Environment Agency

The complainant submitted a request to the Environment Agency (EA) for a report submitted to the EA relating to a septic tank at a specific property. The EA refused to confirm or deny whether it held the requested information on the basis of regulation 13(5A)(a) (personal data) of the EIR. The Commissioner’s decision is that the EA is entitled to rely on regulation 13(5A)(a) to refuse these requests.    No steps are required.