Dear Emily

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Environmental Planning and Engagement | Solent and South Downs Area | 
Environment Agency | Guildbourne House, Chatsworth Road, Worthing, West
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From: Emily Mott [[11]mailto:[FOI #808128 email]]
Sent: 18 November 2021 09:57
To: National Requests <[12][Environment Agency request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - inspection HDPE /impermeable
membrane IGas sites at Singleton, Horndean, Larkwhistle

Dear Environment Agency,

Please provide the following details of any inspections by the Environment
Agency of the impermeable high-density polyethylene environmental membrane
underlying the following sites:

1. Singleton Oil Site/ IGas A286, Cobblers Row to Middlefield, Singleton
PO18 0HL

2. Horndean B, Sheepwash Road, Horndean, Hampshire PO8 0DS     Horndean X,
Pyle Farm, Horndean, Hampshire PO8 0AJ 3. Larkwhistle Farm, Hampshire
(IGas)

Please can you report:

1. The date of any inspections

2. The result of any inspections

3. How was the liner inspected

Please also answer the follow questions:

1. Have any of the surface  materials covering the membrane been removed
during the inspection(s).

2. If material was removed, what proportion of the site did this cover?

3. If the EA has not inspected the site membrane, has the organisation
received results of any other inspection by either IGas, a suitable
contractor  or other regulator?

Many thanks for your help with this matter,

Emily Mott

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Dear Emily,    

Thank you for your emails below of 18 November 2021 and 22 March 2022.

We apologise for the delays that have occurred in responding to you with
your requested information and any inconvenience this has caused.  This is
because we have been receiving a very high number of enquiries and are
responding in date order as soon as we are able to. We are making every
effort to address this issue.

Regarding your request, please find attached the details of the one
inspection of the impermeable high density polyethylene membrane
underlying the three highlighted sites.  This inspection was carried out
at the Singleton Oil Site on the 08/09/2010, and inspection of the site
included the installation records of the HDPE liner installed as part of
the site expansion.  No other inspection of the HDPE liner has been
carried out at these sites.  Please note that the HDPE liner forms part of
the entire containment system for the site.  The containment system is
inspected on a regular basis and are subject to an full review as part of
the improvement programme included as part of the Oil and Gas sector-wide
review.

We respond to requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and
Environmental Information Regulations 2004.  We have redacted the document
enclosed where it contains personal data and, as a public body, are
required to provide a formal letter of notice (attached) that gives an
explanation for the reasons for this.

Unless otherwise specified, this information is supplied subject to the
notice which can be viewed via the following link:
[1]http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/o...

Please get in touch if you have any further queries.

Kind regards

Customers & Engagement Team

Environmental Planning and Engagement | Solent and South Downs Area | 
Environment Agency | Guildbourne House, Chatsworth Road, Worthing, West
Sussex, BN11 1LD
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National Customer Contact Centre 03708 506506

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