The complainant requested the addresses of two ‘orphaned’ onshore oil and gas wellbores. The Environment Agency relied on Regulation 13(1) of the EIR to withhold the information. The Commissioner’s decision is that Regulation 13(1) of the EIR is not engaged in respect of this information. The Commissioner requires the EA to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation: disclose the two addresses to the complainant.
FOI 13: Complaint upheld
Citations:
[2021] UKICO IC-47094
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 25 August 2022; Ref: scu.659746