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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-damage-prevention-and-remediation-england-regulations-2015/schedule-3/paragraph-6",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/810",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Damage (Prevention and Remediation) (England) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-damage-prevention-and-remediation-england-regulations-2015",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Choice of remediation",
  "text": "The remediation options must be evaluated using best available methods, and based on—\n(a) the effect of each option on public health and safety;\n(b) the cost of implementing the option;\n(c) the likelihood of success of each option;\n(d) the extent to which each option will prevent future damage and avoid collateral damage as a result of implementing the option;\n(e) the extent to which each option benefits each component of the natural resources or services;\n(f) the extent to which each option takes account of relevant social, economic and cultural concerns and other relevant factors specific to the locality;\n(g) the length of time it will take for the restoration of the environmental damage to be effective;\n(h) the extent to which each option achieves the restoration of the site of the environmental damage; and\n(i) the geographical linkage to the damaged site.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/810/schedule/3/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:41:16.691519+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}