Ordinance
on the Charge for the Remediation
of Contaminated Sites
(OCRCS)

¹ For meas­ures for the in­vest­ig­a­tion and mon­it­or­ing of pol­luted sites, sub­sidies shall be paid only if:

a.

the meas­ures were be­gun after 1 Ju­ly 1997;

b.

an ap­plic­a­tion for a sub­sidy for a meas­ure car­ried out be­fore 1 Novem­ber 2006 is sub­mit­ted to the FOEN by 31 Decem­ber 2010.

² If the per­son re­spons­ible for caus­ing a pol­luted site can­not be iden­ti­fied or if he is un­able to pay (Art. 32e para. 3 let. b no 1 EPA), sub­sidies shall be paid for in­vest­ig­a­tion and mon­it­or­ing meas­ures:

a.

if the al­low­able in­vest­ig­a­tion or mon­it­or­ing costs amount to over 250 000 francs, provided a leg­ally-bind­ing rul­ing on the al­loc­a­tion of the costs is sub­mit­ted;

b.

if the al­low­able in­vest­ig­a­tion or mon­it­or­ing costs amount to 250 000 francs or less, provided prop­er leg­al jus­ti­fic­a­tion for the al­loc­a­tion of the costs is provided.

³ For meas­ures for the in­vest­ig­a­tion of sites that are not found to be pol­luted, sub­sidies shall be paid only if the in­vest­ig­a­tions were be­gun after 1 Novem­ber 2006.