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STATES OF JERSEY
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JERSEY AIRPORT: FIREGROUND REMEDIATION – DEED OF SETTLEMENT (P.176/2004) – COMMENTS
Presented to the States on 23rd November 2004 by the Environment and Public Services Committee
STATES GREFFE
COMMENTS
- T h e pollution control measures inplaceatthe old Fire Training Ground(FTG) set up were unsound in that they relied upon a soakaway arrangement to dispose of fire fighting residues. Irrespective of the additional contamination caused by the fire fighting foam the arrangement would not be deemed satisfactory today for thedisposaloffireresidues.
- P o l lution and harm has been causedby the releaseof pollutants from the FTG and this has been mitigated by connecting affected properties tomainswatersupplieswherethehouseholder has agreed to this course of action.
- T h e main pollutants ofconcern, Perfluorooctyl sulphonate (PFOS) and Perfluorohexyl sulphonate (PFHS) are persistent in the environment and the attenuation of their concentration ingroundwatersis likely to be very slow.
- T h e remediation measures to deal with thepollutionwerereasonableand were approved bythe regulator.
- T h e proposed settlement should relate entirely to the costs incurredby Jersey Airport and should not, therefore, preclude further action by individuals in relation totheirexposuretothe pollutant.
- A s long as the reinstated FTG site isoperatedwithin its designparameters and no further pollutants move outside the site into controlled water, including surface waterandgroundwater,thesite will be compliant with theprovisionsof the WaterPollution(Jersey)Law2000.