# The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018, Paragraph 6: Interpretation: baseline and site reports


In this schedule and schedules 20 and 23—
(a) “baseline report” means a report on the state of soil and groundwater contamination by hazardous substances which contains at least the following—
(i) information on the present use and, where available, on past uses of the site unless already provided as part of a site report for an existing site,
(ii) where available, existing information on soil and groundwater measurements that reflect the state at the time the report is drawn up or, alternatively, new soil and groundwater measurements having regard to the possibility of soil and groundwater contamination by those hazardous substances to be used, produced or released by the installation,
(b) “site report” means a report that describes the condition of the site of the installation, and in particular it must—
(i) describe any soil and groundwater contamination at the site,
(ii) identify any pollutants in or on the land other than as described in head (i),
(iii) provide information on the present use of the site, and
(iv) provide any available information on past uses of the site.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/219/schedule/19/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-authorisations-scotland-regulations-2018/schedule-19/paragraph-6
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