Recycling Provision and Bottom Ash Usage
Dear Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council,
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. I am outlining my query as specifically as possible.
I would like to understand the Authority’s recycling provision, including details of existing Bottom Ash recycling contracts, and the Authority’s future plans for recycling and environmental responsibility and sustainability.
I am interested in any information held by you regarding my
request. I understand that under the Act, I do not have to specify particular files or documents and that it is your department's responsibility to provide the information I require. If you need further clarification, please contact me by email.
I would like to receive the information as electronic copy, via WhatDoTheyKnow.com.
If my request is denied in whole or part, I ask that you cite one of the Freedom of Information Act exemptions for each piece of information you refuse to release. I would also expect you to release all non-exempt material. I reserve the right to appeal your decision to withhold any information or to charge excessive fees.
I should be entitled to a response within 20 working days. I would be grateful if you could confirm in writing that you have received this request. I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely,
Michael Akinya
Dear Mr Akinya
Thank you for your request for information regarding Recycling Provision
and Bottom Ash Usage
Your request was received on 21/11/2011 and I am dealing with it under
the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or the
Environmental Information Regulations 2004.
In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, I
will let you know. A fees notice will be issued to you, and you will be
required to pay before we will proceed to deal with your request.
If you have any queries about this email, please contact [Name of Council employee removed]
on telephone number 01254 585582 or myself on 01254 585226.
Alternatively, our email address is
[Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council request email].
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.
Kind Regards
Sarah Slater
Information Governance
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Tel: 01254 585226
Fax: 01254 585286
Post: Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, Information Governance, G
Floor, Tower Block, Town Hall, Blackburn, Lancs. BB1 7DY.
Website: www.blackburn.gov.uk
Email: [email address]
Michael,
Thank you for your request for information regarding recycling provision
and bottom ash usage (reference number 18427). Please find our response
below. If you have any queries regarding this request for information
then please don't hesitate to contact me.
1) Details of existing Bottom Ash recycling contracts. As we don't use
incineration or energy from waste as a disposal route, we do not have
any bottom ash.
2) The Authority's future plans for recycling and environmental
responsibility and sustainability.
The information you have requested is exempt under Section 21 of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000, Accessible by other means. Details of
allowances are available on the Council's website and can be accessed
using the following link:
http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/server.php?s...
Full text as follows:
21 Information accessible to applicant by other means.
(1)Information which is reasonably accessible to the applicant otherwise
than under section 1 is exempt information.
(2)For the purposes of subsection (1)-
(a)information may be reasonably accessible to the applicant even though
it is accessible only on payment, and
(b)information is to be taken to be reasonably accessible to the
applicant if it is information which the public authority or any other
person is obliged by or under any enactment to communicate (otherwise
than by making the information available for inspection) to members of
the public on request, whether free of charge or on payment.
(3)For the purposes of subsection (1), information which is held by a
public authority and does not fall within subsection (2)(b) is not to be
regarded as reasonably accessible to the applicant merely because the
information is available from the public authority itself on request,
unless the information is made available in accordance with the
authority's publication scheme and any payment required is specified in,
or determined in accordance with, the scheme.
Should you require further information please contact me. The
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have received in relation to your request and wish to make a complaint
or request a review of our decision, you should write to:
Sarah Slater, Information Governance Manager, Information Governance,
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, G Floor, Town Hall, Blackburn,
Lancashire, BB1 7DY
If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may
apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.
Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the
complaints procedure provided by the Council. The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner's Office,
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.
Please find attached our 'have your say' feedback policy.
Regards,
Heather Wolstenholme
Freedom of Information Officer
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Information Technology Management and Governance
Tel: 01254 585651
Fax: 01254 585286
Post: Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, IT Dept, G Floor, Tower
Block, Town Hall, Blackburn, Lancs. BB1 7DY.
Website: www.blackburn.gov.uk
Email: [email address]
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