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The following advice is provided for your assistance in preparing the Verification Report for the purposes of Condition 20.
Parties involved in remediation and verification should be directed to the most recent version of previous reports. The RMS incorrectly refers to Issue 2 of the GIR and all parties involved should be provided Issue 3 (September 2019).
The topsoil and subsoil screening criteria have now been included within the RMS, which is based on the agreed parameters in the site investigation strategy letter. However, please note asbestos screening was also included in the site investigation strategy and topsoil and subsoil imported onto site should also be screened for asbestos and the acceptance criteria should be 'not detected'.
Section 8.1 states 'Confirmatory soil samples will be taken at a rate of one sample per 50m3 of certified material'. The Officer would expect this to include one sample per 50m3 of topsoil and one sample per 50m3 of subsoil.
The RMS now includes awareness of asbestos containing materials within the watching brief. If asbestos has been identified during the watching brief the Officer would expect the discovery strategy notification and verification report will mention that works were subsequently undertaken in accordance with CAR 2012 (including appropriate training of staff, asbestos air monitoring, asbestos risk assessment and plan of works and an asbestos maintenance plan where asbestos is remaining on site).
The following is noted within the GEA site investigation scheme, which was approved to discharge condition 17 (Letter dated 11 July 2019): 'Following demolition of the buildings a site inspection should be carried out to assess the presence of visible contamination at the surface and samples of the shallow soils should be obtained from the proposed