Contaminated Sites Atlas

The contaminated site atlas is an instrument of the Austrian administration. It includes those areas which pose a significant risk to human health or the environment due to waste deposits or underground contamination ( contaminated sites ). The suspected area cadastre is attached .

Basics

The register is kept by the Federal Environment Agency , the suspected areas are reported by the federal states . The legal basis is the Altlastensanierungsgesetz  (ALSAG).

In Austria around 70,000 old sites and old deposits are known, of which only around 2-3% are likely to represent contaminated sites . As of January 1, 2019, 304 contaminated sites were identified in the sense of the contaminated site remediation law, of which 164 were remediated or secured. 1895 areas were registered in the suspected area register.

The directory has been publicly accessible online as a contaminated site GIS since September 2018 .

See also : Contaminated sites in Austria

Contaminated Sites Atlas

The atlas, in the form of a geographical information system , shows the collected contaminated sites in a cartographic manner and also offers a precise description of the substances found.

Suspected land register

In the suspected area cadastre, reported old deposits and old sites are listed where there is a suspicion of a significant environmental hazard. An entry of a property in no way indicates a specific risk, as no corresponding investigations have been carried out.

Priority classification

Another important aspect is the definition of the priority of a contaminated site, which shows its degree of danger. A distinction is made between three priority classes, a classification in priority class 1 means the highest urgency of remedial measures.

See also

• Contaminated land register in Germany
• Cadastre of polluted locations in Switzerland

literature

• Silvio Granzin, Michael Valtl: Suspected land register and contaminated site atlas . Published by the Federal Environment Agency, also with important new entries:
  • Report REP-0649 as of: January 1, 2018. In: Umweltbundesamt.at.
  • Report REP-0327 as of: January 1, 2011. In: Umweltbundesamt.at.
  • Report REP-0216 Status: January 1st, 2009. on ZOBODAT .

Web links

• Contaminated sites portal (altlasten.gv.at), Altlasten-GIS (Federal Environment Agency).
• Contaminated sites. Portal page, Federal Environment Agency: Environmental situation.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Contaminated sites and suspected sites. noe.gv.at, accessed November 28, 2019.
2. ↑ § 11 Paragraph 2 No. 2 and § 13 Paragraph 1 ALSAG.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Progress in the remediation of contaminated sites. , Federal Environment Agency: News , March 26, 2019.
4. ↑ § 14 ALSAG.