Federal Act
on the Protection of the Environment
(Environmental Protection Act, EPA)

¹ The can­tons en­sure that land­fills and oth­er sites pol­luted by waste (pol­luted sites) are re­medi­ated if such sites lead to harm­ful ef­fects or nuis­ances or if there is a con­crete risk that such ef­fects may arise. The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may en­act reg­u­la­tions about the need for re­medi­ation and on the ob­ject­ives and ur­gency of re­medi­ation work.

² The can­tons draw up a re­gister of pol­luted sites that is ac­cess­ible to the pub­lic.

³ They may carry out the in­vest­ig­a­tion, mon­it­or­ing and re­medi­ation of pol­luted sites them­selves or in­struct third parties to do so if:

a.

this is re­quired to avert im­min­ent ef­fects;

b.

the per­son li­able is un­able to ar­range for the meas­ures to be car­ried out; or

c.

the per­son li­able fails to act des­pite be­ing re­minded and al­lowed time to do so.