Fracking

(asked on 28th January 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanisms exist to require that information on chemical substances and their maximum concentrations is included in the environmental permit for each hydraulic fracturing development.


Answered by
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Dan Rogerson
This question was answered on 3rd February 2015

All oil and gas exploratory sites need permits under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010.

Operators are required to disclose the chemicals they propose to use in hydraulic fracturing, and the maximum concentration of each, along with information on total daily discharge of hydraulic fracturing fluid into the ground and the fluid taken off-site for disposal, when they apply to the Environment Agency for the relevant permits. This information is included within the environmental permit with which the operator has a legal obligation to comply. The Environment Agency can take enforcement action to ensure all the information required by the permit is supplied by the operator.

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