1. NATO/CCMS Tour the table NL 2007 H. Johan van Veen TNO The Netherlands

2. Soil remediation in NL About 600.000 contaminated sites About 60.000 need some action Fit for use approach Risk-based (human; ecology; spreading) Annual budget about 500 million Euro

3. Risk based approach in the view of my son in 1988

4. Remediated sites in NL Annual number of remediated sites Target is about 2300

5. Remediation is a Heavy Burden

6. integration Regional soil and groundwater quality management Remediation of contaminated sites Site and brownfield redevelopment. Redevelopment of rural and urban areas Integration Sustainable soil use and quality policy Implementation of soil remediation technologies Spatial planning Soil remediation regional local Development of site remediation

7. Future developments Site remediation is no longer a political and social issue in NL; EU approach is based on soil threats (negative) To maintain and develop sustainable soil management it is necessary to link soil to the big issues (positive) Go with the flow

8. Follow the EU?

9. RELEVANT POLICY AREAS Raw Materials SOIL Climate change CO2-storage Water management Energy Agriculture Spatial planning Natural areas

10. Soil needs innovation

11. Thanks for ideas and slides RIVM Harry Vermeulen Winfred Blum

12. Thanks NATO I learned la lot on different issues from various countries: –Techniques for investigations and remediation –Approaches to tackle contamination –Lessons learned what went well and what not –Why decontaminate

13. Thanks W hy decontaminate A pproaches to tackle contamination L essons learned what went well and what not T echniques for investigations and remediation