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date	02/11/2017
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fracking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether permission for the shale gas industry to proceed with a fracking operation under the environmental permitting regime can only be granted in the event that the regulatory authorities are satisfied that baseline levels of pollution are not exceeded.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	111190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>Environment Agency permits for shale gas sites set out conditions that require baseline monitoring as well as ongoing monitoring throughout operations. Baseline data is important in the understanding of existing local environmental conditions.</p><p> </p><p>The permit sets out the conditions for operators to follow so that their activities do not cause unacceptable impacts on the environment.</p><p> </p><p>In the event that pollution is detected that can be attributed to permitted activities on the site, action will be required to remediate any impact and the operator may be subject to enforcement action.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 07/11/2017 17:47:50 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

782917

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Fracking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it is Government policy to ensure that baseline levels of environmental pollution prior to any fracking are not exceeded; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	111191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government supports the use of baseline monitoring, which can be valuable in showing local communities environmental conditions ahead of operations, and helps ensure a more rigorous post-operation assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Environmental permits for shale gas sites set out conditions that require baseline monitoring as well as ongoing monitoring throughout operations. Baseline data is important in the understanding of existing local environmental conditions. Permit conditions seek to ensure that no unacceptable impacts are caused by operations on the environment.</p><p> </p><p>In the event that pollution is detected that can be attributed to permitted activities on any given site, action will be required to remediate any impact.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 07/11/2017 16:01:41 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

782921

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Fracking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2017 to Question 109370, on fracking, and with reference to his Department's hydraulic fracturing consent guidance, published in February 2017, whether licensees seeking hydraulic fracturing consent (HFC) will be required to provide details in environmental permit applications of proposed plans to undertake 12 months' monitoring of the level of methane in groundwater in relation to (a) the current application for HFC for Ryedale, North Yorkshire and (b) all future such applications.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	111259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Under section 4A of the Petroleum Act 1998, all licensees are required to provide details of proposed plans to undertake 12 months' monitoring of the level of methane in groundwater, in line with the guidance[1] issued by the Department in February 2017.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/591631/Hydraulic_Fracturing_Consent_Guidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/591631/Hydraulic_Fracturing_Consent_Guidance.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 09/11/2017 14:06:12 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 20977 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas