfills. Due to NICOLE’s expertise in the field of contaminated land, maybe we are able to help them with this matter. If you are willing to do so, please contact Merijn Kerstens. |
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