Written question asked by Countess of Mar (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Rooker (Labour) on Thursday, 8 May 2008.

Waste Management: Brofiscin Quarry

Question: asked Her Majesty's Government:Further to the Written Answers by Lord Rooker on 11 December 2007 (WA 49), 27 March (WA 124), 31 March (WA 141–2), 2 April (WA 183–4 and 186–8) and 22 April (WA 295) and by Baroness Morgan of Drefelin on 17 December 2007 (WA 109), upon what basis the Environment Agency or the Environment Agency Wales could pursue Monsanto for the costs of remediation of Brofiscin Quarry and other landfill sites in the United Kingdom.

Answer: I am informed by the Environment Agency Wales that when looking at securing remediation or recovering the cost of remediation at Brofiscin Quarry from any appropriate persons it has identified, the Environment Agency will have regard to the principles and approaches for cost recovery that are set out in Chapter E of the Welsh Assembly Government's Part 2A Statutory Guidance on Contaminated Land (2006).

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 3264; 701 c101-2WA
Session: 2007-08
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Subjects: Costs Contamination Chemicals Landfill Pollution control Waste disposal Monsanto Brofiscin Quarry
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