Former service station or fuel site: who should investigate?
Historical fuel activity can trigger soil, groundwater, tank and remediation questions. Start with site history and the decision you need to make.
Why are you searching?
Purchase, sale, development, subdivision, register issue, suspected contamination, remediation or a regulatory/planning request.
Identify the professional type
A contaminated-land consultant/SQP and an independent approved auditor perform different functions.
Prepare useful information
Site history, lot/plan, previous reports, known activities, register information and the outcome you need can improve an enquiry.
Build a clearer enquiry
Write down what triggered the issue, the site’s past use, register/search information, reports already available and the decision or approval you need.
Provide the property location, trigger, existing information and the outcome you need so the enquiry can be structured clearly.
Is this issue affecting a real property or development?
You do not need to know the technical term. Start with what happened, the property location and any wording or document you already have.
Continue from the property issue
Property on the EMR
Start with what the register listing means for the property decision you are trying to make.
SQP QUEENSLANDSuitably qualified person
Understand the SQP role when that wording appears in a contaminated-land requirement.
REPORTContamination report
Start with the report, condition or outcome you have actually been asked to provide.