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The 1990 Environmental Protection Act: Historical land contamination
Greg Jones and Andrew Wiseman discuss a case with lessons regarding the results of a standard environmental search ‘The 1990 Environmental Protection Act specifies that the polluter pays the cost of clean up, but when the pollution event is historical this is impractical even if evidence of the responsible party is highly persuasive.‘ Councils are …