Following public consultation this autumn, the Environment Agency has issued Angus Energy with a variation of its radioactive substances permit for operations at the Brockham oil site.
The permit now allows the receipt of aqueous waste in the form of produced water from other oil and gas sites that may be contaminated with naturally-occurring radioactive material (NORM). This will be reinjected into an existing borehole at Brockham.
Public consultation on this permit variation application ran between 7 October and 4 November 2022. Having reviewed the responses, the Environment Agency decided to approve the application.
An Environment Agency spokesperson said:
In deciding whether or not to issue this permit variation, the Environment Agency considered all relevant considerations and legal requirements.
An environmental permit sets out stringent conditions that all oil and gas sites must adhere to. We will not issue an environmental permit for a site if we consider that activities taking place will cause significant pollution to the environment or harm to human health.
