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Record 1 2013-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Pollution
  • Effects of Pollution
  • Waste Management
DEF

A contaminated site whose owner is insolvent or unknown.

CONT

... the clean-up of high-risk contaminated sites where the responsible party cannot be identified or otherwise cannot pay for the cleanup; these sites are referred to as "orphan" sites.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution du sol
  • Effets de la pollution
  • Gestion des déchets
DEF

[...] site contaminé dont le propriétaire est non identifiable ou non solvable.

Spanish

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