Written question asked by Countess of Mar (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Rooker (Labour) on Tuesday, 11 December 2007.

Waste Management: Solutia Bankruptcy

Question: asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Answer by Lord Rooker on 28 March (Official Report, cols. 1644–7), on what date in May 2006 the ““protection of reservation rights”” was filed at the Solutia Incorporated bankruptcy proceedings in the United States; what form the filing took; and what was the outcome.

Answer: The Environment Agency's reservation of rights was filed with the US Bankruptcy Court in Solutia's bankruptcy proceedings on 26 May 2006. The filing was entitled Response and Reservation of Rights of UK Environment Agency to Debtors Disclosure Statement. The ultimate outcome of the filing was, following negotiation, the express listing of the Brofiscin Quarry Site at Groesfaen as a ““Legacy Site”” under the terms of Solutia's reorganisation plan and the Global Settlement between Solutia, Monsanto and Pharmacia.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 751; 697 c49WA
Session: 2007-08
Related items: Local Government: Refuse Collection
Wednesday, 28 March 2007
Oral questions
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House of Lords; Waste Management: Brofiscin Quarry
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Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects: Chemicals Environment Agency Pollution control Quarrying Wales Waste disposal Monsanto Solutia Brofiscin Quarry
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