Deadline: 28 March 2024
Regional councils and unitary authorities can apply for funding for the remediation of contaminated sites that pose a risk to human health and the environment.
The fund supports regional councils, unitary authorities and territorial authorities fulfil their obligations for contaminated land management under the Resource Management Act 1991.
Regional councils and unitary authorities are responsible for investigating land for the purposes of identifying and monitoring contamination. Territorial authorities are responsible for preventing or mitigating any adverse effects of the development, subdivision or use of contaminated land.
Regional councils and unitary authorities submit information to the Ministry for the Environment on contaminated sites that they consider priorities for investigation or remediation. They do this on behalf of landowners that seek financial assistance from them. The sites must be eligible for CSRF funding.
Funding Information
- $2.63 million available annually
Eligibility
- To be eligible for funding a site must meet the following criteria.
- A completed application form has been submitted to the Ministry from a regional council/unitary authority.
- Activities likely to result in site contamination have been undertaken at one of the following points in time:
- before the Resource Management Act (RMA) was enacted in 1991
- after the RMA was enacted in 1991 but only if no enforcement could be undertaken by regional councils, unitary authorities or territorial authorities to investigate and/or remediate the contamination, and the activities that caused the contamination have since stopped.
- The application for funding is for one or more of the following phases of remediation:
- 2 – site investigation
- 3 – remediation planning
- 4 – site remediation.
- (Funding is not available for phase one – desktop study.)
- Funding is only requested for the years in which the site investigation, remediation planning and site remediation are undertaken.
- Funding may only be used for agreed Project Costs that are incurred after a Deed of Funding has been entered into.
- In addition, the contributions by landowners, the regional council or unitary authority, or any other party to each of the stages should reflect that party’s ability to pay and their responsibility for the site and/or contamination. If the application is approved, the Ministry will provide support to the costs for phases 2–4: site assessment, remedial planning and remediation.
For more information, visit Ministry for the Environment.
