The Resource Management Act (RMA) defines contaminated land as land of one of the following kinds:
(a) If there is an applicable national environmental standard on contaminants in soil, the land is more contaminated than the standard allows; or

(b) If there is no applicable national environmental standard on contaminants in soil, the land has a hazardous substance in or on it that –
(i) has significant adverse effects on the environment; or
(ii) is reasonably likely to have significant adverse effects on the environment

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