Approval for use of Depleted Uranium or other radioactive substance.

Lancashire County Council did not have the information requested.

Dear Lancashire County Council,
Please confirm whether or not permissions to utilise Depleted Uranium or other radioactive substance by any onshore Hydraulic Fracturing operator in Lancashire have been applied for and what the outcome was?
Please confirm whether or not Depleted Uranium or other radioactive substance has been utilised by any onshore Hydraulic Fracturing operations in Lancashire?
Yours sincerely,
Peter K Roberts.

Freedom of Information, Lancashire County Council

Dear Mr Roberts,

 

Request for Information Under the Freedom of Information Act (2000)

 

We are writing to acknowledge receipt of your enquiry of 28.12.19 in which
you request the disclosure of information.

 

We can confirm that your enquiry will now be assigned to an officer who
will commence a search for the information you require and they will
respond in due course. The deadline date for issuing you with a full
response is 28.01.20. We will endeavour to provide a response well in
advance of this date, however, should we envisage any delays, or require
more details from you, we will contact you immediately.

 

If you have any queries about the above, please do not hesitate to contact
us, quoting ref 964.1833 (AA4).

 

Yours sincerely,

 

On Behalf of the Information Governance Team Lancashire County Council PO
Box 78 County Hall Preston

PR1 8XJ

 

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peter k. roberts left an annotation ()

Acknowledgement received.

Freedom of Information, Lancashire County Council

Good Morning Peter,

 

Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

 

Further to your request for information, made under the provisions of the
above Act, please see below our response.

 

Request:

 

Please confirm whether or not permissions to utilise Depleted Uranium or
other radioactive substance by any onshore Hydraulic Fracturing operator
in Lancashire have been applied for and what the outcome was?

Please confirm whether or not Depleted Uranium or other radioactive
substance has been utilised by any onshore Hydraulic Fracturing operations
in Lancashire?

 

Response:

 

Lancashire County Council does not hold the information you are seeking,
as the subject matter is the responsibility of the District Councils with
Lancashire.  As such, if you have not already done so, you should redirect
your enquiry to the District Councils within Lancashire, details of which
are as follows:

 

·         [1]Burnley Borough Council

·         [2]Chorley Borough Council

·         [3]Fylde Borough Council

·         [4]Hyndburn Borough Council

·         [5]Lancaster City Council

·         [6]Pendle Borough Council

·         [7]Preston City Council

·         [8]Ribble Valley Borough Council

·         [9]Rossendale Borough Council

·         [10]South Ribble Borough Council

·         [11]West Lancashire Borough Council

·         [12]Wyre Borough Council

 

If you have any queries regarding any of the above, or you require any
additional information, please do not hesitate to contact the team quoting
reference number 964.1833 (AA4).

 

We trust that our response is to your satisfaction, and your request will
now be closed as of this date.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Information Access Officer

Information Governance Team

Lancashire County Council

T:  0300 123 6701

W: [13]www.lancashire.gov.uk

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peter k. roberts left an annotation ()

I've redirected my request to both Fylde and Blackpool Borough Council as suggested.