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<p>Management of fugitive emissions is covered by the Environment Agency permit. As
part of the permit application, the operator will need to describe the management
of fugitive emissions in an ‘emissions management plan’.</p><p>During operations the
operator will be required to undertake environmental monitoring, including emissions
monitoring, to demonstrate compliance with their permits. In some cases, depending
on the risks presented by a site or community concerns, the Environment Agency may
carry out extra monitoring themselves.</p><p>As a further safeguard, the Infrastructure
Act 2015 makes it clear that hydraulic fracturing activities cannot take place unless
appropriate arrangements have been made for monitoring emissions of methane into the
air.</p><p>In addition, the Government is grant funding an environmental monitoring
programme led by the British Geological Survey (BGS) in the Fylde (Lancashire) and
Kirby Misperton (North Yorkshire), where applications for shale gas wells have been
made.</p>
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