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<p>Environmental permits issued by the Environment Agency set legally binding conditions.
The permit at Preston New Road allows for hydraulic fracturing fluid that returns
to the surface, known as flowback fluid, to be reused and recycled onsite in the process.
Flowback fluid that cannot be recycled will become waste, and must be taken offsite
for treatment at appropriately licensed waste water treatment facilities.</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>Waste flowback is not expected to be produced at the site until further
into the fracturing programme. At that time the Environment Agency plan to carry out
a full audit of flowback storage, sampling and disposal.</p><p> </p>
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