New inventory of soils with potentially polluting activities in the Basque Country comes into force

The list gathers permanently updated information on the state of the soil in facilities or activities that can alter its chemical characteristics. The methodology used for its preparation is based mainly on the collection of information from municipal and supramunicipal documentary sources, field visits and personal interviews with municipal technicians, in order to identify and locate potentially polluting activities and obtain data on them.

The inventory is publicly accessible and free of charge and is subject to global reviews with a minimum periodicity of five years, as established by Law 4/2015 for the prevention and correction of soil contamination approved in the Basque Country.

We remind you that Royal Decree 9/2005, of January 14, 2005, which establishes the list of potentially contaminating activities and the criteria for the declaration of contaminated soils, obliges the responsible parties or owners of the disturbed land to carry out soil cleanup and recovery operations.