Table of Categories used in the Site Contamination Register

 Category

 Description

U

 Unverified Hazardous Activity or Industry

A site for which past or present use has been reported as one that appears on the Hazardous Activities and Industries List, but the reported use has not been confirmed.
V Verified Hazardous Activity or Industry - not sampled

A site with the potential for contamination, due to a confirmed past or present activity on the Hazardous Activities and Industries List, but the site has not been sampled.
1 (a) Contaminated Land

A site which has been sampled in accordance with best practice, demonstrating that the hazardous substances present pose significant risks to people, and/or the likelihood of significant adverse effects on environmental receptors.
1 (b) Managed for (identified) land use

A site which has been sampled in accordance with best practice, demonstrating that there were hazardous substances present at the site. However, risks to people and/or specific environmental receptors were regarded by Council as being managed at the report date.
1 (c) Verified Hazardous Activity or Industry – limited sampling, risk not quantified.  A site which is a verified hazardous activities and/or industry and has been sampled, but not in sufficient detail to quantify risks to people and/or the environment from the hazardous substances present.
2 (a) Remediated for current land use

A site that has been remediated. Validation sampling in accordance with best practice shows that the concentrations of hazardous substances are acceptably low and do not present risks to people and the environment.
2 (b) Sampled and suitable for current land use

A site which has been sampled in accordance with best practice, demonstrating that the hazardous substances are acceptably low and do not present risks to people and the environment.
E Not a HAIL

Information shows that either this site has never been associated with any of the specific activities or industries on the Hazardous Activities and Industries List, or the hazardous substances present are at, or below, background concentrations.