Selected Land How can I access the SLUR? Contact us On GWRC’s website we have a GIS mapping tool which You can fjnd further information about SLUR on shows sites in our region that have been included on the our website www.gw.govt.nz/selected-land- Use Register register. These sites are identifjed with a pink polygon and use-register-slur are labelled with a unique site number (SN). Property owners are entitled to any information To search the SLUR go to www.gw.govt.nz/selected-land- GWRC holds on SLUR about their property, and What you need use-register-slur-register-search we will gladly provide this information free of charge. to know To make an enquiry please: 1. Check www.gw.govt.nz/contaminated- site-enquiry-2 to fjnd out the process and what details you should provide 2. Email us at slur@gw.govt.nz Or you can call our Customer Contact Centre on 0800 496 734 and ask to speak to our SLUR administrator. To report an environmental issue or pollution incident please call our environment hotline on 0800 496 734 GWRC’s Masterton Offjce at 34 Chapel Street is included on the SLUR because it has previously had fuel storage tanks located on the site. Important! For more information, contact the We are continually updating the SLUR with new Greater Wellington Regional Council information. Even if a site is not on the register, it does not guarantee that it hasn’t been used for a HAIL Wellington Offjce Masterton Offjce activity in the past. PO Box 11646 34 Chapel Street Manners Street PO Box 41 Wellington 6142 Masterton 5840 T 04 384 5708 T 06 378 2484 info@gw.govt.nz www.gw.govt.nz Follow the Wellington Regional Council May 2016 Please recycle Produced sustainably
What is the Selected Land Use Register Information about these sites is compiled and sent to an My property is on SLUR – what should I (SLUR)? independent consultant to review and approve prior to do now? being included on the register. The Selected Land Use Register (SLUR) is a database If your property is classifjed Category III – Contamination administered by the Greater Wellington Regional Council Confjrmed there are rules in the proposed Natural How do we classify sites? (GWRC) on behalf of the eight city and district councils in the Resources Plan that may apply to you. Go to region. In some cases sites will be found to be contaminated, www.gw.govt.nz/proposed-natural-resources-plan for however many may not. To distinguish between sites, SLUR further information. The register contains information on sites that are known classifjes them under six different categories. For a full list or suspected to have been involved (either historically or If your property is not classifjed as Category III – and defjnition of the SLUR categories go to currently) in the use, storage or disposal of hazardous Contamination Confjrmed and you have no plans to alter www.gw.govt.nz/description-of-categories substances. the site, you are not obliged to do anything further. However, if you do have plans to subdivide, change the I think my site category might be wrong Why do we need the SLUR? land use, remove or replace a fuel storage system or – can I change it? disturb the soil, you will need to comply with the NESCS The SLUR is necessary to help us manage the risk posed 2011. Your local city or district council is responsible for by hazardous sites to human health and the health of our If you think your property has been put in the wrong administering this, so for further information on how this environment. category please contact us. Quote the site number (SN) and applies to your property please contact your local council. gather any supporting information, for example, results from Section 30 of the Resource Management Act 1991 requires an environmental investigation. If you are selling your property you should provide any GWRC to collect and manage information regarding SLUR information to prospective buyers or recommend hazardous or potentially contaminated sites. To do this, we Any information that confjrms your site has not been that they contact GWRC. follow the Ministry for the Environment’s (MfE) Contaminated associated with an activity listed on the HAIL, or that other Land Management Guidelines. HAIL activities might have taken place on your site, is particularly important. Please let us know so we can keep Information held on the SLUR is also available to city and our records up-to-date and accurate. Important! district councils who administer the National Environmental Standard for Contaminants in Soil (NESCS 2011). If you are conducting an environmental investigation at your site you will need to comply with the rules in the How do we identify sites to include on proposed Natural Resources Plan and send us a copy the SLUR? of the report. Go to www.gw.govt.nz/proposed- natural-resources-plan for further information. We identify sites to be included on the SLUR based on a list of land uses – called the Hazardous Activities and Industries List (HAIL) – produced by MfE. The HAIL consists of 53 activities and industries and includes things such as service Purchasing a new property? stations, chemical storage facilities, cemeteries, sheep dips It’s easy to check online (refer to the “How can I access and landfjlls. the SLUR?” section) and see if the property you are This helps us to identify where hazardous activities or considering purchasing is included on the SLUR. We also industries have taken place, that could cause contamination recommend a Land Information Memorandum (LIM) is of the environment as a result of manufacturing, using, obtained from your local council. storing or disposing of hazardous substances. If you require more information about a property listed on Notifjcations of potential HAIL sites come from a range of the register please email slur@gw.govt.nz , quoting the sources such as district or city councils, GWRC investigations, site number (SN). independent consultant reports and local knowledge. An old sheep dip in Whitireia Park, a remnant of historic farming practices in the area.
Selected Land Use Register (SLUR) factsheet Sites that are registered on Greater Wellington’s SLUR are known (or suspected) to have been involved (historically or currently) in the use, storage or disposal of substances from one or more hazardous activities/industries identified by the Ministry for the Environment. In some cases the sites on SLUR will be “contaminated sites” and in others not. SLUR classifies sites under six categories: Category I – Verified History of Hazardous Activity or Industry A site classified as “Verified History of Hazardous Activity or Industry” is a site for which a past or present use has been confirmed as falling within one of the definitions on the Hazardous Activities and Industries List (HAIL). Assignment to this category does not imply the site is contaminated, but merely that hazardous substances have been used, stored or disposed of on the site and therefore there is a potential for site contamination to have occurred. Category II – Unverified History of Hazardous Activity or Industry A site classified as “Unverified History of Hazardous Activity or Industry” is a site for which its past or present use is the subject of an unconfirmed report that indicates that it falls within one of the definitions on the HAIL. Assignment to this category does not imply the site is contaminated, but merely that there is a possibility that hazardous substances have been used, stored or disposed of on the site and site contamination may have occurred. The reports could be from an external source or from a general information search carried out by Greater Wellington. A site remains under this category until further information is available that enables it to be transferred to another category. Category III – Contamination Confirmed A site classified as “Contamination Confirmed” is a site where there is evidence that hazardous substances exist above background concentrations AND it is a likely that adverse effects on human health (subject to exposure path) or the environment will occur based on the current or foreseeable site use. This category is for sites that the council holds information on, typically as a result of a site investigation that shows contaminants are present on the site at concentrations that exceed relevant guidelines. A site remains in this category until it is remediated or managed in such a way that it can be transferred to Category IV. Category IV – Contamination Acceptable, Managed/Remediated A site classified as “Contamination Acceptable, Managed/Remediated” is a site where there is clear evidence that residues of hazardous substances exist above background concentrations BUT the level of risk of adverse effects on human health or the environment is shown to be acceptable for the particular land use. Either the concentrations are below relevant guideline levels OR remedial or management action has been taken to reduce the risks to an acceptable level. Sites may be placed in this category either because an investigation report has been received that shows the site has contaminants present in environmental media but the concentrations are below relevant guideline values, or the site has previously been registered in Category I or III and further investigation or remediation has been undertaken. ��
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