# The M60/M62/M66 Simister Island Interchange Development Consent Order 2025, Paragraph 6: Previously unidentified contaminated land and groundwater

Extent: E+W

(1) In the event that contaminated land, including groundwater, is found at any time when carrying out the authorised development which was not previously identified in the environmental statement, it must be reported as soon as reasonably practicable to the Secretary of State, the relevant planning authority and the Environment Agency, and the undertaker must complete a risk assessment of the contamination in consultation with the relevant planning authority and the Environment Agency.
(2) Where the completed risk assessment determines that remediation of the contaminated land is necessary, work on or under the contaminated land must cease and must not recommence until a written scheme and programme for the remedial measures to be taken to render the land fit for its intended purpose has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Secretary of State, following consultation with the relevant planning authority on matters related to its function and the Environment Agency.
(3) Remediation must be carried out in accordance with the written scheme approved under sub-paragraph (2).
(4) In this paragraph, “contaminated land” has the same meaning as that given in section 78A of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1018/schedule/2/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/m60m62m66-simister-island-interchange-development-consent-order-2025/schedule-2/paragraph-6
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