Our ref: EN00231
Your ref: Mr Charles Batsworth
Mr Batsworth
E-mail sent to: request-4456-
[email address]
18 December 2008
Dear Mr Batsworth
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
We refer to your request for information received by the Olympic Delivery
Authority (ODA) on 1 December 2008. requesting the following information:
Please confirm whether construction waste such as soil has been
transported from the Olympic site to the Calvert, Buckinghamshire
landfill by rail.
If so please provide the following information:
1. Copies of any Landfill Tax Contaminated Land Certificate of
applications submitted to HMRC in connection with any soil
being transported
2. The total tonnage and descriptions (and/or EWC codes) of
material disposed of by this means to date
3. How many rail journeys have taken place to date to transport
the waste
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4. The date the first such journey occurred
5. How much, if any, of the waste was classified as hazardous
Due to the nature of the information which you have requested, the ODA has
reviewed your request in terms of the Environmental Information Regulations.
We do not hold information of the description specified in your request. The
ODA has not transported any construction waste from the Olympic Park via
rail to the Calvert landfill in Buckinghamshire.
We regret that we are therefore unable to communicate the information to you.
We trust that this response answers your request. However, if you are not
satisfied with the response to your request and wish to make a complaint, you
should write to The Information Officer, Olympic Delivery Authority, One
Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5LN. Please state detailed
grounds for your complaint.
If you are not satisfied with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the
Information Commissioner will not make a decision unless you have
exhausted the complaint procedure provided by the ODA. The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.
Yours sincerely
Information Officer
Olympic Delivery Authority
