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The DoW CoP team have noticed that the return rate of Declarations to the QP has increased. The key reasons for the returns are related to:
- The title of the referenced document does not seem to be relevant to the question.
Recommendation: If the title of the document differs from the question, for instance, Risk Assessment, Remediation Strategy, Design Statement, or Verification Plan, please ensure that before submitting the Declaration, you provide a statement confirming that the document referenced meets the topic in question.
- The key contact provided in the “Local Authorities / Regulators” section is no longer up to date.
Recommendation: For long-running and multi-Declaration projects, please remind the Project team / the MMP author to ensure that all contact details must be updated in the MMP throughout the duration of the project, including the contact details for the local authority and area EA / NRW officer.
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The DoW CoP QP Handbook has been updated, and the changes have been made in Section “7- What should a good Declaration look like”.
Guidance is provided on the following:
- how to use the dropdown list of the area office for Local Authorities and EA/NRW.
- how to reference a document.
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CL:AIRE is pleased to announce the publication of the first Joint Communiqué of the International Soil Reuse Forum (ISRF), available here: ISRF.
The ISRF is a collaborative forum for organisations that oversee soil reuse and management programmes, founded originally by CL:AIRE (UK), Grondbank (BE), BRGM (FR) and SIKB (NL).
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The DoW CoP audit team has sent 13 audit requests in June directly to the relevant project teams, primarily to the Verification Report responsible person. The QPs have also been copied into the audit request emails.
If you, as the project QP, have been copied in on these requests, please note that we do not expect you to take action on the audit request at this stage. You may be contacted in due course during the project audit for assistance if needed.
Please do not hesitate to contact us at dowcop.audits@claireinitiatives.com, if you have any questions regarding the above.
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We’d like to share some further observations arising from the recent DoW CoP audit outcomes, highlight the importance of Verification Plans, remind users of the risks of non-compliance and promote the support that CL:AIRE offers to users of the DoW CoP.