Subject	Predicate	Object
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		Answer
		Written answer
	answer has question	emALhSZ8
	answer has answering person	Michael Fallon
	answer text	<p>Any development that is planned near a main river or a flood defence will require flood defence consent from the Environment Agency. It is a statutory consultee in the planning process and can object to any development that it considers to be at high risk of flooding. Similar processes apply in other parts of the UK.</p><p>The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has found no evidence of pollutants from oil and gas spills in rivers and streams affected by the flooding. The Environment Agency has made no assessment of the relevance of flooding of shale gas sites in Colorado in September 2013.</p>
	answer given date	2013-10-16
	answer has answering body	Department of Energy and Climate Change
	written answer has answering body	Department of Energy and Climate Change
Department of Energy and Climate Change	answering body has written answer	ViU6dCxp
Department of Energy and Climate Change	answering body has answer	ViU6dCxp
emALhSZ8	question has answer	ViU6dCxp
Michael Fallon	answering person has answer	ViU6dCxp