Section 59(7)

Where SEPA— it shall be the duty of SEPA to inform the local authority in whose area that land is situated of the abandonment or proposed abandonment. receives notice under this section or otherwise learns of an abandonment or proposed abandonment in the case of any mine, and considers that, in consequence of the abandonment or proposed abandonment taking effect, any land has or is likely to become contaminated land, within the meaning of Part IIA of the Environmental Protection Act 1990,

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