Written question asked by Judy Mallaber (Labour) on Tuesday, 17 July 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 October 2001. It was answered by Michael Meacher (Labour) on Monday, 15 October 2001 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what procedures are in place to ensure that the Environment Agency can distinguish between leachates from the Hilts Quarry site, Crich and the Roe's Lane landfill site in conducting investigations into applications by Rolls Royce; on what evidence the Environment Agency determined the high reading of Cobalt 60 in samples of surface water in Crich, Derbyshire, in the third quarter of 1999 was a false reading; what action will be taken to ensure the safety of the existing site in the event of a decision by the Environment Agency to end the disposal of Rolls Royce waste at Hilts Quarry, Crich; what studies are being (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned by the Environment Agency in making a determination on the applications submitted by Rolls Royce Marine Power Operations Ltd in so far as they relate to disposal of waste at Hilts Quarry, Crich; what information is available to the Environment Agency on the nature of the materials (a) stored at Hilts Quarry, Crich, after disposal since the 1960s from Rolls Royce Marine Power Operations Ltd, Derby and (b) deposited at Hilts Quarry in weekly disposals from RRMPOL; what procedures have been put in place to ensure that sample results from Crich, Derbyshire, given to Rolls Royce are made available to the Environment Agency and that abnormal results are investigated; what criteria the Environment Agency is applying in determining whether the disposal of Rolls Royce waste at Hilts Quarry, Crich, Derbyshire, should continue.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

372 c1069-70W; 5805;5809;5803;5806;5804;5807;5808

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Disclosure of information Applications Contamination Landfill Environment Agency Radioactive waste Safety measures Research Waste disposal Rolls-Royce Derbyshire Ground water Crich

Link

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