National Threat Assessment 2008. Organised Crime - Politie

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Opportunities for soil remediation crime
Preparatory phase
Preparatory phase:
soil survey
• Not performing soil surveys
• Not submitting a remediation plan
• Carrying out remediation before the soil survey
is completed or before the permit is issued
• Not performing the soil survey according to protocols
• Using an outdated soil survey
• Forging the soil survey analysis report
• Not submitting all the results of the soil survey
to the competent authorities
• Modifying the results of the survey so that remediation
can be performed according to the BUS 45
Execution phase
Execution phase:
soil remediation
• Carrying out the remediation illegally
• Not carrying out the remediation plan
• Mixing soil with different levels of pollution
• Misusing analysis reports
• Delivering contaminated soil to companies without a permit
Completion phase
Completion phase:
processing
contaminated soil
and finishing activities
• Deviating from the remediation plan
• Not processing soil according to protocols
• Not reporting completion of the remediation process
• Falsifying the results of the evaluation report
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3.4.3 Scale
The scale of environmental crime cannot be established on the basis of
criminal activities registered by the police, the judicial authorities and the
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BUS (Besluit Uniforme Saneringen): Uniform Remediations Decree. This Decree is intended
to simplify the rules regarding soil remediation, to speed up soil remediation procedures and
to reduce the costs for contractors performing the remediation process. Based on the BUS,
remediation operations (especially smaller ones) can be performed more easily and, as a result,
more cheaply.
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