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Dear Lynn Gazal
 
ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION REGULATIONS 2004 - INFORMATION REQUEST
 
Thank you for your request for information received on 2^nd September
2024. We have considered your request and enclose the following
information -
 
What chemicals do you know are present at Thomas Ness Tar Plant? Based on
recent testing and historic testing?
 
Please note that this response is based on information that has been made
available to us to date.  It is possible that other contaminants may exist
that have not yet been identified as part of investigations carried out on
the land.
 
Please find below a list of contaminants that have been detected in soil.
 For clarity, this does not mean these contaminants are present at
dangerous levels, it just means they have been detected on/in the land.
 
Asbestos in Soil
Total Cyanide
Total Sulphate as SO4
Water Soluble SO4
Sulphide
Total Organic Carbon (TOC)
Total Phenols
 
Naphthalene
Acenaphthylene
Acenaphthene
Fluorene
Phenanthrene
Anthracene
Fluoranthene
Pyrene
Benzo(a)anthracene
Chrysene
Benzo(b)fluoranthene
Benzo(k)fluoranthene
Benzo(a)pyrene
Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene
Dibenz(a,h)anthracene
Benzo(ghi)perylene
 
Arsenic
Beryllium
Boron (water soluble)
Cadmium
Chromium (hexavalent)
Chromium
Copper
Lead
Mercury
Nickel
Vanadium
Zinc
 
TPH-CWG - Aliphatic >EC10 - EC12
TPH-CWG - Aliphatic >EC12 - EC16
TPH-CWG - Aliphatic >EC16 - EC21
TPH-CWG - Aliphatic >EC21 - EC35
TPH-CWG - Aliphatic >EC16 - EC35
TPH-CWG - Aliphatic > EC35 - EC44
TPH-CWG - Aliphatic (EC5 - EC35)
TPH-CWG - Aliphatic (EC5 - EC44)
 
TPH-CWG - Aromatic >EC5 - EC7
TPH-CWG - Aromatic >EC7 - EC8
TPH-CWG - Aromatic >EC8 - EC10
TPH-CWG - Aromatic >EC10 - EC12
TPH-CWG - Aromatic >EC12 - EC16
TPH-CWG - Aromatic >EC16 - EC21
TPH-CWG - Aromatic >EC21 - EC35
TPH-CWG - Aromatic >EC35 - EC40
TPH-CWG - Aromatic > EC35 - EC44
TPH-CWG - Aromatic (EC5 - EC35)
TPH-CWG - Aromatic (EC5 - EC44)
TPH Total C5 - C44
 
Benzene
Toluene
Ethylbenzene
p & m-xylene
o-xylene
Isopropylbenzene
1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene
Phenol
2-Methylphenol
4-Methylphenol
2,4-Dimethylphenol
2-Methylnaphthalene
Dibenzofuran
Carbazole
Anthraquinone
 
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what you wanted or if you feel we have not fully understood your request
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Regulations 2004. Therefore in accordance with Section 17 of the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 this letter acts as a Refusal Notice to supply
this information under the Freedom of Information Act.
 
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Yours sincerely
 
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