Dear Mr Moyes,

Please see attached response to your Freedom of Information request.

Regards

POLOPS 10a

Our Reference:CPSC/700/7/3

Mr Richard Moyes

By Email

Date: 16 March 2010

Dear Mr Moyes,

FOI REQUEST 18-02-2010-125314-002 MOYES

Thank you for your online Information Request Form on the MOD website
dated 18 February 2010 requesting information on Landmine and Cluster
Munition contamination in the Falklands Islands in 2009. The questions
were in 3 parts and I will answer the first two questions together as
there is considerable overlap.

Part 1

Q. What landmines, unexploded cluster munition remnants and other
UXO found and destroyed in the Falkland Islands during 2009. Include
areas of suspected minefield land surveyed or cleared?

A. I attach an up to date spreadsheet of all the UXO, unexploded
cluster munitions and mines found by the Joint Services EOD Team for the
years 2007 - 2009, which updates the spreadsheet that I sent you this time
last year. As you are aware the contract to de-mine the first 4 mined
areas in the Falkland Islands commenced towards the end of last year. By
the end of last year the following had been cleared, recovered and
destroyed:

Location Area Cleared/sq m AV Mines AP Mines BL 755 UXO
Surf Bay M8 640 38 40 0 0
Sapper Hill M25 264 N/A 12 0 0
Sapper Hill BAC Task 6580 N/A N/A 1 0

Spr Hill BAC task is north of the MPA road up to the M25 Minefield.

Part 2

Q) What reported incidents of persons or animals entering mined
areas or feared to have entered mined areas?

A) The following are the total number of incidents concerning entry
or possible entry to mine areas in 2009:

a. 29 1016 April 09, EOD Team Hillside Camp - Minefield gate at Eliza
Cove reported as broken. EOD made a temporary repair and tasked the
fencing contractor.

b. 07 1400 May 09, EOD Team Hillside Camp - A local civilian reported that
the mine signs on mfd's 5, 5A & 7 were fading & in need of replacement.
The local fencing contractor was tasked.

c. 15 0948 June 09, EOD Team Hillside Camp - Suspect wire found running
from SE corner of mfd 32. On inspection it was found to be barbed wire and
removed.

d. 02 1300 July 09, EOD Team Hillside Camp - Assistance given to the
Fisheries agency. JSEOD acted as a guide to the Mengeary Point Light Hse
situated within the Murrell mfd, so that the Fisheries agency could change
the batteries. Access via the rocky shoreline and rocks leading up to the
light house.

e. 20 1015 August 09, EOD Team Hillside Camp - Sheep reported within mfd
59 the Royal Falklands Islands Police have been tasked to destroy the
sheep, due to the location of the sheep the task was called off pending a
more suitable weapon. On re-inspection the sheep had made their own way
out of the mfd.

f. 10 1300 Dec 09, EOD Team Hillside Camp - Assistance given to the
Fisheries Dept for maintenance on the light house at Mengeary Point
situated within the Murrell Mfd.

g. 16 0900 Dec 09, EOD Team Hillside Camp - Assistance given to the
Fisheries Dept for maintenance on the light house at Mengeary Point
situated within the Murrell Mfd..

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Yours sincerely

Scott Derben

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