Dear Emily

Thank you for your emails of 16 April and 16 June 2021; please accept our
apologies for the delay in responding to you, and any inconvenience this
delay may  have caused.  We can confirm that we have received your request
below.  Please be advised it has now been logged and sent to our technical
team for investigation; it has also been assigned the reference number
SSD222304

Many of our teams are working from home which can bring with it certain
challenges such as access to emails and other IT systems. We always aim to
provide the best service we can and are working hard to provide responses
to all of our customers as soon as we can, but in the current
circumstances we are unable to acknowledge and process enquiries within
normal timescales, so please expect there could be significant delays to
our response.

In the meantime you may want to visit our website at [1]Gov.uk  and
[2]data.gov.uk to see if there is information available that can assist
you. 

Thank you for your patience.

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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From: Emily Mott [[5]mailto:[FOI #747971 email]]
Sent: 16 June 2021 06:55
To: National Requests <[6][Environment Agency request email]>
Subject: 165 Re: Freedom of Information request - NORM / IGas/ Horndean
permit EPR/SB3691DY/A001

Dear Environment Agency,

Please can you follow up on my FOI re: NORM / IGas/ Horndean permit
EPR/SB3691DY/A001 This is long overdue and has much needed information for
a research project I am working on.

Many thanks,

Emily Mott

From: Emily Mott [[7]mailto:[FOI #747971 email]]
Sent: 16 April 2021 10:32
To: National Requests <[8][Environment Agency request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - NORM / IGas/ Horndean permit
EPR/SB3691DY/A001

Dear Environment Agency,

I note the permit EPR/SB3691DY/A001 was issued to IGas for the export of
produced water offsite which contains naturally occurring radioactive
material (NORM)

[9]https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlo...

Please can you tell me

1. What volume of NORM is produced from the Horndean site?

2. Where does the NORM come from? It was my understanding that IGas has
permission to produce from the Oolite and no other strata. The Oolite
should not contain NORM 3. Please can you send me a copy of notes from the
TEAM LEADER Radioactive Substances Regulation (Authorised to issue such
documents on behalf of the Environment Agency) on how she/he decided to
issue a standard rules permit not bespoke.

4. Has the NORM been tested since the permit was issued and what is the
analysis (ie what is the NORM composed of) 5. Where is the NORM from
Horndean sites stored, which site is it sent to and/or where is it
processed?

Many thanks for your help with this.

Yours faithfully,

Emily Mott

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Dear Emily,     

Please accept our apologies for the delay in providing a response to you. 

Please see the below response from our technical team to your questions: 

1. What volume of NORM is produced from the Horndean site?  

On average, the Horndean site generates around 72 tonnes of produced water
which is contaminated with naturally occurring radioactive material every
month. In terms of radioactivity, the average is around 0.5 MBq of Radium
226 and Radium 228 generated per month.

2. Where does the NORM come from? It was my understanding that IGas has
permission to produce from the Oolite and no other strata. The Oolite
should not contain NORM and:

3. Please can you send me a copy of notes from the TEAM LEADER Radioactive
Substances Regulation (Authorised to issue such documents on behalf of the
Environment Agency) on how she/he decided to issue a standard rules permit
not bespoke.

Attached is a copy of the decision document produced when the standard
rules RSR permit was issued.

4. Has the NORM been tested since the permit was issued and what is the
analysis (ie what is the NORM composed of)

The Hordean site does not generate solid radioactive waste, therefore no
analysis has been performed. The produced water is tested on a regular
basis and the NORM contamination has remained relatively constant. The
average concentration of radioactive substances are as follows:

  Po-210 Pb-210 Ra-226 Ra-228
Measured value (Becquerel’s per litre) 6.5 5.9 6.0 1.5

5. Where is the NORM from Horndean sites stored, which site is it sent to
and/or where is it processed?

Produced water is stored in an above ground tank. It is then transferred
to one of a number of Island Gas Limited sites in the area that hold a
bespoke RSR environmental permit, which permits the import of radioactive
waste. It is then reinjected back into the rock formation at the disposal
site. Although the standard rules permit allows for the operation, no
produced water is reinjected at the Horndean site and as mentioned
previously, no solid radioactive waste is produced.

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

[2][email address]

National Customer Contact Centre 03708 506506

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From: SSD Enquiries
Sent: 18 June 2021 16:08
To: [FOI #747971 email]
Subject: 210618 SSD222304 - FOI request - NORM / IGas/ Horndean permit
EPR/SB3691DY/A001

Dear Emily

Thank you for your emails of 16 April and 16 June 2021; please accept our
apologies for the delay in responding to you, and any inconvenience this
delay may  have caused.  We can confirm that we have received your request
below.  Please be advised it has now been logged and sent to our technical
team for investigation; it has also been assigned the reference number
SSD222304

Many of our teams are working from home which can bring with it certain
challenges such as access to emails and other IT systems. We always aim to
provide the best service we can and are working hard to provide responses
to all of our customers as soon as we can, but in the current
circumstances we are unable to acknowledge and process enquiries within
normal timescales, so please expect there could be significant delays to
our response.

In the meantime you may want to visit our website at [9]Gov.uk  and
[10]data.gov.uk to see if there is information available that can assist
you. 

Thank you for your patience.

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

[11][email address]

National Customer Contact Centre 03708 506506

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From: Emily Mott [[13]mailto:[FOI #747971 email]]
Sent: 16 June 2021 06:55
To: National Requests <[14][Environment Agency request email]>
Subject: 165 Re: Freedom of Information request - NORM / IGas/ Horndean
permit EPR/SB3691DY/A001

Dear Environment Agency,

Please can you follow up on my FOI re: NORM / IGas/ Horndean permit
EPR/SB3691DY/A001 This is long overdue and has much needed information for
a research project I am working on.

Many thanks,

Emily Mott

From: Emily Mott [[15]mailto:[FOI #747971 email]]
Sent: 16 April 2021 10:32
To: National Requests <[16][Environment Agency request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - NORM / IGas/ Horndean permit
EPR/SB3691DY/A001

Dear Environment Agency,

I note the permit EPR/SB3691DY/A001 was issued to IGas for the export of
produced water offsite which contains naturally occurring radioactive
material (NORM)

[17]https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlo...

Please can you tell me

1. What volume of NORM is produced from the Horndean site?

2. Where does the NORM come from? It was my understanding that IGas has
permission to produce from the Oolite and no other strata. The Oolite
should not contain NORM 3. Please can you send me a copy of notes from the
TEAM LEADER Radioactive Substances Regulation (Authorised to issue such
documents on behalf of the Environment Agency) on how she/he decided to
issue a standard rules permit not bespoke.

4. Has the NORM been tested since the permit was issued and what is the
analysis (ie what is the NORM composed of) 5. Where is the NORM from
Horndean sites stored, which site is it sent to and/or where is it
processed?

Many thanks for your help with this.

Yours faithfully,

Emily Mott

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Please use this email address for all replies to this request:

[18][FOI #747971 email]

Is [19][Environment Agency request email] the wrong address for
Freedom of Information requests to Environment Agency? If so, please
contact us using this form:

[20]https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlo...

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:

[21]https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlo...

For more detailed guidance on safely disclosing information, read the
latest advice from the ICO:

[22]https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlo...

Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will
be delayed.

If you find this service useful as an FOI officer, please ask your web
manager to link to us from your organisation's FOI page.

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