Pollution, replacement and testing of private boreholes from 1985-2000

Request 716043035

Dear FOI Officer,

Under the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011, I request copies of any formal notices, letters, or memos issued between 1985 and 2000 relating to:

• Contamination or pollution of private boreholes or land by PFAS, AFFF foam, or runoff from the Airport Fire Training Ground

• Letters of apology, offers to replace or test boreholes, or to connect properties to mains water as a result of confirmed contamination

• Notices advising residents not to use borehole water for “Prohibited Purposes” (drinking, cooking, bathing, or livestock)

Please limit the search to:

1 

Correspondence with private landowners in the known plume area, or

2

 Documents already referenced or provided in previous FOI releases

Please do not include internal legal advice.

If this request risks exceeding the time limit, please advise so I can further narrow the scope.

Response

1

Correspondence with private landowners between 1985 and 2000 in the known plume area are not held by the Scheduled Public Authority (SPA), therefore Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies. However, it may be held by the Ports of Jersey, so you might wish to send your information request in writing to:

or by post to: 

Ports of Jersey, St Peter, Jersey, JE1 1BY

It should be noted that Ports of Jersey is not a Scheduled Public Authority (SPA) under the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011, therefore, they are not required to respond.

2

The Freedom of Information Legislation came into effect in 2011, therefore, documents already referenced or provided in previous FOI’s is not held by the Scheduled Public Authority (SPA) and Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies.

Article applied

Article 3 Meaning of “information held by a public authority”

For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –

(a)     it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or

(b)     it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.​