Northern Ireland Water

The complainant has requested information about financial and environmental costs to clean up a site being used for illegal waste disposal and bonfires. Northern Ireland Water (‘NI Water’) provided some of the requested information but stated that it was relying on regulation 12(4)(a) of the EIR as it did not hold any further information within scope of the request. The Commissioner’s decision is that, on the balance of probabilities, NI Water doesn’t hold further recorded information concerning tonnage amounts and tyre removal. However, in terms of costs of clean-up activities per year, it is likely, on the balance of probabilities,  that NI Water  holds further recorded information within the scope of the request. The Commissioner requires NI Water to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation: Issue a fresh response following searches aimed at identifying all information held concerning clean-up activities within the scope of the request.