To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether incinerator operators are required to test incinerator bottom ash for H14 ecotoxicity; and if he will make a statement. (263742)

[holding answer 18 March 2009]: Incinerator operators are required to test and assess their bottom ash for all hazards including H14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will place in the Library a copy of each submission made to the public consultation undertaken by the Environment Agency on H14 ecotoxicity testing in October 2007. (263743)

[holding answer 18 March 2009]: The responses to the Environment Agency's consultation on H14 ecotoxicity will be placed in the Library of the House once each consultation response has been checked for confidentiality.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will take steps to ensure that the results of the ecotoxicity testing of incinerator bottom ash are included in the Environment Agency regional registers. (263744)

[holding answer 18 March 2009]: Assessments for hazardous waste by waste producers are not submitted to the Environment Agency. There is no legislative requirement for producers to do this and hence no inclusion on registers.