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Hi,

I trust you don't mind an unsolicited posting, especially from the 
other side of the world.  

I'm hoping someone in Oz can give me a bit of information.

Here in the UK we have guidance notes published by the Department of the 
Environment giving advice on "acceptable" contamination levels in 
formerly industrialised land, scheduled for re-development.  The target 
of any remediation is to achieve the appropriate level for the intended 
end-use.

ie 10mg/kg Arsenic for Domestic gardens / 40mg/kg Arsenic for parklands 
etc...

(Clearly low-rise domestic housing is more sensitive that apartments with 
no gardens is more sensitive than a landscaped office development is more 
sensitive than an industrial estate etc.)

The current guidance in the UK is produced by an organisation called ICRCL
(the Interdepartmental Committee for the Redevelopment of Contaminated 
Land)

Is there an equivalent for Australia, and can you give me a reference for 
any similar publications on the subject.  I am sure that I saw a paper by 
ANZLIC or some similar name (Australia & new Zealand Land Information 
Council maybe?) a few years ago, but I can't track it down.

All help gratefully received.

Thanks in advance


Fraser Watt  CChem, MRSC