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Timestamp: 2020-07-13 12:33:40
Document Index: 278501505

Matched Legal Cases: ['§1', '§ 2', '§2', '§4', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 2', '§1', '§6', '§1', '§1', '§2']

Bodemdecreet; Hoofdstuk III Verplichting om het beschrijvend bodemonderzoek en de bodemsanering uit te voeren en te (pre)financieren
Obligation to carry out and (pre-)finance the descriptive soil survey and the soil remediation
The Flemish Government establishes land remediation standards. These land remediation standards include levels of soil contamination that involve a marked risk of negative effects on man or the environment in view of the soil characteristics and the functions it is to fulfil.
If there are clear indications that the soil contamination exceeds or threatens to exceed the land remediation standards, a descriptive soil examination is immediately conducted.
If the descriptive soil examination demonstrates that the land remediation standards are exceeded, land remediation starts immediately.
If because of its special nature the soil contamination cannot be checked against land remediation standards, the remediation criterion mentioned in article 19, §1 and § 2applies.
The provisions of §2 and §4 are not applicable in cases of damage covered in conformity with the provisions of article 74 up to and including 82.
A. (Pre)financing.
The party obliged to remediate the land mentioned in article 11 carries out the descriptive soil examination or the soil remediationat his own expense.
The party obliged to remediate the land can recover the costs of the descriptive soil examination or the land remediation from the person who in accordance with article 16 is responsible, and can require from this party responsible for the remediation an advance payment or require that he pays a financial deposit.
B. Capacity to pay arrangements.
A party obliged to remediate the land mentioned in article 11, who has insufficient capacity to (pre)finance the land remediation, can submit a reasoned request to the Flemish Government for the allocation of a capacity to pay arrangement. A capacity to pay arrangement has the purpose of spreading the financing of the remediation. The Flemish Government decides on the granting of a capacity to pay arrangement within a period of ninety days of receipt of an admissible request.
The Flemish Government establishes more specific regulations concerning the procedure for such application and the conditions for the allocation of a capacity to pay arrangement.
C. Co-financing.
The Flemish Government can determine in which cases the person proceeding with a descriptive soil examination or land remediation can claim co-financing. In this case it also makes more specific regulations concerning the procedure for and the conditions of cofinancing, and the percentage share of co-financing in the total cost of the descriptive soil examination or land remediation. The Flemish Government can also determine the maximum co-financing in nominal amounts.
The co-financing is granted within the bounds of the credit provided to this end in the budget of the Flemish Region.
Whoever has caused soil contamination is responsible for the costs made in accordance with this decree for the descriptive soil examination, the land remediation and other measures mentioned in section VI., as well as for damage caused by these activities or measures.
If the emission that caused the soil contamination to occur originated from an installation or activity that is subject to the notification or licensing obligations pursuant to Title V of the Decree of 5 April 1995 containing general provisions regarding environmental policy, then the operator of the installation or activity, stated in Title V, is nevertheless liable;
The liability for the costs and further damage, as stated in § 1, that the person who satisfies the conditions, as stated in Article 12, § 1 or § 2, can incur on the basis of the regulations applicable to the present Decree that place the liability purely on ownership or purely on the security of the piece of land is limited to the amount of the costs necessary to prevent the soil contamination from spreading or spreading further or from forming an immediate hazard.
If on the basis of the provisions of this decree a number of persons are responsible for the same soil contamination, they are jointly and severally liable.
In that case, those who have reimbursed the party suffering the damage have recourse against the other liable parties to the extent the different emissions for which they are liable have contributed to the cause of the land contamination.
The provisions of this decree are without prejudice to the possibilities of the person responsible to exercise recourse based on another legal foundation.
Article 18. The provisions of this decree are without prejudice to the other rights of the persons incurring costs or suffering damage as mentioned in article 16, §1, with respect to the causer or other persons.
Historical soil contamination
On land with historical soil contamination a descriptive soil examination is proceeded with if there are clear indications of serious soil contamination.
On land with historical soil contamination it is proceeded with land remediation if the descriptive soil examination demonstrates the presence of serious soil contamination.
Article 20. Extra Versions
For historical soil contamination, soil remediation is targeted at preventing the soil quality from causing a risk or resulting in adverse effects on people or the environment by using the best available technologies that are not paired with excessively high costs.
In cases where the land in the context of a provisionally established draft land use plan, land-use implementation plan, or project decision is given a different use, then the soil remediation is targeted at preventing the soil quality from causing a risk or resulting in adverse effects on people or the environment within the context of this future use.
The provisions of article 10, §6, are accordingly applicable.
Article 24. The provisions of article 13 up to and including 15 are accordingly applicable.
The liability for the costs that are incurred in accordance with this decree for the descriptive soil survey, the sediment study, the soil remediation, and other measures, stated in Chapter VI, as well as those incurred for the damage that is caused by these activities or measures, is stipulated, in cases of historical soil contamination, in accordance with the liability rules that were applicable before 29 October 1995
Responsibility for the costs and further damage mentioned in §1 that may be incurred by a person who meets the conditions mentioned in article 23, §1 or §2, based on the rules applicable before 29 October 1995, being liability established due to simple ownership or the simple monitoring of the land, is limited to the amount of costs required to prevent the soil contamination from further spreading or comprising an immediate danger.
Qualifications for mixed soil contamination
Article 27bis.
The OVAM can qualify a case of soil contamination as mixed soil contamination. The OVAM describes the mixed soil contamination and states the land or lands on which the mixed soil contamination occurred.
Subject to provisions that state otherwise in this section, the provisions in Articles 9 to 11, inclusive, Articles 13 to 22, inclusive, and Articles 24 to 27, inclusive, are applicable to the mixed soil contamination.
Obligation to jointly carry out a descriptive soil survey and soil remediation for the mixed soil contamination Extra Versions
Article 27ter.
The qualification as mixed soil contamination automatically results in the persons who, in application of Articles 9 and 11, are obligated to carry out remediation works or who, in application of Articles 19 and 22, were appointed as being obligated to carry out remediation works, being obligated to jointly carry out a descriptive soil survey or soil remediation for the mixed soil contamination.
On the condition that the persons who are obligated to carry out remediation works are in agreement, the OVAM can then proceed to carry out the descriptive soil survey or the soil remediation for the mixed soil contamination. This shall be done at the cost of the persons who are obligated to carry out remediation works in accordance with the distribution formula and stipulated in application of Article 27quater.
Obligation to (pre-)finance based on the distribution formula
Article 27quater.
In deviation from Article 13, first paragraph, and Article 24, the (pre-)financing for carrying out the descriptive soil survey and the soil remediation by the persons obligated to carry out remediation works, stated in Article 27ter, is to be done according to a distribution formula, which is based on all the reasonably available data, specified by the OVAM. The Government of Flanders shall specify further rules governing the specification of the distribution formula.
Article 27quinquies. All stakeholders can lodge an appeal against the OVAM’s decisions, stated in Articles 27bis and 27quater, with the Government of Flanders in accordance with Articles 153 to 155, inclusive.