Environmental Baseline Study

An Environmental Baseline Study (EBS) is a soil and groundwater investigation that is carried out for the following purposes:

a) to establish the baseline level of potential contaminants in soil and groundwater beneath the site;

b) to assess the extent of contamination of the site.

Please refer to JTC's list of industrial activities which require EBS. This list is non-exhaustive and JTC reserves the right to impose EBS (and remediation) conditions on companies as required.

Please note that the process of EBS (and remediation) may be time consuming. As such, you should allow sufficient time for carrying out EBS (and remediation) before the Legal completion process during the assignment/allocation of your premises.

For the convenience of JTC's business partners and service providers, we have attached a copy of the technical guidelines on EBS. Please note that with effect from 1 September 2004, JTC will only accept EBS reports from the relevant list of third party specialist independent consultants published by the National Environment Agency (NEA) at the relevant time. That list is available at NEA's website.