Remediation work required by order
11.16 Remediation work required by order
The specified remediation work to be carried out by a person to whom a remediation order is given may include one or more of the following types of work—
work to control, abate or mitigate the damage to the area, habitat, plant, animal or vegetation concerned,
work to maintain, remediate or restore the damaged area, habitat, plant, animal or vegetation concerned (including replacing removed or dead plants or animals).
A remediation order may also require the person to carry out the following actions (and any such action that is required to be carried out is to be regarded for the purposes of this Division as part of the remediation work required by the order)—
ascertaining the nature and extent of the damage concerned and furnishing the information or records obtained to other persons (including to the Environment Agency Head),
preparing, furnishing and carrying out a plan of action,
engaging a suitably qualified person to plan, design or carry out the work required by the order,
furnishing progress reports,
monitoring, sampling and analysing anything to ascertain the nature and extent of the damage concerned or the progress in remediating the damage,
vacating the land concerned (or part of it) or ceasing to carry on, modifying or not commencing an activity on, or use of, the land (or part of it),
carrying on an activity (or an aspect of it) only during particular times or in a particular manner,
construction, installation or removal of anything (including plants and structures such as fencing, walls, bunds or other barriers),
erecting or displaying on the land concerned any sign or notice containing directions to persons not to enter the land or not to use the land in a specified manner or for a specified purpose or containing other directions of that kind or any other kind,
refraining from disturbance or further disturbance of the land concerned in a specified manner or below a specified depth,
informing the Environment Agency Head of any change in the ownership or occupancy of the land concerned, to the extent that the person subject to the requirement is aware of the change.
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