Province of Noord-Brabant: reporting soil pollution or soil degradation
A simple soil clean-up is reported using a BUS report. BUS stands for Besluit uniforme saneringen (Decree on Harmonised Remediation). These clean-ups are carried out in a standard way. You use a simple notification form for this. This will allow you to carry out soil clean-up more quickly and cheaply. Examples of simple soil clean-up include:
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Laying or renovating cables, pipes and sewers in contaminated soil.
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Removing mobile contaminants from domestic oil tanks. There are three types of simple clean-up. The type of clean-up depends on the contamination situation in the soil. The types are:
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Immobile: the contaminants in the soil have not or hardly spread into the groundwater.
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Mobile: the contaminants in the soil are above the permitted value and have spread into the groundwater.
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Temporary relocation: there is an immobile contaminant that needs to be temporarily removed while works are being carried out (such as the laying of underground infrastructure, pipes and cables).
The conditions for a BUS report to the province include:
- You do not live in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht or one of the municipalities listed in Article 1 of the Besluit aanwijzing bevoegdgezaggemeenten Wet bodembescherming (Decree on the Designation of Competent Municipalities under the Soil Protection Act). Do you live in one of these municipalities? If so, you do not send the BUS report to the province, but to the municipality in which you live.
- It relates to simple contamination of the soil.
- The contamination was caused before 1 January 1987 (in the case of asbestos before 1 July 1993).
- You use one of the designated clean-up techniques for soil on land:relocating contaminated soil
- open excavation
- applying an insulating layer
- cleaning contaminated groundwater
- a combination of these You use one of the designated clean-up techniques for soil under water:
- relocation, excavating or dredging contaminated sediment
- applying an insulating layer
- a combination of these. In the case of open excavation (mobile contamination), you still need to carry out a further investigation.Once clean-up has been completed, report this within 2 weeks. Provide a written report within 8 weeks of completion of the clean-up.
This is how you submit a BUS report for soil clean-up to the province:
- You contact the province.
- In any case, you provide: the completed notification form,
- a recent cadastral map and site plans, clearly indicating the plots of land to be cleaned up,
- the result of the soil survey carried out. After completion of the clean-up, the cleaner should submit an assessment report to the province.
Questions about this topic?
Contact the Province of Noord-Brabant