To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department requires that the levels of methane in groundwater must have been monitored for a full 12-month period before hydraulic fracturing can begin.
Answered on
30 October 2017
Where an application is made, the department requires that the level of methane in groundwater has, or will have, been monitored in the period of 12 months before hydraulic fracturing begins.
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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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