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Policy Suggestions to Korea from a Comparison Study of the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, and Denmark's Polices on Risk Assessment of Contaminated Soils  

Park Yong-Ha (Korea Environment Institute)
Yang Jay-E. (Kangwon National University)
Ok Yong-Sik (Kangwon National University)
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Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment / v.10, no.5, 2005 , pp. 1-10 More about this Journal
Abstract
Policies of the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark were compared and analyzed on risk assessment of contaminated sites. These countries were chosen from a feasible preliminary analysis of 18 countries of the European Union and the U. S. All the countries selected met two major criteria : I) implementation of risk assessment to determine the soil contamination and remediation targets of contaminated sites, ii) use of soil guidance values and risk assessment as complementary measures to determine soil contamination. Suggested policy improvements to Korea regarding these issues include i) legislation of a rational risk assessment methodology of contaminated sites, and ii) enactment of collaboration of risk assessment with the soil guidance values. To establish effective risk assessment legislation, additional in-depth research on social, economic and long-term effects of the proposed risk assessment methodologies, as well as the mutual consent of all parties including academia, industry, and administration will be necessary. Linking risk assessment with soil guidance values would be applicable to a site contaminated where the contaminant concentration exceeds a certain soil guidance value. In parallel, application of risk assessment to a site where a contaminant concentration is naturally different such as mining sites would be plausible. The policy suggestions above are not yet conclusive due to a lack of policy implementation, and simulation. Thus, additional research on developing risk assessment methodology is needed. Nevertheless, initiation of the suggested policy would increase the efficacy of Korean policy regarding the survey and remediation of contaminated sites.
Keywords
Soil contamination; Risk assessment; Policy analysis; Policy suggestion;
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