If you haul soil for a contractor, the move must be notified to the municipality, and you must carry a consignment note on every trip. Here are the rules: who notifies, when the soil may be moved, what you write on the consignment note, what it costs to forget it, and how much the soil weighs.
Introduction
Contaminated soil, soil from a mapped property, soil from a public road and soil from an area with area classification must not simply be driven away (BEK no. 1452 of 07/12/2015, § 2). The move must be notified to the municipality where the soil is dug up. It is the developer, owner or user arranging the move, or whoever is in charge of it in practice, e.g. the contractor, who must notify it or make sure it has been done (§ 4).
When may the soil be moved?
- 01Normally four weeks after the municipality has received the notification. If the municipality asks for more information within the four weeks, the soil may only be moved two weeks after the municipality has received it (§ 5).
- 02Immediately, if the soil is going to an approved receiving facility that may accept soil with the contamination stated in the notification. If the soil comes from a mapped area, however, the municipality must first have approved a plan for how the soil is handled (§ 6(1)).
- 03If it is at most 1 m³ of soil in total, it can be delivered to an approved receiving facility without prior notification. If the soil comes from a mapped property, the notification is handed in together with the soil (§ 6(2)-(3)).
The driver's duties — the consignment note
The consignment note is a copy of the latest version of the notification on which the carrier has written their name, address and CVR number (§ 3(5)). As the carrier, you must (§ 12):
- 01write your name, address and CVR number on the notification, which is the consignment note,
- 02carry a copy of the consignment note on every single trip,
- 03hand over the consignment note to the next carrier or to the recipient named on the note when you deliver the soil,
- 04show the consignment note when the environmental authority asks for it.
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